Lakers-Suns Preview

By BOB BAUM
Posted May 24 2010 5:59PM

PHOENIX (AP) Losing one game in Phoenix was tolerable for the Los Angeles Lakers. Two losses and things start to get uncomfortable for the reigning NBA champions.

It's safe to say that coach Phil Jackson was giving his team a refresher course on how to beat a zone defense when the Lakers worked out at US Airways Center on Monday after Phoenix employed the strategy to great success in its 118-109 victory on Sunday night. The Suns can square the series at 2-2 with another home win in Game 4 on Tuesday night.

Jackson said he had never seen a team use the zone so much in a playoff game since the NBA legalized the defense in the 2001-02 season, not that Kobe Bryant seemed all that concerned.

When asked if a day of practice would be enough to work out how to attack the zone, he answered sarcastically.

``Nah,'' he said. ``We're doomed.''

The Suns used the zone much of the second quarter and the entire second half. Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry said that was more than he anticipated but he stuck with it because it worked when nothing else had against the Lakers, who averaged 126 points and shot 58 percent in the series' first two games.

There were inferences on Monday that the zone is somehow an ``unmanly'' defense, that real teams play man-to-man.

``We have to try every way we can to find a situation where we can win,'' Gentry said. ``Whatever that takes, that's what it is. If we have to play our 'girlie zone' as somebody said, we'll play our 'girlie zone.'''

Steve Nash's nose and Andrew Bynum's knee were main subjects of discussion on Monday.

Nash has a small nasal fracture from a fourth-quarter collision with Derek Fisher but said he's had ``a handful'' of broken noses and expected to be fine for Game 4. After all, he played the fourth quarter of Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals with his right eye swollen shut after taking an elbow from Tim Duncan.

``To me I think he's as tough as they come,'' Gentry said. ``You saw what happened in the game last night, he tried to rearrange his own nose. My wife was in a car accident and broke her nose. It almost made her physically sick to see him grab his nose and just try to rearrange it himself.''

Bynum got in early foul trouble and had just two points and two rebounds in 7 1/2 minutes on Sunday night. After the game, Jackson talked about perhaps having the big center, who has a small meniscus tear in his right knee, sit out the next game. But Jackson said on Monday that Bynum would play.

``I talked to him this morning. He feels like he's OK,'' the Lakers coach said. ``I was worried that he was impinging on his ability to play by concern about his health and status, and he says he's OK.''

Jackson isn't about to rest Bynum just to get him more ready for a finals matchup against Boston.

``The only thing there is is the Phoenix series,'' Jackson said. ``If we don't just stay focused on that, there's nothing else. You have to play immediately for this series and forget about whatever else is down the road.''

The taller Lakers dominated the inside game in the first two contests, but Phoenix's front line duo of Amare Stoudemire and Robin Lopez outscored the Lakers' trio of Pau Gasol, Bynum and Lamar Odom 62-35 in Game 3. Gasol scored 23 on 11 of 14 shooting, but Odom made just 4 of 14 shots for 10 points.

Criticized widely for his play in the first two games of the series, Stoudemire attacked the rim from the start. In addition to making 14 of 22 field goals, he was 14 of 18 at the foul line. He had 11 rebounds, two more than in the first two games combined.

Lopez scored 20 on 8 of 10 shooting and his 7-foot presence anchored the Suns' zone. He played 29 1/2 minutes in just his third game back after being sidelined with a bulging disk in late March.

In all, the Suns made 37 of 42 free throws to 16 of 20 for the Lakers.

That, Bryant said, was the difference.

Stoudemire knows he will be Los Angeles' No. 1 target in Game 4.

``I'm not sure what they're going to do,'' he said, ``but I guarantee you Phil is going to come up with something slick.''

Bryant nearly had a triple double with 36 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds but was just 2 of 8 on 3s. He said the Lakers were lured into taking a franchise playoff record 32 3-point shots, making nine of them.

``We're not a great 3-point shooting team consistently anyway,'' he said. ``We did have good looks and sometimes get baited into taking those, some of them with the shot clock being low, granted. But we can do a much better job the first 17 seconds of the clock.''

He said the team also needs to clean up some ``silly'' turnovers. The Lakers had 17, five by Bryant, to the Suns' seven.

