No Nash today for the Suns.

[lurker]

Another nationally televised beatdown. Boring.

[Pelicans78]

Might as well re-name the title "No Chance today for the Suns"

Barbosa could be trouble

[baseline bum]

I get the Lakers being on TV all the time, but the networks have gotta start pulling the plug on shitty Phoenix being on every Sunday.

[Donkeybong]

I get the Lakers being on TV all the time, but the networks have gotta start pulling the plug on shitty Phoenix being on every Sunday.

Well this game is about the shaq/kobe thing, which has officially died out since their co-mvp award at the allstar game.

[Pelicans78]

Well, the Pistons surprised everyone so far. Lets see what Phoenix can do.

[lurker]

I get the Lakers being on TV all the time, but the networks have gotta start pulling the plug on shitty Phoenix being on every Sunday.
That's what happens when the tv schedules are made before the season starts. It's hard to predict which teams will suck harder than anyone could have expected or when injuries will happen.

[lurker]

Suns doing good so far, but Lakers are probably toying with them.

[peskypesky]

Suns doing good so far, but Lakers are probably toying with them.

If Shaq plays like he did against Toronto, the Suns could make this interesting. And with no Bynum, how are the Lakers going to stop the Diesel?

[peskypesky]

Could it be true that the Suns are better without Nash?

[Banzai]

lakers down 8 without nash

[Banzai]

make that 10.

[peskypesky]

make that 12

[lurker]

Boston and L.A. losses would make this shitty freezing, rainy day a lot better. I'm still worried that the Lakers will flip the on switch during the second half. Seen it happen too many times.

[IronMexican]

Raining in Dallas? It's pretty hot out here. I think it was hotter yesterday.

Lakers sucking. Sasha! You made a shot?!

[peskypesky]

Shaq abusing the Lakers.

[BeeGee]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if we take an L today. We're really not playing that good at all, lately despite some of the wins.

[lurker]

Raining in Dallas? It's pretty hot out here. I think it was hotter yesterday.

Lakers sucking. Sasha! You made a shot?!
North Carolina. We've got the winter mix going on. Lots of rain with a little snow and ice. Good times.

Nash claims they never pointed the finger at Porter? lol.

[Bob Lanier]

Another nationally televised beatdown. Boring.
:tu

[IronMexican]

Shaq is dominating the Lakers. He made Gasol his bitch on that last play.

[Banzai]

Lakers gonna lose...even though the game still going..no way the Lakers win this.48-12

[lurker]

I was right about the beatdown, just had the team who would get the beating wrong. :lol Did the rook forget the burgers again?

[IronMexican]

Fucking Yue.

[lefty]

WTF :lol

[Banzai]

down 10....

[baseline bum]

Damn, Shaq's got 19 on 8 FGA. It's always pretty cool to see a legend turn back the clock.

[Jeremy]

Shaq on pace for 38 points.

[IronMexican]

Shaq never had to turn the clock back. It's always been there. He went into Miami out of shape last season, and that team was bad.

[SpursDynasty]

Shaq is in the game which means no bullshit lane freebies for the Lakers.

The Suns are doing a great job so far...I like the new "7 seconds or Shaq" rule...Makes Phoenix a possible real Western Conference threat again.

Anyhow, no need for anyone to trash talk against the Lakers in this thread. They were expected to start losing some more games and they are. With today's loss #12, that will pretty much seal the hope of getting 70 wins for the Lakers...We can't have a cast of Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom on a 70-win team anyway, so that will be good for the league.

Phoenix is just going out there and playing their game and not making bullshit mistakes..if the rest of the league would do that vs. the Lakers, you'd see that the Lakers are little more than a 55-win team.

Again, no trash talking...it is what it is, Phoenix going out there and playing their game and winning against a team they should be winning against.

[Texas_Ranger]

But there is Goran Tragic!

[Pelicans78]

Could it be true that the Suns are better without Nash?

Nash is to the Suns what Iverson is to the Pistons.

[MacGyver]

Interesting Pau's fave 5 with his brotha! :lol


Avery Johnson in the house! :spins

[Ghazi]

Nash is to the Suns what Iverson is to the Pistons.


Stupid.

[dirk4mvp]

When will this Kobe Shaq love fest stop? It's gay.

