[JRutledge]

Originally Posted by ColdShot

"Players shall not leave the bench area during an altercation".

Do you know the definition of "altercation"?

http://dict.die.net/altercation/

"altercation
n : noisy quarrel [syn: affray, fracas]


Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Altercation \Al`ter*ca"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F. altercation, fr.
L. altercatio.]
Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or
anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest. "

Didn't Ellis and Johnson have words? Wasn't Duncan on the playing
floor, inside the the three point line, while the clock was running and
when those words were exchanged?

"this case needs to be black and white..."

OK, Ellis and Johnson had a "warm contention in words". Duncan came
out on to the court and had to be restrained and pulled back to the
bench by Bowen. Black and white: he should be suspended by the letter
of the law. How can you say "this case needs to be black and white..."
and then say it doesn't apply to Duncan unless you are a Duncan fan boy/lap dog?


FWIW, when Stoudimire stood up no one had yet to say a word yet. They
all still had their mouths agape in shock. It's actually funny if you view the
tape: the entire Sun's bench has the exact same gaping expression.

If you know anything about playing rules, you cannot use a dictionary definition to prove a point on any level. What the NBA calls an "altercation" might not fit the wording of the rule or how the rule is interpreted. Considering that no where in the dictionary definitions are you going to find how that relates to an NBA game, it is not a very good comparison.

Secondly I cannot stand the Spurs and Tim Duncan is the biggest whiner in the league. Outside of Rasheed Wallace Duncan cries more than babies in a nursery. When Duncan was ejected by Crawford in my opinion he deserved every bit of this and you can read my comments I made about him and the situation on this site.

I have been watching the NBA for years and was actually in Chicago watching the Knicks-Bulls game in a Chicago Hooters with some friends when Derek Harper and Jo Jo English got into a fight that help start this rule. Then I watched the Heat and the Knicks get into a similar fight when Charlie Ward was flipped over and thrown out of bounds by a Heat player during the playoffs and several players cleared the bench. There were players that sat out game 7 of that series and it changed the outcome. The NBA has applied that rule across the board despite who got hurt and who violated the rule. The Suns players are not that good to get that kind of treatment.

Peace