The Suns Get Jason Richardson Open For The Dagger
The Suns-Spurs game last night was a pretty good one as the Suns pulled out to a decent lead early, but the Spurs kept crawling back in it. The final time was in the 4th quarter when the Spurs got the lead down to three points with about three minutes left. After an Amar’e bucket that stretched the lead to 5, the Suns went cold (by there standards) not scoring for a good minute and a half. That is when they decided to run one of their go to plays called “short.”
The play starts with Stoudemire setting a screen for Steve Nash. Usually when a screen is set for Nash, the goal is to get Nash into the lane to create. Not on this play though, here the screen and roll is used primarily as a decoy. As the screen takes place, Grant Hill flashes to the ball side elbow while Jason Richardson fades from the corner to the weak-side wing.
