Big Shot Bob strikes again

[CosmicCowboy]

What picture???

That picture was taken right after his fist contacted Horrys chin (not that great of a punch BTW...Horry ducked his head back and it was just a glancing blow) and Horry was swinging the elbow to deflect and retaliate. Thats why Horry will be suspended too.

[LEONARD]

like i said stop the hatin' .....i dont want to particpate in your over ANALYZING again! Horry fouled! it was called a flagrant 2 (apparently)

now back to the SPURS....(dailydime)no matter how you over analyze it you just hatin'! Because if you were a basketball fan you would be in AWE!

Over the last 10 years, the Spurs have been one of the best teams in the NBA. Their 82 playoff wins tie the Lakers for the most in the league in that time. They can eclipse the Lakers with a win in Game 5.

They have won 19 playoff series, which is second in the NBA in that time. And they have won three les in that span, which is tied for the most in the league.
Most Playoff Wins Since 1996-97 Seaso

It was "apparently" a flagrant 2?

and I have no idea why you typed the rest of that crap...hopefully it was a copy/paste

All right- having seen the replay, I am going to adjust my stance slightly.
Horry did run Nash over. However, I still say Nash landed and then flopped over dramatically like a fish.

like I already said he did...the only sell on his part was him laying back after he hit the table...

[LEONARD]

That picture was taken right after his fist contacted Horrys chin (not that great of a punch BTW...Horry ducked his head back and it was just a glancing blow) and Horry was swinging the elbow to deflect and retaliate. Thats why Horry will be suspended too.

Yea, that picture where I see 4 open hands...

I'm sure Bell did make a fist, but say that picture proves it is just comical...

[CosmicCowboy]

Yea, that picture where I see 4 open hands...

I'm sure Bell did make a fist, but say that picture proves it is just comical...

uhhh...look at Bells hand behind Horrys. The thumb is touching the curled index finger. Thats called a fist head.

[angel_luv]

like I already said he did...the only sell on his part was him laying back after he hit the table...

You were right.
From where I was standing at the game last night, all I saw was Robert bump into Nash and what appeared to be Nash throwing himself into the table.

Robert had his back to me so I didn't see him get Nash with his arm.

[LEONARD]

uhhh...look at Bells hand behind Horrys. The thumb is touching the curled index finger. Thats called a fist head.

Spurs fans taking it to a new level today...

[LEONARD]

You were right.
From where I was standing at the game last night, all I saw was Robert bump into Nash and what appeared to be Nash throwing himself into the table.

Robert had his back to me so I didn't see him get Nash with his arm.

Props to you for admitting your stance was a little off...

[angel_luv]

Props to you for admitting your stance was a little off...

Sorry for automatically not believing you just because you're a Mavs fan.

[CosmicCowboy]

Spurs fans taking it to a new level today...

Leonard, I watched it on video last night from a different angle. I didn't have to be a homer to see the punch thrown and i'm pretty confident the NBA front office will see it that way too.

[ducks]

one thing about bell
he does have some history of being dirty
that will not help his cause


suns are mentally weak like coach

[RealEstateDude]

Somebody pm me when the nerds make a nice animated gif of that clothes line

[T Park]

Alright, I've been pretty much sheltered from what all is going on.

I came home from the game and was so damn tired i went straight to bed no radio nothing.


Did Amare and Diaw DEFINATELY come off the bench onto the court during the altercation?

Did Bell DEFINATELY throw a punch?


IF SO

All three are gone for game 5.


Horry SHOULD be.

I was disgusted after that happened.

[LEONARD]

Leonard, I watched it on video last night from a different angle. I didn't have to be a homer to see the punch thrown and i'm pretty confident the NBA front office will see it that way too.

Dude, can you read? All I'm saying is THAT picture doesn't show ...damn!!

[judaspriestess]

"The Spurs were behaving uncharacteristically graceless, and Horry's forearm of frustration was exacted because the Spurs blew an 11-point lead late in the game -- and thus a golden opportunity to put their foot on Phoenix's neck."


This pretty much sums it up for me. The Spurs blew it.

I say Amare gets suspended because he has been an whiny immature idiot this whole series. He is a spoiled brat and needs to grow up as well as d'antoni. This might teach them a lesson, an unfortunate lesson but one none the less due to their stupidity. We shall see.