Jason Richardson made 4 of 7 3-pointers on Sunday night. The rest of the Suns were 1 of 13. Channing Frye's woes worsened. He went 0 of 7, 0 of 5 on 3s, and is 1 of 20 for the series. He has missed 17 in a row.

Frye was the last player off the practice court, shooting jumper after jumper. He was miffed about having to answer questions about ``something little'' like his shooting problems after such a big win.

``Sometimes the ball doesn't go in, man. It's just one of those things. It's just not going in,'' he said. ``It's going to go in tomorrow, though, I'm going to tell you that. They're going to go in tomorrow.''

Bryant said, not surprisingly, that no one on his team was panicking. And just when was the last time Bryant panicked on the basketball court? In high school, maybe?

``When my shorts fell down,'' he said. ``They were too big.''

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AP Sports Writer Matt Paulson contributed to this report.

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Frye finds touch as bench powers Suns to Game 4 win

By Mike Tulumello, for NBA.com
Posted Wednesday May 26, 2010 1:21AM

PHOENIX (NBA.com exclusive) -- Channing Frye found his missing shot.

And because he did, the Suns have a shot at dethroning the defending NBA champion Lakers.

Frye was the leader of the Suns' second unit, which got the Suns a lead in the first half then pulled away from the Lakers' starters in Phoenix's 115-106 Game 4 win Tuesday night in Arizona.

The Western Conference Finals, now tied, 2-2, returns to Los Angeles for Game 5 on Thursday night. Game 6 will be Saturday night in Phoenix.

Frye and the Suns' reserves were the center of a remarkable sight.

In front of a standing, roaring crowd, they hit 3-pointer after 3-pointer against the Lakers' starters to put the game away.

In all, the Suns' reserves outscored the Lakers' bench by a whopping 54-20.

The leaders were Frye and Leandro Barbosa with 14 points each and Jared Dudley with 11. The trio hit 9-for-18 on 3-pointers.

With the Suns leading 89-87 early in the final quarter, each of these players nailed a 3-pointer to give the Suns a decisive 98-89 lead with 6:47 left.

"I thought they were great offensively...and I thought they were better defensively," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said.

With these players leading the way, the Suns starters, including stars Amar'e Stoudemire and Steve Nash, were bench-side cheerleaders for the first nine minutes of the final quarter.

"They're so unselfish," Gentry said of his players.

At one point, Gentry was about to replace Barbosa with starter Jason Richardson, but Richardson told Gentry, "He's going great, let's leave him in."

Gentry said, "It's really different than most NBA teams. We're more like a college team."

Frye had hit only 1-for-20 shots in the first three games.

"I told you I was going to continue to shoot, and my teammates believed in me," he said.

The Lakers concentrated on Stoudemire, who scored 42 Sunday but was held to 21 in this game, still enough to lead the Suns.

"Their game plan tonight was to take me out," Stoudemire said.

Nash, playing with a broken nose, shot 3-for-11 for 15 points with eight assists and two turnovers.

For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant was a one-man show on offense. He hit 15-for-22 for 38 points, and he handed out 10 assists.

But the Suns held Pau Gasol (15 points, five rebounds, four blocks) within reason.

Andrew Bynum, playing much better than in Game 3, shot 6-for-9 for 12 points. And Lamar Odom had 15 points and 10 boards off the bench.

But the Lakers' other three reserves shot only 2-for-13.

On defense the Suns confounded the conventional wisdom that they wouldn't return extensively to the zone defense that surprised the Lakers Sunday in Game 3.

Yet they returned to this tactic and succeeded.

The Suns played an active zone, one in which the Suns defenders were stationed in specific areas yet they often still managed to match up one-on-one against the Lakers' bigger interior players.

"That's the whole key," Gentry said. "Although it's a zone, we really try to match up. Our guys did a good job of communicating."

Lakers coach Phil Jackson didn't concede that his team couldn't figure out the Suns' defense.

"We shot 49 percent, didn't we? That's pretty good...I have no problem with our offense at all," Jackson said. "I wouldn't say we're struggling against the zone. We're struggling at the defensive end.

"They were more aggressive on the boards (the Suns had a 51-36 edge). That created an atmosphere I didn't like."

In fact, the Suns' defense seemed a bit less important than their perimeter shooting and their bench play.

Count Frye as a major factor in both areas.

