Marcin Gortat has benefitted from playing alongside Steve Nash.

"I know where to put myself in the position to score," Gortat said. "Having Steve going to the bucket every time hard, then I'm going to be open or the other way around, and I'm going to draw attention on my roll. That's a pretty good combination. I like that."

Gortat has averaged 17.0 points and 11.2 rebounds over his last nine games, while leading the league in shooting percentage at 59.9 percent.

"Some of them know I can play, but they still defend me the way they always defended me," Gortat said. "They still treat me like an Orlando backup. That's fine. At the end of the day, I'm going to smile."