[IronMexican]

Watching those 3-peat years makes me sad.

[IronMexican]

Quit hating on the greatest duo ever.

[dirk4mvp]

They don't even like each other. Showing some old clips is gonna make people think different?

[IronMexican]

We're on pace for a "Lakers suck major Shaq A$$" thread.

[Ghazi]

Kobe is SIZZLIN

[lurker]

Well, the burgers must have arrived.

[IronMexican]

Fucking Shaqtus. I'd love to see how many 37 year olds had this much of an impact on their team.

[IronMexican]

Ocho is on fire.

[IronMexican]

I fucking hate Barnes. That fucker.

[JoeTait75]

Killa Kobe is white-hot.

[IronMexican]

Barnes just fucked shit up for the Suns. Kobe looks pissed.

[Thunder Dan]

Suns choking

Nice of Suns fans to show up today. What is it 70% Laker fans in there?

[JoeTait75]

JFC. What can you do when Kobe decides to take over? He's turning Phoenix's own building against them.

[lurker]

Lakers fans really took over the US Airways Center.

[IronMexican]

Suns choking

Nice of Suns fans to show up today. What is it 70% Laker fans in there?

Norcal, Nevada, Arizona and a couple other areas are all the Lakers second home.

[dirk4mvp]

Aww, Mark Jackson just went on one of his tirades and forgot to say "Mama there goes that man" :(

[Ghazi]

No lead is ever safe against the Lakers, they've ate up leads quickly many times this year.

[Agloco]

Another nationally televised beatdown. Boring.

And it would've been different with him in?

[JoeTait75]

Suns doing a nice job keeping their poise and getting the lead back.

[MacGyver]

Kobe is ballhog :lol

[Thunder Dan]

kind of off the subject, but I can't stand bandwagon Laker fans. I had a guy at the Cavs/Lakers game try to fight me because I asked him what the area code was in L.A. I hate people like that.

[dirk4mvp]

kind of off the subject, but I can't stand bandwagon Laker fans. I had a guy at the Cavs/Lakers game try to fight me because I asked him what the area code was in L.A. I hate people like that.

:lol :lol

[Thunder Dan]

:lol :lol

the guy was with 2 other guys and their girls and they were all dressed head to toe in Lakers gear being all loud and annoying. So I was like, "hey give me one of L.A. many area codes to prove you are non bandwagon"- the guy got all pissed and sat down and was quiet the rest of the game. His wife said they were from Michigan

[lefty]

the guy was with 2 other guys and their girls and they were all dressed head to toe in Lakers gear being all loud and annoying. So I was like, "hey give me one of L.A. many area codes to prove you are non bandwagon"- the guy got all pissed and sat down and was quiet the rest of the game. His wife said they were from Michigan

Nice ownage :lol

Thanks :tu

[DrHouse]

Suns doing a good job of staying in this one.

The Lakers look to be in a mini-slump.

[Texas_Ranger]

I want to see Goran!!!

[lefty]

Barbosa >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Usain Bolt

[MacGyver]

I want to see Goran!!!



Dragic or Tragic?

[DrHouse]

Laker bench is flat out awful right now.

Nobody can score outside of Farmar.

Our supposed best 3pt shooter Vujacic simply doesn't have confidence in himself right now. It's quite scary actually, the guy could be on the verge of returning to the kind of player he was before last season. The Machine is broken.

Ariza is simply not playing to his strengths. He seems to be content to jack up 3's when those should be his last resort offensively. He needs to attack the basket with aggression and draw fouls. That's what he's good at.

Quite frankly you can pinpoint the recent struggles of the Laker team to the poor production of the bench.

[resistanze]

God damn, Vujacic is such a scrub. Waive that motherfucker.

[lurker]

Fuck you, Ariza.

[MacGyver]

Laker bench is flat out awful right now.

Nobody can score outside of Farmar.

Our supposed best 3pt shooter Vujacic simply doesn't have confidence in himself right now. It's quite scary actually, the guy could be on the verge of returning to the kind of player he was before last season. The Machine is broken.

Ariza is simply not playing to his strengths. He seems to be content to jack up 3's when those should be his last resort offensively. He needs to attack the basket with aggression and draw fouls. That's what he's good at.

