Well, yeah. As stated previously, the league has set the bar pretty low for the behavior that can earn a suspension. So if you ball your fist up and then use it to strike Michael Finley’s wang, you can probably expect a suspension. Jason Terry got a one game suspension for the junk-punch… grabbing his sack and yanking on it, though, I guess would’ve been fine.

I don’t think what Terry did was all that terrible, honestly… it’s not like he swung a haymaker. Yes, it was wrong, but I think it was a brief moment of weakness in reaction to guys diving at him and reaching for the ball. I don’t think any less of him for it… but at the same time, when you punch someone, no matter in what manner… the league isn’t going to just let it go.

I’m really not sure how much this hurts the Mavs. It may not show up until late in the game when fatigue and/or foul trouble show up. They can still trot out a line-up of Devin Harris, Jerry Stackhouse, Josh Howard, Dirk Nowitzki, and, depending on how small they want to go, Erick Dampier, Gana Diop, or Marquis Daniels. It does hurt their depth at the guard position. There will be times in the game where the Mavs have to go with a more traditional line-up and play the Spurs that way. Advantage, Spurs.

Pretty bad time for a starting point guard to get suspended. If it turns out that they really miss him, and they can’t win without him… then they’ve got to deal with an experience San Antonio team in a Game 7, at home, with all the momentum on their side. Bad, bad, time to get suspended.

Oh, and just because I like seeing it… here’s Michael Finley treating Erick Dampier like a pimp treat a ho.