The Suns took every shot the Dirty Spurs had to offer in game four and were able to even the series with a 104-98 victory.
Despite outrebounding the Spurs 39-32 and getting to the free throw line ten more times, the Suns trailed by 8 going into the third...that's when the Suns took over.
The Suns were able to draw a fifth foul on Tim Duncan, and Steve Nash went to work. Nash finished with 24 points and 15 assists. Shawn Marion also played a huge role in the fourth quarter with 12 of his 9 points coming in the final period.
The game was marred by an ugly incident. The Spurs proved their critics right by showing what a dirty, classless bunch of thugs their team is. With the Suns up three with 32 seconds left, Robert Horry body checked Steve Nash into the scorer's table. Horry was ejected and will most likely be suspended for game 5, however the most important thing that happened in the altercation was the fact that Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw may have left the bench in the chaos.
Nash jumped up and Raja Bell got into Horry's face, but Stoudemire and Diaw were not in the game at the time. NBA rules dictate that a player leaving the bench during a fight is suspended for the next game. If the NBA sticks to the letter of the law, we won't see Amare or Boris in game 5 back at the US Airways Center on Wednesday night. As Charles Barkley said, that would be quite unfair for the Suns to let a dirty play by a Spurs player dictate the outcome of this series. The Spurs have already won one game in Phoenix, and if the Suns don't have Amare or Boris, chances are that the Suns won't win. The Spurs must be ecstatic at the prospect of trading a talentless bum like Horry for and all NBA First Teamer like Amare Stoudemire plus Boris Diaw. We'll see what the league hands down on Tuesday. All of Phoenix is hoping for the best.
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3 comments:
I haven't seen this game (yet) but no spurs players left their bench?
I did not see the Spurs bench. The camera angle was directed at the Suns bench.
i've seen it, i don't think they'll make much of it, and Stoudemire was supposedly on the floor for the substitution :)
Stoudemire: GROW UP!
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