Can anyone pinpoint the moment in time Lopez 'got it'?

[pauls931]

This remains the mystery of the year for me regarding the Suns. I swear officials must have had it in for him. It was amazing how quickly he could rack up fouls, then towards the end of the season, he magically becomes good. Playing 20+ minutes, just a few fouls, some boards, and bonus offense.

What changed? Til someone proves to me otherwise, I think it was officiating determined to show him who's boss.

[DUNCANownsKOBE2]

This game is when he played really well off the bench:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...001160CHA.html

My guess is Gentry's plan was to get him in the starting lineup ASAP so he used it as an excuse, and this is his first game in the starting lineup:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/...001180MEM.html

[tlongII]

Don't know, but I liked when he "got" Fisher with an elbow last night running up the court. That was probably my favorite play of the game!

[pauls931]

Don't know, but I liked when he "got" Fisher with an elbow last night running up the court. That was probably my favorite play of the game!

Fisher had it coming. Instead of running back on defense, he stood there hoping someone not looking would run into him. Oops.... I saw more veteran cheap plays out of Fisher last night than any other game I watched this year. Guess you have to tweak your game when you get old.

[tlongII]

Fisher had it coming. Instead of running back on defense, he stood there hoping someone not looking would run into him. Oops.... I saw more veteran cheap plays out of Fisher last night than any other game I watched this year. Guess you have to tweak your game when you get old.

Oh I agree. Fisher is a dirty player now that he's slowing down. That's why I LOVED that elbow. It was great with Lopez running up the court with his arms up as big men usually do and then he just clipped Fisher on the top of the noggin!

[tlongII]

And then Fisher started running after him. Hilarious!

[BadOdor]

Tlong still made Ariza put rudy into early retirement last year.

[stretch]

Fisher is a got

[tlongII]

Tlong still made Ariza put rudy into early retirement last year.

Fortunately we've got so many players we don't really need Rudy. If we ever get healthy you guys are DONE!

[SomeCallMeTim]

Fisher had it coming. Instead of running back on defense, he stood there hoping someone not looking would run into him. Oops.... I saw more veteran cheap plays out of Fisher last night than any other game I watched this year. Guess you have to tweak your game when you get old.

Yeah.

Fisher does play a cheap game. It's something you see a lot from smaller (Paul, Stockton) and older (Bowen, Stockton) players. Notice Stockton appears twice.

Think about it: who's most likely to get away with that stuff? Smaller players and older players. Both are likely to play with an edge as "underdogs" who feel they need that stuff to get ahead. And the refs are mostly likely to give leeway to those guys. The worst are guys like Stockton and Fisher who are both older and smaller.

Some teams like the Celtics have that stuff sort of ingrained in their philosophy as a whole.

If it's your opponent doing it, it's "cheap dirty play" but when your team/player does it, it's "doing whatever it takes to win."

[MateoNeygro]

I strongly dislike Fisher.

[Giuseppe]

After .04 it's no wonder, Mat.

tee, hee.

[Scumbag]

What exactly was he going to do if he got to Lopez?

[Scumbag]

I guarantee you Fish gets some payback from this. Make no mistake about it, before it's all done and said, Lopez will get folded.

He going to hit him with a chair under the ring or something?

[cobbler]

Fisher had it coming. Instead of running back on defense, he stood there hoping someone not looking would run into him. Oops.... I saw more veteran cheap plays out of Fisher last night than any other game I watched this year. Guess you have to tweak your game when you get old.

Oh yeah... he just stood there hoping Lopez wouldnt see him and run into him. Everyone else was already down court.

What a moronic comment!

[cobbler]

What exactly was he going to do if he got to Lopez?

Put him on the wood just like he did Scola last year. Lopez will pay... count on it.

[Scumbag]

Oh yeah... he just stood there hoping Lopez wouldnt see him and run into him. Everyone else was already down court.

What a moronic comment!

You act like Fisher has never done that. He is a piece of it's ok to admit it.

[cobbler]

You act like Fisher has never done that. He is a piece of it's ok to admit it.

Done what?

[Scumbag]

Put him on the wood just like he did Scola last year. Lopez will pay... count on it.

Spoken like a true Laker fan, "holmes".

[cobbler]

I'm old school. You hit me, i come back and hit you twice as hard.

[Scumbag]

I quoted you but you are too ing stupid so let me quote it again.

Oh yeah... he just stood there hoping Lopez wouldnt see him and run into him. Everyone else was already down court.

[Scumbag]

I'm old school. You hit me, i come back and hit you twice as hard.

Yeah I can tell you are one BAD ASS.

[cobbler]

I quoted you but you are too ing stupid so let me quote it again.

What is your point? My point was that there were no Suns left back court. Only Lopez. The comment that he was standing there waiting for someone to simply run into him is moronic. I'm guessing even a re such as you could see that. Then again...

[da_suns_fan]

I was WRONG about Lopez but not as wrong as I was about Dragic.

I thought Lopez would need a few more years before he would be putting in this type of production.

[cobbler]

Gotta love the ever waviering Suns fans getting bold and talking after one victory. In a few days it will be back to the Stern and refs conspiracy thoeries cause it just cant be that they are 0 for life based on basketball. You should see some of thier boards. After game 2... were done... we suck... the refs... stern... Amare is ... etc After game 3...were badass... watch out now... Amare is god...