Game 23: Los Angeles Lakers (13-9) vs. Phoenix Suns (4-18) - WIN - 14-9

[danfantastk32]

Damn I didn’t even know we had a game today. Short summary anybody?

Came out in first quarter really crap. Alot of turnovers, missin' shots. Went down 17. We started coming back, got it down to 12 by end of first. Cleaned things up....and really took over. Got up by about 15 by half time. We just tightened our D...and stopped the stupid turnovers. Better passes.

Booker got hurt early / mid 2nd quarter, and that was any chance they had.....although their lead was gone by time he left.

2nd half was us keeping it up. I think we were up 30-32 early / mid 4th. And then we put our deep bench in, and it got down to 24. Mo-Wagner came in and did good. Beasley had some nice flashes....and to his credit, tried to dish to Wagner several times for his first NBA points. Team was in good spirits 2nd half. Was enjoyable game. Kuz played well...his shots were landing. I thought Ball did fine. Could get a little more involved, but it's hard with Lebron owning his space the way he does.

Nice dish from Lebron to KCP at final seconds of 2nd quarter for a 3-pointer at he buzzer. Good team comradery today. Whoopin on the suns without Booker can only tell you so much....but we did what we needed to do, and won like we should. If you wanted to see some Laker domination...then start the game from about the 6-minutes left in the 1-st quarter, and you'll see the Lakers beat the Suns by about 40 points.

Found it enjoyable myself. McGee and Chandler continue to really dominate. Funny how the Center went from a MAJOR concern, to one of our strengths. Love it.

[TylersLakers]

Watching the Celtics the other night, it dawned on me that he's basically our Marcus Smart. More than capable of turning in a handful of instinctive, game-turning type plays, but also hugely deficient in pretty critical areas. The better you are, the more you can cover those deficiencies up. But not exactly what you're hoping for with the No. 2 pick.

He wasnt this poor least season. The regression in his scoring worries me more than lack of development.

Don't see much of a difference myself, but that's probably a meaningless distinction at this point. The flashes are tantalizing but he's still got light years to go to become even an adequate scorer/shooter. Same old, same old.

Him missing a whole summer of basketball skill work was a punch in the gut. The Lakers & his representation totally mismanaged that injury.

[stan francisco]

Nice win. Must suck for Booker. That pretty much did them in, but anytime you hold any NBA team to a low percentage and get the taco chants going, you’re playing good defense.