Whether it was an accident no longer mattered. The fact was, it was broken, and it wasn't getting fixed anytime soon.
Inside the TNT Studio, Barkley didn't explicitly say the Spurs were using off-court tactics, but he kept going on about the floor and the hoops at the North Shore Garden Arena, even bringing up Jordan's pizza. It was clear he was being snarky about the Spurs.
Of course, the power outage at the Phoenix Suns' hotel from two years ago was also brought up.
In the conference room, no one looked happy.
On paper, the sweltering arena should have been fair to both teams. It might have even been more advantageous for the Phoenix Suns.
After all, if it got too hot, the players' performance would suffer, and their minutes would have to be reduced. In that scenario, the Phoenix Suns, with their deeper bench, should have had the upper hand.
But once the game actually started, Chen Yu realized that wasn't the case.