[Jimcs50]

Alright, I've been pretty much sheltered from what all is going on.

I came home from the game and was so damn tired i went straight to bed no radio nothing.


Did Amare and Diaw DEFINATELY come off the bench onto the court during the altercation?

Did Bell DEFINATELY throw a punch?


IF SO

All three are gone for game 5.


Horry SHOULD be.

I was disgusted after that happened.

Yes

Yes

Yes

[Clutch20]

Big Shot Bob strikes again
By Jemele Hill
Page 2

A historical question: Could Robert Horry's cheap shot on Steve Nash in Game 4 be the biggest shot of his career?





It wasn't a 3-pointer, but Robert Horry may have struck the biggest blow in a playoff series yet again.The trey Horry nailed to destroy the Sacramento Kings' NBA le hopes in 2002 did nothing compared to the damage his forearm could do to the Phoenix Suns, who until the final 18 seconds of Monday night's critical Game 4 were tougher than the San Antonio Spurs. The forearm buried Nash underneath the scorer's table, but most importantly, it incited Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw to charge onto the court from the bench -- which all but guarantees them a suspension for Game 5 in Phoenix.


Hey, they don't call him Big Shot Bob for nothing.


If the NBA hands out the expected suspensions, the Spurs will lose only the whopping seven points per game Horry is averaging in this series. Meanwhile, Phoenix will lose two of its top six players and a serious chance to put the Spurs' neck in a guillotine.


Is it fair? No. Is it right? Absolutely. The NBA doesn't have much choice but to suspend Horry, Stoudemire and Diaw for Game 5.







The rule about players leaving the bench is there to prevent situations from escalating into utter embarrassments. It's an ironclad rule that isn't open to interpretation, and it can't be applied differently because it adversely affects one team more than the other. In fact, the point of the rule is to affect teams so adversely they don't break it.


If the league does nothing to Stoudemire and Diaw, it will set an awful precedent and send the message that the rules are vulnerable to perception and public outcry. As if the Suns are the only team in NBA history that can claim this rule puts them at an unfair disadvantage.


And there's no way Stoudemire just was ambling to the scorer's table to check back into the game, as he claimed afterward. Give him (or the Suns' PR rep) credit for coming up with such a cute excuse. But go watch the replay. Stoudemire broke out into a Carl Lewis-like sprint toward the on-court scrum -- looking like he wanted to do to Horry what Uma Thurman did to David Carradine in the final scene of "Kill Bill: Vol. 2" -- which weakens Stoudemire's creative explanation.

Look, I get why Stoudemire and Diaw rushed to Nash's defense. Nash is their boy, and teammates are obligated to stick up for one another -- especially in a series that has grown as testy as this one. The Spurs were behaving uncharacteristically graceless, and Horry's forearm of frustration was exacted because the Spurs blew an 11-point lead late in the game -- and thus a golden opportunity to put their foot on Phoenix's neck.





AP Photo/Lm Otero
We'll see if David Stern buys Amare Stoudemire's explanation, or just shows him some mercy.But given how commissioner David Stern has shown zero tolerance for player misconduct since the Detroit-Indiana brawl, what Stoudemire and Diaw did simply wasn't smart. And by the way, did you notice how the Spurs' bench stayed put, further undermining Stoudemire's contrived explanation?


You'd have thought the Suns would have learned from Raja Bell's one-game playoff suspension against the Lakers last year. Bell's clothesline on Kobe Bryant could have cost the Suns that series.


The Spurs are much stronger than the Lakers, and losing Stoudemire and Diaw will hurt a whole lot more than losing Bell. Even if the league decides to suspend Horry for two games, Phoenix will be affected much more.


Of course, this is going to fuel speculation that Horry's cheap shot was on purpose. But all it does is show exactly how much the Spurs are in Phoenix's head.


The Suns won Game 4, but the Spurs are winning the mental war. The Suns' gritty victory was powerful enough to change this series permanently in their direction, but they've now given the power back to the Spurs with one bad decision.


The Spurs maintain a certain advantage as long they can yank Phoenix's chain whenever they want. And Big Shot Bob's reputation for delivering in the playoffs continues to be well-deserved.


Page 2 columnist Jemele Hill can

...........as per my post last night about what time will reveal about Horry's decision to hardfoul Nash........