[This is from what I saw and the notes I took.  Please excuse
spelling, grammatical, and typing errors as I haven't been
getting much sleep.  Times listed indicates time _left_ in the
quarter, half, game and/or overtime.  I am assuming that you know
who plays for which team and I sometime abbreviate teams' names
to two or three letters.  I'm going to use present tense even
though the games are over because I think present tense shows
more of the emotion and I don't have to convert my notes. 
Comments, questions, suggestions, and praise welcomed.]

Other games played:  Houston Rockets 95, Seattle Supersonics 120


San Antonio Spurs vs Phoenix Suns in Phoenix
Carr did not play because of his severely sprained ankle.
Robinson is playing with back spasms.

1st Quarter:
14-16 Pho 6:40.  West gets 2 inside.  SA misses.  West to Majerle
with the reverse lay up.  SA throws it away.  Dumas misses. 
Ellis misses.  Majerle power drives and gets 2.  A Johnson nails
for 2 from the corner.  Majerle gets 2 inside falling to the
floor.  Ellis banks the 3.  19-24 Pho 3:36.  West 1 of 2 at the
line (nasty brick on the first).  A Johnson misses.  Majerle
ahead with the easy dunk.  Elliott is fouled driving.  2 of 2. 
Majerle misses, Barkley rebounds and is fouled.  Makes both. 
Reid nails the turn around baseliner.  Barkley to Ceballos for
the slam.  Daniels misses.  Pho turnover.  Daniels hits the
running jumper.  Reid steals.  Robinson gets 2.  F Johnson hits
the jumper.  A lob from the out of bounds to Robinson for the
jam.  29-33 Pho.

2nd Quarter:
Offensive foul on Chambers.  Reid gets the tip in off several SA
misses.  Chambers airballs.  Reid nails the turn around jumper. 
Reid blocks, 3 on 0 and Robinson slams.  Ceballos gets 2 inside. 
Daniels misses.  Chambers misses the lay up.  Robinson throws it
away.  35-35 9:44.  Chambers misses.  Robinson slams.  Ceballos
gets the lay up.  Elliott gets several bounce before the ball
drops in.  K Johnson hits the jumper.  Anderson misses.  K
Johnson gets 2 inside.  Anderson nails the long 2 (foot on the
line).  Ceballos drives for 2.  Ellis drains the long baseliner. 
K Johnson gets the turn around lay up.  45-43 Pho 6:08.  Ellis
swishes the jumper.  Ceballos to Miller for the slam.  Anderson
drains the long 2 (foot on the line).  Miller hits the turn
around baseliner.  Anderson drains the 3.  Ainge nails the fall
away.  Ellis drains for 2 from the corner.  Pho turnover. 
Robinson is fouled on the break.  Makes both.  Barkley misses
inside.  SA misses.  Dumas gets the hook and banker.  54-53 SA
2:39.  Elliott misses.  Barkley nails the fade away baseliner. 
Reid misses, and the ball bounces off Barkley's head to Robinson. 
Robinson drives for the slam.  Majerle drives, is fouled, and
gets 2 off the goaltending call.  A nice pass from Reid to
Elliott for the easy slam.  Dumas 2 of 2 at the line.  Ellis
drives and gets the lay up.  K Johnson pulls up and drains the
jumper.  60-62 Pho.

3rd Quarter:
Majerle misses.  Elliott gets the lay up on the break.  Barkley
bricks.  Robinson misses.  K Johnson double dribbles.  Ellis
airballs.  Pho misses.  Robinson is fouled shooting.  Misses
both, Elliott rebounds.  Ellis hits the long 2.  64-62 SA 9:32. 
Majerle misses badly.  Reid airballs.  Barkley gets the lay up
off his own miss.  Ellis drains the open 3.  Majerle misses. 
Elliott misses.  Pho turnover.  Ellis nails the open jumper. 
Barkley feeds K Johnson for the lay up.  Offensive foul on
Elliott.  Barkley works and gets the lay up.  Alley-oop to
Robinson for the jam.  71-68 SA 5:49.  Majerle hits the jumper. 
Robinson misses.  Majerle misses.  2 on 1, Elliott gets the lay
up and is fouled by Miller - his 4th.  Barkley drives and gets
the reverse lay up.  Wow - A Johnson with the drive, the turn
around jumper, and 2.  K Johnson 1 of 2 at the line.  76-73 SA
3:03.  Elliott nails the baseliner.  K Johnson misses.  A Johnson
drives for 2.  Barkley nails the jumper over Robinson.  Ellis 1
of 2 at the line.  Barkley 1 of 2.  SA turnover.  Robinson
blocks.  Elliott misses the 3.  majerle nails the jumper.  A
Johnson gets the put back at the buzzer.  83-78 SA.

4th Quarter:
24 sec violation on SA.  Pho turnover.  Elliott ahead by himself
for the jam.  Ainge swishes the 3.  Reid misses.  West misses
inside.  Offensive foul on A Johnson.  85-81 SA 9:35.  Ainge
misses.  A Johnson misses.  Pho turnover.  SA turnover.  Barkley
backs in, is fouled, and gets the lay up.  Elliott misses.  F
Johnson nails the jumper.  Goaltending is called on West.  F
Johnson is fouled shooting.  2 of 2.  87-88 Pho 6:53.  Robinson
nails the turn around face up.  Barkley misses.  Elliott misses. 
Majerle misses the 3, Barkley rebounds.  Barkley with the
offensive rebound, lay up, and is fouled.  Ellis misses.  Barkley
drives and is fouled hard by Robinson.  2 of 2.  Cummings hits
the short turn around jumper.  Oh - on Pho's 3rd attempt, Barkley
rebounds, is fouled, and gets the lay up falling to the ground. 
91-96 Pho 4:12.  Robinson is fouled shooting.  Misses both. 
Barkley rattles in the 3.  Robinson hits the short jump hook. 
Barkley rattles in the set shot.  Jumpball called under SA
basket.  Pho controls.  101-93 Pho 2:21.  K Johnson dishes to
West who scores and is fouled.  Misses the freebie.  Ellis drains
the 3.  Barkley drives and is fouled.  1 of 2.  Daniels misses
the 3.  104-96 Pho 1:22.  Ainge drains the 3 at the 24 sec
buzzer.  Robinson is fouled in the paint.  1 of 2.  Ainge to
Barkley for the jam.  A Johnson misses.  Robinson blocks. 
Daniels misses.  Game over.

Final:  San Antonio Spurs 97, Phoenix Suns 109.
Budweiser Player of the Game: Charles Barkley with 36 points (28
in the 2nd half) and 12 rebounds.



patricia