When did that happen? I don't even remember the incident?
By all means, fine his ass if he did it though.
ESPN.com - NBA/PLAYOFFS2007 - Bowen avoids suspension for groin hit on Nash
Looks like he'll be playing.
I youtube'd it, it looked pretty rough. I mean I know players step out like that all the time and Bowen wasn't looking that way, but I dunno... he probably shoulda been fined.
If the NBA investigated it, I'm sure they did their homework.
Jesus christ.
Now, I know what Robert Horry was *trying* to do (force Nash to run into him and go out of bounds) and he probably would have been legal had he NOT raised his shoulder and (literally) checked him hockey-style.
I will admit though, I laughed my ass off, it was pretty damn funny kinda.
But in all seriousness, Horry should at the very least be suspended and fined for the next game if not the rest of the series.
Nash got out of a blatant foul earlier, I'm thinking this may have started it. He ran face first full-tilt into Ginobili to screen him (if you want to call it a screen) in order to free up Stoudemire. I was reallllly surprised no one called it.
Regardless of it all, it's been a DAMN etertaining series. I see it going 7 now.
Oh yeah, Stoudemire and Diaw are up for possible suspension for running out onto the court after the Horry hit on Nash (specifically when Bell went after Horry).
Be interesting to see how the NBA handles it.
From the ESPN:
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By the letter of the law, Stoudemire and Boris Diaw have to be hit with one-game suspensions for leaving the bench after Horry cracked Nash. This is a virtually iron-clad NBA rule, except for the time back in 2002 that Doug Christie was attacked in the tunnel by Rick Fox in a Lakers-Kings exhibition game and several Kings players left the bench to assist him. The league ruled that time that no one, in the heat of the moment, knew exactly who Christie was tangling with, resulting in some unexpected pardons. In this case, Stoudemire clearly strayed into the court for a brief moment and even Suns coach Mike D'Antoni couldn't stifle a postgame laugh when Phoenix tried to suggest that Stoudemire was heading to the scorer's table to check in after the foul.
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