AZ Native
Living is Easy with Eyes Closed
As a Suns' fan, I'm just pissed that the Suns aren't giving the Lakers enough practice for the Celtics
Yeah, because Kobe's stats have been so awful.
There's more than a wave when one team has essentially figured out how to beat the other.LOL. Ok man. Ok.
Were you saying that a week ago?
Ride the wave, man.
Hey man, saw your thread over on the lakers forum. you should give that bad boy a bump and flex your "told ya so".
There's more than a wave when one team has essentially figured out how to beat the other.
1) Make LA's bad shooters shoot from outside via the zone
2) Use inevitably long rebounds from said shots to get into transition where you have the advantage
3) Use said advantage to win games
Sorry dude, Ron Artest and Lamar Odom aren;t going to become adept at shooting in the next 48 hours nor are they going to grow the brains to necessary to solve a zone defense. Not looking good for your boys until they figure that out, you better hope Kobe has some magic up his sleeves. He's probably going to have to win this series by himself.
Wow, you sound EXACTLY like everyone after Games 1 and 2. LOL. Outstanding myopia right there, man. MyoPosiFanClub indeed!
What you just saw was home players playing well at home and road players not playing well on the road.
I'm glad the Lakers are a weak 45 win team with a 2nd year coach, or they might never adjust to these pearls of basketball wisdom you just mentioned.
Suns tried to play you guys straight up in Games 1 and 2. Big difference. Once the Suns ran everyone at Gasol and Kobe and let the rest of the Lakers team (scrubs and headcases) tried to beat them then things changed. Same thing happened in 2006.Wow, you sound EXACTLY like everyone after Games 1 and 2. LOL. Outstanding myopia right there, man. MyoPosiFanClub indeed!
I agree, the Lakers will shoot better at home but this strategy is pretty fail-proof. Lamar and Artest still can't shoot well anywhere.What you just saw was home players playing well at home and road players not playing well on the road.
It's hard for anyone even Phil Jackson to adjust when he doesn't have the horses.I'm glad the Lakers are a weak 45 win team with a 2nd year coach, or they might never adjust to these pearls of basketball wisdom you just mentioned.
The Lakers did shoot 49% from the field tonight... how much better do they need to be in order to beat this nice, little 'ol over-achieving team here in the desert??
He doesn't when the Suns are essentially playing a form of the traingle and two, converging on Gasol and Kobe. That forces the rest of PJ's horses to play well and outside of the two previously mentioned guys the Lakers frankly aren't a very good team.LOL, doesn't have the horses!
Ok, you didn't tell me it was comedy open mic night tonight!
If you got my points on this board, scoring for the Lakers isn't an issue. It's defense. I abhor the strategy of "outscore Phoenix" in a hoist 'em up kind of way.
If you got my points on this board, scoring for the Lakers isn't an issue. It's defense. I abhor the strategy of "outscore Phoenix" in a hoist 'em up kind of way.
Goran Dragic continues to show why he can be the guy to step into Nash's shoes. Resilient player who goes after the ball with passion. Big enough to dominate guards like Fisher. Long enough to play solid D. He'd have a few more assists tonight if the Suns didn't miss some wide open shots.
This isn't a foolproof strategy. The Suns starters' defense wasn't great tonight. If the bench hadn't been scoring so well, the starters would've had to come in sooner and may have blown the lead.
Kobe, Fish, Artest and Gasol are often touted as some of the best defenders in the NBA. Surely they should be able to stop a bunch of oldies (Nash and Hill), an over-hyped PF who plays more like a SF (Amare), and a cast of nobodies who just toss up a bunch of 3's and pray..., shouldn't they??
Kobe, Fish, Artest and Gasol are often touted as some of the best defenders in the NBA. Surely they should be able to stop a bunch of oldies (Nash and Hill), an over-hyped PF who plays more like a SF (Amare), and a cast of nobodies who just toss up a bunch of 3's and pray..., shouldn't they??
Ironically, that's Kobe's game. Hoist 'em up. Because he's such a great player, he makes a lot of those shots. But he can't do it by himself. And if you think he can, you're in more trouble than you think.
The thing is, every Laker fan thinks that Game 5 will be a carbon copy of Games 1 and 2. I guarantee you, that won't happen. I will have fun at work tomorrow here in Burbank, but I know the Laker fans will still talk trash and be extremely confident of winning this series. We take Game 5, and it will be very difficult for the Lakers to win Game 6 in Phoenix. Game 5, to me, is the Suns biggest game of the past 2 years.
And if Kobe hadn't scored over 30 points we would have blew them out. Going by "ifs" means nothing.
And if Kobe hadn't scored over 30 points we would have blew them out. Going by "ifs" means nothing.
Surely they should be able to stop a bunch of oldies (Nash and Hill), an over-hyped PF who plays more like a SF (Amare), and a cast of nobodies who just toss up a bunch of 3's and pray..., shouldn't they??