Quite frankly you can pinpoint the recent struggles of the Laker team to the poor production of the bench.

Just on time :lol

[lurker]

Thank you, Ponytail Douche!

[DrHouse]

I laugh at the idiots who think the Lakers are a better team without Bynum. I hope these last two games put that moronic notion to rest.

Bynum is the key to the Lakers winning it all this season. Without him they are not the favorites.

[DrHouse]

Refs calling all kinds of BS today.

Just like DEN. How on earth was that a foul on Lamar?

[Cleveland Steamer]

JVG referring to Nash, "Is that one of the Jonas Brothers on the bench?"

[lurker]

I think he looks more like one of the Beatles.

[lurker]

J Rich finally did something right!

[Cleveland Steamer]

Except the Beatles can actually play defense.

[DrHouse]

Fuck this is painful to watch.

The Lakers are falling apart right now. First DEN, now tonight. Just horrific offensive execution, terrible defense, nothing is going right.

They need to right the ship fast. It's a good thing BOS and CLE are losing games as well right now.

[MacGyver]

Kobe should be techn'd for bouncing the ball into J-Rich in the last play :madrun !!!

[JoeTait75]

Fuck this is painful to watch.

The Lakers are falling apart right now. First DEN, now tonight. Just horrific offensive execution, terrible defense, nothing is going right.

They need to right the ship fast. It's a good thing BOS and CLE are losing games as well right now.

Good to see you pushing that panic button, Gregory.

[lefty]

Mike Breen keeps saying that the Suns are winning without Nash.....

Does he know that Amare is missing too ?

[pauls931]

Lakers will win on kobe freethrows. Every possesion is going to be kobe isolations except if Gasol is left wide open.

[Amarelooms]

Lakers about to go into tank mode to avoid the Mavs in the first round :elephant

[lurker]

Mike Breen keeps saying that the Suns are winning without Nash.....

Does he know that Amare is missing too ?
Everyone forgot that Amare existed when Nash got hurt.

[pauls931]

Amare is so stupid he makes himself a non factor.

Go ahead and sit your leading scorer and see how you do.

[pauls931]

Walton playing at his high level as usual...

[Bob Lanier]

Barnez could be a good player if he were more consistent.

[pauls931]

Kobe with 49? No wonder they're losing. I missed 90% of the game but I'm guessing lakers didn't play team ball which is why they're underperforming.

[DrHouse]

The Lakers simply didn't play to their strengths today and deserved to lose. Good job PHX, you finally won one against the Lakeshow.

I could say the refs were BS again today, but ultimately that didn't decide the game. It was poor offensive execution that did the Lakers in yet again. When LO goes down with early foul trouble the team is limited to playing Kobe basketball, which we all know is a losing proposition in the long run.

Phil Jackson needs to get back to the drawing board. I certainly did not see any triangle offense run tonight. Just a lot of ISO sets for Kobe. Reminded me of '06 all over again.

[pauls931]

Good call, they got shaq that time.

[Texas_Ranger]

goodbye LA

[pauls931]

If the Lakers sit Kobe they would suck. The Suns sucked before that sat Amare. This is just one game, but you guys wasnt making the playoffs with or without Amare... you get my point?

Throw in porter;s system and I'll agree.

[024]

kobe got packed.

[DrHouse]

Like I said before, it's a good thing BOS and CLE are losing games as well right now. The Lakers can keep their #1 record and think about why they sucked these past two games.

[lurker]

Can they sub Nash in just for the final seconds? My god.

[pauls931]

Can they sub Nash in just for the final seconds? My god.

It would be nice, but I consider it a miracle any time they do anything right without him in the game.

[Amarelooms]

Lakers scared of the Mavs in the 8th seed? Kinda sad to see this :elephant

[pauls931]

well I'll be damned...

[lefty]

Amare is so stupid he makes himself a non factor.

:lol

[Agloco]

Kobe with 49? No wonder they're losing. I missed 90% of the game but I'm guessing lakers didn't play team ball which is why they're underperforming.

Yeah Gasol has 30. Looks like no one else showed up.

[Banzai]

Like I said before, it's a good thing BOS and CLE are losing games as well right now. The Lakers can keep their #1 record and think about why they sucked these past two games.

I don't think the Laker team has the ability to think.

