Nash has broken nose, says he will be fine

[duncan228]

Updated.

Nash has broken nose, says he will be fine (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news?slug=ap-nashsnose)
Bob Baum

Steve Nash has a broken nose but says he doesn’t expect it to be a problem for him in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

The Phoenix playmaker sustained the slight fracture in a fourth-quarter collision with Derek Fisher in the Suns’ 118-109 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.

He spoke briefly with reporters after practice on Monday before leaving to have the nose put back in place by a specialist.

Nash played the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals with his right eye swollen shut after taking an inadvertent elbow from San Antonio’s Tim Duncan.

“I’m lucky. I’ve had a couple bumps or bruises that haven’t affected my play,” Nash said. “Those don’t bother you. It’s the ones that limit you that you hope you don’t have to face.”

He said he had broken his nose “a handful” of times and wasn’t planning to wear any protective gear or Manu Ginobili-style tape job for Tuesday night’s game.

The 36-year-old point guard and two-time league MVP had 17 points and 15 assists on Sunday night with one turnover in 38 minutes. He could be seen on television trying to slide his nose back into place during the game.

“I was trying to move it while it was still fresh,” he said. “I know that once it sets it’s harder.”

Lakers coach Phil Jackson was asked if he thought the injury would affect Nash’s performance.

“This guy’s gone through a lot of stuff the last two or three years in the playoffs. I don’t think it’s going to bother him,” Jackson said. “On second thought, Ginobili, it really curtailed his game. I thought his game really tailed off after the broken nose, so it’s probably an individual thing.”

Nash is Canadian, and he joked after his eye injury that his hockey-loving friends make fun of what a soft sport basketball is.

“I think we would have been surprised if he would have gone out of the game,” Nash’s teammate Grant Hill said. “He’s fine. No Friday the 13th mask, no Rip Hamilton mask, no Ginobili tape. He’ll be ready to go, so it wasn’t that bad.”

[pauls931]

Quick trip to an ear, nose, and throat surgeon will fix that in the post season.

[TJastal]

Bitch Kobe gave him an nice elbow to the jaw too.

Lakers = no class

[BadOdor]

Bitch Kobe gave him an nice elbow to the jaw too.

Lakers = no class

How did "class" work out for the spurs?

lol.

[Mel_13]

Quick trip to an ear, nose, and throat surgeon will fix that in the post season.

Or between Games 3 and 4:

Suns guard Steve Nash will undergo surgery to repair a broken nose and displaced cartilage he suffered in Sunday night's conference finals win over the Lakers in Phoenix.

Nash practiced with the team Monday before leaving to have the nose put back in place. The Suns' ear, nose and throat physician, Dr. Ryan Rehl, was to perform the procedure.

Nash said he didn't expect it to be a problem in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5215555

[HarlemHeat37]

How the fuck does Nash always find himself in these types of incidents?..

[TJastal]

Or between Games 3 and 4:

Suns guard Steve Nash will undergo surgery to repair a broken nose and displaced cartilage he suffered in Sunday night's conference finals win over the Lakers in Phoenix.

Nash practiced with the team Monday before leaving to have the nose put back in place. The Suns' ear, nose and throat physician, Dr. Ryan Rehl, was to perform the procedure.

Nash said he didn't expect it to be a problem in Game 4 of the Western Conference finals.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2010/news/story?id=5215555

He's lucky his noggin' isn't Ginobili sized, otherwise he'd be wearing a mask

[Giuseppe]

Manu said he'd be right as the mail too after having his snout broke.

Fish, gettin' his Fish on.

[tlongII]

God I wish we would get to play the Lakers in the playoffs! We would put it on'em!

[cobbler]

God I wish we would get to play the Lakers in the playoffs! We would put it on'em!

Well, had you beaten the Suns and then the Spurs you would be. As usual for you... All talk. If the Blazers played as well as you flap your lips... they would have more than 1 ship. No?