He is the Suns' designated gunner off the bench, yet he shot a woeful 1-for-14 on 3-pointers in the first three games.

The Suns led 38-34 midway through the second quarter when Frye hit his first 3-pointer.

The crowd exploded.

The teams then exchanged a stunning series of 3-pointers, with Bryant effectively going against the Suns' entire second unit, led by Frye.

The Suns stretched the lead to 53-43 on Frye's second of a trio of first-half 3-pointers.

By halftime, the Suns led 64-55 with the Suns' reserves outscoring the Lakers' bench 34-11. Frye scored 11, while only Odom (nine points) was a factor among the Lakers' reserves.

Bryant put on a spectacular shooting display in the third quarter, hitting 3-for-4 on 3-pointers and scoring 16.

The Lakers surged closer and closer, then briefly took an 84-83 lead in the closing moments of the third quarter and again at the start of the fourth quarter, 87-85.

But much to Jackson's chagrin, the Lakers took -- and missed -- a series of 3-pointers.

That's the Suns' game. And that's when Frye and company went to work.

Strangely, the Lakers never really got the ball much again to Bryant. He took only four shots in the final quarter.

"We didn't lose the game because of that," Bryant said. "We lost the game because our defense sucked."

For the second straight game, the Suns outshot the Lakers at the line: The Suns were 22-for-32 while the Lakers were 7-for-13.

"They beat us at the foul line both nights, and that was the margin. We have to do a better job in that activity."

Asked if the officiating was a factor, Jackson said, "Oh no."

But he also said, "It seemed like every time we went near them they fell down at some level....So we just have to be more resilient out there defensively."

• Lakers: Morrison
• Suns: Griffin, Jones

• Lakers: --
• Suns: --

• Lead Changes: 7
• Times Tied: 9

• Arena: US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ
• Officials: #43 Dan Crawford, #19 James Capers, #41 Ken Mauer
• Attendance: 18422
• Duration: 2:29

