Goran Dragic's spectacular fourth quarter on Friday night put the Phoenix Suns one game away from the Western Conference Finals - and one big performance away from finally overcoming the San Antonio Spurs in the Playoffs.
After all the pain of previous eliminations against the Spurs, Steve Nash and company are now in a position to exorcise those demons, taking a 3-0 lead with a 110-96 win in Texas.
San Antonio are sure to bounce back in Game 4 but Phoenix will not be stopped. And there is plenty for the LA Lakers (assuming they see off Utah) to worry about ahead of the next round.
Nash and Amar'e Stoudemire have got the pick and roll working to perfection, Grant Hill is playing relentless defense to go with his lethal pull up jumper and Jason Richardson is red hot from three-point range.
Then throw in the Suns' bench, which is their true X-factor. Dragic has proved an able back up for Nash while Jared Dudley and Channing Frye are shooting the lights out from downtown. The group's overall intensity means that Phoenix do not skip a beat when the starters take a breather.
For so many years, the Spurs have been the unmovable obstacle but Phoenix is about to change all that.
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