[Scumbag]

I hate that chocolate chipmunk and his daughters fake eye cancer.

[Giuseppe]

I hate that chocolate chipmunk and his daughters fake eye cancer.

I just bet you do, honeybun.

Tougheth lucketh.

[cobbler]

I hate that chocolate chipmunk and his daughters fake eye cancer.

When you are 0 for life... Hate is all you have left. :toast

[Scumbag]

When you are 0 for life... Hate is all you have left. :toast

I have fucking destroyed you in another thread. Don't try posting here like it never happened you fucking vato.

[v2freak]

How did "class" work out for the spurs?

lol.

It's working out pretty well. Not nearly as many people hating on the Spurs except for their "boring" play.

[Dex]

I knew it. It looked broken when he got hit last night, and Amare gave him the :wow face. Then he popped it back into place and proceeded to knock down 4 clutch free throws. He kept going back to it the rest of the game; I'm surprised it didn't swell up more than it did.

Like him or not, Nash is a little warrior.

[Giuseppe]

It's working out pretty well.

Sure,,,


http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff306/hubble2016/Spurbanner.jpg

[mavsfan1000]

Fuck the lakers.

[Giuseppe]

Like him or not, but Nash is a little warrior.

He's also a quitter. He quit for a number of games last season in order to get Porter fired. We ain't forgettin' that shit on this Board.

No f'in way.

[BadOdor]

It's working out pretty well. Not nearly as many people hating on the Spurs except for their "boring" play.

:lol:lol:lol

[lurker]

Steve Nash is the Ben Linus of the NBA Playoffs.

[crc21209]

Fish the Bitch....

[da_suns_fan]

He's also a quitter. He quit for a number of games last season in order to get Porter fired. We ain't forgettin' that shit on this Board.

No f'in way.

If Nash quit then Rocky didnt answer the final bell against Apollo Creed.

http://www.stallonezone.com/imgs/news/2008/April/041808rocky_best.jpg

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

Once he retires from the NFL, the Spurs should find a way to make Ladanian Tomlinson a part of their organization, I've never seen an individual athlete talk about how classy he is as much as LT does when he whines about losing, and I've never seen a fan base talk about how classy they are and how classless the teams they lose to are. It would be a perfect match.

[Smooth Criminal]

That shit was wierd anyone else see him trying to bend his nose back into place after? Crazy Nash

[cobbler]

I have fucking destroyed you in another thread. Don't try posting here like it never happened you fucking vato.

:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao:lmao

Delusional Sun fan. Par for the course.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

It's working out pretty well. Not nearly as many people hating on the Spurs except for their "boring" play.


Trust me when I say Spurs fans are the only ones who recognize how classy they are. It's pretty similar to the ratings championship Phoenix won. No one outside Phoenix gives a shit about the TV ratings they got from 2005-2007, and no one outside San Antonio gives a shit about how classy they think they are.

[Giuseppe]

If Nash quit

He did quit and you know it, da. And now I've got you again with Amare quitting in 1 & 2.

ha, ha.

[Scumbag]

Kobly doesnt know how to quit. Even when its a girl telling him he cant put it in her ass.

[Giuseppe]

Kobly doesnt know how to quit. Even when its a girl telling him he cant put it in her ass.

And then he rang 5 years later.

Stings, don't it?

tee, hee.

[v2freak]

Trust me when I say Spurs fans are the only ones who recognize how classy they are. It's pretty similar to the ratings championship Phoenix won. No one outside Phoenix gives a shit about the TV ratings they got from 2005-2007, and no one outside San Antonio gives a shit about how classy they think they are.

I'm afraid I can't trust you on the matter, quite frankly. Are you supposed to speak for the fan base of 29 NBA teams? Opposing teams generally recognize the Spurs as an organization that makes an effort to take key members of said opposing team (coach, and GM?) out to dinner before a playoff series. Well, all except Mark Cuban, who called the Riverwalk a mudhole or something like that. And people really love him.