Steve Nash scored 48 points, but Amare Stoudemire scored only 15, and the Mavericks got exactly what they wanted, a 119-109 win.

``We felt that if we could allow (Nash) to score and not have all those other guys become involved in the offense, it would give us a better chance to win the game,'' Jerry Stackhouse said.

Nash was 20-28 from the field, but turned the ball over 9 times and he only had 5 assists.  His 48 points were the most by any player during this playoff season.

``They changed their game plan, and I had to be aggressive to make them pay for the way they were playing,'' said Nash, who prefers sharing the ball. ``We got outplayed and outhustled.''

Stoudemire had 37 points in Game 3.

``They were not going to let Amare beat them,'' Jim Jackson said.

The series now shifts back to Phoenix with each two team holding two victories.