Lakers @ Suns

[resistanze]

Looks like a fun game so far.

[mardigan]

More of that great Suns defense, giving up 33 points in the first quarter

[JamStone]

Suns don't seem interested in playing. Lakers taking advantage.

[resistanze]

Derek Fisher was tearing shit up early. And Kwame Brown should be slapped - fading away in the post with Diaw on him.

[Amare_32]

Suns don't seem interested in playing. Lakers taking advantage.


They will come back. A 13 point lead is not insurmontable the way the play. Plus is the Lakers.

[dirk4mvp]

I thought there were random suns posters here claiming the Suns were good defensively?

[JMarkJohns]

This Suns defense is ugly. What's worse is their offense is a question mark.

Those two things add up for a very troubling start to the season.

[picnroll]

Suns playing their donut D again. Nothing in the middle.

[Amare_32]

I thought there were random suns posters here claiming the Suns were good defensively?


I never claimed that. I know the Suns are not the greatest when it comes to defense. However I still think they have enough to win plus they can play good enough defense to win. Is only a matter of them focusing on defense.

[Walter Craparita]

Skinners goatee is glorious.

[resistanze]

LMAO! I know the basket counted, but Kwame Brown is still comedy relief.

[Amare_32]

This Suns defense is ugly. What's worse is their offense is a question mark.

Those two things add up for a very troubling start to the season.

Remeber last season the Suns started off 1-5 and ended up with 61 wins.

[jman3000]

damn ... down 17 now... is it just they're not getting those transition 3's to fall? nash not finding the cutters? what's holding up the offense?

[mardigan]

I never claimed that. I know the Suns are not the greatest when it comes to defense. However I still think they have enough to win plus they can play good enough defense to win. Is only a matter of them focusing on defense.
It wanst you, it was da suns fag. Claiming the Suns were playing better d already this year than the Spurs

[JMarkJohns]

Remeber last season the Suns started off 1-5 and ended up with 61 wins.

Yeah, when Amare was working his way back into shape. They also had a steadying presense down low, which is now in Seattle.

I'm claiming that the sky is falling. But I can certainly call schlock schlock. The Suns have played like garbage on defense for 1-1/2 games thus far, and, if not for Banks 4-for-5 from range, may have lost to a bottom -10 team in the League to start the season, and, unless someone steps up with a similar performance tonight, may lose to a team they've dominated the past three years.

[J.T.]

Spurs, Suns and Mavs all picking up where they left off last year!

[T Park]

Im tellin ya,

Loosing Kurt Thomas hurt more than people realize.

Brian Skinner is just a regular stiff big.

Thomas was a perfect defensive big for the Suns.

Could hang scoring wise AND, play D on the good bigs in the league.

Kwame is tearing them a new one tonight.

Yes.

KWAME BROWN!!!

4 points 8 rebounds in the first half?!?!

Good god.

[dirk4mvp]

Wow the Suns defense is fucking trash.

[JMarkJohns]

Skinner is actually more athletic than Thomas, but I think "stiff" could apply to Skinner's offensive game. I'm very concerned.

[T Park]

Skinner is actually more athletic than Thomas, but I think "stiff" could apply to Skinner's offensive game. I'm very concerned.

Yeah Skinner "moves" better than Thomas.

His jumper, inside game is trash, and his defense is mediocre compared to Thomas in the post.

[mardigan]

I dont think the Suns knew before they signed Hill that he cant hit 3's.

[JMarkJohns]

Agreed. I still think, if given time, he'll do well. It's just unlikely to be well enough...

[Amare_32]

Nash 1 assist. That sums up the game so far.

[JMarkJohns]

He doesn't have the 3-point shooters. Hill has always struggled, Marion is inconsistant, Amare better not, and then off the bench you have an inconsistant Banks, two rookies and a non-existant Diaw.

NOT good...

[T Park]

Agreed. I still think, if given time, he'll do well. It's just unlikely to be well enough


Brian Skinner or Grant Hill?

[JMarkJohns]

Both, but mostly Skinner, since low-post defense and rebounding is their two most glaring holes.

[T Park]

Yeah, I said at the time, they should've been BEGGING PJ Brown to come play for em.

If they had gotten PJ Brown, I would still be seriously scared of the Suns.

[JMarkJohns]

Brown would have been nice, but he was never going to come back for anything short of the full MLE, which Phoenix was NEVER going to offer.

[ducks]

LAL: K. Bryant 12 Pts, 9 Reb, 1 Ast
HOW THE HELL YOU LET KOBE GET 9 REBOUNDS AT HALF?