Los Angeles Lakers (57-26)		Phoenix Suns (55-28)
Start of 1st Quarter
(12:00) Jump Ball Lopez vs Bynum (Fisher gains possession)
Fisher Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Bynum (1 AST)	11:39 [LAL 2-0]
	11:21	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Missed Block: Gasol (1 BLK)
	11:21	Team Rebound
	11:15 [PHX 2-2]	Richardson Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Artest Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Gasol (1 AST)	10:51 [LAL 4-2]
	10:34 [PHX 4-4]	Hill Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Bynum Hook Shot: Made (2 PTS)	10:13 [LAL 6-4]
	09:51 [PHX 6-6]	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Nash (1 AST)
Fisher 3pt Shot: Missed	09:24
	09:22	Lopez Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	09:14	Nash Jump Shot: Missed Block: Gasol (2 BLK)
	09:11	Nash Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	09:08	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Missed
	09:06	Lopez Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	09:06	Lopez Tip Shot: Missed
	09:04	Richardson Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
Artest Foul : Personal (1 PF)	09:04
Bynum Foul : Defense 3 Second (0 PF)	08:56
	08:56	Nash Free Throw Technical Missed
	08:56	Team Rebound
	08:48	Hill Jump Shot: Missed
Bynum Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	08:45
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed	08:30
	08:28	Richardson Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	08:24	Nash 3pt Shot: Missed
	08:22	Hill Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
	08:08	Stoudemire Fade Away Jumper Shot: Missed
Bynum Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	08:04
Bryant Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Richardson (1 ST)	07:58
	07:44	Nash Jump Shot: Missed
Bynum Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	07:42
Bynum Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (1 TO)	07:39
	07:37	Lopez Jump Shot: Missed
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	07:35
Bynum Alley Oop Layup shot: Missed	07:28
	07:26	Nash Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	07:20	Lopez Layup Shot: Missed
	07:20	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:1 Def:0)
Bryant Foul : Personal (1 PF)	07:20
	07:11 [PHX 8-6]	Hill Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Nash (2 AST)
Artest Driving Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)	06:59 [LAL 8-8]
	06:46	Richardson 3pt Shot: Missed
Fisher Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	06:45
Bryant Jump Shot: Missed	06:31
	06:30	Team Rebound
Gasol Foul : Personal (1 PF)	06:30
	06:10 [PHX 10-8]	Hill Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed	05:56
	05:54	Richardson Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	05:46 [PHX 12-8]	Lopez Dunk Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Richardson (1 AST)
Gasol Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Bryant (1 AST)	05:33 [LAL 10-12]
	05:33	Stoudemire Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	05:33	Team Timeout : Regular
	05:33	Lopez Substitution replaced by Frye
Bynum Substitution replaced by Odom	05:33
Gasol Free Throw 1 of 1 (3 PTS)	05:33 [LAL 11-12]
	05:24	Richardson Running Jump Shot: Missed
Odom Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	05:21
Odom Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Gasol (2 AST)	04:59 [LAL 13-12]
	04:43	Frye 3pt Shot: Missed
Odom Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	04:40
Artest Jump Shot: Missed	04:30
Team Rebound	04:29
Artest Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	04:18 [LAL 15-12]
	03:59	Hill 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	03:58
Gasol Alley Oop Layup shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Bryant (2 AST)	03:36 [LAL 17-12]
	03:27	Nash 3pt Shot: Missed
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	03:25
Artest Jump Shot: Missed	03:18
	03:16	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
Odom Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	03:09
	03:09	Hill Substitution replaced by Dudley
	03:09 [PHX 13-17]	Frye Free Throw 1 of 2 (1 PTS)
	03:09 [PHX 14-17]	Frye Free Throw 2 of 2 (2 PTS)
Fisher Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Bryant (3 AST)	02:42 [LAL 19-14]
	02:31 [PHX 16-19]	Nash Running Bank shot: Made (2 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	02:21
Bryant Substitution replaced by Walton	02:21
Odom Jump Shot: Missed	02:09
	02:07	Richardson Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	01:48 [PHX 18-19]	Stoudemire Running Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Artest 3pt Shot: Missed	01:27
