No Nash today for the Suns.

[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

[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

[pauls931]

well I'll be damned...

[lefty]

Amare is so stupid he makes himself a non factor.

[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.

[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

[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 "