After a crazy finish to regulation, the Suns nipped the Nets in overtime when a Kris Humphries tip-in of a Deron Williams missed runner was ruled after the final horn. That split-second difference spoiled Williams' (13 points, 18 assists, 5-for-14 from the field) Nets debut. A wing 3-pointer from Channing Frye (seven points, eight rebounds) with 6.6 seconds remaining provided the final margin. Marcin Gortat (17 points, five rebounds) starred for Phoenix while Brook Lopez (28 points, 10 rebounds) and Anthony Morrow's nine points in 22 seconds were huge for the Nets.
"That's ridiculous, that's the worst basketball game I've seen down the stretch. That was horrible. We are lucky as anything to win the game, to tell the truth and be honest with you." -- Suns coach Alvin Gentry
Meanwhile, the Celtics survived in