The game where the Suns 'got over the hump,' finally winning in San Antonio was the result of the refs saddling Duncan with 3 bad fouls (out of 5, I think), a couple of which should have gone the other way. It's not just my opinion on that, the national announcers said after each of the calls 'that was a bad call.' While Duncan was sitting on the bench, the Suns 'magically' cut into our lead and took the game. This only tied the series 2-2.
Horry was suspended for 2 games; game 6 in San Antonio, even without a key role player, we were blowing them out (I remember the crestfallen announcer saying '...and the Suns ...are getting blown out.'). Nash hit some last-second 3's to make the score less embarrassing when the Spurs took their collective foot off the gas, but we still eliminated them while missing one of our key role players, and took the series 4-2.
Nash has since admitted he 'flopped a bit;' he was essentially responsible for the ejection of Stoudamire. Even if they had Stoudamire, they don't necessarily win game 6 (the Spurs came out flat, partly the result of the fiasco of the suspension). I don't see how anyone can complain that they should have won the series when they lost 4-2. 4-3, and maybe they have a little room to complain they might have won, but not 4-2. It's the closest most members of that team will ever get to a championship though, so it's to be expected.

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