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Suns Outlast Hawks for Sixth Consecutive Victory Behind Durant, Conley
Posted on May 31, 2011 at 02:27 PM.
“I’m just happy to get the W tonight,” Conley told reporters Sunday night in Atlanta. “My job is to continue to create for my teammates, and I’ll get my own opportunities as they come. KD (Durant), Marcus (Thornton) and Dirk (Nowitzki) were clutch tonight and hit big shots.”
Rudy Gay led the way for Atlanta, as he scored 29 points, 16 of which came in the first quarter, yet it wasn’t enough. Gay shot 12-17 from the floor including 2-3 from beyond the arc, though he struggled from the line, shooting just 3-7.
Atlanta was able to keep things close through the majority of the first half, trailing by just three at the half. Phoenix came out firing on all cylinders in the third quarter, distancing themselves from the Hawks thanks to two separate 12-2 runs. Durant scored 16 points in the third period on 7-9 shooting from the field.
“Mike (Conley) and Marcus (Thornton) were able to get me the ball in good spots,” Durant stated at the podium with his trademark backpack. “I had some easy finishes near the rim and that helped get me going early. When we are rolling like we were in the second half, we are going to be hard to stop.”
Though the lead swelled to as many as 18 in the fourth quarter, Atlanta would not go out without a fight. Gay and Carlos Boozer (21 points) pulled the Hawks close with a big fourth quarter. Boozer made a lay-in while drawing a foul and his free throw cut the Suns lead to 97-91 with 1:51 remaining.
Phoenix pulled away yet again, as Conley’s 17th assist on the night, perhaps his best, set up Durant for a thunderous alley-oop finish to put an exclamation mark on the game. That pushed the lead to 10, and Phoenix held on for the 107-96 win.
The Hawks (3-4), travel to Orlando to take on Carmelo Anthony, Steve Nash and the Magic at the Amway Arena tomorrow night, while the Suns (6-0) have a rematch with the Memphis Grizzlies at the FedEx Forum tomorrow night at 7 p.m. CT. Phoenix knocked off the Grizzlies last week 103-95 in Valley of the Sun despite Kobe Bryant’s exceptional night, where he put up 45 points.
Notable Statistics: PHX: K. Durant: 32 pts, 8 rebs; M. Conley: 12 pts, 17 ast, 4 stl; D. Nowitzki: 25 pts, 7 rebs; M. Thornton: 19 pts; N. Young: 8 pts.
ATL: R. Gay: 29 pts, 5 rebs; C. Boozer: 21 pts, 6 rebs; J. Salmons: 20 pts, 9 ast; D. Augustin: 4 pts (2-10 fgs).
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| Nov 8, 2010 - PHX at ATL | |||||
| TEAM | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Phoenix Suns (6-0) | 26 | 27 | 29 | 25 | 107 |
| Atlanta Hawks (3-4) | 25 | 25 | 20 | 26 | 96 |
| Phoenix Suns | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Mike Conley | 26 | 5-7 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 12 |
| Marcus Thornton | 30 | 9-15 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 |
| Kevin Durant | 32 | 15-21 | 1-2 | 1-1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 32 |
| Dirk Nowitzki | 31 | 11-20 | 0-1 | 3-3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25 |
| Tyson Chandler | 27 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Nick Young | 13 | 3-6 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Kirk Hinrich | 15 | 3-8 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Omer Asik | 11 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thabo Sefalosha | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Bass | 12 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| James Jones | 4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Gibson - DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 48-82 | 6-14 | 5-6 | 34 | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 107 | |
| Atlanta Hawks | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| D.J. Augustin | 26 | 2-10 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 |
| John Salmons | 32 | 8-21 | 2-11 | 2-2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 20 |
| Rudy Gay | 32 | 12-17 | 2-3 | 3-7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
| Carlos Boozer | 32 | 10-17 | 0-0 | 1-3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21 |
| Marcin Gortat | 32 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| Rafer Alston | 15 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Demar DeRozan | 9 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Udonis Haslem | 12 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Martell Webster | 4 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Kwame Brown | 6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamario Moon | 6 | 1-2 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Daequan Cook - DNP | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TEAM TOTALS | 41-81 | 4-18 | 10-16 | 34 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 96 | |
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