| There was something strange in the air yesterday. It | | | | or more in the fourth quarters. The 11 point lead |
| was one of those days where the wind was just | | | | seemed enough Monday night to make this statistical |
| right and a sense of karma filled the air. The Phoenix | | | | record 56-2. Enter Steve Nash and company! |
| Suns ended this day in perfect fashion by | | | | Was it a miracle or was it the grit and never-say-die |
| miraculously stealing Game 4 from the San Antonio | | | | attitude of the Suns? The Spurs lead 97-92 with 2:23 |
| Spurs. | | | | to play on a rebound basket by Duncan, the last |
| Earlier in the day I had been watching a DVD by | | | | Spur field goal of the game. An incredible left handed |
| Kansas coach Bill Self. During his talk he mentioned | | | | behind the back bounce pass from Nash to Amare |
| some of his previous coaching stops. While at Oral | | | | Stoudemire lit the Suns fire. This Maravich-like play |
| Roberts he described a team that began the season | | | | gave the Suns the lead for good, with 32 seconds to |
| 1-3 before finding the magic to win a dozen games in | | | | go. |
| a row. He had no explanation for the instant success | | | | Frustration got the best of San Antonio's Robert |
| other than citing Oral Roberts' famous saying, | | | | Horry as he hockey-checked Nash out of bounds |
| "Expect a miracle." Later that night I felt that the | | | | with 16 seconds to go. Free throws, replays and |
| Suns must have also been expecting something to | | | | tempers dominated the end of the game. The 12-1 |
| happen to them too. | | | | game-closing run by the Suns gave them an incredible |
| Heading into game 4, the Spurs are 55-2 in the Tim | | | | 104-98 win. |
| Duncan era in playoff games in which they lead by 11 | | | | |