Suns-Spurs suspensions

[MileHigh]

PHOENIX — Phoenix center Amare Stoudemire and teammate
Boris Diaw have been suspended for one game for leaving the bench
after Robert Horry’s hard foul of Steve Nash in Game 4 of the Suns’
Western Conference semifinal against San Antonio, a person with
knowledge of the penalty said Tuesday.
Horry was suspended for two games after knocking Nash into the
scorer’s table with 18 seconds remaining in the Suns’ 104-98
victory in San Antonio Monday night that evened the best-of-seven
series 2-2, said the person, who sought anonymity because the
official announcement had not yet been made.

 

[Cosmo]

**** the douchebag Spurs. And **** Big Asshole Horry.

 

[beefncheddar]

**** the douchebag Spurs. And **** Big Asshole Horry.

Yet, if Stoudemire and Diaw hadn't hauled ass to the scene, there'd be only one guy getting suspended.

 

[ShelbyFoote]

What a way to have the series decided, in all likelihood.

 

[MileHigh]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

Horry probably gets no games if it wasn't Steve Nash. Where were the suspension cries when JRich dropped Mehmet Okur(which I was ok with because Mehmet went up for a dunk when the game was already decided)?

 

[hockeybeat]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

Horry probably gets no games if it wasn't Steve Nash. Where were the suspension cries when JRich dropped Mehmet Okur(which I was ok with because Mehmet went up for a dunk when the game was already decided)?

Maybe because Richardson didn't try to hip check Okur into the scorers table?

 

[Cosmo]

Suns win by 20 tomorrow night. Bank on it.

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

Horry probably gets no games if it wasn't Steve Nash. Where were the suspension cries when JRich dropped Mehmet Okur(which I was ok with because Mehmet went up for a dunk when the game was already decided)?

Maybe because Richardson didn't try to hip check Okur into the scorers table?

I'm pretty sure that wasn't Horry's intention. His intention was to knock Steve down. The scorers table was just in the way.

P.S. Only my opinion of course. It's debatable.

 

[JackyJackBN]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

Horry probably gets no games if it wasn't Steve Nash. Where were the suspension cries when JRich dropped Mehmet Okur(which I was ok with because Mehmet went up for a dunk when the game was already decided)?

I can't argue with you on the Okur foul. That was a hard and calculated blow and grab.

And, if you're claiming Nash is protected to some extent, I wouldn't argue. If you're saying he's the only player in the league ever to have been protected by refs, league officials, etc., you're wrong.

It has been a stars' league for a while now.

 

[rokski2]

Looks like Horry might have the last laugh here, at least if the Spurs win tomorrow night

 

[hockeybeat]

[quote author=Chuck~Taylor"]

Horry probably only gets one game if the others don't "go to the scorer's table to check into the game."

Horry probably gets no games if it wasn't Steve Nash. Where were the suspension cries when JRich dropped Mehmet Okur(which I was ok with because Mehmet went up for a dunk when the game was already decided)?

Maybe because Richardson didn't try to hip check Okur into the scorers table?[/quote]I'm pretty sure that wasn't Horry's intention. His intention was to knock Steve down. The scorers table was just in the way.

P.S. Only my opinion of course. It's debatable.[/quote]It can be argued that Richardson tried to block Okur's dunk and hit the Jazz center's face.

Horry swung his leg, hip and arm into an unprotected Nash, who had beaten Horry up court. It was a remarkably dirty play in a series defined by nastiness.

 

[jcrutchmer]

Steve Kerr, who called the game, was on ESPN Radio today saying that Tim Duncan left the Spurs' bench after a hard foul and minor scuffle in the second quarter. ... Kerr said what Duncan did was equal to what Diaw did.

I didn't see the play in question, but it also didn't seem like something Kerr would make up on a whim. If true, shouldn't that subject Duncan to the same discipline?

 

[MileHigh]

Steve Kerr, who called the game, was on ESPN Radio today saying that Tim Duncan left the Spurs' bench after a hard foul and minor scuffle in the second quarter. ... Kerr said what Duncan did was equal to what Diaw did.

I didn't see the play in question, but it also didn't seem like something Kerr would make up on a whim. If true, shouldn't that subject Duncan to the same discipline?

Go here. Video of the play you are asking about.

http://www.thebiglead.com/

 

[NDub]

Josh,

Jalen Rose (yes a Sun but also part of the union) said the same thing Kerr did. It's garbage if Duncan doesn't get equal punishment to Stoudemire and Diaw because it was the equal "crime."

 

[qtlaw]

This is just awful. Way to screw up your marquee playoff series of the year. Oh well, the Spurs-Warriors is going to be compelling (TIC).

 

[Chuck~Taylor]

This series is not over. Even if the Spurs win the next game......

 

[beefncheddar]

1. The series is not over by any means.
2. The Suns are not "winning by 20 tomorrow." Book it.
3. There's no way you discipline Duncan for celebrating a dunk.

 

[IU90]

Terrible ruling. Terrible rule. Let's see, every single one of the discussed cheap shots in this series--Bowen's kick to the back of Stoudamire's achilles tendon, Bowen's knee to Nash's nuts, Horry's blatantly hip checking Nash into the stands--have been perpetrated by the Spurs. NONE by the Suns. And, if anything, the Suns have shown remarkable restraint by not reacting or retaliating sooner. So when the punishments are finally handed down, logically, it ends being the SUNS that are punished much more harshly, with the suspension of Stoudamire and Diaw for committing the crime of simply leaving the bench but NEVER ACTUALLY TOUCHING anyone. Well that certainly makes sense.

 

[beefncheddar]

Terrible rule? Yes.
But there was never a doubt about what the enforcement would be.