Lakers vs Phoenix Suns, Game #36, 3/2, 7:00 PM PT

[NoseBleedLakers]

KCP with his first FG in 26 minutes, and then gets burned with the back door on the defensive end. KCP's been absolutely useless tonight lol.

[Kilroy]

KCP with his first FG in 26 minutes, and then gets burned with the back door on the defensive end. KCP's been absolutely useless tonight lol.

He's been useless the last 5 or so games... In fact, there really hasn't been a whole lot of upside to his game since the first handfull of games when he was shooting lights out from 3.

[NoseBleedLakers]

And that's all she wrote. Down 14 with 3 minutes left.

Saric with 20 **** ppints off the bench. 3 other Suns players with 17 each. No Booker, no problem.

Disappointing showing once again tonight.

[Kilroy]

It also doesn't help that I don't think we've gotten a 50/50 call since Booker intentionally tripped KCP by grabbing his foot, and they didn't call it a flagrant... Lebron getting hit in the face on a drive to the hoop doesn't even deserve a foul?
Not sure who we pissed off, but it seemed like the whistles got swallowed at some point...

[Kilroy]

On the plus side, THT had an amazing first quarter until they sat him for about an hour...
Damian Jones was better than expected... Wesley Mathews was every bit as good on D as they said he'd be...

[NoseBleedLakers]

And the Suns take over second best record in the West.

Just don't understand why this team sucks at home lol.

Complete 180 from the last game. Didn't see any energy or aggressiveness whatsoever tonight.

Also the first time this season the Lakers allow their opponent to shoot over 50% from three.

[Beethoven]

Disappointed in this team. Too much wine LeBron.

[Kilroy]

And the Suns take over second best record in the West.

Just don't understand why this team sucks at home lol.

Complete 180 from the last game. Didn't see any energy or aggressiveness whatsoever tonight.

Also the first time this season the Lakers allow their opponent to shoot over 50% from three.

I think you must have missed the first half... We were super aggressive Defensively in the first half... Had good production from a few players. But the intensity and aggression was definitely there... KCPs T on Booker seemed to take the wind out of us though for some reason... Maybe it's leBron's love affair with Booker? IDK... But we just hit a wall with that play and never really looked the same...
This team sucked because we didn't have AD, Marc or Kuzma... If we would have had Marc and Kuz, we would have won this easily...

Again, really impressed with Jones, THT, Caruso, and Mathews... Not so much Schroder and Trez who didn't look like much of a factor at all... LeBron was solid until halftime, and then he looked like the energy he exerted in the first half caught up to him...

[NoseBleedLakers]

Looking at the box score and KCP/Matthews/Caruso in a combined 74 minutes: 11 points on 3-13 from the field and 2-9 from three

[Hans1984]

This team is way too top-heavy. When we miss two of our starters and also Kuzma we have almost no chance to win a game. We need to make trades.

[iamworthy]

On the plus side, THT had an amazing first quarter until they sat him for about an hour...
Damian Jones was better than expected... Wesley Mathews was every bit as good on D as they said he'd be...

Vogels lineups were super weird. THT was cookin and like you said, he was on the bench for an extended time. Damian Jones looked good on defense and Vogel chose to go with Dudley.

[iamworthy]

This team is way too top-heavy. When we miss two of our starters and also Kuzma we have almost no chance to win a game. We need to make trades.

I don't disagree with you but at some point you expect a NBA players to make shots if they're wide open. We currently can't throw a pea in the ocean. I'm looking at you KCP

[Hans1984]

:oops:

This team is way too top-heavy. When we miss two of our starters and also Kuzma we have almost no chance to win a game. We need to make trades.

I don't disagree with you but at some point you expect a NBA players to make shots if they're wide open. We currently can't throw a pea in the ocean.

Fair enough.

[tamaraw08]

On the plus side, THT had an amazing first quarter until they sat him for about an hour...
Damian Jones was better than expected... Wesley Mathews was every bit as good on D as they said he'd be...

Vogels lineups were super weird. THT was cookin and like you said, he was on the bench for an extended time. Damian Jones looked good on defense and Vogel chose to go with Dudley. I'm looking at you KCP

Dudley got torched by Saric inside early in the 4th and I don't know why Vogel was using him at all. I didn't see the first half but still, Harrell and Morris would have done a better job defending the post.

[iamworthy]

On the plus side, THT had an amazing first quarter until they sat him for about an hour...
Damian Jones was better than expected... Wesley Mathews was every bit as good on D as they said he'd be...

Vogels lineups were super weird. THT was cookin and like you said, he was on the bench for an extended time. Damian Jones looked good on defense and Vogel chose to go with Dudley. I'm looking at you KCP

Dudley got torched by Saric inside early in the 4th and I don't know why Vogel was using him at all. I didn't see the first half but still, Harrell and Morris would have done a better job defending the post.

Trez got benched for whatever reason. We should have started Damien and kept Trez in his bench roll.

[chefy]

man at this point just sit lebron.