Lakers vs Suns

[JordansBulls]

Lakers vs Suns

[RJM]

Lakers vs Suns

[djericho]

Option 2, but looking for Option 2.5 - Kobe defers plays defense and Bynum is back health and up to game speed, dominates the paint offensively and is a defensive presence to alter shots in the middle.

[numbas]

first off y would the game be in staples lakers arent gunna have better record vs suns,and i guess option 2 but i wouldnt want the lakers going in saying ok kobe ur gunna guard the best player and then score no more the 25 points give or take i mean if he scores 25 or 45 either way if its in the flow of the game then wutever and bynum and odom will be doin their thing against suns and fisher to so he wouldnt even have to score 45 but we'll seeee

[dockingsched]

why would the lakers need kobe to score so much when andrew bynum can't be stopped?

[blix]

Personally I don't think putting Kobe on Nash would have that much of an effect. Nash is just too quick and has excellent vision, it would be a waste of Kobe's energy. They'd just run him through screens all day if it was obvious he was Kobe's assignment.

That said, I think this Laker team, when healthy, is almost at the point where Kobe can score 25 and they can still win....probably already there.

EDIT: I think they should pull a Tyrone Lue on Nash, meaning whenever he gives it up, ball deny like your life depends on it.

[milesfides]

Nobody on the Suns can handle Bynum. They're too small, including Amare.

The Kobe-Bynum 1-2 punch is a devastating combo.

The key to playing the Suns is force them to slow down their tempo and cut down on transition baskets.

Get Andrew to beat them up inside, Kobe and Fisher to cut them up on the perimeter, and lock down Barbosa (I guess that's Kobe's job).

Series would be over fairly quickly.

[TonyMontana]

I say option 1 , 2 , 3 ,4 .

One and two you already know .
Three we throw Bynum at Amare .
Four we throw Kwame in front of the Suns Bus on the way to the Staple center .

[EHL]

Your first two options are horrible. The only option is to play defense and let Bynum destroy their powder-soft frontline, assuming he's healthy. Kobe doesn't need to go off and shouldn't against the Suns.

[joe.linnen]

I would disagree with both. I say we stick to our normal game plan and run everything trough Bynum. He would destory them inside. Now this is how we could play Nash, we could trow Ariza, Farmar, Fisher, Bryant, Crittenton, and Vujacic at him all game. I seen the Pacers use this agianst Lebron James, they had Stephen Jackson, Artest, and some other guys to guard him to keep him off balance. I must say it worked very well because he could get into to a rhythm at all during the game. Long story short tthe Cavalies lost. Nash is just as important to the Suns as James is to the Cavaliers. All we have to do is keep him off balance during the game.



Fisher, Farmar, Crittenton will attack him at will, which will force Nash to play defence.

Bryant, Ariza, and Vujacic are long and can just both him on the defencive end.

Option 3 is much better, its gives you a 6 man rotation on Nash during the game.