Team Rebound	01:27
	01:27	Dudley Foul : Loose Ball (1 PF)
Artest Substitution replaced by Brown	01:27
Walton 3pt Shot: Missed	01:06
	01:05	Team Rebound
Gasol Foul : Loose Ball (2 PF)	01:05
Gasol Substitution replaced by Bynum	01:05
	01:05	Dudley Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	01:05	Team Rebound
	01:05	Nash Substitution replaced by Dragic
Fisher Substitution replaced by Farmar	01:05
	01:05	Dudley Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
	01:04	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:2 Def:0)
	01:02	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Missed
Farmar Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	01:00
Bynum Dunk Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Walton (1 AST)	00:55.3 [LAL 21-18]
	00:39.5 [PHX 20-21]	Dragic Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Richardson (2 AST)
Odom Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Walton (2 AST)	00:30.7 [LAL 23-20]
	00:25.7 [PHX 23-23]	Richardson 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Dragic (1 AST)
Brown 3pt Shot: Missed	00:01.9
Team Rebound	00:00.0
End of 1st Quarter
Los Angeles Lakers (57-26)		Phoenix Suns (55-28)
Start of 2nd QuarterBack to Top
	11:43 [PHX 26-23]	Dudley 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS) Assist: Dragic (2 AST)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Missed	11:30
	11:28	Dragic Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	11:24	Amundson Foul : Offensive (1 PF)
	11:24	Amundson Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
Brown Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Bryant (4 AST)	11:08 [LAL 25-26]
	10:54 [PHX 28-25]	Barbosa Driving Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS)
Jump Ball Dragic vs Bryant (Farmar gains possession)	10:33
Farmar 3pt Shot: Missed	10:24
Bynum Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	10:22
Bynum Layup Shot: Missed	10:22
Bynum Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	10:21
Bynum Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS)	10:20 [LAL 27-28]
	10:06 [PHX 30-27]	Dragic Driving Reverse Layup Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Bynum Jump Shot: Missed Block: Dudley (1 BLK)	09:50
	09:48	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	09:40 [PHX 32-27]	Amundson Layup Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Barbosa (1 AST)
Brown 3pt Shot: Missed	09:12
Team Rebound	09:12
Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover	09:12
	09:00	Dragic Dunk Shot: Missed Block: Brown (1 BLK)
Odom Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	08:58
Farmar Jump Shot: Missed	08:51
Odom Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	08:51
Odom Layup Shot: Missed	08:51
Odom Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	08:51
	08:51	Barbosa Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Timeout : Official	08:51
Odom Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)	08:51 [LAL 28-32]
Odom Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	08:51
	08:50	Amundson Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	08:37 [PHX 34-28]	Amundson Dunk Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Dragic (3 AST)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (2 PTS) Assist: Brown (1 AST)	08:20 [LAL 30-34]
	08:07 [PHX 36-30]	Barbosa Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (4 PTS) Assist: Odom (1 AST)	07:52 [LAL 32-36]
Farmar Substitution replaced by Fisher	07:36
	07:30 [PHX 38-32]	Dudley Jump Bank Shot: Made (5 PTS)
Bryant Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	07:30
	07:30	Dudley Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)	07:27
Bynum Dunk Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Brown (2 AST)	07:15 [LAL 34-38]
	07:01 [PHX 41-34]	Frye 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Barbosa (2 AST)
Brown 3pt Shot: Missed	06:47
	06:45	Dragic Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	06:40	Frye 3pt Shot: Missed
	06:38	Dragic Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	06:34	Dragic 3pt Shot: Missed
Odom Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	06:33
Odom Jump Shot: Missed	06:17
	06:15	Dudley Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)
	06:09 [PHX 44-34]	Dudley 3pt Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Dragic (4 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	05:59
Bynum Substitution replaced by Gasol	05:59
Brown Substitution replaced by Artest	05:59
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Fisher (1 AST)	05:50 [LAL 37-44]
