NBA May 12, 2006 - Marion has monster night for rising Suns

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Shawn Marion played the role of a big man and
a little guy in the same game.

He was terrific on both counts.

"Sam's an old-school player -- I just tried to put a hand in his
face, made sure I stayed in front of him," Marion said. "It's
hard to adjust when you've got big people guarding little people. I
guard everybody, so it doesn't really matter."

"I didn't shoot the ball well tonight; they put a bigger guy on me, which discouraged my shot a little bit," he said. "I'll be doing my homework and I will be ready for Game 4.

"It's a lot of work for people to go in there and rebound," he said. "That's what we had to do -- go in there and be active."

"They can't shoot 60 percent all the time -- even with bad defense," Suns coach Mike D'Antoni said. "Shawn Marion had a huge night and we'll need that from him to move forward."

D'Antoni pointed to defense -- usually a Suns' shortcoming-- as the key to the game."We just grinded it out," he said. "I think there are times that we play good defense. You don't win 54 games by just outshooting people. We can play some good defense. We just do it in spots."