Redemption for Jason Richardson as Suns Rout Blazers in Game 2

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PHOENIX -- Before the Suns faced the Blazers in Game 2 of their first round series on Tuesday, their head coach Alvin Gentry was lamenting the analysis (or lack thereof) that he heard from one of the national television networks. What bothered him was the suggestion that Phoenix needed to switch Steve Nash off of guarding Andre Miller after Miller's huge 31-point performance in Portland's Game 1 victory.



There was just one problem with that analysis: Nash wasn't the one who was guarding Miller.



"Contrary to what anybody thinks, in the room right here or in any of the national media, Steve Nash did not guard Andre Miller," Gentry said. "I wish people would at least take a look at the game, at least for five minutes, to realize that at no time did Steve Nash [guard Miller]. ... He switched on him twice, and he never scored either time. But to say that he was matched up with him and we have to think about switching ... Just look at the game for five minutes."

 

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