	05:42 [PHX 47-37]	Barbosa 3pt Shot: Made (7 PTS) Assist: Dragic (5 AST)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (10 PTS)	05:24 [LAL 40-47]
	05:12	Barbosa Foul : Offensive (2 PF)
	05:12	Barbosa Turnover : Foul (1 TO)
	05:12	Dragic Substitution replaced by Nash
	05:12	Barbosa Substitution replaced by Richardson
Artest Turnover : Traveling (1 TO)	04:55
	04:55	Amundson Substitution replaced by Stoudemire
	04:41 [PHX 50-40]	Nash 3pt Shot: Made (5 PTS) Assist: Frye (1 AST)
Artest 3pt Shot: Made (9 PTS)	04:11 [LAL 43-50]
	03:59 [PHX 53-43]	Frye 3pt Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Nash (3 AST)
Gasol Turnaround Jump Shot: Missed	03:35
Odom Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)	03:32
Odom Tip Shot: Made (7 PTS)	03:32 [LAL 45-53]
	03:19	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Missed
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)	03:17
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (12 PTS)	03:10 [LAL 47-53]
	02:58 [PHX 56-47]	Frye 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Nash (4 AST)
Fisher Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Bryant (5 AST)	02:37 [LAL 49-56]
	02:22	Dudley 3pt Shot: Missed
	02:19	Richardson Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
	02:19 [PHX 58-49]	Richardson Reverse Layup Shot: Made (7 PTS)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Odom (2 AST)	02:04 [LAL 52-58]
	01:53 [PHX 60-52]	Nash Jump Shot: Made (7 PTS)
	01:34	Frye Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
	01:34	Team Timeout : Regular
	01:34	Dudley Substitution replaced by Hill
Gasol Free Throw 1 of 2 (6 PTS)	01:34 [LAL 53-60]
Gasol Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	01:34
	01:33	Hill Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	01:23 [PHX 62-53]	Richardson Layup Shot: Made (9 PTS) Assist: Nash (5 AST)
Fisher Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Frye (1 ST)	01:04
	00:56.9	Nash Running Bank shot: Missed
Artest Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	00:52.9
Odom Running Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS)	00:42.4 [LAL 55-62]
	00:20.6 [PHX 64-55]	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Nash (6 AST)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Missed	00:01.9
	00:00.1	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
End of 2nd Quarter
Los Angeles Lakers (57-26)		Phoenix Suns (55-28)
Start of 3rd QuarterBack to Top
	11:44	Lopez Jump Shot: Missed Block: Gasol (3 BLK)
	11:44	Team Rebound
	11:38	Richardson Jump Shot: Missed
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)	11:36
	11:31	Richardson Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Bryant Free Throw 1 of 2 (16 PTS)	11:31 [LAL 56-64]
Bryant Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	11:31
	11:30	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	11:19	Nash Turnover : Bad Pass (1 TO) Steal:Fisher (1 ST)
Artest Reverse Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Fisher (2 AST)	11:09 [LAL 58-64]
	10:56	Lopez Layup Shot: Missed
	10:55	Lopez Rebound (Off:2 Def:1)
	10:55 [PHX 66-58]	Lopez Tip Shot: Made (4 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (18 PTS)	10:39 [LAL 60-66]
	10:18 [PHX 68-60]	Stoudemire Fade Away Bank shot: Made (10 PTS)
Gasol Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)	09:55 [LAL 62-68]
Fisher Foul : Personal (1 PF)	09:47
	09:43 [PHX 70-62]	Stoudemire Driving Jump shot: Made (10 PTS)
Team Timeout : Regular	09:39
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (21 PTS) Assist: Gasol (3 AST)	09:21 [LAL 65-70]
	08:59	Hill 3pt Shot: Missed
Bynum Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)	08:57
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (24 PTS) Assist: Artest (1 AST)	08:46 [LAL 68-70]
	08:30	Lopez Layup Shot: Missed Block: Gasol (4 BLK)
Bryant Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)	08:27
Bynum Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Nash (1 ST)	08:09
	07:58	Richardson 3pt Shot: Missed
	07:57	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)
Bynum Foul : Shooting (1 PF)	07:56
	07:56	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	07:56	Team Rebound
	07:56 [PHX 71-68]	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
Artest Jump Shot: Missed	07:42
Bynum Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)	07:40
Bynum Layup Shot: Made (10 PTS)	07:40 [LAL 70-71]
Fisher Foul : Personal (2 PF)	07:32
Artest Foul : Shooting (2 PF)	07:25
	07:25 [PHX 72-70]	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
	07:25 [PHX 73-70]	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Missed	07:11
