Comments on: Suns vs. Lakers — Season series in review

By: The Z. Man

The Z. Man — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:35:59 +0000

Toss out the two on the road.

They were on the back end of a back to back. Lakers then went to Denver for their own back end game. They were blown out even more than our Suns were. Game 3 was a game that we beat them all

4 quarters, 4 out of 4!!!! That same week (vs. the Celtics) , we did the same. Then, that last home game loss came when Gasol should have been called for a flagrant foul. When ther NBA made the correct call, it was too late. That blown call, plus no Frye, cost our Suns that game.

Frye & Louis & Barbosa & Dud & Gogi. They were more than competitive in the Western Conference Finals vs. the Champs. Suns look like they will lose STAT. They can't afford to lose Frye, Louis and/or our Brazilian Blur.

MUST start and also finish with LB. Let's go SUNS!!!!

By: truelakerfan

truelakerfan — Tue, 18 May 2010 08:39:45 +0000

hey to all you stupid laker haters! Suck it!!!! Its Monday!! The game came, it happend, embarresed or worst handed the suns their asses 128 to 107….
Now, I don’t dislike the suns, they are a good team, but simply fall far from what the lakers are!! From what I noticed the laker weren’t even trying….cough cough… it just proves how sick the lakers are as a team!!! Its okay go ahead and cry….do your selves a favor gather all your panties close the suit case and goodluck next year… but guess what!! Were gonna win it again next year… so maybe 2013…
Ps…. orlando ain’t got nothing on the lakers… so I’m hoping the celtics come for the revenge we’ve been wanting for 2 years now!!

By: Speck

Speck — Thu, 13 May 2010 20:43:18 +0000

Chris S,
I think Kobe will be assigned to Hill and Artest will be assigned to J Rich. Kobe had been defended by J. Rich and Hill and Dudley when they played them during the regular season, and none of them were effective shutting him down, so I don’t think it matters, but to preserve J Rich’s energy for offensive production, I wouldn’t make him guard Kobe.
If I was the Suns, and even though Gentry is saying he doesn’t know yet, I’m pretty sure they will be putting Hill on Kobe. J Rich can not be expected to produce that much offensively when he is guarding Kobe, which I think happened during the regular season. Suns also hope that Artest doesn’t decide to post up, which the lakers exploit when defenders smaller than him defend him.

By: Fanta

Fanta — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:32:37 +0000

I'll give you guys this. The key is stopping the offensive juggernaut known as the pick and roll. If the Lakers stop it, they will sweep. If they can't, I don't care how good a player's defense is, it's hard to guard catch and shoot wide open 3s, which is what J-Rich and Frye will be getting if they cheat on the pick and roll. Look at what Orlando did to Atlanta with the same play over and over again

By: Chris S

Chris S — Thu, 13 May 2010 14:09:32 +0000

Ryan C – I dont think Artest will guard Jrich in the series, maybe at times but Kobe will have him for the most part. Ron will be on Hill because the Suns will post Kobe the entire game if he guards hill because hill will have a big size advantage on Kobe. Kobge would have to work too hard on D if he is on hill the whole the game, which is actually what the suns want, but expect Artes to be on hill for the series. Gasol and Amare are pretty much a wash because neither can defend the other, Amare is more of a force offensively but Gasol is a better rebounder. If Bynum’s knee is not ok, that could be a huge problem for you guys because of your weak bench. Should be a great series and one for the memories. LETS GO SUNS!

By: Ace Phoenix

Ace Phoenix — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:15:37 +0000

The regular season is irrelevant. The post-season to this point is irrelevant. The only thing that matters is what happens starting Monday night.

By: omar

omar — Thu, 13 May 2010 01:05:54 +0000

look lakeshow you are only saying this because you are a lakers fan. now I know for sure that you guys have Kobe, Fisher, and Gasol but thats pretty much all you guys have. now look at the suns they have steve nash, jason richardson, grant hill who by the way is a good defensive player, and amar’e stoudemire who is better than gasol. on the bench we have channing frye, jared dudley, barbosa, and amundson. you guys may have two or three better players but the suns have more decent players and three amazing starters and a better bench then the laker.

By: Lakeshow

Lakeshow — Wed, 12 May 2010 23:43:38 +0000

I love some of the fans arguments. Let me break some of it down: Suns’ fan(s) say –
1.) “When has Phil Jackson beaten the phoenix suns in a series with nash and stoudemire? Last time we met ya’ll it was 4-1 and it won’t be much of a difference this time” – Were you using this argument when you all played the Spurs?! I don’t think so – because Spurs had your number in the playoffs as you guys seem to think you have lakers’ number in the playoffs – but like you all keep harping – different team, different year.
2) “Odom is a scrub so he isn’t at all a concern” – LOL, I guess that is why he has always been a problem for you guys.
3.) “Gasol is softer than a tissue flushed down the toilet. He has zero defense and has to have help or Amare will average 40 on him” – LOL – you guys weren’t saying that when they played you during the regular season. And he has zero defense huh? do you hear yourself?
4.) “Kobe defense is totally overrated so if J Rich wants to he can make Kobe work.” – so J. Rich was just avgeraging 8.8pts against the lakers because Kobe was playing overrated defense on him? And he sure did make Kobe work to his usual Kobe self.
5.) yes, let us talk about the points. As someone mentioned, they don’t tell all the truth. NBA has always been about matchups. Always.
6.) Yes, I will say the same thing as someone else said – the Lakers have one of the most talented starting 5 in the league – I will give you Nash being better than Fisher, but good thing the Lakers’ offense revolves around the triangle offense and not PG centered offense, making the argument not as relevant. Amare and Gasol will wash out – and no, it might not mean they score the same points – whether it is offensive rebounds, help defense, etc…Gasol will hold his own.
7.) “Suns have learned how to play a better D than usual” – which was nada before, so good for them.
8.) “Kobe is the only guy on your team that is a closer with the exception of fisher when he is wide open” – I remember Gasol closing one recently. If the Suns have SOOOO many closers, how come Nash always seems to be the one with the ball when it is close out time…hmm
9.) “Jackson cannot lean on his startes for 38+ minutes per game” – he has played the starters less minutes during this playoff than he has during the regular season, and none averaged 38+min. during the regular season.
10.) “Farmer/odom/brown/vujic/walton or whatever his name aren’t anything compared to barbosa/dragic/dudley/amundson/frye.”
I hear this argument so much. YES, the bench is better, but the Lakers 2nd unit won’t be playing your second unit. There is always 2-3 starters with the bench. Lol, like Jackson would put all those five together (maybe if they’re up by 20+)
- my 2 cents

By: John181818

John181818 — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:27:29 +0000

Craig,

I can buy that but what would you suggest that the numbers aren’t revealing?

By: Craig W.

Craig W. — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:10:38 +0000

John181818,
The problem with numbers is they only tell half the story. If the stats are overwhelming in one direction or another, then you could probably draw some conclusions.

However, when the numbers are close you have to watch the games to evaluate the players.