The Phoenix Suns trainers unsuccessfully stopped the blood from flowing, so the refs had to intermittently halt the game so the staff could attend to Nash. "Pop was over there like, 'Just let him ...

PHOENIX - If he were a city instead of a player, Steve Nash would have his own catalog of capitalized catchphrases to match his inventory of facial affronts.

Steve Nash won the award in back-to-back years, in 2004-05 and 2005-06. The 26-year-old also became the fourth player to win the award while averaging 32+ points per per, 5+ rebounds per game and ...

"Just let him play" - Nash remembers Pop asking the refs to let him stay on the floor despite a bloody nose in the 2007 playoffs ... including Steve Nash.