Channing Frye beams as the Suns beat Wizards, 109-91
Channing Frye led Phoenix Suns as they trampled down the Washington Wizards to a 109-91 loss at the Verizon Centre on 21 January, Friday.
When and where?
The game took place at the famous Verizon Centre, Washington, DC. The game lasted for a duration of 2 hours and 5 minutes as an audience of more than 15,000 people enjoyed the game. The lead changed four times whereas the clash was tied three times.
None of the teams went out of range to commit a technical foul.
Stats
The Phoenix Suns won their fifth-straight win that is their season high win. The Wizards have been stolen of their four-game home winning streak. The leading team had six of its players scoring in double figures.
Box score
Phoenix Suns (20-21)
Total points: 109
Players’ stats
Channing Frye: 25 points, eight rebounds, one assist
Steve Nash: (scored a double-double); 17 points, 14 assists
Marcin Gortat (Off the bench): 13 points, three steals
Washington Wizards (12-29)
Total points: 91
Players’ stats
Nick Young: 25 points, two assists
Rashard Lewis: (scored a double-double); 16 points, 12 rebounds
Andray Blatche: 14 points, seven rebounds, five assists
Game stats
The Washington Wizards fumed for possession of the ball and went to grab 48 rebounds whereas the Phoenix Suns had 47. The Wizards took 13 offensive rebounds and the Suns had nine. The winners gave away as many as 18 turnovers to the losing team who in a
response gave away 16. Phoenix scored 20 fast break points and the Wizards made 15. The biggest lead taken by the Suns was with as many as 19 and the Wizards could pass through with just 11. The Suns took 46 points from the painted area whereas the Wizards
were let through with just 36.
Replay
Frye clinched a whopping 25 points for the winning team that included a huge number of 3-pointers. The player clinched seven 3-pointers in a duration of 40 minutes on a 9-for-15 shooting from the field. The 27-year-old tossed four 3-pointers in a span of
85 seconds alone in the third quarter. The Suns at that point grabbed a 12-2 run over the rival team.
Gortat scored 13 points and season-high 14 rebounds. Suns’ guard Vince Carter and forward Grant Hill scored 12 each whereas Goran Dragic contributed 11 to the box score.
The losing team was dominated by Young who scored 25 points from the bench. The player clinched 20 of those 25 in the first half of the game. Lewis clinched a double-double as he dished out 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds. John Wall also had a double-double
for the Wizards, clinching 11 points and dishing out 14 assists.
Turning point
The clash took a turning point in those 85 seconds of the third quarter when Frye clinched his amazing 3-pointers in a row. This proposition took the Suns 67-59, outscoring the Wizards once and for all, never to relinquish until taking a 109-91 lead over
the opposition.
Hottest player
Frye! Of course! The power forward went 6-for-9 from the field in the second half of the encounter. He had a tirade of 3-pointers ready as the player shot five 3-pointers in the stretch. The 6’11” tall ace arrived the game with an average of 11.2 points
whereas he has made an average of 21 points in first three-games of road trip made by the Suns’.
Quotable
“One guy is old enough to be the other guy's dad." Funny but true, Suns coach Alvin Gentry later commented about the age difference between the guards of both the teams; 37-year-old Nash and Wall who is just 20.
More to watch
For the Suns: Saturday @ Pistons, Monday @ Sixers, Wednesday vs. Bobcats.
For the Wizards: Saturday vs. Celtics, Monday @ Knicks, Tuesday vs. Nuggets.
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