As Shawn Marion attempted a layup, Memphis' Dahntay Jones pushed him to the ground. An angry Marion landed hard and had to be restrained from going after Jones by teammate Steven Hunter.
Jones, who was called for a flagrant foul, later apologized to Marion, but the Suns were still steaming about the hit after the game.
'It was a dirty foul,' Hunter said. 'He (Marion) was hot, but I wasn't going to let him do anything stupid.'
Suns coach Mike D'Antoni, hearing fans heckling him, turned around and shouted, 'That's not right. That's not basketball.'
No one was angrier than Quentin Richardson, who said he wanted to '(expletive deleted) Jones up.'
'If it had been in the regular season, he would have been in the first row with me on top of him,' Richardson said. 'But we had better things to do than get into it.'
'I love that feeling of winning,' Boykin said. 'I've had the opportunity of winning three city championships. My friends call me a bandwagon fan because I like teams like the Lakers and Yankees and Duke. They all have that winning tradition. I don't like losing. I guess you could say I am a bandwagoner but why would you like to lose?'