[T Park]

Is ESPN Gamecast wrong?

They have Skinner starting and Stoudamire on the bench!!

[KidCongo]

peohnix is rattled!!!!!

[Jeremy]

Is ESPN Gamecast wrong?

They have Skinner starting and Stoudamire on the bench!!

Listening on Audio League Pass...Skinner started the 2nd half, while Amare went to the locker room for a minute. Now Amare is back in. Don't know what happened...

[jman3000]

suns fans better hope he had to take a deuce.

[Jeremy]

He sure hasn't been playing well tonight...

[T Park]

Somethings wrong with stoudamire.


Sick, hurt, sore, SOMETHING.

6 points 1 rebound against the Lakers!!

[Amare_32]

Somethings wrong with stoudamire.


Sick, hurt, sore, SOMETHING.

6 points 1 rebound against the Lakers!!


Is just one of those nights. The played in Seattle last night and is a long season.

[Jeremy]

Maybe he has a stomach flu or something?? If so, he probably shouldn't be playing...

[jman3000]

nash only has 2 dimes. that would seem like the source of all the problems... shooters not hitting? what gives?

[T Park]

Kwame is owning Stoudamire right now.


Suns fans need to pray to Budah, Allah, God, Jesus, Zeus, whoever, that its just a sickness....

[Jeremy]

Amare with 4 points, 4 fouls, and 1 rebound. 1-7 FG. Back on the bench.

[resistanze]

What is Fisher smoking? Gimme some of that.

[ludda]

fisher is on fire. Too bad it won't last too much longer.

[dirk4mvp]

That was a pretty play by Kobe.

[jman3000]

holy crap... put a hand up... shit.

[ludda]

when kwames having a "good" night...somethings wrong. But I like it!

[jman3000]

for being such a mediocre offensive team... the lakers sure do look like they're getting whatever shot they want at this point.

[T Park]

Kwame with close to a double double.

Wow.

[ludda]

Probably cuz the suns have gotten "fat and happy" from all the praise in the media as dan-tony said.

[T Park]

for being such a mediocre offensive team... the lakers sure do look like they're getting whatever shot they want at this point.

you pretty much spelled out the Suns problem...

[T Park]

This is just pathetic...

[jman3000]

up to 29 now... phx has a great o... but this one is over.

[SpursFanFirst]

Oh man, oh man...this is seriously bad.

[NuGGeTs-FaN]

:lol the suns are getting OWNED

[dirk4mvp]

DAMN! Turiaf just fucked skinner up!

[SAtown]

Lakers looking like 6 years ago

[td4mvp21]

The Suns look really bad.


I like it :lol

[SAtown]

What a good friday night in the Association :downspin:

[shyne]

Did I hear right Amare didnt feel like playing to start the half?

[Spurologist]

:lmao

I'll give anyone who posts a D'antoni sideline pic or video all of my vmoney

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Suns look terrribbleee....

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

Did I hear right Amare didnt feel like playing to start the half?
maybe...he got in some early 4 fouls. :lol

[ludda]

Awesome. I never thought Id see the day when Radman and Kwame Brown are making Stoudemire and Shawn Marion "self-voted DPOY" look like scrubs.

Suns getting pounded, Mavs losing to atl (not as embarassing w/o Jho and harris, but still), Spurs winning, Great night.

Lakers better not choke this on.

[ManuTim_best of Fwiendz]

They look like the Bizarro Suns

[SpursFanFirst]

Geez! There's still one more quarter of this mess...and the Lakers have 90-something already? ugh

[dirk4mvp]

Goddamm, nobody on the Lakers can miss.

[Kriz-Maxima]

95 points in 3 quarters. Great defense by Phoenix!

[dirk4mvp]

95 points in 3 quarters. Great defense by Phoenix!


Of course it's great D. We all should have listened to the Suns fans here who touted their lockdown D to begin with.

[Roxsfan]

I guess the Lakers were not the shiit team after all on opening night for the Rockets. Rockets were up by 12 with 90 seconds to go and we held them off by 2 pts with a shane battier 3 ball.

Now those same lakers are full on out destroying the Suns, WOW.


GO LAKERS

[ludda]

..or maybe that the sons never learned that when the outside shots aren't falling, its time to play some D so that you're not making Radman look like Ray Allen out there or take it to the basket. At this point, they might as well just resort to hack-a-kwame.