	07:09	Lopez Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	06:45	Hill Jump Shot: Missed
	06:43	Lopez Rebound (Off:3 Def:2)
	06:43	Lopez Layup Shot: Missed
	06:42	Lopez Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)
	06:42 [PHX 75-70]	Lopez Tip Shot: Made (6 PTS)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Missed	06:25
Fisher Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	06:23
	06:20	Hill Foul : Personal (1 PF)
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed	06:11
	06:10	Richardson Rebound (Off:2 Def:4)
	05:53	Nash 3pt Shot: Missed
	05:52	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:4 Def:2)
Bynum Foul : Personal (2 PF)	05:52
	05:52	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	05:52	Team Rebound
Bynum Substitution replaced by Odom	05:52
	05:52	Lopez Substitution replaced by Frye
	05:52	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Gasol Rebound (Off:0 Def:1)	05:50
	05:37	Stoudemire Foul : Personal (2 PF)
Gasol Dunk Shot: Made (10 PTS) Assist: Bryant (6 AST)	05:22 [LAL 72-75]
Fisher Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	05:06
	05:06 [PHX 76-72]	Nash Free Throw 1 of 2 (8 PTS)
	05:06 [PHX 77-72]	Nash Free Throw 2 of 2 (9 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Missed	04:49
	04:47	Hill Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	04:40	Nash Turnover : Bad Pass (2 TO) Steal:Fisher (2 ST)
Bryant Fade Away Jumper Shot: Made (26 PTS)	04:32 [LAL 74-77]
Fisher Foul : Personal (4 PF)	04:18
	04:18 [PHX 78-74]	Nash Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
Fisher Substitution replaced by Farmar	04:18
	04:18	Hill Substitution replaced by Dudley
	04:18 [PHX 79-74]	Nash Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
Odom 3pt Shot: Missed	04:06
	04:03	Nash Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	03:58	Richardson Jump Shot: Missed
	03:57	Team Rebound
	03:53	Stoudemire Dunk Shot: Missed
Artest Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)	03:51
Gasol Reverse Layup Shot: Missed	03:42
Odom Rebound (Off:4 Def:4)	03:40
Odom Layup Shot: Missed	03:40
Gasol Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)	03:39
Gasol Layup Shot: Made (12 PTS)	03:39 [LAL 76-79]
	03:20	Stoudemire Turnover : Step Out of Bounds Turnover (1 TO)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (28 PTS) Assist: Odom (3 AST)	03:08 [LAL 78-79]
	02:53	Team Timeout : Regular
	02:46 [PHX 81-78]	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Made (15 PTS)
Bryant 3pt Shot: Made (31 PTS) Assist: Farmar (1 AST)	02:20 [LAL 81-81]
	01:59 [PHX 83-81]	Stoudemire Jump Shot: Made (17 PTS) Assist: Nash (7 AST)
Odom Layup Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Bryant (7 AST)	01:39 [LAL 83-83]
	01:28	Frye 3pt Shot: Missed
Gasol Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	01:26
Artest 3pt Shot: Missed	01:09
Bryant Rebound (Off:1 Def:6)	01:07
	00:56.7	Frye Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
	00:56.7	Nash Substitution replaced by Dragic
Gasol Free Throw 1 of 2 (13 PTS)	00:56.7 [LAL 84-83]
Bryant Substitution replaced by Brown	00:56.7
Gasol Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	00:56.7
	00:55.9	Dudley Rebound (Off:0 Def:2)
	00:36.9	Stoudemire Jump Bank Shot: Missed
	00:34.9	Dudley Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	00:33.4	Jump Ball Stoudemire vs Odom (Dragic gains possession)
Farmar Foul : Personal (1 PF)	00:31.8
	00:31.8 [PHX 84-84]	Dragic Free Throw 1 of 2 (5 PTS)
	00:31.8	Stoudemire Substitution replaced by Amundson
	00:31.8 [PHX 85-84]	Dragic Free Throw 2 of 2 (6 PTS)
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed	00:15.9
Artest Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)	00:14.7
Brown 3pt Shot: Missed	00:02.9
	00:00.9	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:3)
End of 3rd Quarter
Los Angeles Lakers (57-26)		Phoenix Suns (55-28)
Start of 4th QuarterBack to Top
Bryant Turnover : Out of Bounds Lost Ball Turnover (2 TO)	11:48
	11:25	Frye 3pt Shot: Missed
	11:23	Amundson Rebound (Off:1 Def:1)
	11:11	Dragic 3pt Shot: Missed Block: Bynum (1 BLK)
Odom Rebound (Off:4 Def:5)	11:08
Farmar 3pt Shot: Made (3 PTS)	10:48 [LAL 87-85]
	10:24 [PHX 87-87]	Barbosa Jump Shot: Made (9 PTS)
Farmar 3pt Shot: Missed	10:06
	10:05	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:4)
	09:47 [PHX 89-87]	Amundson Layup Shot: Made (6 PTS) Assist: Dudley (1 AST)
Bryant Jump Shot: Missed	09:33
	09:31	Dudley Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	09:26	Dudley 3pt Shot: Missed
Team Rebound	09:24
Brown Jump Shot: Missed	09:00
	08:58	Dragic Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
	08:52	Barbosa 3pt Shot: Missed
