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Originally Posted by cougjunkie
Kenny Smith said it best on TNT- He said the NBA has to suspend Amare and Diaw otherwise they will never be able to enforce the leaving the bench rule again. It doesnt matter the magnitude of the game you cant pick and choose your spots. Miami lost a series in 1997 (the van gundy leg grab game) because they had players leave the bench and could only dress 6 guys for the next game.
Phoenix is grasping at straws if they are trying to point out that Duncan left the bench. I dont like the rule but if the rule is there Amare and Diaw both broke it. At least Diaw caught himself and went back to the bench Amare had to be restrained.
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The rule needs to be revised. As I said above, Stern has only incentivized teams to flagrantly foul an opposing player right in front of that team's bench, because the odds of multiple people coming onto the court from 3 feet away is ridiculously high if you foul someone hard enough.
All Stern has done is reward Horry's behavior and possibly given the Spurs the series or, alternatively, encouraged the Suns to play dirty and get as many Spurs' players as possible ejected in the process.