Game log ===First round vs.
Los Angeles Lakers===
Game 1 On Sunday, April 22, the Suns opened postseason play with a 95–87 win over the Los Angeles Lakers in the first game of the playoffs (in a game played on the Suns' home court at
US Airways Center). Leandro Barbosa scored 26 points (19 of those in the second half); Amar'e Stoudemire, in his first playoff game since 2005, scored 23 points; Steve Nash scored 20 points and had 10 assists; Shawn Marion had 16 points. The Suns fell behind by halftime and the third quarter, but rallied in the fourth quarter as the Lakers' stamina gave out down the stretch.
Kobe Bryant scored 39 points, but only 11 of those came in the second half.
Game 2 Game 2 was played Tuesday, April 24 at
US Airways Center in Phoenix. The Suns engineered a decisive 126–98 win over the Lakers. Leandro Barbosa (who was awarded the
NBA Sixth Man Award on April 23) scored 26 points and hit four three-point shots; Amar'e Stoudemire scored 20 points; Shawn Marion had 18 points. Steve Nash had his third career postseason double-double with 16 points and 14 assists.
Kobe Bryant was held to only 15 points on 5-of-13 shooting (and only scored two points in the entire second half). The Suns went on a 27–9 scoring run to take a 55–34 lead with 4:50 to go in the first half, and that seemed to set the tone for the rest of the game. The Suns shot 54.3 percent (50-of-92) from the field. All of the Suns players who played during the game scored at least once, including fan favorite
Pat Burke and Eric Piatkowski, both of whom rarely see playing time during games. The Suns had their first 2–0 lead in an NBA playoff series since sweeping the
Memphis Grizzlies in the first round of the 2005 playoffs.
Game 3 The
Los Angeles Lakers rallied to beat the
Phoenix Suns by a score of 95–89 in front of their initially displeased home fans at
Staples Center, getting the series a little closer by a margin of 2–1. The Suns scored the first 11 points unanswered, and built a 17-point lead in the first quarter, leading to boos from the Laker fans, but the Suns' offense did not hold up (Stoudemire and
Raja Bell were hampered by foul trouble down the stretch). The Suns lethargic play was no match for the Lakers' desperate aggressiveness, especially from big men
Kwame Brown and
Lamar Odom. Bryant tallied 45 points. Brown scored 18 points.
Amar'e Stoudemire led the Suns with 23 points and 10 rebounds. Steve Nash scored 10 points and had 13 assists, while Leandro Barbosa had 20 points off the bench. The Suns wore their Orange uniforms, the Lakers yellow.
Game 4 The
Phoenix Suns responded to their opponents with aggressiveness and energy of game 3, defeating the
Los Angeles Lakers on their home turf by a score of 113–100. Point guard
Steve Nash recorded a Suns post-season record 23 assists, falling one assist short of tying
Magic Johnson and
John Stockton for the NBA post-season record of 24. The Suns wore their Orange uniforms for the final time of the season, the Lakers wore their white.
Game 5 The Suns achieve a 4–1 series victory at home (by a score of 119–110), despite late fourth period back-to-back three-pointers by Bryant that brought the Lakers close enough to turn the tables. Nash had 17 points and 10 assists; Stoudemire had 27 points and 16 rebounds; Marion added 26 points and 10 rebounds. It was the 10th win by the Suns in the past 11 games against the Lakers. ===Conference semifinals vs.
San Antonio Spurs===
Game 1 was played on May 6 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. The Spurs won 111–106. Late in the 4th quarter,
Steve Nash collided head to head with
Tony Parker, who had possession of the ball. Nash sustained a deep cut on his nose that bled profusely for the remainder of the game. His nose was bandaged and tended to by the team trainer, but Nash was in and out of the game as the wound continued to bleed through the bandages. It was the first time this postseason that Nash did not record a double-double.
Tim Duncan and Tony Parker led the Spurs with 32 and 33 points, respectively. Nash led the Suns with 31 points, while
Amar'e Stoudemire scored 20 and pulled down 18 boards.
Game 2 was played May 8 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. The Suns blew out the Spurs 101–81 to even series at one game apiece. Mike D'Antoni's decision for Kurt Thomas to guard Tim Duncan helped Amar'e Stoudemire to focus on offense, scoring 21 of his 27 points in the second half. Tim Duncan scored 29 points while Tony Parker and Bruce Bowen both had 13 points each.
Game 3 was played on May 12 in San Antonio. The Spurs beat the Suns 108–101 as Tim Duncan rallied 33 points and 19 boards.
Manu Ginóbili ended up with a black and bruised eye when he was poked in the eye by Shawn Marion in Game 3. The Spurs led series 2–1.
Controversy & Tim Donaghy Game 4 was played on May 14 in San Antonio. The Suns trailed by as many as 11 points throughout the 3rd quarter. Finally, the Suns took a lead near the end of the 4th quarter when Steve Nash fed Stoudemire inside, on back-to-back plays, to make the game 100–97. Then,
Robert Horry flagrantly body-checked Nash and sent him tumbling into the scorer's table. In defense of Nash,
Raja Bell ran right up to Horry but was elbowed in the head. Horry was given a flagrant foul and then ejected. Bell was given a technical foul for trying to get at Horry. The Suns won, 104–98, evening the series at 2-2. Nash finished the game with 24 points and 15 assists. On May 15, the NBA announced that Horry would be suspended two games for body-checking Nash and throwing an elbow at Bell. Amar'e Stoudemire and
Boris Diaw were suspended, one game each, for leaving their bench during an altercation. [https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs2007/news/story?id=2871615 Coach D'Antoni was not happy with Stoudemire and Diaw's suspension, as they were critically important members of the Suns' squad:
Game 5 was played May 16 at the US Airways Center in downtown Phoenix. After leading by as many as 16 points in the second quarter and ahead 79–71 with 5:18 to play, the Suns collapsed and lost the game by a score of 88–85.
Bruce Bowen hit a three-point shot with 36.4 seconds to go. The Suns, without Stoudemire and Diaw because of the aforementioned one-game suspension, were led by Shawn Marion, who scored 24 points and 17 rebounds, but only four of those points were scored in the second half. Kurt Thomas, playing in place of Stoudemire, had 15 points and 12 rebounds. Steve Nash finished with 19 points and 12 assists.
Manu Ginóbili scored 15 of his 26 points in the final quarter to lead the Spurs to the late rally as the Spurs proved to be too much for the Suns.
Game 6 was played May 18 in San Antonio, Texas. With 2 fresh players coming back, in
Boris Diaw and
Amar'e Stoudemire, Phoenix was very anxious about this game. Phoenix started the game off going shot for shot with the Spurs. After trailing at halftime 53–51, Phoenix believed that they were going to force a Game 7 back in Phoenix, but a big 3rd quarter by San Antonio put the Spurs up by as many as 20. In the 4th quarter, the Suns almost rallied back by starting to hit big shots. In the end, it was not enough as San Antonio held on to win, 114-106. In December of 2009, one of the referees who officiated Game 3,
Tim Donaghy, released his autobiography (
Personal Foul: A First-Person Account of the Scandal that Rocked the NBA) in which he commented on this series. In his book, he wrote that the entire series was poorly officiated, from start to finish, and that he had no doubt the Suns were the best team in the league that year. Donaghy claimed that his supervisor,
Tommy Nuñez, disliked team owner
Robert Sarver while also enjoying the lifestyle of San Antonio to the point where he wanted the Spurs to continue leading their playoff stretch. ==Awards and honors==