	08:50	Team Rebound
	08:50	Timeout : Official
Odom Foul : Personal (2 PF)	08:29
Bynum Foul : Personal (3 PF)	08:23
	08:07 [PHX 92-87]	Frye 3pt Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Dragic (6 AST)
Brown Jump Shot: Missed	07:39
Bynum Rebound (Off:4 Def:4)	07:37
Bynum Putback Dunk Shot: Made (12 PTS)	07:37 [LAL 89-92]
	07:20 [PHX 95-89]	Barbosa 3pt Shot: Made (12 PTS) Assist: Dudley (2 AST)
Farmar 3pt Shot: Missed	06:57
	06:54	Amundson Rebound (Off:1 Def:2)
	06:47 [PHX 98-89]	Dudley 3pt Shot: Made (11 PTS) Assist: Dragic (7 AST)
Team Timeout : Regular	06:47
Bynum Substitution replaced by Gasol	06:47
Brown Substitution replaced by Artest	06:47
Farmar Substitution replaced by Fisher	06:47
Fisher 3pt Shot: Missed	06:27
	06:24	Dudley Rebound (Off:1 Def:4)
	06:15	Dudley 3pt Shot: Missed
	06:12	Amundson Rebound (Off:2 Def:2)
	05:50	Barbosa 3pt Shot: Missed Block: Bryant (1 BLK)
	05:49	Amundson Rebound (Off:3 Def:3)
	05:49	Team Turnover : Shot Clock Turnover
Fisher Jump Shot: Missed Block: Frye (1 BLK)	05:25
	05:22	Amundson Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)
Odom Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	05:14
	05:14	Amundson Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	05:14	Team Rebound
	05:14 [PHX 99-89]	Amundson Free Throw 2 of 2 (7 PTS)
Odom Jump Shot: Missed	04:56
	04:54	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:5)
	04:54	Frye Turnover : Lost Ball (1 TO) Steal:Odom (1 ST)
	04:54	Amundson Foul : Shooting (2 PF)
Odom Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)	04:54 [LAL 90-99]
Odom Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed	04:54
	04:52	Amundson Rebound (Off:3 Def:4)
	04:38 [PHX 101-90]	Barbosa Jump Shot: Made (14 PTS) Assist: Dragic (8 AST)
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed Block: Amundson (1 BLK)	04:24
	04:20	Dudley Rebound (Off:1 Def:5)
	04:02 [PHX 103-90]	Dragic Driving Layup Shot: Made (8 PTS)
Fisher Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Bryant (8 AST)	03:38 [LAL 92-103]
	03:17	Barbosa Turnover : Lost Ball (2 TO) Steal:Bryant (1 ST)
Artest Layup Shot: Made (13 PTS) Assist: Bryant (9 AST)	03:11 [LAL 94-103]
	03:05	Team Timeout : Regular
	03:05	Dragic Substitution replaced by Nash
	02:53	Nash 3pt Shot: Missed
Gasol Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)	02:51
	02:37	Frye Foul : Defense 3 Second (2 PF)
	02:37	Amundson Substitution replaced by Stoudemire
Bryant Free Throw Technical (32 PTS)	02:37 [LAL 95-103]
Artest 3pt Shot: Missed	02:26
Gasol Rebound (Off:2 Def:3)	02:24
Gasol Putback Dunk Shot: Made (15 PTS)	02:24 [LAL 97-103]
	02:07	Nash Jump Shot: Missed
	02:07	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:5 Def:2)
Odom Foul : Shooting (4 PF)	02:07
	02:07	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 Missed
	02:07	Team Rebound
	02:07	Barbosa Substitution replaced by Richardson
	02:07	Dudley Substitution replaced by Hill
	02:07 [PHX 104-97]	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 (18 PTS)
Odom 3pt Shot: Missed	01:56
	01:53	Nash Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
Gasol Foul : Shooting (3 PF)	01:38
	01:38 [PHX 105-97]	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 (19 PTS)
	01:38 [PHX 106-97]	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 (20 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (34 PTS)	01:32 [LAL 99-106]
	01:32	Nash Foul : Shooting (1 PF)
Bryant Free Throw 1 of 1 Missed	01:32
	01:31	Frye Rebound (Off:0 Def:6)
Bryant Foul : Personal (3 PF)	01:28
	01:28 [PHX 107-99]	Richardson Free Throw 1 of 2 (10 PTS)
	01:28 [PHX 108-99]	Richardson Free Throw 2 of 2 (11 PTS)
Artest 3pt Shot: Missed	01:17
	01:15	Stoudemire Rebound (Off:5 Def:3)
	00:54.4 [PHX 110-99]	Hill Turnaround Jump Shot: Made (8 PTS) Assist: Nash (8 AST)
Team Timeout : Short	00:54.4
Bryant Layup Shot: Made (36 PTS)	00:48.5 [LAL 101-110]
	00:48.5	Team Timeout : Short
Artest Foul : Personal (3 PF)	00:43.2
	00:43.2 [PHX 111-101]	Nash Free Throw 1 of 2 (12 PTS)
	00:43.2 [PHX 112-101]	Nash Free Throw 2 of 2 (13 PTS)
Odom 3pt Shot: Made (15 PTS) Assist: Bryant (10 AST)	00:35.4 [LAL 104-112]
Artest Foul : Personal (4 PF)	00:34.3
	00:34.3 [PHX 113-104]	Nash Free Throw 1 of 2 (14 PTS)
	00:34.3 [PHX 114-104]	Nash Free Throw 2 of 2 (15 PTS)
Bryant Jump Shot: Made (38 PTS)	00:26.0 [LAL 106-114]
Fisher Foul : Personal (5 PF)	00:21.2
	00:21.2 [PHX 115-106]	Stoudemire Free Throw 1 of 2 (21 PTS)
	00:21.2	Stoudemire Free Throw 2 of 2 Missed
Odom Rebound (Off:4 Def:6)	00:19.9
Gasol Jump Shot: Missed	00:10.9
	00:08.9	Hill Rebound (Off:1 Def:3)
End of 4th Quarter

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