SONNING THE SUNS
It was almost like old times inside the Staples Center last night...
I don't blame you. I don’t blame you for flipping the Suns/Lakers game off last night after Steve Nash led the Suns to an 11-0 lead after 2 minutes. I don’t blame you for flipping the game off after the Suns took a 31-14 lead with a couple minutes left in the first quarter. And I don’t even really blame you for flipping the game off at the end of the first quarter. It was late, after all. The game ended way past midnight, meaning it was something like 11PM by the time the first quarter ended. But, if you flipped it off any later than that? You’re beat. B-e-a-t. Now, admittedly, I ain’t got League Pass so I haven’t sat down and watched every NBA game this season. But last night’s was the best I have seen, not just in the playoffs, but this season.
...Kobe Bryant and Kwame Brown got along...
Now, get this straight. I’m not a Kobe Bryant fan. I’m tired (even as a lifelong Bulls fan) of hearing Phil Jackson whistle at his players from the sidelines. And the Lakers, to me, are a team full of guys who should want to get the hell outta L.A. as soon as possible. As long as they’re there and not hanging up banners every June, the fans will hate on Lamar Odom and Kwame Brown and Luke Walton and Smush Parker and Shammond Williams and…You get the point. They’ll love Kobe. But they’ll wonder why everyone else can’t be Kobe.
...And Kwame didn't look this confused all game long!
Which is why last night was one of the best team efforts I’ve seen, not just by the Lakers, but by almost any team in the L (save for those Bulls!). Kobe got his 45 without forcing shots. Odom finished buckets inside and hit a couple of timely jumpers. Parker and Williams absolutely smothered Nash on every single pick-and-roll play the Suns ran and forced them into some very uncharacteristic turnovers. And, for heaven’s sake, even Kwame Brown, who got absolutely killed in the media after terrible performances in the first two games of this series, was throwing down two-handed dunks! Kwame Brown!
Every possession mattered. Every shot counted. And every player that stepped foot on the floor for the Lakers helped the cause. Best game I’ve seen in awhile. Sorry if you missed it. Game 4 is on Saturday.
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