Think about it - your team has just blown a huge game at home, and is about to have to play on the road. It's a 2-2 series, and momentum is not in your favor.
Sending out your 8th or 9th best player to take out the other team's MVP, in the vicinity of the other team's bench is pretty good strategy.
At the very least, you KNOW that some of the other players will retaliate. If any of them come off the bench, the NBA automatically suspends them for a game. On top of that, you might get lucky and hurt the MVP also as a bonus.
In this case, even though Nash is OK, Pop has got to be pretty pleased that Stoudamire, Diaw, and possibly Bell may sit out Game 3, all for the low, low price of Horry. What a deal!
2007-05-14
18:41:06
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