Phoenix Suns @ L.A. Lakers, Game 3

[Obstructed_View]

Made the first.

[baseline bum]

LA by 5, Kobe at the line, maybe 30 seconds or so left.

[Obstructed_View]

Made the second. 95-89. Time out Suns.

[lefty]

Barbosa WTF? horrible decision

[E20]

After looking at the replay, that was a pretty bad no-call by the refs. Kobe got the wrist and forearm pretty badly.

[jman3000]

what had the looks of an early blow out turned into a great game... i <3 playoff basketball.

[baseline bum]

LA by 6 with :20.8 left, Bryant with 45.

[The Lake Show]

The guys on Around the Horn have been saying the same things. You'd think Adande would be the voice of reason, but it's hard to be the voice of reason when they are talking about blowing the team up if they lose to the Suns. If I were a Laker fan, I'd be really excited about the future of these players. Instead they are going to up and trade away their good players for KG.

Finally they call Nash for that Devin Harris flop.

yeah I really hope they don't trade Bynum and Odom

[SAtown]

what had the looks of an early blow out turned into a great game... i <3 playoff basketball.

[Obstructed_View]

Barbosa probably would have gotten that call in Phoenix, but the hack might have been after the shot was away and it was blocked. Not that it wasn't a foul, but it didn't really affect the outcome of the shot.

[NBA Junkie]

not watching the game.. just looking at the box score... lakers cleaning up on the offensive glass. LO's rebounding is impressive to say the least.

Those 15 offensive rebounds in the first half were what kept the Lakers in the game. They were outshot 58% to 40% in the first half, yet only trailed by 3 at intermission.

[Obstructed_View]

yeah I really hope they don't trade Bynum and Odom

And Farmar and Walton. And Kwame, but only if they can get him to actually play hard. They need to start fining him for not hustling down the court. I swear he's like if early David Robinson and Sidney Green had a child.

Ball game.
Smush is a dumb .

[NBA Junkie]

Let's see if Kwame can have another solid game on Sunday (I doubt it).

[resistanze]

Dumbass Smush.

[Budkin]

Props to the Lakers for hanging in there and pulling it out.

[The Lake Show]

Lakers Win!!!!!!!!

[E20]

@ the dunk at the end of regulation. HAHAH

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Smush is a dumbass. LMAO at the foul.

[Obstructed_View]

Wow, Smush. Way to ing go. You just gave the Suns motivation for game 4.

[E20]

I love this game.

[Udrihlooms]

The above statement makes me wonder if you've been watching. This team is better than the teams from last year or the year before. They were much healthier last year which is why the record was better. Again, this bunch of Lakers was a game or two behind the Spurs earlier this season.

This LA, plagued by injuries (partly not their fault) has I think failed to improve on the LA of last year. Except for the Game 7 last year, they were playing with more heart. I hope that this victory will inspire them to level the series.

We just need a seed of doubt planted on the Sun's mins. The Suns are really great when they start rolling with victories. If they sweep the LA, the Spurs will have their hands full on a rolling Suns. But based on the regular season, they find it quite hard to build momentum after some losses. So I say, let LA beat them and darg this series into 7 games.

[The Lake Show]

Stupid smush has to ruin a great finish

[resistanze]

Well he needs to score SOMEHOW...LMAO

[Obstructed_View]

Great game.

[jacobdrj]

Alvin Gentry is funny.