Bell Struggling, Marion & Amare Banged Up <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">BELL TOILS Bell was hoping the All-Star break would heal his body and his wayward jump shot, but the slump continues. He missed his first six shots again Wednesday and ended up 4-for-12. The Suns are 5-0 since the break, but Bell is shooting just 36 percent from the field (24-for-66) and a poor 29 percent from 3-point range (9-for-31). ?The only saving grace is we?re winning. But I?m not helping much,? said Bell, who also got a frustration technical foul for swinging and missing with an elbow intended for Pacer Marquis Daniels. ?I had a chance to put the game away with a 3 (with 4:10 left and the Suns up 95-90); I was wide open ? and nothing.? But while Bell slumps, Barbosa sizzles. After hitting all three of his 3-pointers Tuesday, he?s made 40 of 66 in the month of February (60.6 percent) and is 19-for-28 (67.8 percent) in the last four games. That has him back among the top 10 long shooters in the league ? where Bell was before his slump. SICK BAY The win was hard-fought and cost the Suns a physical price: ? Boris Diaw played only seven minutes (no points, three fouls) and said any contact inside aggravated the lower right side of his back, where pain cost him the last six games. Diaw said if there was no improvement, he might sit out tonight. ? Marion suffered a thigh contusion when he was kneed by Pacer Danny Granger, then dislocated the pinky finger on his right hand ? pulling it back out himself. ? Stoudemire said he was kneed in his jumping leg early in the game ? he said it made it hard for him to elevate on his shot ? and was also sporting scratch marks all over his chest and arms, courtesy of O?Neal?s fingernails.</div> Source