[SAtown]

The Suns are so terrible right now :lmao

Love it

[efrem1]

Getting blown out by almost 30 in your home opener. Bleecccchh!!!

[T Park]

YAY STOUDAMIRE FINALLY GOT A BASKET!!

Do some pushups you fucktard.

[SpursFanFirst]

ouch! that 3 hurt...and I'm a Spurs fan

[td4mvp21]

YAY STOUDAMIRE FINALLY GOT A BASKET!!

Do some pushups you fucktard.
:lmao

[ludda]

haha seriously though, what is the whole lakers team smoking?? all the scrubs are jacking up threes like the new phx sons.

[efrem1]

They still have Stoudemire in? Give it up D'Antoni!!

[TDfan2007]

This is just regoddamndiculously funny, especially after D'antonie's comments about the ring ceremony the other day. I say screw that overconfident bunch of NBA do-nothings. Only guy who doesn't get on my nerves is Steve Nash.

[T Park]

I would fire D'Antoni after this performance if I was Steve Kerr.

[Roxsfan]

Getting blown out by 30 in your home opener. Bleecccchh!!!


fixed

[baseline bum]

Phoenix is getting murdered on the boards; they're currently -20 to the Lakers on the glass. Can you imagine how ugly those numbers will be when they face a team like Dallas that lives off the offensive glass?

[T Park]

Only guy who doesn't get on my nerves is Steve Nash.


Used to be same for me.

BUT.

After the bitching DURING and AFTER the game he did, I no longer feel the same way.

[SAtown]

They still have Stoudemire in? Give it up D'Antoni!!

no no, let him embarrass himself

[Amare_32]

haha seriously though, what is the whole lakers team smoking?? all the scrubs are jacking up threes like the new phx sons.


I guess even the shitty teams have thier moments. Although is disturbing that a putrid offense like the Lakers has scored 102 points. Bring on the Cavs.

[SAtown]

Anyone else diggin these new NBA commercials?

[T Park]

D'Antoni.
For your sake and his.

Put in Marks for Stoudamire. Seriously its doin him no good.

[Amare_32]

This is just regoddamndiculously funny, especially after D'antonie's comments about the ring ceremony the other day. I say screw that overconfident bunch of NBA do-nothings. Only guy who doesn't get on my nerves is Steve Nash.


What did he say?

[T Park]

Man Marks must have pissed off D'Antoni.

Wont even play him in a 30 point blowout.

[efrem1]

FSN Arizona guy sez "It's not a sprint, it's a marathon." Whatever.

[Amare_32]

fixed


Yeah because the NBA wants one of thier more marketable teams to be blown out by the Lakers in their home opener. :rolleyes

[SpursFanFirst]

This is just regoddamndiculously funny, especially after D'antonie's comments about the ring ceremony the other day. I say screw that overconfident bunch of NBA do-nothings. Only guy who doesn't get on my nerves is Steve Nash.

I, for one, think they need to "run faster!" :lol
Wasn't that their plan going into the season? I seem to recall reading that.

[td4mvp21]

Yeah, what did D'Antoni say about our ring ceremony?

[T Park]

:lol

no he changed what a person said, to what that person SHOULD have said.

Fixed.

Not like fixed in Suns fans think Game 3 of last year was fixed.

[SAtown]

Yeah, what did D'Antoni say about our ring ceremony?

He "jokingly" said that he wanted to throw up while he watched the Spurs get their rings.

[T Park]

Yeah, what did D'Antoni say about our ring ceremony?


Watching the Spurs get the rings made him sick.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Anyone else diggin these new NBA commercials?
They are pretty friggin sweet, but now I'm uncertain as to whether or not the NBA cares.

I had forgotten about this game was even on tonight. Doesn't look like I missed much. I'm sure the Spurs will be victims of an inexplicable blowout a few times this year, but...damn. That's all I can say. Damn.

[Spurologist]

Seriously, wtf is wrong with Amare? No confidence when shooting or going to the rim whatsoever.

It's like D'antoni has domesticated him.

Funny but fucking sad.

[td4mvp21]

Watching the Spurs get the rings made him sick.
Well that's expected. Glad it bothered him :tu

[ShoogarBear]

Ell Ohhh Elll

What should be making D'Antoni feel like throwing up is right in front of him.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Man Marks must have pissed off D'Antoni.

Wont even play him in a 30 point blowout.
"Hey coach, did I ever tell you about the time I won an NBA championship?"

[SAtown]

It's like D'antoni has domesticated him.



If by domesticate you mean castrate, then yes.

