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Article: Diaw's Big Night Sparks Suns; Guard Scores 34 Points, Including Game- Winner, in West Opener
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- The Washington Post
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- May 26, 2006
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-- 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 ...