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Originally posted by: Poindexter Einstein
You are right in that the players played against each other early in the 3rd. I was focusing on the small-ball zone (Bradley and the 4 guards) that played from the point Dirk got his 5th foul, and missed that.
But there is also no question that Stoudemire's presence made a huge difference and that he was THE difference down the stretch. He left late in the 3rd with a 3 pt Suns lead, came back to a 5 pt deficit in the 4th. Once he came back, it was mostly DUNK DUNK DUNK down the stretch.
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Yeah, he left in the third with a 3 point lead AFTER the Bradley led Mavs had shaved the Phoenix lead from 57-43 to 73-70. Plus, the foul in which Daniels was shooting FT's for occurred WHILE Amare was still in the game. So, if you want to be honest about the situation, the lead was cut to 73-72.
The Mavs shaved 11 points off the lead in 10 minutes with Bradley AND Amare on the court together in the 3rd quarter.
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came back to a 5 pt deficit in the 4th.
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No, he came back at the 8:58 point with a 3 point deficit. The deficit was turned into a Suns 1 point lead by the time Bradley left the game 2.5 minutes later or so.