TAKEN FROM ESPN.com's DAILY DIME:
By Eric Neel, ESPN.com
Will Ross be able to do it again?
We knew the man could D-up. We knew he was going to lay a body on the MVP early and often. We had no idea he'd be good for 18 game-changing points in the process. Ross was the most valuable Clipper in Game 6, and it wasn't even close. On defense, he was trained on Nash like a drug-sniffing dog tracking smuggled hash, and on offense, he was passing up open jumpers just to back the tired Nash down and bump him a bit before rising up for a turnaround jump shot. "We felt like we had a good post match-up against Steve," Dunleavy said, underselling the abuse the young, wiry Ross was doling out on the Suns' heart and soul.
When Barbosa came off the Phoenix bench he gave Ross fits, at one point scoring 12 straight Suns points, but when D'Antoni put the ball in Nash's hands, Ross was in command. So, how will it play in Game 7? Will D'Antoni go with Nash and Barbosa on the floor together more often? Will the Suns try to knock him silly with Tim Thomas picks up high? And maybe most importantly, will Ross take this game for what it was, his coming out party, and enter the clincher with the swagger he's going to need to withstand the Suns approach to him?