Steve Nash’s right eye was swollen shut. He had six stitches beneath a bandage on his eyebrow, while the purplish lump was darkening another shade. And that fourth quarter? “I couldn’t see anything,” Nash said. One good eye was plenty. Nash scored 10 of his 20 points while his eye gradually shut more and more in the fourth, and the Phoenix Suns swept the San Antonio Spurs from the Western Conference semifinals with a 107-101 win Sunday night. It was long-awaited redemption for the Suns, who had been booted from the playoff by the Spurs four times since 2003. “That was ugly,” Suns forward Channing Frye said walking off the court. He wasn’t talking about Nash’s eye, though it would’ve fit. Nash was accidentally struck by one of Tim Duncan’s elbows in the third quarter and briefly went to the locker room. http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/recap;_ylt=ApsTQ6idSWrXvzTNTGo1sku8vLYF?gid=2010050924
