NBA commissioner David Stern on Wednesday said Phoenix?s Amare Stoudemire and Boris Diaw are to blame for their suspensions for Game 5 tonight against the San Antonio Spurs.

Stern, appearing on the Dan Patrick show on ESPN radio said it?s a misnomer to say the NBA is deciding the series with its suspensions of Stoudemire and Diaw.

?It?s being decided because two Phoenix Suns who knew about the rule forgot about it, couldn?t control themselves and didn?t have coaches who could control them,? Stern said. ? ?I?m unhappy with the result, no doubt about it. But to listen to the palaver that Robert Horry changed the series is just silly."

?What changed the series is Amare and Boris ran out on the court and there wasn?t an assistant coach there, one of six, to restrain them.?

Stern said he?s unhappy the NBA had to take action.

?It?s a shame this happened,? he said. ?It?s a shame that by the players not being able to control themselves they put the team in this position.?