<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Jason Terry can score in the NBA. He has shown that, averaging 15.6 points per game in his six seasons. Terry can win in the NBA. He showed that, helping Dallas to 58 wins last season. Now, Dallas coach Avery Johnson would like to see the two happen together for the first time since Terry's days as an Arizona Wildcat. Johnson is asking Terry to revert to what comes naturally and be a scoring point guard. He is the second scoring option in the wake of the "Big Three" breakup over the past 16 months, when Steve Nash and Michael Finley each left Dirk Nowitzki. "I expect myself to lead the team and quarterback us to a championship," said Terry, who played on UA's 1997 NCAA title team. Dallas' acquisition of Doug Christie has taken some of the ball-handling and dispersing burden from Terry, whose scoring dropped to 12.4 points last season. Terry, 28, grew up idolizing Christie in their Seattle neighborhood and calls it "huge" to share a backcourt with the 35-year-old veteran. Johnson would like to see Terry play like he did in the playoffs, when he averaged 17.5 points and hit 49 percent of his threes. Or as Terry describes it: "Being the 'Jet.' Getting out on the runway." But Terry's playoff run is best remembered for letting Nash hit a tying three-pointer in Game 6 of the Western Conference semifinals. Nash's eight points in the final minute of regulation sent the game to overtime, where Phoenix won. "We don't need him to get 18 assists," Johnson said. "We just need him to be more of a score-first point guard. That's the way he played in the playoffs. Had he not played that way, I don't know if we would've won a game."</div> Source
