Phoenix Suns @ LA Lakers 12/10/08

[Black Jesus]

******** amares defense is god awful, ive been noticing that its been getting worse.

 

[Budden]

Why couldn't we have traded Dragic instead of Singletary?

Because pound-for-pound, Dragic is the worst player in the NBA right now. I'm not one for hyperbole - I honestly think this is true. He exhibits every sign of a point guard who is overmatched by his defender. He gets pushed to the sideline while he tries to advance the ball up the court; he can't get the ball passed the mid-court jump-ball circle, so he can't even initiate the offense.

It's obvious that he lacks confidence, and you can see it making him a little hesitant. However, why would he have confidence? He'd have to be delusional. Imagine Stephon Marbury without any of the redeeming qualities that Marbury used to have. Yikes!

 

[mjb21aztd]

barnes is costing the suns this game missing shots and throwing it away

 

[Andrew]

This is the Suns I remember, turning the ball over....

If the Lakers win, their fans shouldn't be proud. They were "supposed" to beat the Suns handily, and yet...they didn't.

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 94-100 with 3:14 left in the 4th quarter. Stop taking all these outside shots.

 

[LV-Suns]

How can Amare make himself into a useful player in this game?

 

[Black Jesus]

Because pound-for-pound, Dragic is the worst player in the NBA right now. I'm not one for hyperbole - I honestly think this is true. He exhibits every sign of a point guard who is overmatched by his defender. He gets pushed to the sideline while he tries to advance the ball up the court; he can't get the ball passed the mid-court jump-ball circle, so he can't even initiate the offense.

It's obvious that he lacks confidence, and you can see it making him a little hesitant. However, why would he have confidence? He'd have to be delusional. Imagine Stephon Marbury without any of the redeeming qualities that Marbury used to have. Yikes!

WORD

 

[mjb21aztd]

well if you want to be the man amare don't turn it over in the 4th qtr

 

[Proteus]

Another f'n turnover.

 

[LV-Suns]

Please get Amare out of there, this guy is useless.

 

[Proteus]

Suns 99-105 with 1:54 left in the 4th quarter.

 

[Proteus]

Why the hell is Hill shooting a 3 in crunch time?

 

[Proteus]

And then we give up an f'n offensive rebound.

 

[mjb21aztd]

god we have to be the worst rebounding team in the league come on

 

[LV-Suns]

Why the hell is Hill shooting a 3 in crunch time?

cuz Sasha shut down Amare in the post and he is not capable of doing anything. So he kicked it out to Hill.

 

[Proteus]

Vujacic clinches the game. Suns down 99-107 with 37.7 seconds left in the 4th quarter.

 

[SirStefan32]

They played pretty good. Had some good defensive sequences. Considering they are without Shaq, Bell, and Diaw, they did a very good job tonight.
Hopefully we can have Shaq and the new guys ready for friday.

 

[mojorizen7]

Why the hell is Hill shooting a 3 in crunch time?

Cuz he was wide open?

 

[mjb21aztd]

yeah amare is avg 20 pts a game he is useless... please

 

[Griffin]

Amare finally scores in the 4th quarter. With 40 seconds left and down by 8.

 

[Chaplin]

Most of you guys need to give it a freaking rest. This is a team that is only 8 deep with nobody in the middle. The Lakers are a good freaking team.

I never thought we'd be this close for this long in the game. The Lakers are full strength--we're missing Boris, Raja AND Shaq, and yet the Lakers had to work like crazy to win this game.

Oh yeah. This is also a back-to-back against the best team in the West who got embarrassed the night before. It's amazing that we're this close.

By the way, is Steve Nash upset about the trade? Have the ESPN commentators mentioned anything about it?

 

[Proteus]

Suns down 102-108 with 29.3 seconds left in the 4 quarter. Suns 20 second timeout.

 

[Proteus]

Cuz he was wide open?

Hill can't shoot the 3 worth a crap.

 

[Proteus]

Another turnover.

 

[mjb21aztd]

sigh a turnover on the inbound pass come the hell on