Fo-Real wrote:pj0tr wrote:collidingNeurons wrote:when does the lakers talk in this thread constitute derailment? it becoming more prevalent than the topic of the thread and tiresome
Because the media narrative is that the Lakers lost due to injury (while they conveniently mention CP3's injury as a small side note in the first 4 games of that series)...
They're still pushing that narrative, and of course the Lakers, with their large fanbase, eat that up and puff their chest out about it.
People just don't want to accept the Suns are a good team, and the series could've been just as different had CP3 never been hurt.
The Suns were rolling in Game 1 on offense before CP3 got hurt, and if you re-watch their games, especially 1-3 on offense, they changed most of their offense and the stuff they ran in the regular season, because of that.
With a healthy CP3 on offense, they've ran almost all of the stuff against Denver that they ran in the regular season for 90% of the games (they actually changed their offense to more isolation stuff in the later part of the season, probably to prepare them for the playoffs).
Also Cam Johnson is still battling a hand injury (Shooting hand). This is why his shooting is ass sometimes!
Yeah, my guess is that hes got some ligament damage in his hand, and hes been fighting through it. He may need surgery after the postseason and some time off for it to fully heal.