Game 10: Los Angeles Lakers (2-8) @ Phoenix Suns (5-4)

[SunsRback4Good]

Who: Los Angeles Lakers @ Phoenix Suns

When: Monday, Nov 16, @ 7:00pm (9ET), FSNAZ

Where: Talking Stick Resort Arena, Phoenix, AZ







Los Angeles Lakers starting lineup:

C- Hibbert
F- Randle
F- World Peace
G- Clarkson
G- Russell

Reserves: Young/Williams/Bass/Nance Jr/Black
















Phoenix Suns starting lineup:

C- Chandler
F- Morris
F- Tucker
G- Knight
G- Bledose

Reserves: Warren/Len/Leuer/Price/Teletovic











Good luck charm!!!

[Revived]

Nice.

Is Kieff back for this game? This is the probably the best game for him to get himself going. Lakers have been terrible all season long against scoring big men so Kieff should be able to have a field day against them if he's active.

I hope Kobe plays and the Lakers don't rest him since its the second night of back to back. We should be able to blow out the Lakers regardless but Kobe playing for them and chucking away definitely increases our chances.

[blacksun]

Nice.

Is Kieff back for this game? This is the probably the best game for him to get himself going. Lakers have been terrible all season long against scoring big men so Kieff should be able to have a field day against them if he's active.

I hope Kobe plays and the Lakers don't rest him since its the second night of back to back. We should be able to blow out the Lakers regardless but Kobe playing for them and chucking away definitely increases our chances.

And beating Kobe never gets old. I love that he hates the suns.

[Revived]

Nice.

Is Kieff back for this game? This is the probably the best game for him to get himself going. Lakers have been terrible all season long against scoring big men so Kieff should be able to have a field day against them if he's active.

I hope Kobe plays and the Lakers don't rest him since its the second night of back to back. We should be able to blow out the Lakers regardless but Kobe playing for them and chucking away definitely increases our chances.

And beating Kobe never gets old. I love that he hates the suns.

Looks like he's not playing though

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I know there's a lot of Laker fans in Phoenix who are probably going to the game to see Kobe play in his last season, sucks for them lol.

[tgtm_24]

Kobe definitely out. That's why he played 37 minutes tonight. That Lakers/Pistons game was very ordinary. Hoping the Suns keep the foot down and hit it hard early. Give the Lakers no chance.

[RaisingArizona]

How convenient for Kobe not to play. LOL, it's going to be ugly for them.

[RaisingArizona]

[tgtm_24]

What did you think of the guys who closed out the game against Denver? I know it was bench clearing time but it was ugly stuff. I reckon it did more harm than good in some ways. No real flow established, so those guys wouldn't have got much confidence.

Also can anyone recall when we last turned the ball over 20 times and won by 20+ points?

[Revived]

We definitely gotta be better with turnovers. It won't hurt us against these bad teams but we aren't gonna beat many good ones by turning it over so much.

[SunsRback4Good]

What did you think of the guys who closed out the game against Denver? I know it was bench clearing time but it was ugly stuff. I reckon it did more harm than good in some ways. No real flow established, so those guys wouldn't have got much confidence.

Also can anyone recall when we last turned the ball over 20 times and won by 20+ points?

i thought it was exciting seeing basically every bench player play except for Price/Kieff which were injured. I wanted to watch Jefferson for first time this season and was not dissapointed with his monster jam ..Goodwin had a pleasant game glad he got a chance to showcase it. Also, enjoyed watching Booker play and his silky smooth stroke. Wish I saw more out of Len but he doesn't look ready at all and more like Lopez, clueless on the court. I was pissed when Teli was taking most of the shots from our young players but Telli gonna be Teli. Our 2nd/3rd string kept passing him the ball most of the time as well. Overall, the Suns took care of business from the start and didn't let up playing with a comfortable lead til the very end.

[MrMiyagi]

What did you think of the guys who closed out the game against Denver? I know it was bench clearing time but it was ugly stuff. I reckon it did more harm than good in some ways. No real flow established, so those guys wouldn't have got much confidence.

Also can anyone recall when we last turned the ball over 20 times and won by 20+ points?

i thought it was exciting seeing basically every bench player play expect for Price/Kieff which were injured. I wanted to watch Jefferson for first time this season and was not dissapointed with his monster jam ..Goodwin had a pleasant game glad he got a chance to showcase it. Also, enjoyed watching Booker play and his silky smooth stroke. Wish I saw more out of Len but he doesn't look ready at all and more like Lopez, clueless on the court. I was pissed when Teli was taking most of the shots from our young players but Telli gonna be Teli. Our 2nd/3rd string kept passing him the ball most of the time as well. Overall, the Suns took care of business from the start and didn't let up playing with a comfortable lead til the very end.

Yeah, I'm rooting that we'll get another showcase in this game. The less we have to play our starters in games against bad teams, the better IMO. Even if it means 12 minutes of ugly ball from our youngsters.

[SunsRback4Good]

Yup, and the closest Nuggets have gotten was within 25 points if I'm not mistaken. So, we kept a large lead provided by our starters and never looked back. Hope we can take care of business against the Lakers and see more of our bench. GO SUNS!!!

[Saberestar]

A must win here but we need to play hard since the beginning of the game. They are a young team so they are gonna be fresh even on a back to back.

[Revived]

I'm not gonna lie, we've had a pretty soft schedule to start the year. Even our next 4 games are not too difficult. Plus we don't have a single back to back anytime soon so we can play our guys 40 mins if we wanted to without worrying about game next day.

This probably means our schedule is gonna be a bitch in the second half of the year with better opponents and more back to backs.

[sunskerr]

Absolutely 0 excuses to lose to these Lakers. Lets go.

[TASTIC]

This is another gimme.

Will be interesting Kobe not playing, obviously wish he was!

Can't let Randle and Hibbert outwork our bigs on the glass to give them second chance shots.

Bledsoe and Knight should rip their backcourt a new one, though Clarkson is having a quietly efficient scoring year at 15ppg on 47% with 1.5 threes.

Really though, this should be similar to the Nuggets game - get up early then keep piling it on, there's no excuses to lose this game.

[batsmasher]

I'm not gonna lie, we've had a pretty soft schedule to start the year. Even our next 4 games are not too difficult. Plus we don't have a single back to back anytime soon so we can play our guys 40 mins if we wanted to without worrying about game next day.

This probably means our schedule is gonna be a bitch in the second half of the year with better opponents and more back to backs.

Also probably a good thing for this team. The build up towards the playoff race should really help focus this team. And we've already shown how important focus is for this team.... just look at that ummmm opening night that never happened.

[Jdiddy701]

Roy Hibbert reportedly not playing tonight due to a broken nose. Suns should win by 30


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[Qwigglez]

We better see some Booker in this game!

[SunsRback4Good]

Roy Hibbert reportedly not playing tonight due to a broken nose. Suns should win by 30


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