[efrem1]

Yeah, I know this is just one game for the Suns, but at least give it the ole college try for your opener. I honestly think this is an anomaly, but the starters should have been pulled at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

[SpursFanFirst]

Anyone else diggin these new NBA commercials?


Yeah, I was thinking the same thing earlier.

[SAtown]

"Hey coach, did I ever tell you about the time I won an NBA championship?"

:lmao

[leroyjenkins]

phil and mike were getting into it...lol

[dirk4mvp]

phil and mike were getting into it...lol

Mike is such a whiny bitch.

[FromWayDowntown]

D'Antoni really complaining about the Lakers using a timeout? Really? Really?

If I was a Suns fan, it would be a little worrisome to me that D'Antoni has to look to external "disrespect" as a motivational tool.

[Roxsfan]

Ha, dantoni is yelling shit to phil jackson telling him "we have 3 more games with you, we're good, we're good."

dantoni is such a cry-baby classless jerk.

[T Park]

Man Maurice Evans would be perfect on the Spurs vs Dallas.

[Spurologist]

If by domesticate you mean castrate, then yes.

exatamundo

D'antoni cracks me up

:lmao

What a punk bitch. Take the loss like a man and sub in your second/third unit

[td4mvp21]

"Hey coach, did I ever tell you about the time I won an NBA championship?"
:lmao :lmao

[T Park]

Ha, dantoni is yelling shit to phil jackson telling him "we have 3 more games with you, we're good, we're good."

No way, he really said this??

OH fuck its on!!!

Lakers Suns games are gonna SOOO be worth watching now!!!

[timvp]

Early season blowouts build character.

Does D'Antoni have something like the "soft card" that Pop has? Perhaps a "come on guys we need to score more" card. . .

[ShoogarBear]

Does Mike D'Antoni ever take responsibility for anything?

His team (and their fans) must take their cue from him.

[CubanMustGo]

Barbosa lighting it up against the Laker scrubs.

[Amare_32]

Well this goes in the inexplicable loss column. Hopefully they play better Sunday versus the Cavs. Damn this was ugly.

[T Park]

Early season blowouts build character.

Does D'Antoni have something like the "soft card" that Pop has? Perhaps a "come on guys we need to score more" card.


:lol

comeonguysletsgoletsgocomeonguys :lmao

[SAtown]

Ha, dantoni is yelling shit to phil jackson telling him "we have 3 more games with you, we're good, we're good."


Wow, can you imagine any respectable coach saying this shit? I'd imagine Pop just sitting on the bench, motionless and without any facial expression, while the Spurs get blown out in their home season opener.

[SpursFanFirst]

Where were these shots earlier?

[efrem1]

Ole Nash's sweat has already evaporated. Sitting down for a while Stevie?

[T Park]

He still prob thinks " Something was taken from us"

[CubanMustGo]

Wow, can you imagine any respectable coach saying this shit? I'd imagine Pop just sitting on the bench, motionless and without any facial expression, while the Spurs get blown out in their home season opener.

Sounds like something you'd expect Buttermaker to say in "Bad News Bears," not a coach in the NBA.

[SAtown]

Run Up The Score

[efrem1]

Good night D'Antoni!!

[T Park]

OMG Azubuike has 31 points!!!!

WOW.

[ShoogarBear]

Early season blowouts build character.

Does D'Antoni have something like the "soft card" that Pop has? Perhaps a "come on guys we need to score more" card. . ."Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! C'mon, let's go! Let's go!"

[ShoogarBear]

Barbosa lighting it up against the Laker scrubs.My fantasy team thanks him. :smokin

[Jeremy]

Sounds like something you'd expect Buttermaker to say in "Bad News Bears," not a coach in the NBA.

He was upset at Phil Jackson calling two timeouts in a row.

This actually goes all the way back to the WC Semi-finals in 2000.

[ShoogarBear]

D'Antoni needs to STFU. The Lakers are pitiful after Kobe, and he only played 27 minutes.

This is what happens on occasion when you play absolutely no defense, no matter how good offensively you are.

[T Park]

This is what happens on occasion when you play absolutely no defense, no matter how good offensively you are

BUT BUT BUT BUT

THEY HAVE GRANT HILL AND BRIAN SKINNER!!!

[Extra Stout]

D'Antoni really complaining about the Lakers using a timeout? Really? Really?

If I was a Suns fan, it would be a little worrisome to me that D'Antoni has to look to external "disrespect" as a motivational tool.
That's some championship-caliber mental toughness right there.

