"Mike D'Antoni all but guaranteed that his offense, the one he cultivated and the one Amar'e Stoudemire thrives in, will return to Madison Square Garden on Wednesday night.

The ball movement, spacing, shot selection and superb point-guard play — the basic principles of D'Antoni's "Seven Seconds or Less" offense — will be on display. In fact, as long as Steve Nash is healthy and has the ball in his hands Wednesday night, D'Antoni can prove that his offense can be the model of efficiency.

"They have a nice free-flowing offense," D'Antoni said Tuesday of the Phoenix Suns. "They're very good. Nash is one of the best. They run our offense. Or we run their offense. Either way you want to look at it. But, maybe we'll learn how to run it.""