Phoenix Suns' Vince Carter still plans to be 'go-to' guy

Vince Carter said he tried to be a 23-year-old when he "tweaked" his sore left knee on a dunk 2 1/2 minutes into Monday night's loss at Philadelphia, his only score of the game.

He turns 33 Wednesday, and that 23-year-old All-Star phenom is not coming back. The Suns just want back the scoring guard they had until the past four games. The Suns wanted Carter to become their top scorer and take at least 15 shots per game. Instead, Carter just had the lowest-scoring four-game stretch of his 13-year career with 7.5 points per game. He averaged 18.9 in his first 10 Suns games.

"I plan on being that," Carter said of being a go-to scorer, like when he started the trip with 29 points at New York. "In my mind, it was a rough trip. It took me outside of what they want me to do and what I feel I should be."