Tongue-in-Cheek article: Suns vs Mavs

[arwillan]

Dirk is an unbelievable jump shooter and a decent passer, but a completely different class of player? I don't think so. He's not doing anything different this season that he hasn't done for the last 3 yrs, but the rest of his team is better and they have a better record. When was the last time an MVP won the award for only being a dominant jumpshooter (without being dominant in any other area)?

if mvp went off of jumpshots alone, Ray Allen ought to have 5 in a row by now, his J is so pretty

 

[cly2tw]

The comments about Suns' problem with defending the 3 are quite right though.

I was screaming at the screen when our defense somehow kept ignore the Mavs hothands in Howard and Stackhouse and let them shoot the 3s. I think only once did I see Nash fought through a screen to really challenge a 3-shot top of the key that caused the miss.

I know we play a lot of scrambling and helping defense that costs energy. But when there is a hot hand, we gotta pay some extra attention and try to suffocate it right from the beginning.

 

[azirish]

The sad truth is that the Suns problems at defending against cutters makes it all but impossible to get out on shooters. As a general rule, teams that hit their three pointers can beat the Suns.

Of course, teams that miss a lot of three pointers will lose. Long misses are great for triggering fast breaks and the Suns early offense.