Amare and Boris Suspended 1 Game - Horry 2 Games

[TampaDude]

Yup...1 game for Diaw and Stoudemire, and 2 for Horry...just as many of us expected.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

I almost think the thought process by the league on this was 'well, we have to suspend Diaw and Amare according to the rules, so we need to make Horry's a two game suspension so it's worse than theirs'.

[T Park]

You are a fool and a disgrace to your fanbase.

coming from white trash sacramentan, I'll take it for what its worth.

[mardigan]

They will play hard, doesnt mean they wont lose by 10 plus

[yavozerb]

Suns better get ready for a dose of "Red Rocket" tomm..LOL

[UV Ray]

this is a 7 game series not 5
they did not hand the spurs the series
suns have home court in 3 games left

Get real Homer.

[SenorSpur]

The NBA just handed the series to the Spurs. No doubt. We got the best end of the stick. Horry causes all of this crap and we get the best end of the deal. WOW.

Tap the brakes a bit guys. Nothing is assured. , the Spurs dominated the Suns for the majority of Game #4 and still lost in the final 2:30.

The Suns will undoubtedly play with surging emotion and with a "nothing to lose"-type at ude. Plus, Horry is a very important piece to what the Spurs do. Now, he's gone for 2 games.

I wouldn't exactly hand to series over to the Spurs yet.

[lilmads]

Associated Press
Posted: 2 minutes ago



PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix center Amare Stoudemire and teammate Boris Diaw were suspended Tuesday for one game for leaving the bench after Robert Horry's flagrant foul of Steve Nash in Game 4 of the Suns' Western Conference semifinal against San Antonio.

The NBA also announced Horry was suspended for two games for knocking Nash into the scorer's table with 18 seconds remaining in the Suns' 104-98 victory at San Antonio on Monday night. Phoenix's victory evened the series at 2-2.
All three players will miss Wednesday night's Game 5 in Phoenix of what has been a rough, intense showdown between two of the best teams in the NBA. Horry also will miss Friday night's Game 6 in San Antonio.

Horry was suspended for flagrantly fouling Nash and striking Raja Bell about the shoulders with a forearm, NBA executive vice president Stu Jackson said in a statement. Stoudemire and Diaw were suspended for leaving "the immediate vicinity of their bench" during the altercation.

[atxrocker]

The refs saved the Suns in game 4. This just evens it out.

you gotta be goddamn tin me

[dimsah]

Seriously, I don't want to see Vaughn play more than 3 minutes in game 5.
Have Manu or Barry play backup point.

[Ginofan]

Silly Mavfan.

Get the over it. Players broke rules, and they paid the price. That doesn't hand the championship directly to the Spurs, christ. There's plenty of games left in this series not to mention the next one and the finals after that.

[dbreiden83080]

Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame.

Robert Horry takes a cheapshot and the Spurs are rewarded with having two of Phoenix's top players suspended. Horry should have been suspended one game, but thats IT. His hard foul wasn't much more than just physical playoff basketball, but in combination with his elbow, I can see it meriting a one game suspension. Considering that no fight was started, however, suspending Stoudemire and Diaw was weak. I don't care about the "rules are rules" crap some Spurs fans are throwing around. No harm was done, and no punches thrown by them. Why ruin a great series with controversy, and reward a borderline cheapshot by Horry? Stupid move by David Stern.

Horry and the Spurs are not responsible for the Suns reactions to what happened. This situation sucks but they came out on the court and they knew the rule said that they can't.

[T Park]

I think the refs will totally overcompinsate now and give the SUNS every call imaginable in Game 5. The Big Three should be ready for a lot of non-called hacks.

so it'll be like last night?

Ok.

[BeerIsGood!]

Lame, lame, lame, lame, lame.

Robert Horry takes a cheapshot and the Spurs are rewarded with having two of Phoenix's top players suspended. Horry should have been suspended one game, but thats IT. His hard foul wasn't much more than just physical playoff basketball, but in combination with his elbow, I can see it meriting a one game suspension. Considering that no fight was started, however, suspending Stoudemire and Diaw was weak. I don't care about the "rules are rules" crap some Spurs fans are throwing around. No harm was done, and no punches thrown by them. Why ruin a great series with controversy, and reward a borderline cheapshot by Horry? Stupid move by David Stern.

HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS MAN!!! Horry didn't walk over to the Suns bench and pick up Stoudemire and Diaw and drag their dumb asses on the court. They chose to do it knowing the consequences. For once I'd like to hear someone man up and blame these idiots for screwing up. In our society people like you blame everyone but themselves for their ing mistakes. It's sickening.

[SenorSpur]

Enjoy it guys...hopefully most Spurs fans don't want to win this way.

no! I don't want to win this way. I don't want there to be any excuses if and when the Spurs get through this series. But hey, there's not much that can be done.

[yavozerb]

With very few big bodies left for suns I think it will be white..They are going to go very small tomm.

[tlongII]

UNBEAVABLE! Merry Christmas to the Spurs! This is the biggest travesty of justice I've ever seen in the NBA!

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

By the way, at the situation in general and people saying it's cheap for Spurs fans to want to win this game.

So ing what. Phoenix was desperate enough to win game 4 that they cried and campaigned and got a ridiculously sympathetic officiating crew in that game.

Karma's a .

[TampaDude]

I sort of understand Spurs fans wanting the win any way they can get it, but if you're honest, even Spurs fans can agree on this: If the Spurs win game 5 and then the series, it's tainted. You may not agree that it's "unfair," since you can point to the black and white rule, and maybe you won't agree that Horry "caused" the suspensions, since Amare and Diaw are ultimately responsible for their own actions, but nothing will change the fact that you didn't play the Suns at full strength.

Sucks for everyone.

Agreed. I'd rather play the Suns straight up...win or lose...this sucks.

[TheSanityAnnex]

coming from white trash sacramentan

Don't you work at a ing CARNIVAL?

By the way, I've never lived in Sacramento.

[T Park]

Awwww, were they breathing on the Spurs too hard? Seriously, and people call the Suns pussies

WTF are you talking about chode?

[atxrocker]

coming from white trash sacramentan, I'll take it for what its worth.

wow, already with the city smack. weak. and let's not bring up trashy without looking at the average salary in SA you dumb .

[ForeignFan]

also on nba.com : http://www.nba.com/news/spurssunssuspension_070515.html

[sunsbum]

HOLD PEOPLE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS MAN!!! Horry didn't walk over to the Suns bench and pick up Stoudemire and Diaw and drag their dumb asses on the court. They chose to do it knowing the consequences. For once I'd like to hear someone man up and blame these idiots for screwing up. In our society people like you blame everyone but themselves for their ing mistakes. It's sickening.

keep spewing your bull .

[T Park]

Don't you work at a ing CARNIVAL

yup

Whats your point?

Oh thats right, you've never seen where I work, so you wouldn't know...

Figures..