Article: Diaw's Big Night Sparks Suns; Guard Scores 34 Points, Including Game- Winner, in West Opener

-- Steve Nash was done distributing.

Even though he had set up three straight baskets and was nearing his career playoff high in assists, the Phoenix Suns were losing by nine points -- and time was running out in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.

So the two-time MVP took things into his own hands.

Nash scored 10 straight points, fed Shawn Marion for a go-ahead dunk then wound up being somewhat of a decoy on the deciding play, a turnaround jumper by Boris Diaw with a half-second left that helped give the Suns a 121-118 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night.

"For much of the second half, I was trying to facilitate our other guys and take mismatches into the post," Nash ...

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