5 Biggest What-ifs of the past decade

#5 2007: What if Robert Horry never hip-checked Steve Nash?

Horry checks Nash

In Game 4 of Western Conference Semi-finals in 2007, the Phoenix Suns were up three (100-97) with about 24 seconds to go. That's when Robert Horry hip-checked Steve Nash into the barricade breaking his nose as a result. This was the Phoenix Suns’ last chance to show the world that the “Seven Seconds or Less” offense can lead to a championship(s).

Nash’s teammates-Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw, were suspended a game each for leaving the bench during the incident. The Suns lost the series after slipping in Game 5 without their key big men. Had Diaw and Stoudemire played Game 5, they might have had a good chance to not only take the series and win it all (the Jazz made the Western Conference Finals and the Cavaliers won the East; neither was truly elite back then).