Why are the Lakers beating the Suns?
494656
why is this so hard to believe. The Lakers have one of the greatest coaches coaching them in the zenmaster. They have the best player in the nba in kobe bean bryant, and he came in with more chips on his shoulders because steve nash might have robbed the mvp award from him. And like you mentioned, they have a vastly improved luke walton, i have to give him credit for that because he was terrible a year ago, and lamar odom is a triple double threat any given night; he has been fantastic throughout the playoffs thus far. Also, Smush Parker's heroics and shutting down Steve Nash fairly well. Phil Jackson's Lakers have the better formula in their style of play to win in the playoffs, they play slow tempo and try to maintain control. The Suns play a more fast break style added with the three ball that they live or die on. Nash is their playmaker and locking him down breaks down the engine. The games have been close because of the freak of nature shawn marion, without him like you saw in the extra period of the last game, the suns could not buy many baskets other than on the perimeter. It never hurts to have the clutchest shooter in the game today either!
689171
Suns baby.  There going into Phoenix with so much enthusiasm.  Lakers won't stand a chance with the home field advantage.
908138
The Los Angeles Lakers
340675
It looks like they'll be facing the Suns.  They have a legitimate chance of beating them because the Suns play no defense and the Lakers are not exactly inept on offense, especially with Kobe on the team.  Speaking of which, his experience and his ability to "turn it up" in the post-season will make the Lakers contenders ... at least until the next round.  The Lakers do play defense on the other hand and can make big stops if they need to.\n\nI am a Laker hater so I must be right!
356121
Lakers will not only beat the Suns but win the championship. With Kobe anything can happen. And now that Lamar Odom's playing at his height, Lakers are a threat. The Spurs aren't the same because Tim Duncan is not the same as he was a year ago. Dallas and Phoenix are not championship caliber teams. Laker's have a good chance of beating the western teams and come out of the west. After that they will face either Pistons or the Nets. With the Pistons, they have a little chance. But if Nets come out in the east, Lakers truly can beat them. So at the end, the Lakers in my view will win the championship and Kobe will rightfully take his place in the NBA. He is the best player in the game right now.
576681
the suns are going to win this series..the clippers played a great first game..but look anytime any 1 player like kobe or elton brand try to hold the team on their own...the suns run right over them...the suns have way to much fire power..and they will hit the 3 pointer at will and will not be stopped by the clippers...suns in 5..i will almost guarantee it
613755
MAVS ARE GONNA WIN ALL THE WAY BABY!!! the only advantage that the usns have is that steve nash knows all of the mav's tricks and strengths and weaknesses...which sucks. BUT SCREW THE SUNS MAVERICAKS ARE GONNA WIN!!
889681
I agree with u man.  They need to be more enthusiastic and cheer them.  That may be a reason why the Lakers also didn't play with much enthusiasm against the Bucks tonight.  I think that the fans need to hype the players, so they play with more energy.  A crowd really helps, but they have to get involved.  Sadly, I'm a lakers fan and live in Hawaii.  If I was at staples you'd hear me yelling for them.
496212
The LA Kobes will go down in flames in Phoenix.  Go Suns!!
539840
Should be a very interesting series, very tough to pick a team. Clippers should give Suns a better battle. I know it's hard to say since Lakers took the Suns to 7 games but that was a joke. I think the Clippers will win
633532
Suns...112-109. Kobe is held to 23 points while Steve Nash scores 34.\n\nSuns-67% shooting from the court\nLakers-63% shooting from the court\n\nSuns-41 rebounds\nLakers-47 rebounds
168494
Because they won't make the NBA finals.  Either the Suns or the Spurs will make it from the Western Conference.
454586
YES! THEY WILL WIN THE SERIES! IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THEY LOSE TO GAME 5 BUT THEY WILL TEAR PHOENIX OWN GAME 6. HEY, THEY MIGHT BEAT THEM ON GAME 5. YEAH LAKERS!!!!!!!!!!
963531
The Lakers are definitely a better TEAM because of his reduced avg shots per game.  I believe the TEAM is better because of his, Kwame and Chris Mihms early season injuries.  It has given TEAM members like Andrew Bynum, Vladimir Radmanovic, Ronny Turiaf, Luke Walton, Jordan Farmar, Smush Parker, Maurice Evans, and the sometimes under appreciated Lamar Odom to gain confidence in their respective games.  The true test for the Lakers is when Kobe is at 100% can the TEAM exist with Kobe??  If they can.........can you say Dark horse from the west???
685323
i was at the game...the clippers played a great game...but the fact are..when 1 player tries to win the game(kobe) or (brand)the suns run all over them..the clippers have the tallest team in the nba right now and are able to get many more rebounds and still lost...the suns have far too much fire power...and the 3 point shot is gonna drop all night long..the suns will win this in 5 they have heart that is not gonna quit..its gonna be a fast and quick series for the suns
627419
MVP is for the regular season son the playoffs have nothing to do with it. Who got there team to the #2 seed in the western confrence, which is probably the better confrence. Kobe scores alot of points but he didnt make any one better on his team during the regular season. Nash got the 2 seed with out his best player Amare Stoudimire. Hands down it is nash, seven players on suns averaged career high in points this season. If kobe had been playing team basketball all season he could of easily won the mvp.
562971
Screw the Lakers the Suns are gonna whoop on the Lakers...Just like they did last night!!!