As the Suns All-Star forward has learned this past year, recovering from microfracture surgery is a mental burden as well as a physical burden.
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The Summer Suns wrapped up the 2006 Toshiba Vegas Summer League with an impressive 96-81 win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night.
Forward Britton Johnsen was a perfect 9-9 from the field and finished with a team-high 21 points. Guard Lionel Chalmers added 16 points, while his former Xavier teammate Romain Sato chipped in with 14 points and seven rebounds.
Rehabilitating All-Star Amaré Stoudemire was named to the First Team All-TVSL after posting averages of 20.7 points and six rebounds in three of the five games.
Phoenix finished the week-long competition with a 3-2 record.
| Date | Opp./Result | TV (Air dates) |
| Friday, July 7 | T'wolves 91, Suns 83 | |
| Saturday, July 8 | Suns 89, Knicks 70 | |
| Monday, July 10 | Pistons 90, Suns 87 | |
| Wednesday, July 12 | Suns 91, Blazers 82 | |
| Friday, July 14 | Suns 96, Clippers 81 |
| Player | Pos. | Ht. | Wt. | Birthdate | College/Team | Yrs |
| Massimo Bulleri | G | 6-2 | 188 | 9/10/77 | Benetton Treviso (Italy) | R |
| Lionel Chalmers | G | 6-0 | 180 | 11/10/80 | Xavier | 2 |
| Ruben Douglas | G | 6-4 | 195 | 10/30/79 | New Mexico | R |
| Adam Hess | F | 6-7 | 225 | 4/4/81 | William & Mary | R |
| Britton Johnsen | F | 6-10 | 210 | 7/8/79 | Utah | 2 |
| Maciej Lampe | F/C | 6-11 | 275 | 2/5/85 | Poland | 3 |
| Chris Owens | F | 6-7 | 245 | 4/4/81 | Texas | 1 |
| Romain Sato | G | 6-5 | 205 | 3/2/81 | Xavier | 1 |
| Tommy Smith | F | 6-10 | 215 | 12/4/80 | Arizona State | R |
| Amaré Stoudemire | F/C | 6-10 | 245 | 11/16/82 | Cypress Creek H.S. (FL) | 4 |
| Jeff Varem | F | 6-6 | 245 | 7/16/83 | Washington State | R |
HEAD COACH: Mike D'Antoni (Marshall '73)
SUMMER LEAGUE HEAD COACH/ASSISTANT COACH: Phil Weber (North Carolina State '84)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Alvin Gentry (Appalachian State '77), Marc Iavaroni (Virginia
'78),
Dan D’Antoni (Marshall ’69), Todd Quinter (Lebanon Valley ’80)
HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER: Aaron Nelson (Iowa State '92)