Bowen Suspended.

[Rick41]

One game. GOOD.

[mqywaaah]

FINALLY!! The NBA recognized and distinguised his dirty plays from his defensive skills. BIG DIFFERENCE MONSIEUR STERN!

[horse900703]

YES!!!!!!!
SHOULD Suspend 3 OR MORE

[dude1394]

For life!

[LSMF]

Bowen is a real Dumba$$ , this dude actually thinks that he isn't dirty.

Spurs notebook: 'Dirty' label upsets Bowen
Jeff McDonald
Express-News

(EDITOR'S NOTE: Early game notes - will be updated)

PHILADELPHIA — A night after the NBA suspended him for a game for purportedly kicking another player, Spurs forward Bruce Bowen was back on defense Saturday.

Specifically, he was defending his reputation.

Vehemently denying the league's assertion that he had purposefully kicked New Orleans guard Chris Paul, Bowen said it bothers him to be considered a dirty player.

"When people think of me, all they think about is, 'He's dirty,'" Bowen said before the Spurs' game against the 76ers. "You don't ever want to be looked at as a player like that."

The incident occurred in the third quarter of the Spurs' loss at New Orleans on Wednesday, when Bowen and Paul became entangled in a fight for a loose ball. Paul was called for a foul on the play, but upon viewing tape of the episode, Stu Jackson, the league's executive vice president of basketball operations, ruled that Bowen had kicked Paul after the whistle.

The league informed Bowen of its decision to suspend him after shootaround Friday in Detroit. He watched the Spurs' 84-80 loss to the Pistons on television at the team hotel.

The suspension ended Bowen's league-best streaks of consecutive games played and started at 500.

At the time, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich said he didn't think Bowen's crime warranted the punishment meted out.

"It doesn't reach the level of other suspensions that I've seen, either in physicality or harm," Popovich said.

Bowen agreed. He recalled a game in 2006 when he kicked then-Seattle guard Ray Allen in the back during a tangle — and admitted to it.

Bowen's punishment then? A $10,000 fine and no suspension.

"I kicked Ray, and I was wrong for that, and I dealt with the consequences of that," Bowen said. "But the consequences here were greater, and it wasn't a kick."

Back in action Saturday night, Bowen has chosen to take a philosophical view of the ordeal.

"I'm a Christian," he said. "Sometimes when we feel like we're wrongfully accused, you have to look at it as people we try to emulate our lives after were wrongfully accused. It's about how you handle that, more than anything else.

"Are you able to just continue on with life and move on? Or do you allow that to be a deterrent? It's important to move on. Sometimes things happen like that, but life doesn't stop."

Udoka on mend:

Popovich says he expects injured swingman Ime Udoka to be ready for Monday's game against Boston.

Udoka, who has been battling a foot problem for several weeks, was sent back to San Antonio for treatment after Wednesday's loss at New Orleans.

"We watched him play in that game, and he could hardly move," Popovich said.

[dude1394]

Boo freaking hoo. I think about 2 dozen sprained ankles disagree with him.

[LSMF]

Bowen's a real moron if he doesn't realize in his mind that what he does to people is wrong, I wonder how he feels about his jumpkick to wally sczerbiak's face. He probably felt it was clean, that dude is a moron and he should be ashamed of himself. It's one thing to be a physical and nasty defender and its another thing to be a Jacka$$ who is constantly hurting people.

[Mavs Rule]

Bowen is innocent! (click on link)

[Member]

thank god...i always think of the ninja kick to wally's face when i think of bowen that scoundrel