LA Lakers at Phoenix game 2

[Purple & Gold]

Purple & Gold will about anything.

I think I did talk about Game 1 and told you to stop being a pussy. Convienent how Boris Diaw got a technical foul in Game 3 on a Luke Walton flagrant foul. Convenient how Kwame Brown didn't get a technical for standing over Diaw on the floor later in the same game. I guess Kobe's welt on his forehead was worse than when he broke Ginobili's nose earlier this year with an unnatural act... and then did it twice more to Korver and Jaric.

P.S. I can hate Phil all I want... I bet I could get at least 3 rings sitting on the toilet all season long with some of the talent he's had on the court. I love how everyone jumps out to protect Kobe and Phil when they can't win on the road and only go 42-40 this year. Oh, they just don't have enough talent and were decimated by injuries!!!

[SirChaz]

You guys can about the subs if you want but Rose is the 9th or 10th man in an 8 man rotation.

The bench does give up big leads. They gave up a 20 point lead in the fourth quarter early in the season and Coach hasn't really trusted them since.

Rose came in when Nash would have normally come back in the game. So D'Antoni didn't put his players back in at the end but PJ still put Kobe back in.

Coach played the bench about as much as you are going to see in the playoffs.

[RonMexico]

9 rings and only one win against a +.500 opponent since February... can we say "phoning it in"?