Mercury's Rising in Boris Diaw's Eyes

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It's old news that Boris Diaw took in several Phoenix Mercury games earlier in the season. At first blush this Suns-sighting doesn't seem gossipworthy...but when a basketball game makes a brotha blush, it makes SunsGossip take notice.

This picture from the June 7th Mercury game against the Monarchs captures the starry-eyed swingman staring at the object of his affection. Brother Martin Diaw seems to be watching the game-action on the court. But the Suns-hot burning question is, who or what is Boris looking at?

SunsGossip spent a month of Sundays researching this one and unfortunately was unable to come up with a conclusive answer.

Some speculate that he's gazing at Mercury hottie Ann Strother. Given their confirmed post-game rendez-vous at Majerle's, this is a plausible interpretation.

But SunsGossip also talked to several Mercury game-goers who all claimed to have seen Boris staring longingly at a spectator across the court who was eating a slice of pizza. Now, we all know how much Boris loves pizza! Could the amour in his eye be for a pizza pie?

Thanks to our friends at the US Airways Center, SunsGossip was able to obtain surveillance footage from the June 7th game. A close-up still picture of the spectators in Boris' direct line of vision reveals a Mercury fan who is indeed enjoying a slice of pizza. Case closed?

Not quite. SunsGossip also spent several long hours speaking with Scorch, the Mercury mascot. Amid Tourette's-like cheering outbursts and incessant heat-related double-entendres, Scorch slipped up and revealed a certain tidbit of information... SunsGossip is toiling away to corroborate this tidbit and will surely share it as soon as it is confirmed. This story is getting hotter than a tin roof in... uh... Phoenix.