Again, there seems to be a comprehension issue here. I'm not blaming any player in particular for the team's losses, just pointing out the connection between Boris' lack of range and/or consistency on his shot and some of the struggles the Suns had with their half-court offense.cheesebeef said:Ah yes - it was the play of Boris Diaw that ultimately proved fatal in the Mavs series and almost against the Lakers.
I thought we were still talking about 2004-5?cheesebeef said:I'd much rather he had played like Marion in those series...
cheesebeef said:...all the while getting crushed by whoever he played on defense, whether it was Odom, Dirk or even, GASP, a SF in Howard who scored 20 or more 5 times against, even though he had only managed to do so 20 times in the previous, oh, what 90 games?
Just for the sake of argument: Marion got crushed by Odom, especially early in that series.
From what I saw, he was easily the Suns' best defender on both Nowitzki and Josh Howard in the Dallas series. The main problem with Marion's defense in that series was that the Suns didn't have two of him, so he had to move back and forth between Nowitzki and Howard, putting out fires as they came up.
IIRC, the Suns were up 7 in the second half of game 5 when Marion had to go out with his 4th foul. That call was one of the two turning points in that series for the Mavs.