I don't like it either kinda hard to follow the game.

Yeah, the calls were excessive. I know they need to take control if they see things are getting out of hand, but there are times when you just have to let the guys play. The Suns rely on keeping the game going, so every foul called hurts them. There were certainly some bad calls (on both sides). I'm not entirely sure why on some plays they will call a minor foul, while on other plays, someone can get hacked and nothing is called. They could at least be consistent.

On the Marion/Ginobili play, it was a foul, but something like that happens so quickly that you'd have to be at the perfect angle to see it. It seemed to motivate Ginobili though, which sucks.

I would have loved to have heard what Raja said to Bowen. They showed that clip of him yelling at him. I'm guessing he wasn't too thrilled with Bowen's knee-to-the-groin on Nash, among other things. As far as that play goes, once again, it's one of those plays that you can interpret any way. I'm not entirely sure what he was doing with his knee (if he was going to take a step, he should get a job in the Ministry of Silly Walks), but it looked like enough of an accident that I can't definitively say that it was intentional.

The Suns just could not get shots to fall in the 3rd. I counted at least 5 shots that went in and out. That's just rough.

All in all, I figured that if the Suns took one, it would probably be Game 4. They looked like crap for most of the night, Amare was in foul trouble, they turned the ball over 16 times, yet they still only lost by 7. Next time out, they should be better than that.

Refs did seem pretty inconsistent on what calls they made. They did keep the game fair though IMO. It didn't seem that they were calling more fouls on one team than the other. That's all I really ask for. I wish they would let them play but if they are going to call silly fouls then atleast call them both ways. It was just a really chippy game.

The Marion thing was a foul but it wasn't something that should have been called because it would have been a hard one to see, just like Jon said. I've never seen anyones eye go black and blue almost instantly like Manu's did though. It was weird.

I would have loved to hear the comments made during the whole game. The ones made between Bell and Bowen specifically but also the one between Parker and Bell later in the game. I'm going to get accused of being biased here but I didn't think the knee to the groin looked intentional. It looked like Bowen was just trying to create some space because Nash was right on him. Plus Bowen already knew that the refs would be watching him more than usual so why would he do something intentional to draw more attention to himself.

Basically the game lived up to what was expected, it was a great played game. I just wish there wasn't controversy out there. The Spurs and Suns are probably the 2 classiest teams in the NBA and I don't want to see any dirty plays. Game 4 should be another good one.

As always, GO SPURS GO!!!