I'll be blogging about the Suns for the duration of the WCF series

So the Suns lost game 2 of the WCF. Josh Howard (with his bad ankle) had a career playoff night. Dirk also played well, as usual.

So what adjustments should Mike D'Antoni make for game 3? Eto siya:

It's obvious that Dirk's post game has improved from last year's playoffs and Marion's defense is not as effective in containing him. And boris has a tough time keeping up with josh howard.

So Coach D should assign the Matrix on Josh Howard and put Diaw on Nowitzki. Shawn on Howard because we need someone to matchup with howard's athleticism and rebounding.

And Diaw on dirk because Boris is a better post defender than shawn, and he's still quicker than nowitzki, so I doubt Nowitzki will be able to put the ball on floor and drive by Diaw with regularity. Dirk's not going to outquick Boris.

Will boris do a good job on Dirk? I don't know. Let's hope so. But Marion is a good matchup against Howard, I believe.

If the matchup works, then at least we can contain one of their two top scorers from game 2. I don't mind letting dirk get his, as long as josh is contained.

Btw, here are some of the blogs and news sources I visit to get the latest on the Suns Mavericks series.

Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune's coverage of the Suns

Dallas Morning News and Fort Worth Star Telegram's coverage of the Mavericks

Yahoo's coverage of the NBA playoffs (for scores and stats)

Dallas Morning News' Mavericks blog

SLAMonline's Links

True Hoop

YAYSports NBA

Paul Coro's playoff dish

Mark Cuban's blog

Deadspin's NBA coverage

Jeramie McPeek's Suns blog

One last thing, here's #1 in action: