Steve Nash

The great white hope did not lose the game for the Suns yesterday. The 2 time MVP (and God to all white fans, yours included) was forced to sit out the final few possessions of Game 1 vs. San Antonio. Because of Magic "HIV" Johnson and the rule that players with open cuts cannot play, Nash could only sit and watch his team lose all focus.

He originally cut his nose in a collision with Tony Parker. After a brief timeout to patch himself up, Nash came back and drained a couple quick buckets. All this time blood drained down the sides of his nose. Finally, the refs insisted he close the cut before he play more. Of course, this was with just under a minute left to go. A very opportune time to make the call.

Suns trainers furiously worked on his nose but were unable to close the wound. And that capped the evening for the Suns as their offense too worked feverishly hard to run an offense. But, like Nash, they could only watch as the Spurs ran off with the game.