[Amare_32]

I admit they played like crap tonight. I am sure they will bounce back Sunday.

[Medvedenko]

Man....this game was nice.....too funny for stash and the rest of the ringless wonders. Still, I'm happy for our young guys. We played a perfect game and the Suns played horrible....I love that sense of entitlement that they thought they have and slept on the lakers. Guess what, the Purple and Gold is still going to bring it....and that Turiaf dunk on Skinner was fucking sick......Well, it's one game and I'll take it after a shitty offseason. Kobe can still go, but I like my young guys.

[JamStone]

D'antoni is a weirdo

[ludda]

wow dantony took the loss with class...

[Medvedenko]

Phil 9 rings
D'stash 0 rings

[SAtown]

Phil 9 rings
D'stash 0 rings

:lol I was wondering who you were referring to as "Stash."

[ludda]

what did phil say? didn't he say "what the fuck is wrong with you, go sit down" or something like that.

[Medvedenko]

Look the Suns a far superior team to the Lakers. They have a better starting 5 and a better 6th man....however, they suck down low and really have no post presence. I see no way they can compete with grind it out teams like the spurs and dallas. Amare had a worthless game, but getting abused by Kwame and Bynum is pretty sad for a 1st team all D guy.

[Stargazer]

This was a bitter loss for Suns' fans, and should be a sweet win for Lakers fans. There's nothing better than beating a team that took you for granted, and the Suns sure did that tonight.

[T Park]

Amare had a worthless game, but getting abused by Kwame and Bynum is pretty sad for a 1st team all D guy.

Amare was first team all D last year!?!?!?


NO WAY!!

[Medvedenko]

Sorry, not all D....first team all NBA....my bad...still getting schooled by cake boy and boy wonder is pretty sad. But that's the achilles heal of the Suns is the low post game. I don't why they don't just get a decent big man that blocks shots and plays tough D. Why go out and court Grant Hill when you don't need a guy like that. Sad really. Hey, if they trade Marion for Odom, it would solve a few problems down low.....maybe we can through in Cook as well. Good for both teams.

[Amare_32]

Amare was first team all D last year!?!?!?


NO WAY!!


No he was not. He was All NBA 1st team.

[TheNextGen]

wow...suns couldnt hit crap.

LOL@ D'A getting pissed at the two timeouts.

[T Park]

All NBA?

Doesn't that mean best all around?

He cna't play defense for shit.

Bullshit he makes all NBA first.

[Trainwreck2100]

Steve Nash made all NBA

[Walter Craparita]

So what about this Lakers' performance? Was it all due to lack of def by the Suns or was this a Laker team hitting their near close potential?

They looked good playing like a team out there.

[Medvedenko]

The Lakers played good team ball and hit their shots while the Suns missed their's. Now we did contest and hustled on D. We have a bigger team and used it well. We wore them down. Fish played great on Nash, and Kobe didn't try too much. I love Turiaf and Bynum is growing on me. We have a nice team, not an elite team mind you, but once Odom gets back we'll see the real Lakers...of course as long as Kobe stays.... :)

[T Park]

Steve Nash made all NBA

Steve Nash is wayyyy more well rounded than Stoudamire.

[ShoogarBear]

If the Lakers playing this well makes Kobe more enthusiastic about staying, they could once again surprise people.

Fricking Phil Jackson. Whenever complete disaster seems to be upon him, his team starts playing better.

[Purple & Gold]

Great game by the Lakeshow. Shows what passing and team basketball is all about. I hope Kobe takes note and starts passing the ball instead of this 1 on 5 crap. Our youngsters are good and we will be a force sooner rather than later, with or without Kobe. Suns defense is horrible. They're still the better team, but they play no defense at all. Looks like it's gonna be another short postseason for them and their fans.

[Spawn]

wow dantony took the loss with class...

What did he do?

[Purple & Gold]

So what about this Lakers' performance? Was it all due to lack of def by the Suns or was this a Laker team hitting their near close potential?

They looked good playing like a team out there.

Lakers youngsters are actually pretty damn good. Turiaf, Farmar, Bynum, now Critt are all good. They're not ready this year, but within 2 they will be solid. That's what makes Kobe's complaining all the more puzzling. It's like he can't even evaluate his own teammates. His smartest move would be to just shutup and play basketball, actually pass the ball and develop his teammates. Either way we will be good. Whether we keep him or trade him for Deng, Gordon, Thomas, and whoever.

