For all of you dedicated nba fans out there you are probably quite aware of the importance of the San Antonio- Phoenix series. Some say that this is the nba finals right now so there is no need to watch anything else after this. I couldn't agree more, this is the marquee match up in the league and a shame that they meet in the second round of the western conference playoffs. So everything is going along nicely in the series, plenty of drama, spurs strike first and take back home court advantage, and then the scrappy suns led by my man nashy fight back to regain control. By the way doesn't nash look like that kid in breaking away, that eighties movie. Then the series, like most desperate struggles between powerhouses in the same conference, takes the inevitable turn towards the chippy and dirty shots. So when rob horry at the end of game four hip checks little nashy into the scorers table his teammates spring from the bench a little too far and are suspended for a game for that. The suns go on to lose game five without the two players that left the bench, two of their best players, first team all nba amare stoudamire, and boris diow. All for the bargain basement price of crappy horry.
The comissh really blew this one, because even though it is a rule that is known to all, the circumstances really needed some judgement by him. What else would you expect from teammates after your little guy who just so happens to be a two time mvp gets jacked almost into the first row. Could you imagine someone slams your best player to the ground and you just sit there yawning. The rule doesn't take into account human instinct which is to defend your own, and also they technically didn't enter into the frey. It in effect rewarded horry for his cheap shot and at the same time showed a glaring hole in the dont come off the bench rule. Look i do get the fact that you can't have players running onto the court every time there is a hard foul or you will have chaos. But, the comissh should realize that this is all he has as well, this is the series that will decide it all and that he should make a judgement call on this one. If he had stepped in when bruce bowen kneed nash in the groin maybe he wouldn't have had to deal with all this. He didn't and i hope it doesn't cost the suns.
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this blog should be renamed, 'nba and nfl for men' there are no other blogs about anything else in sports, female curling, ping pong, european soccer, poker, u.s. cheerleading, australian rules football, cricket, sailing, and sumo wrestling to name a few have never EVER been mentioned. come on, is this author just sitting waiting for what TNT has to offer on prime time? are all sports played on eastern time in the us?? i think not. i can see those who like this blog, overweight, couching denting freaks that still schedule meals around the pizza hut all you can eat buffet. please show some umph.
the cuz
For real...Cavs, Mavs, Spavs, Suns, Spurs, Warriors. Who can keep track? I tried for about three minutes this year to get into basketball. Can't do it. I may watch game seven of the finals, if there are no Family Guy re-runs on.
when are you going to start talking about fantasy football.
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