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Phoenix at LA game 1 Monday at 9

  • SQ_Crazies
    Rotinaj wrote:
    SQ_Crazies wrote:
    Trueblue23 wrote: SQ what do you think brother?
    Assuming the Lakers play like I know they can and likely will, this shouldn't go past 4 games. The Suns will have no answer for the Lakers.

    The Lakers got lucky with their road to the Finals. That's not good for the EC representative.
    I dont understand your logic.You say LA got lucky to miss SA(which i can only assume you think the series would of went 6/7 games) but you think the team that just beat the shit out of them will get swept?
    Because in the 1st round they came together and were as healthy as they've been all season. When it came time to play the Suns, Parkers injuries came back around and then you have Manu's nose which CLEARLY affected him. They weren't the same team in round 2 than they were in round 1.

    Look at the matchups. The Suns are essentially the same team the Lakers just played, except they match up worse than the Jazz do.
  • Rotinaj
    Ill take Nash/Amare over DWill/Boozer and also the Suns 3 point shooters have been on fire. The Suns were down in both game 3 and 4 IN SA and came back to win them both. This is a different Suns team than were used too. The Suns were also missing their 7 ft center in Lopez who at the very least is a body that they will be able to throw at Gasol and Bynum.
  • SQ_Crazies
    LOL, ok. Well, I'll just wait until Monday and you'll find out. It's the same matchup you just saw the Lakers dominate.
  • SQ_Crazies
    SportsAndLady wrote:
    SQ_Crazies wrote:Good luck Suns...just sayin'. This will be a train wreck.
    Didnt you say that about the Celtics and Cavs series?

    Yes you did..in that case, I'll take the Lakers in 7
    Not my fault you don't have the fucking nuts to come out and call one team flat out better when you know they are. It's not rocket science. In making a prediction, I can only assume one thing--that both teams will play up to potential. If that happens, it's a 4 game series. You just pick 6 or 7 in every series so you never look like an ass. Excuse me for calling shit like it is.
  • I drain 3's
    The Suns as same as the Jazz? What makes you say that? Compare their starting line-ups. The Jazz have one advantage over the Suns and that's Deron Williams over Steve Nash. Wesley Mathews and CJ Miles don't come close to Richardson and Hill. Fesenko and Collins doesn't really matter, because both of them suck. Not to mention the Suns bench is deeper than the Jazz. Now if guys like Kirilenko and Okur were healthy, then yeah i'd probably say the Jazz were better, but they've been hurt the entire post season.

    I really don't see how you think the Suns are the same as the Jazz. I don't think they are anything alike, pretty different styles of basketball. And how do the Suns match-up worse than the Jazz did? The one advantage the Lakers have over almost every other team is their size down low. Of course they're going to have this advantage over the Suns as well, but what makes it a bigger advantage against the Suns than it did the Jazz? What makes Boozer, Fesenko, Millsap, and Koufos a better match-up against the Lakers than Stoudemire, Collins, Frye, and Amundson. Also, lets not forget that Robin Lopez may be back for this series, adding even more size to the Suns roster.
  • Rotinaj
    I guess i just dont understand how you say this is the same match up. You wanna cancel out nash/amare and Dwill/boozer i understand that. But then the Suns have Richardson who has been playing AMAZING(Utah has no 3rd guy w Okur and AK47 out). Utah also didnt have a Center that is a great 3 pt shooter. Grant Hill is playing some mad D and hitting shots. The Suns back up PG has been playing better than the Lakers staring PG. I think the Suns 2nd unit is what is going to make it a great series.
  • Sage
    I think Lakers in five.

    This will probably go 7 tho since SQs all on our nuts all of a sudden.
  • goldengonzo
    What is the situation with Robin Lopez? Never thought he could be an X factor in the Western Conference Finals...
  • SQ_Crazies
    All of a sudden? I picked the series with the Thunder to go 4, Jazz either 4 or 5. I just haven't underestimated the Lakers at all because I'm not a moron.
  • Sage
    i heard he was going to go.

    not too worried. he's not bad, but it takes time to come back from injury and have an impact.
  • 2quik4u
    well now since all that bullshit is over with we can start discussing basketball about a real team
  • Trueblue23
    Monday is so far away
  • sportswizuhrd
    Why couldnt they play Saturday night in prime time? Two days w/o playoff basketball is lame.
  • 2quik4u
    phil is back with the mind games

    http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/news/story?id=5189958
  • Trueblue23
    Fisher < Nash
    Bryant > Richardson
    Artest > Hill
    Gasol = Stoudemire
    Bynum > Collins
  • skank
    2quik4u wrote: Kobe doesnt forget that stuff
    Or how to rape women.
  • Trueblue23
    skank wrote:
    2quik4u wrote: Kobe doesnt forget that stuff
    Or how to rape women.
    Oh shit!!

    Lame.
  • Trueblue23
    ESPN is reporting that Kobe had "a significant amount of fluid" drained from his knee today, and he hasn't practiced all week.
  • devil1197
    Heard that also, shouldn't be a major problem.

    Good luck.
  • wildcats20
    Trueblue23 wrote: Fisher < Nash
    Bryant > Richardson
    Artest > Hill
    Gasol = Stoudemire
    Bynum > Collins
    I would say the only advantage the Suns have is with Nash. I would take Pau any and every day over Amar'e(or however he spells it).
  • SQ_Crazies
    wildcats20 wrote:
    Trueblue23 wrote: Fisher < Nash
    Bryant > Richardson
    Artest > Hill
    Gasol = Stoudemire
    Bynum > Collins
    I would say the only advantage the Suns have is with Nash. I would take Pau any and every day over Amar'e(or however he spells it).
    Agreed. I'd take Gasol over Amare all day. But they probably will cancel each other out, Amare may even end the series with better stats just because he's more of a focal point in the Suns offense than Gasol is in the Lakers.
  • jpake1
    Both teams have been off for awhile now. Wonder how Kobe's knee, and Bynum's for that matter will feel. I'll go with the Lakers 109 Suns 103.
  • Trueblue23
    Almost game time!
  • Trueblue23
    Lopez is starting tonight
  • wildcats20
    Sager was saying Bynum can't walk straight/normal without his knee wrapped, how the hell is he running??