Haha - you haven't talked to any Lakers fans this week, I suppose. They have the best low-post defender (Kwame Brown) and toughest matchup in league (Odom). Also, did you know that Phil Jackson won 9 championship rings with no less than 3 Hall-of-Famers (possibly a 4th)? Man, that guy can coach... also, apparently the Suns ripped on the Lakers behind closed doors last year, but the LA Times thought it was real news this week... completely disregarding when Phil ripped into Kobe in his book.Don;t gloat about beating a 1 man team...Suns have the easiest 1st round matchup other than the Cavs
Warriors could beat the Suns and you know it...just be happy you don;t have to play emNo, actually I think the Mavs have the easiest first round matchup.The Warriors are the eighth seed and don't have a star on their team. Dallas worked hard this season to get first in the league and now you will reap rewards for this effort.
I don't know about that. Would be interesting game at the very least. Are you scared that your team has to play them?Warriors could beat the Suns and you know it...just be happy you don;t have to play em
Kobe was great the first half and then choked second half...oh well
suns got a little break?
Wouldn't call it a break, Suns held them to ten points in the fourth quarter. Its called defense
it's called Kobe forcing the worst shots humanly possible. Phoenix played defense that was just as atrocious as ever. I counted at least 4 plays in the 3rd and 4th quarter where a guy was either cutting to the basket or directly under the basket and Kobe completely overlooked him as he threw up a double-teamed fadeaway. Couple other occasions where a guy was wide open from behind the 3 point line and again, Kobe just forced a shot of his own.Wouldn't call it a break, Suns held them to ten points in the fourth quarter. Its called defense
We saw Kobe at his best and worst today. If Kobe offered up just a few more passes, this game goes the Lakers way. Phoenix still ing sucks at defense.
Boy, we just cannot win with you.We hold them to eighty-seven points and don't give up one hundred plus like usual and you still don't give the Suns credit. We shot horribly today and that will not always happen, so I think our defense was decent in the fourth quarter to hold them to ten points. If Kobe wants to try and take over the game on his own then he is falling into the Suns game plan.
Don't expect monosylab to give the Suns any credit. He'll find any excuse to bash a team that could probably beat his in a 7-game series.
Phoenix is a great 4th-quarter team, and they know how to turn up the defense and offense in the waning moments of every game.
I thought he was being pretty honest. Suns defense was bad all 4 quarters and I can't believe you could say otherwise. Suns squeeked by because of Kobe's mistakes in the 4th.Don't expect monosylab to give the Suns any credit. He'll find any excuse to bash a team that could probably beat his in a 7-game series.
Phoenix is a great 4th-quarter team, and they know how to turn up the defense and offense in the waning moments of every game.
The Suns defense was average for the first 3 quarters, and then really good in the 4th. They knew Kobe would try and take over, so D'Antoni put Marion on Kobe, which forced him into several bad shots. And then they double- and triple-teamed him knowing that he would try and take over on his own. Leaving a single guy on Kobe would have been the worse strategy.
How is that bad defense? You exploit the weaknesses of the offense, which is exactly what the Suns did. In Game 2, if Kobe becomes more of a facilitator than he was today, then I imagine D'Antoni will slacken off and tell his guys to stay on their man.
Guess I must have been watching a different game.
Probably.
You're still feeling the after-effects of 4/20, I imagine.
Don't expect monosylab to give the Suns any credit. He'll find any excuse to bash a team that could probably beat his in a 7-game series.
Phoenix is a great 4th-quarter team, and they know how to turn up the defense and offense in the waning moments of every game.
I know, you just can't please these Mav fans
Probably.
You're still feeling the after-effects of 4/20, I imagine.
Suns - top 2 or 3 defense in the league?
haha.
Possibly the greatest offense/defense combo of all-time.
like I said, if Kobe passes the ball to WIDE OPEN teammates under the basket, the Lakers win easy. Kobe's selfishness lost that game, not the Suns' "defense".
Yeah, right, keep preaching it
No doubt about it... that's why the disappearence of Purple & Gold is so hilariously fitting... especially when he ripped me for calling Kobe and Phil poor leaders.
Now, the Suns played some porous D for long stretches today and they played pretty crappy as a whole because I think they're getting into "coast mode" and that needs to shut down before they end up looking into a 3-1 hole again.
But the Mavs...
Even though I think Phil is a jackass and is probably saying this in some kind of sarcastic Zen-like manner, here's a postgame quote:
"Kobe ran out of gas in the fourth quarter," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said. "Their defense did a great job against our offense, and we couldn't find a way to get on track."
mono, you can be as skeptical as I am about whether he means this.
Purple & Gold, this is your 9-ring wearing leader, so you better ing believe what he said.
It's all part of the plan...Kobe's not passing is part of the gameplan. Playing Kobe ball almost won us the game...this is the first salvo. There is a gameplan boys...we know what it takes to beat the Suns. I was frustrated, but slowly watching the 4th q and seeing kobe force jumpers...I thought to myself...this is what we want. If kobe had a hot hand, we would have won, but by not switching to faciliator mode would have shown too many cards early....oh and smush ing sucks balls.
The Warriors/Mavs game?
Futile hopes and dreams.
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