[SpursIndonesia]

The problem is, Kobe signed that last extention not to baby sit his young, potential teammates, but to quickly challange for championship year in & out with a rebuilt veteran team orbiting around him (instead of O'Neal as in the past).

[LakeShow]

Great game for the Lakers! Not so good for PHoenix.

[ShoogarBear]

The problem is, Kobe signed that last extention not to baby sit his young, potential teammates, but to quickly challange for championship year in & out with a rebuilt veteran team orbiting around him (instead of O'Neal as in the past).If he wanted that, maybe he should have signed for less money.



Nah, who'd be dumb enough to do that?

[ludda]

Suns Coach Mike D'Antoni wasn't smiling in the final few minutes, particularly after Jackson called a timeout immediately after a mandatory Phoenix timeout with 4:45 to play and the Lakers ahead, 111-81. D'Antoni and Jackson exchanged words, with D'Antoni reminding Jackson the teams will play three more times this season.

"You mean the eight minutes he took over there to explain maybe one play that he probably didn't run? Yeah, I was pretty upset," D'Antoni said. "I thought he disrespected our players. But he likes to play mind games, and that's fine. He might want to try to do it in playoff time when we bust them every year. We have them three more times. . . . That's fine." (latimes)

[Lp26]

^

Did you see what Phil said something to the effect of WTF are you doing? Sit down. LOL

[ludda]

Dantony was loudly complaining to the ref, said something about we're good, three more games blahblah flashed phil a thumbs up.
Phil yelled at him to sit down and then called him a motherfucker.
Dantony didnt say anything after that.

Suns Lakers game will be must watches from now on.

[Purple & Gold]

The problem is, Kobe signed that last extention not to baby sit his young, potential teammates, but to quickly challange for championship year in & out with a rebuilt veteran team orbiting around him (instead of O'Neal as in the past).

The problem is Kobe's not a big so whether he likes it or not a team built around a guard won't be able to challenge and win championships year in and year out. This ain't a post expansion Jordan's Bulls. Basketball is still a big mans game and winning titles goes through the post.

[ShoogarBear]

D'Antoni running playoff smack on Phil Jackson?

Classic.

Next week: Steve Nash calls Bill Russell out for not winning a playoff game in almost 30 years.

[mystargtr34]

"Yeah, I was pretty upset," D'Antoni said. "I thought he disrespected our players. But he likes to play the mind games and that's fine. He might want to try to do it in playoff time when we bust them every year."

Jackson said he was just getting a mandatory timeout out of the way.

"He wasn't thinking straight. That's all," Jackson said of D'Antoni. "He'd understand that if he thought about it for a second. I think he thought I was trying to showboat or grandstand. But when you have a mandatory timeout coming in a minute and a half or something like that, just get it out of the way."

[mystargtr34]

"Yeah, I was pretty upset," D'Antoni said. "I thought he disrespected our players. But he likes to play the mind games and that's fine. He might want to try to do it in playoff time when we bust them every year."

Jackson said he was just getting a mandatory timeout out of the way.

"He wasn't thinking straight. That's all," Jackson said of D'Antoni. "He'd understand that if he thought about it for a second. I think he thought I was trying to showboat or grandstand. But when you have a mandatory timeout coming in a minute and a half or something like that, just get it out of the way."

Damn LOL

[FromWayDowntown]

"Let's go! Let's go! Let's go! C'mon, let's go! Let's go!"
You forgot the part where he asks: "Got anything, Steve?"

[Hemotivo]

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/3048/l677581cg4.jpg (http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/67758.php)
Sleepy Suns booed during rout by Lakers
http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/sports/67758.php

[ducks]

suns coach should stfu
the lakers took suns to 7 games not to long ago
then the suns always lose to the spurs
so it really does not matter if they get by the lakers

[phx_13]

sucks that we lost,but I'm not too upset the suns tend to start the season off bad and they get their shit togther and if I remember correctly we lost the season opener to the lakers(minus kobe) last season....not the end of the world

[JamStone]

Last year in the Suns opener against the Lakers, the Suns didn't play Amare much. And, Boris Diaw was fat. And, they didn't lose by that much.

This year, the Lakers were playing without Odom. And, they busted the Suns open like a teenage virgin.

[exstatic]

He was upset at Phil Jackson calling two timeouts in a row.

This actually goes all the way back to the WC Semi-finals in 2000.
D'Antoni stores up slights like a squirrel stashes acorns for winter, but that is ridiculous. Wasn't he in Italy in 2000? WTF?

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Great passing by the Lakers last night. They played great team ball........that or the suns defense is the worst its ever been.