Entries Tagged as 'Los Angeles Lakers'

Preview: Phoenix Suns (17-33) at Oklahoma City Thunder (37-12)

February 8th, 2013 · 11 Comments

Time: 6 p.m. MST
TV: FSAZ
The Suns get enough reminders how far the franchise has fallen.
Tonight’s visit to Oklahoma City, however, provides the first half of a potential double-slap reminder of what was. Like the Suns of seven years ago, the Thunder find themselves vying with the Spurs (39-11) for the regular season title of best [...]

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Tags: Goran Dragic · Los Angeles Lakers · Memphis Grizzlies · Michael Beasley · Oklahoma City Thunder · Phoenix Suns

Preview: Los Angeles Lakers (20-25) at Phoenix Suns (15-30)

January 30th, 2013 · 34 Comments

Time: 8:30 p.m. MST
TV: ESPN
With two losses following two wins, the Lindsey Hunter honeymoon phase is over.
That’s unfortunate, because the Suns would love to pretend they’ve moved on without Steve Nash when he enters the US Airways Center tonight sporting a different shade of purple.
Instead, Phoenix is back to losing. Not that Nash and the [...]

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Tags: Goran Dragic · Los Angeles Lakers · Marcin Gortat · Michael Beasley · Steve Nash

ValleyoftheSuns Live: Heat at Suns postgame show

November 17th, 2012 · 7 Comments

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Miami Heat · Mike D'Antoni · Phoenix Suns · Video Blog

Los Angeles Lakers 114, Phoenix Suns 102 — Knockout run

November 17th, 2012 · 11 Comments

With just under two minutes to play in the third quarter, Marcin Gortat tied the score at 84 with a follow layup that put the Suns in position to steal one in Staples Center with another furious fourth-quarter effort.
Instead once again their little engine ran out, as the big, bad Lakers rebounded their way to [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Recap

Preview: Phoenix Suns (4-5) at Los Angeles Lakers (3-5)

November 16th, 2012 · 11 Comments

Los Angeles Lakers 114, Phoenix Suns 102
PHOENIX — Steve Nash is injured and Mike D’Antoni won’t be making his coaching debut until Sunday, yet there still will be something strange Friday night knowing that those two pillars of the Suns’ SSOL era have joined the other side.
It’s a new era in Phoenix and Los Angeles [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Phoenix Suns · Phoenix Suns Preview

Mike D’Antoni the right choice to be next Los Angeles Lakers head coach

November 15th, 2012 · 10 Comments

Phil Jackson may be the lord of the rings, but Mike D’Antoni was the right choice all along to be the next head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers.
Now granted the Lakers — who host the Phoenix Suns on Friday night in Staples Center in a game D’Antoni is not expected to coach — really [...]

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Tags: Los Angeles Lakers · Mike D'Antoni · Phoenix Suns · Steve Nash