Suns Win Game 3
Posted on April 29th, 2007 by
It was close for most of the game, but the Suns led by Shawn Marion (22 points and 11 rebounds), Amare Stoudemire (27 points and a playoff career high 21 rebounds), and Steve Nash (17 points, a career high, and one short of an NBA playoff record 23 assists) went up 3-1 against the Lakers. Quite the opposite situation compared to last year (when the Suns were down 3-1 after game 4) the Suns will have a chance to close out the series this Wednesday in Phoenix.
The Phoenix Suns wanted to speed things up against the Los Angeles Lakers. So they gave the ball to two-time MVP Steve Nash and took off.
Nash had 23 assists — one shy of the NBA playoff record — to go with 17 points, Amare Stoudemire had 27 points and a career playoff-high 21 rebounds, and the Suns raced to a 113-100 victory Sunday for a 3-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
Nash left the game to a mixed reception with 1:02 remaining and the outcome long since decided. Magic Johnson and John Stockton share the single-game playoff assist record — Johnson doing so for the Lakers against Phoenix in 1984, and Stockton accomplishing the feat against the Lakers for Utah four years later.
Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is Wednesday night in Phoenix, where the Suns won the first two games. A sixth game, if necessary, would be Friday night at Staples Center.
Source
LOS ANGELES (AP)
And in other news, Gilbert Arenas called a press conference yesterday (while his team is down 3-0) to announce that he is going to be on the cover of NBA Live 2008. Wow… Gilbert Arenas is all about Gilbert Arenas.
