***LAKERS -at- SUNS 5/25 Game 4 Thread***

rpadma12 · Franchise Player Joined: 23 Aug 2002 Posts: 10621

will Kobe have anything to give if it is goes to Game 7? these guys BETTER step up.... or it's 2006 all over again.. it sucks to be in Kobe's position.. but hey he is getting paid millions.

LakerEidos · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:33 pm Post subject:

Sleepy · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:34 pm Post subject:

Suns needed the Lakers to play like crap while they hit lucky shots and get home cooking to barely beat the Lakers both games, and that's exactly what happened.

Murcielago62 · Starting Rotation Joined: 20 Jul 2003 Posts: 677

STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE REFS THAT'S NOT WHY WE LOST!!!!!!!!!!

If there's one thing I can't stand its conspiracy theorists

cirehawk · Star Player Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5567

mandywwm · Star Player Joined: 30 Dec 2008 Posts: 5628

Kobe is sad,after all these years, they still can;t beat the Suns........

md8 · Star Player Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 1851

i don't blame the refs much, but I'm blaming them for this one. The lakers didn't play perfect, but were still better than the suns(thanks to Kobe). The called some (bleep) touch fouls against the lakers, and a few I don't even think was a foul, while the suns got away with defensive 3 secs, hack and pushing all game long. I mean why would they stop when they were getting away with it.

Luckily we have home court so I'm not worried. They won't get away with it in LA (hopefully, depending on the refs), while we will be able to be more physical. This is why the NBA is a joke. The home team shouldn't get such an advantage like they usually do with the refs.

SnitchDevil · Star Player Joined: 02 May 2008 Posts: 1504

I think this is how the games will be officiated in the finals. If the Lakers want to win the championship this year, they have to win games like this.

coop-a-loop · Starting Rotation Joined: 17 Jun 2001 Posts: 640

We had a great 3rd quarter with Kobe playing in rhythm. We even came back to get a lead.

I do not know why we went away from Kobe in the 4th. Poor decision making by Farmar, Brown to go away from Kobe when #24 was hot and had that look in his eye.

The Suns cant guard Kobe on the wing and in the post. Milk that, allow the Suns to collapse and send Gasol and Odom cutting into the lane for a drop off pass from Kobe.

Kobewood · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:43 pm Post subject:

Figure out how to get past the zone defense and everything will be alright.

In case some of you haven't noticed, Lakers hardly win the game when they trail after 3 quarters.

Felipe Bah · Star Player Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 1101

Felipe Bah · Star Player Joined: 30 Nov 2007 Posts: 1101

cirehawk · Star Player Joined: 08 Jun 2005 Posts: 5567

SemperMalum · Star Player Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 1474

Besides all the touch fouls that got called on the Lakers and not the Suns, and the Suns managing to have somebody just camp the paint without getting any type of penalty called on them for the entire game, I'm going to go ahead and say that Phil Jackson took a gamble and placed his faith on Shannon Brown/Jordan Farmar and lost.

The second it doesn't look like they're doing jack, take them the hell out. I can't believe I was almost about to cheer when they sent Fisher back in. And while Fisher can guard Nash relatively well, Fisher CANNOT guard Dragic.

I called it a while ago for the Lakers to win in 6 when I was talking to my boss, but was hoping to be proven wrong. There are some games where they can lose where it was just pure them getting outplayed, but this game left a terrible taste in my mouth.

Kobewood · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 7:50 pm Post subject:

DELETE.

prestige · Starting Rotation Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 398

Man I hope Lakers win the next two. I don't wanna see a repeat the series against Houston.

md8 · Star Player Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 1851

md8 · Star Player Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 1851

Reilec142002 · Star Player Joined: 27 May 2008 Posts: 1578

Benches and calls dont travel. Theyre not beating us in LA.

raffi · LG Contributor Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Posts: 9987

We really wasted an incredible game by Kobe.

prestige · Starting Rotation Joined: 04 May 2010 Posts: 398

BobbyJ no offense but stop making threads on Lakers against the Suns. Its jinxing us. Just no threads for at least two games. lol sorry if I sound like a dick

VonTrapp · Star Player Joined: 07 Apr 2009 Posts: 2164

Frustration!!!

Lakers:
- No defensive rebounds (16 offensive rebounds!)
- Leaving people WIDE open for 3s
- Forcing up ill-advised shots from far
- Letting Lopez and Stoudemire seem like superstars
- Not getting the ball into Kobe's hands for most of the 4th quarter, when he was the ONLY hot hand! (ARGH!)
- Gasol = ghost this game....

Refs:
- terrible calls in the (1st quarter in particular)

Suns:
- credit for hitting WIDE-OPEN shots
- credit for being aggressive
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Regarding #24:

"I think Jesus would have had a hard time covering him."

-- George Karl, 5/29/09 after the Lakers win game 6 to take the series and the Western Conference Championship

Fleur-de-Lis · Posted: Tue May 25, 2010 8:03 pm Post subject:

koolmo23 · Star Player Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 4661