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“It feels really good to get back in the win column,” Anthony said following the upset victory over the Suns. “They (Phoenix) are a real good team, and it took a huge effort tonight to get the win.”
The Syracuse product scored 21 of his 41 points in an explosive first quarter that saw Orlando grab a lead as large as 13. Anthony’s outburst, coupled with Phoenix’s poor shooting in the first quarter (38%) put the visitors in an early hole.
The Suns did fight back into the game, however, as Kevin Durant scored 14 of his team-high 27 points in the second quarter, that saw Phoenix take a one point lead into the locker room at the half on the back of a Nick Young three-pointer.
The Magic came out inspired in the third period, as they opened play on a 10-0 run, keyed by Steve Nash, both as a scorer as well as a distributor, as he finished with 23 points and a team-high 10 assists.
Dirk Nowitzki finished with 27 points, and poured in 15 of them in the third quarter, as Phoenix finished it strong to take a seven point advantage into the fourth.
“We didn’t finish tonight,” a dejected Nowitzki told reporters in the Suns locker room following the team’s first loss of the season. “Give Orlando credit though, they are much better than their record indicates. We started slow, and finished poorly, that doesn’t typically translate into many victories.”
The Magic fought back within three points and then rookie Evan Turner buried a three-pointer to knot things at 92 with 4:34 remaining. Phoenix pulled ahead by two and kept it there for the next few minutes, until Anthony drilled a mid-range jumper from the corner to tie the game at 98 with just 1:11 left in the fourth.
Nowitzki’s jumper put the Suns back up by two at 100-98 with 43 seconds left, but then with a chance to break the tie at 100 a few possessions later he missed with 33 seconds remaining from the same spot.
Andray Blatche converted a putback off of an Anthony miss with 18 seconds left to put the Magic on top 102-100. That’s when Nowitzki struck again in the clutch, scoring in the paint thanks to a great inbounds play and finished well at the rim to tie the game with under six seconds to play.
Blatche, the unlikeliest of heroes for Orlando nailed a jumpshot from the corner as Anthony was doubled with just two seconds to play to put Orlando up for good. Nowitzki had the chance to tie, but missed his contested fallaway jumper from about 18 feet, sending the Suns to their first defeat of 2010.
The Suns (11-1) next travel to Charlotte to take on Chris Bosh, Deron Williams and the Bobcats (6-5) on Saturday night. Orlando (3-9) will be in Indianapolis on Saturday as they battle Devin Harris, Jason Terry and the Pacers (4-6).
| Nov 18, 2010 - PHX at ORL | |||||
| TEAM | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Phoenix Suns (11-1) | 22 | 29 | 27 | 24 | 102 |
| Orlando Magic (3-9) | 30 | 20 | 21 | 33 | 104 |
| Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Kirk Hinrich | 27 | 4-8 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| Marcus Thornton | 30 | 6-11 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
| Kevin Durant | 34 | 13-24 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 28 | 12-24 | 2-4 | 1-1 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| Tyson Chandler | 29 | 2-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Nick Young | 11 | 4-8 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Barndon Bass | 13 | 3-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Omer Asik | 12 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Gibson | 13 | 1-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| James Jones | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Thabo Sefalosha | 3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Bonner - DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 45-88 | 7-13 | 5-5 | 42 | 28 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 102 | |
| Orlando Magic | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Steve Nash | 34 | 9-16 | 3-8 | 2-2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 23 |
| Evan Turner | 30 | 6-14 | 1-4 | 1-1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Carmelo Anthony | 32 | 19-36 | 1-3 | 2-2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 41 |
| Andray Blatche | 30 | 5-11 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| Jermaine O'Neal | 33 | 2-8 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Travis Outlaw | 9 | 0-3 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Davis | 9 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Jordan Crawford | 11 | 2-5 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Josh Powell | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Blake | 7 | 0-4 | 0-3 | 2-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Eddy Curry | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Forbes - DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 43-97 | 6-24 | 12-12 | 40 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 104 | |
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