[lurker]

Finally. That was a good game. Glad I didn't decide to skip it after they announced Nash wouldn't be playing. :lol

[der Kaiser]

Its official

Shaq is on the Juice

[lefty]

When Kobe sets out to go for huge numbers the Lakers always lose. As a Laker fan, going from Magic to Kobe is like chewing glass.

+1

And I thought Kobe admired Magic when growing up :wtf

[lefty]

He admired him so much that when Magic advised Kobe to go out and have a drink with the guys to build comaraderie, Kobe said, "Thats the most stupid thing anyone has ever told me."

Kobe will go down as one of the top 5 greatest scorers, but he will never be remembered as a great leader because he never learned how to follow.

Yeah, Kobe was a loner back then (maybe still is); when asked why he wouldn't go out with his teammates, he answer was: " why would I do that? there is no reason "

[der Kaiser]

He admired him so much that when Magic advised Kobe to go out and have a drink with the guys to build comaraderie, Kobe said, "Thats the most stupid thing anyone has ever told me."

Kobe will go down as one of the top 5 greatest scorers, but he will never be remembered as a great leader because he never learned how to follow.

Sorry but I dont think Magic is the ideal guys to be giving dudes social advice.

[DrHouse]

Oh please spare me the Kobe bashing. You all love to do this when the Lakers lose, LAKER fans included. He's an easy scape goat.

Kobe Bryant will pass you the ball if YOU SHOW YOU WANT THE BALL. None of his teammates came to play outside of Gasol. I don't blame Kobe at all. I blame the head coach who decided not to run a single high P&R on Shaq when he had 5 fucking fouls. These last two losses fall squarely on the inability of Phil Jackson to devise a proper gameplan.

It's a damn good thing BOS and CLE are losing games too right now.

[Muser]

I didn't catch the game, where the presenters all over the Shaq/Kobe reuninon thing?

[lefty]

I didn't catch the game, where the presenters all over the Shaq/Kobe reuninon thing?

Big time



That shit is getting old (and I'm not just talking about Shaq)

[JoeTait75]

Of the 16 games played this past week by LA, Boston, Cleveland and Orlando, 11 were on the road (including tonight's Cavaliers game @ Atlanta.) None of the teams are 100 percent health-wise, not even close.

This was bound to be a tough week all around.

[lefty]

Its almost like they are trying to force a fucking reunion between two guys who couldnt stand each other.

My thoughts exactly

Medias: " Lakers, please bring Shaq back in L.A ! "

[pauls931]

Its almost like they are trying to force a fucking reunion between two guys who couldnt stand each other.

Suns guaranteed to make the playoffs as the 8th seed to ensure a Kobe vs Shaq matchup. Stern himself probably fired Porter because he messed up the chance of Shaq vs. Kobe in the conference finals.

[Muser]

It's not gonna happen, but if the Lakers did have shaq, they'd easily be the most dominant team in the NBA.

[lefty]

Suns guaranteed to make the playoffs as the 8th seed to ensure a Kobe vs Shaq matchup. Stern himself probably fired Porter because he messed up the chance of Shaq vs. Kobe in the conference finals.

:lol

[pauls931]

:lol

You're laughing but he's furious with Spurs vs Lakers.... His only chance it to make sure it's Lakers vs Cavs in the finals since boston is out of style now.

[IronMexican]

Not as pissed at Friday's loss. I'm not really pissed at all.

[peskypesky]

Magic gave him perfect advice, thats if you want to lead men. You have to be one of the guys if want to lead them. Not only that, Kobe faked this squeeky clean image before the rape case, but if he had gone out and publicly chased a few skirts, and got his hands dirty a little bit, no one would judge him.

Kobe tried to pretend he was morally better than everyone by getting married and pretending ot be loyal. Magic, Shaq, and even Jordan were married, and when they got caught doing dirt, people could relate and understand. People dont understand perfect people.

Then how do you explain Tim Duncan leading his team to 4 Championships?

[dirk4mvp]

Except the Beatles can actually play defense.

None of the Beatles had 34 cowlicks in their hair.

[peskypesky]

It's not gonna happen, but if the Lakers did have shaq, they'd easily be the most dominant team in the NBA.

Wrong. If the Spurs had Shaq, they'd be the most dominant team in the NBA.