I’ve been meaning to write this next random thought since the moment I watched the end of the Suns vs. Spurs in Game #4.    I’m sure everybody is well aware of what happened by now, but in a nutshell Robert Horry threw a forearm shiver at Steve Nash with time running down in the Suns dramatic come from behind victory.    The cheap shot happened right in front of the Suns bench and Amare Stoudmaire and Boris Diaw both took a few steps onto the court before being restrained by their coaches.   Now despite the fact that neither player got involved in the scuffle, both guys got suspended by the league for leaving the bench.   Robert Horry meanwhile got a two game suspension for the assault.    The end result is that the Spurs gained a huge advantage from Robert Horry taking a huge cheap shot at the Suns best player.    It’s almost like in hockey when a guy baits a superstar into a fight.

Now I understand that the NBA has a zero tolerance policy when it comes to players leaving the bench in these type situations.   And I’m sure the league is thinking what better way to send this message than by suspending Stoudmire and Diaw for the biggest game of the season when they really didn’t do anything wrong?   But this is flat out ridiculous.  At some point you need to use some common sense.    The rule already served its purpose by preventing Stoudmaire, Diaw and the rest of the Suns from getting involved in a situation where they had every right to go bonkers.  And isn’t that why the rule is there in the first place?    I don’t think you should suspend guys for reacting like human beings.   If your teammate gets clocked right in front of you it’s pretty hard just to sit there and act like nothing happened.   If anything these guys should be applauded for the fact that they were restrained quickly and efficiently.    But if you absolutely feel the need to suspend them can’t you just do it for the first game of the regular season next year?   Or even the first two or something?   Because the bottom line is if the Suns lose game 5 and go on to lose the series, the whole NBA season is a joke in my mind and you need to put an asterisk to whoever wins the championship.