How much of a chance do the Lakers have at beating the Suns in the playoffs?
360738
No contest buddy. The playoffs are a different story: the tempo gets slower and you need to bring your game to a higher level. The suns will have to play the MVP and best active player in the nba in kobe bryant, which is no easy task. Its not even kobe either, people keep forgetting that the lakers are actually a legitimite team with a resurgent Kwame Brown living up to his potential and Lamar Odom, who is a triple double threat every night. Add smush parker and a much improved luke walton and you got the lakers going to the second round. A seven game series where the suns try to run will be their own demise. Steve Nash isnt god. Kobe Bryant will solidify his claim for the MVP.
76707
I hope so. They started out 0-9 last year but then pulled it together and actually won home court advantage for the first round. Maybe they can come back from their slow start and make the playoffs again. If Tyson Chandler can keep playing the way he has the last few games they got a good shot.
23502
Lakers will be above .500 this year no doubt about it. Phil Jackson's return brings stability back to a team that was decimated by injuries last year and had to go through a midseason coaching change.
947565
The Lakers are a lot better than they were last year, but I still don't see them being very competitive in the playoffs considering how good Dallas, San Antonio, Phoenix and even Houston will be by the end of the season...remember, the season just began and everyone is rusty right now.\n\nAs for the Knicks, they are probably the worst team in the East this year.  Once they fire Isaiah Thomas and get a decent coach and trade away some of those ridiculous salaries, they'll end up a lot better...but it's going to take a while
328427
I think the Bulls have a good chance. Their defense really disrupts Dwayne Wade with Hinrich guarding him. The Heat have alot of hurt people. Chandler can contain Shaq.
420046
The Lakers are gonna win in 6 or 7 games...
623995
I am a Lakers fan. I won't be going to the game but I will watch the Suns beat the Clippers. I want to see them win it all. Since the Lakers are out I guess the next best is the Suns.
497255
well they are great and i wish they win over the spurs in the series. but the phoenix suns will beat them in the west finals and phoenix will win in the nba finals...
951216
Yes the Lakers are going just like they did last year and they will go past the 1st round. Thats an obvious statement.......\n\n\nTo the guy who said the last good Laker team was in Minneapolis...are u @#$%^*! Magic...Kareem, Worthy, SHOWTIME.......or did u forget......
819593
The Lakers are going to have a TOUGH time making the playoffs. \n\n...Oh, and they aren't even the BEST team in Los Angeles anymore. The Clippers have been the btter team for two years.
535030
Well maybe I should wait a day or 2 to answer this question.\n\nThey should still get past the Clippers.  They are 2-2 and can play better whereas the Clips need to be at their best to win the series.\n\nAfter that there is the road-block which is Spurs or Mavs and without HGA.\n\nThat may be as far as they go, and is most likely.\nBut the great thing about the playoffs is you can get on a roll, and we know the Suns can certainly do that.  If they can make it to the Finals, with some luck they could even win it.
682961
GO SUNS!!! I'm a Phoenix local, and these games are HUGE!! I totally hope they win. They have Bell back in the game, so the chances are even greater. Game 5 tomorrow.
680348
i really think that the suns are gonna win it..that game 5...it was a game of heart and who wanted to win it the most..the clippers had me scared..they are tough..but i think that the suns are running on pure adrenalin right now..now the clippers are forced to play in 1 or 2 elimination games..thats alot of presure..its gonna be a battle to the bitter end..but its gonna be GOOD!!!!\n\n\n\nhope i was able to answer your question
223099
I think this means that there are signs of the playoffs for the Lakers. I always knew they could do it- it just takes team effort. If Lamar Odom posts numbers like those every night, the Lakers are going to be contenders, no matter what. Look at the stats- we shot .506 from the field, and we held Detroit to shooting .432 from the field. So what if Smush didn't score double-digits. So what if the Lakers had more turnovers, fouls? Kwame Brown did a great job on Rasheed in the second-half, and Kobe did a great job fending off Tayshaun and limiting Chauncey to only 4 second-half points. We had our rebounder- 12 from Kwame. Our assister- 10 from Odom, and our 2 scorers- 40 from none other than Kobe, and 24 from Odom. We outplayed them and outdid them in the second half. Now this is nothing to celebrate about. It's a big win for the Lake-show, but if they obsess over it, tonight's game vs. the Spurs is going to kill us. We need to play the same way we did against the Pistons in our game against the Spurs. People like Brian Cook and Devean George chipping in, they may not make a big difference, but enough to show some flashes of brilliance. The Lakers need teamwork to win- and once we have that, I'm sure that they can win the Finals. Give it some time- they'll do it. Go Lakers, and keep up the good work.
34587
Yes they have a good chance because the three division leaders go to the playoffs no matter what and there division is not good at all they were leading that division with a 14-14 record so they should be able to win there division but once they get to the playoffs I don't think they will go anywhere.
723119
Lakers will regroup and take down the cheap Suns. Steve Nash is no MVP, did u see what he did in Game 4 and what Kobe did?
554105
Trick question. The 4-3 Phoenix win over the Lakers didn't get the Suns in the semis of the NBA play-offs. It got them in the semis of the NBA Western Conference Play-offs or, in other words, the quarter-finals of the NBA play-offs.