Suns' Stoudemire, Diaw suspended for Game 5
Spurs' Horry gets two games for hard foul on Nash
06:12 PM CDT on Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Associated Press
PHOENIX - 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.
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