Mavs @ Suns, 3rd Quarter Live Blog

Mavs @ Suns | 1st Qtr | 2nd Qtr | 3rd Qtr | 4th Qtr

- Annnd we're back once again, my friends.

- To answer Ms. Gossip, yes, Nasty indeed said that things will 'heat up' in the 2nd half. Hopefully he was talking about game and not his eternal friendship with Dirk...

- Okay seriously, speaking of Dirk, he only scored 11pts in the first half, so look for him to do some abuse here

- Well, so much for that. Nowitzki picked up a charge from guess who? The defensive juggernaut that is Steven Nash

- Dirk can't get it going, hell, none of the Mavericks can, coming up empty in all their possessions so far. Breathe, Avery, breathe.

- It's Jason Terry time, I can feel it. He brings them back to within five as well as being a pest to Nash on the defensive side.

- Player of the game early nominee: Jerry Stackhouse, going 9 for 12 and cutting the lead to two

- Dirk is colder than those dead bodies on Law & Order ...

- ... meanwhile, Phoenix is making their run, a steal, a dunk, a couple threes. Timeout 79-71 advantage: me (getting a soda yo)

- you know, as much as Nowitzki is strugging, I'm going to credit D'Antoni for sending out a much needed memo to not give anything easy to him

- Like I said, Terry Time, hitting a big three to make sure the lead doesn't get out of hand.

- 89-82 Suns end of 3rd. Volcanic eruption to continue here.