The Suns just beat the Lakers in what was just a sloppy effort by everyone on the Lakers not named Kobe Bryant. Derek Fisher deserves some serious blame for this one after some late game mistakes. And really, zone defense? Come on, it's just not that good. The Lakers are good enough to pick apart the zone with a couple of passes and a drive. The triangle offense isn't something that only works against man to man D. It works against all defenses; that's its beauty. But, it relies on the offense reading the defense and reacting. That just didn't happen appropriately last night. And these Lakers should be killing these Suns. Sure, the Suns have a fantastic offense, a deep bench (yet woefully inconsistent in this series), and Steve Nash's broken face, but the Lakers have Pau Gasol. If Pau erupts for 38 instead of Kobe, the Lakers win easy when the Phoenix defense collapses too much to keep Ron Artest and Kobe from sniping threes all night. But now, this suddenly best of 3 series is going to 6, at least.
In honor of Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, we're having a viewing party at Cleveland Park Bar & Grill in Washington, DC. The game starts at 8:30 pm. We'll be there around 8:00 to talk basketball. Just so you know, very few of the contributors on this here blog actually live in DC. Our main Lakers guy is in L.A. and therefore won't be joining us. But that shouldn't stop some basketball fans from getting together and talking trash.
Hope to see you there.
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