PHOENIX – Sporting a small wound over his right eye, Phoenix point guard Steve Nash was backed up against a wall as he met with reporters after practice yesterday.
That's where Nash's Suns will find themselves if they don't play better in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals tonight. They're feeling bruised, but not beaten, after a 95-88 Game 3 loss to Dallas on Sunday left them trailing 2-1.
Afterward Nash, who got cut early in the game, said the Suns needed to show more fight. Yesterday, Nash said he wasn't trying to send a message through the media because he had told his teammates the same thing.
“I think at times we've been a little too passive,” Nash said.
Nash said one reason for the Suns' struggles is the absence of guard Raja Bell, who has missed the last two games with a strained left calf. Bell is not expected to play in Game 4.
Bell scored only eight points in Phoenix's Game 1 win but brings a fire that the Suns have lacked in the last two games.
