***OFFICIAL*** Suns vs. Lakers Game Thread

[Darrin]

Steve Nash's assist average entering Staples: 12.6
Steve Nash's assist average leaving Staples: 11.8.

[21_Blessings]

cut the

Phoenix took that spanking like the little girls they are.

[mojorizen7]

Sosas

[Brazil]

We can say all we want this Lakers team is really really scary.

I hate the Lakers bling bling showoff ass bandwags but I have to admit, it must be great to be a lakers fan right now. This team is 7-1 without Pau it's like a ing train that nobody can stop.

IMHO, as of today, they are the clear #1 and the celts are not even close.

Artest is IMO not an upgrade compared to Ariza but who cares ? playing without their second best player just a non issue...

Propos to them.

Now an healthy spurs team will kick their ass in the WCF !

FTL !!

[Sportcamper]

The Suns looked a bit tired…Their energy level faded in the 1st quarter…They are a better team than played last night…Still it was nice to see Andrew Bynum get 26 points and 15 rebounds…

[Culburn369]

We can shade Richardson at our leisure. & once he's accounted for, it's over.

[Mori Chu]

The Suns are frustrating to watch sometimes because they'll be so brilliant for most of a season, but then when you really put their backs against the wall, they often wilt and shrink from the moment. They have a few gamers like Nash, Hill, Dudley, and J-Rich (to varying degrees), but a lot of guys like Amare, Frye, Dragic, and (especially) Barbosa get the deer-in-the-headlights look when we face a truly tough and formidable team like the current Lakers or Spurs. You have to completely throw their stats and averages out the window; guys who usually give you 15ppg are suddenly good for almost nothing. It's annoying.

For all the the Suns fans give our GM, I will say this: At least most of the guys with any balls are the ones that Kerr has brought in. A lot of the guys who shrivel under pressure are from the old D'Antoni/Colangelo softy regime. I think Kerr gets that toughness is a skill you need on a championship team and has a better eye for it when evaluating talent. We're probably a few years away from having enough rugged players to really bang and hang with the giants, though.