Three Players Suspended Following Spurs-Suns Incident

Posted May 15 2007 7:02PM

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NEW YORK, May 15 -- Robert Horry of the San Antonio Spurs has been suspended two games without pay and Amaré Stoudemire and Boris Diaw of the Phoenix Suns have each been suspended one game without pay for their actions in last night's game, it was announced today by Stu Jackson, NBA Executive Vice President, Basketball Operations.

Horry has been suspended for flagrantly fouling Phoenix’s Steve Nash and striking Raja Bell above the shoulders with a forearm. Stoudemire and Diaw have been suspended for leaving “the immediate vicinity of their bench” during an altercation. The incident occurred with :18 remaining in the fourth period of the Suns' 104-98 win over the Spurs last night at AT&T Center.

Horry will serve his suspension sitting out Games 5 and 6 of the Spurs-Suns Western Conference Semifinal series, while Stoudemire and Diaw will miss Game 5 tomorrow night at US Airways Center in Phoenix.

5月 16日 星期三 05:05 更新
太陽追平馬刺代價大 A史杜達米亞戴奧動粗或停賽

【明報專訊】太陽球星拿殊    昨天取得24分及15次助攻，帶領球隊在完場前發動一段12﹕1的攻勢後上以104﹕98擊敗馬刺，在西岸準決賽追成場數2﹕2平手，第5回合將於周四返回鳳凰城舉行。不過太陽正

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面臨重大危機，因該隊昨天與馬刺爆發衝突，A史杜達米亞及戴奧或被罰停賽，太陽若缺少這兩位主將，實力定必大打折扣。

馬刺今仗雖然一直控制戰局，更曾拋離多達11分，在最後2分半鐘仍保持97﹕92的領先優勢，但後勁凌厲的太陽突然發威，以一段12﹕1的攻勢從後趕上，當中包括「助攻王」拿殊兩次後手妙傳A史杜達米亞走籃建功，相比之下馬刺卻是「虎頭蛇尾」，最後10次起手竟然9次射失，成為今仗的勝負分野。

荷利撞拿殊爆衝突

不過昨天賽事的焦點卻是完場前18秒所爆發的衝突，馬刺的荷利狠狠地撞跌拿殊，由於在首回合已有拿殊被馬刺後衛東尼柏加撞爆鼻的「積怨」，所以不僅太陽的比爾衝上前與荷利互相推撞，原本在後備席上的A史杜達米亞及戴奧亦衝入球場維護拿殊，火爆場面一觸即發，結果球證判罰荷利惡意犯規，即時驅逐離場，亦判罰比爾技術犯規，但關鍵的是A史杜達米亞及戴奧違犯了NBA    賽會有關非比賽的球員必須留在後備席之規例，A史杜達米亞及戴奧或會被罰停賽至少1場及最高罰款27.4萬港元（3.5萬美元    ）。

A史杜達米亞在季後賽平均每場射入23.9分，是太陽的得分主力，至於戴奧去季當選最佳進步球員，亦是太陽不可或缺的「第6人」，所以他們一旦被罰在第5回合停賽，隨時成為太陽最終被馬刺淘汰出局的轉捩點。拿殊認為隊友沒有參與打鬥，所以不應受罰，但憂心忡忡的A史杜達米亞則表示﹕「我今晚一定會好好祈禱，希望不用受罰。」

嘩...大件事..NBA懲罰球員真是絕不手軟呀..