Monday, April 14, 2008

Suns win another close one

Suns end Warriors season with win 122-116

Like as expected, this game was a high scoring and tough for both teams. The Warriors backs are against the wall and they really needed a win, but the Suns had plans of their own. The Suns were winning big at half time and in one quarter, they got outscored 38-19 in the third. Then near the end, Barbosa hit a three pointer that put the Suns up by 5 with 2:28 left in the game. Then Barbosa closed the game out by laying the ball up with :56 seconds remaining in the game putting the Suns up by 5 and after that, it was pretty much a done deal. Steve Nash was 1 rebound shy of a triple double. He ended up with 13 points 14 assists and 9 rebounds. Shaq dominated the boards with 15 and Amare did his thing like usual and scored 28. Grant Hill left the game in the second quarter due to re-injuring his groin. He is said to be fine, but was withheld from the game for precautionary reasons. Baron Davis was not a factor at all in this win, having a tough night only scoring 7 points, he went 2-13 from the field and did not play much of the second half due to Nelly putting him on the bench. Now the Warriors are officially out of the playoff race and Denver secured their spot.