The Suns have confident shooters who create lots of options and put real pressure on the Lakers' defense.
Why can the Suns beat the Lakers...
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MadMaxContract
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Perhaps because the Suns can actually shoot?
Outside of an inconsistent Deron, who on the Jazz could put up a reliable jumper? Miles rushes his shots under pressure. Boozer has performance anxiety; he simply can't get it up against the longer Lakers. AK? Matthews? Well, Wesley is o.k. as a 3rd/4th option.
Formula remains the same for Jazz opponents: double on Deron's penetration and let the Jazz SF or SG have the outside shot. Pretty simple.
Outside of an inconsistent Deron, who on the Jazz could put up a reliable jumper? Miles rushes his shots under pressure. Boozer has performance anxiety; he simply can't get it up against the longer Lakers. AK? Matthews? Well, Wesley is o.k. as a 3rd/4th option.
Formula remains the same for Jazz opponents: double on Deron's penetration and let the Jazz SF or SG have the outside shot. Pretty simple.
Sean
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The Suns are in no different situation than Utah in 2008. Or Utah in 2009. Or Utah in 2010.
Let's not fool ourselves here and believe that Phoenix is any closer to beating the Lakers than Utah. They're not. No team out west is capable of beating L.A. and that isn't going to change until Kobe is on the downslope of his career or Gasol somehow goes down with a career ending injury.
Sure, Phoenix did look better against the Lakers in two games than Utah did. But it's apples and oranges and the end result isn't much different from the 2008 series when Utah lost 4-2 after a string of painfully close contests.
It is what it is. The Lakers are a true dynasty and those types of teams are hard to knock off. The Suns can't beat the Lakers.
So this post is moot now.
Let's not fool ourselves here and believe that Phoenix is any closer to beating the Lakers than Utah. They're not. No team out west is capable of beating L.A. and that isn't going to change until Kobe is on the downslope of his career or Gasol somehow goes down with a career ending injury.
Sure, Phoenix did look better against the Lakers in two games than Utah did. But it's apples and oranges and the end result isn't much different from the 2008 series when Utah lost 4-2 after a string of painfully close contests.
It is what it is. The Lakers are a true dynasty and those types of teams are hard to knock off. The Suns can't beat the Lakers.
So this post is moot now.
retrojazzfan
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Suns beat the lakers? How'd that work out again? It's irrelevant that they beat the Lakers twice...if you can't take the series it doesn't really matter. The truth is that LA is going to be a pain in our asses until we get quite a bit of help. It doesn't get any easier next year as they are the front runners for Bosh at this point. All we can hope for is that DWill keeps getting better... MVP-esque and that we get a couple of awesome players through the draft and something that's worth a damn and isn't in a foreign country for years with still nothing to show for it. Also hopefully KOC can show us fans he cares by going after someone to make us true contenders. Being in Utah is tough but I believe some guys really care about winning which can make us attractive if KOC doesn't eff up. I'm optimistic that we'll beat LA in the playoffs in the next couple of years but a lot has to happen. Beating LA a couple times isn't an accomplishment. Beating them 4 times and sending them home IS.
retrojazzfan
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...only if we then go on to win a championship!! :mrgreen:
Yep, there you have it. Sean nailed it on the head. No one out west can or will beat the Lackers for the next few seasons unless they have some sort of chaotic injury bug strike. The rest of us just have to get as good as we possibly can and hope that they somehow falter in the next few years.
Its like the late 80's early 90's all over again. God how I celebrated the day Magic retired. And god how I shall celebrate when The Rapist is gone as well.
Its like the late 80's early 90's all over again. God how I celebrated the day Magic retired. And god how I shall celebrate when The Rapist is gone as well.