NO SETTING SUNS YET LAKERS LOSE EARLY PACIFIC SHOWDOWN PHOENIX 122, LAKERS 112.Byline: Ross Siler Staff Writer The flip side Flip side In the context of general equities, opposite side to a proposition or position (buy, if sell is the proposition and vice versa). of the equation never was mentioned when Phil Jackson
Philip Douglas "Phil" Jackson (born September 17, 1945 in Deer Lodge, Montana) is the current coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, an American professional basketball team. set the bar in late September for the Lakers of winning 44 or 45 games and returning to the playoffs after a season away. That would be the 38 or 37 losses Jackson will have to suffer through - some uglier than others - a total he never before has had to accept in his career of coaching championship-ready teams. The first of those losses came against the Phoenix Suns 122-112 in Thursday night's home opener, a game in which Kobe Bryant Kobe Bean Bryant (born July 23 1978) is an American All-Star shooting guard in the National Basketball Association (NBA) who plays for the Los Angeles Lakers. totaled 39 points and the defending Pacific Division champions totaled even more. That was Jackson's first regular-season game back at Staples Center This article has multiple issues: * Its neutrality is disputed. * It may contain original research or unverifiable claims. * It does not cite any references or sources. after a year away was almost forgotten by the end. Even without All-Star Amare Stoudemire Amare Carsares Stoudemire (born November 16 1982 in Lake Wales, Florida) is an American professional basketball player for the NBA's Phoenix Suns and the USA National Team. He is a 6 ft 10 in (2.09 m) and 245 lb (112 kg) power forward/center. , the Suns picked apart the Lakers. The Suns had seven players finish in double figures while reigning league MVP (Multimedia Video Processor) A high-speed DSP chip from Texas Instruments, introduced in 1994. Officially introduced as the TMS320C80, it combines RISC technology with the functionality of four DSPs on one chip. Steve Nash Steven John Nash, OBC (born February 7, 1974),[1] is a Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nash was brought up in a family of sportsmen and he excelled in a variety of sports. (12 points, 17 assists) orchestrated the show. ``We got caught up probably playing their game a little bit,'' Lamar Odom Lamar Joseph Odom (born November 6 1979, in South Jamaica, Queens, New York) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays power forward (also plays both forward spots and is a "point-forward") for the National Basketball Association's Los Angeles Lakers. said. ``One of my old coaches used the term you have to sit on a team like this defensively.'' One night after they opened with a thrilling 99-97 overtime victory in Denver, the Lakers came crashing back to Earth. The Suns nearly blew a 17-point lead for the second consecutive game but outgunned the Lakers at every critical juncture. The Lakers (1-1) afterward were left talking about defense. They gave up 120 points or more three times during last season's disastrous finish, but the 122 the Suns scored Thursday was relatively new territory for a Jackson team. During his previous five years as Lakers coach, Jackson's teams gave up 120 points or more only five times. The last time it happened in a 48-minute game was Jan. 11, 2002, when the Lakers lost 120-102 to Minnesota. But that was before Jackson inherited a team that gave up 101.7 points on average last season, 27th in the NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= . The Lakers were done in Thursday night by a hail of Shawn Marion Shawn Dwayne Marion (born May 7, 1978 in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. He currently plays small forward for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA, although he spent much of the 2004-05, 2005-06 and the 2006-07 seasons at power forward. (30 points, 11 rebounds) dunks and Kurt Thomas Kurt Thomas may refer to:
``They were all in their comfort zones, they were shooting in spots that they practice in everyday,'' Devean George said. ``I'm not concerned about our defense. It's just a matter of communication. We weren't really talking with each other.' The Suns scored only 90 points in regulation of their Tuesday opener against Dallas. But they totaled 66 points in the first half against the Lakers, with 10 different players scoring and Nash dishing out 12 assists. ``They're obviously a better team right now than we are,'' Jackson said of the Suns, who won 62 games last season and will play without Stoudemire (knee surgery) until February at the earliest. The Lakers got as close as 115-112 with 2:10 left as Bryant found Laron Profit for a basket underneath. But James Jones, one of the Suns' new additions, knocked down a 3-pointer to put Phoenix back in control. Odom and Bryant both missed 3-pointers for the Lakers - shots that Jackson said came outside of the triangle offense - and Bell finished things off for the Suns, collecting a Marion airball and swishing a 17- footer In a document or report, common text that appears at the bottom of every page. It usually contains the page number. . Two areas in particular hurt the Lakers. The first was their play when Bryant was on the bench. They gave up a 10-0 run to start the second quarter with Bryant out and buried themselves by allowing a 9-2 run to open the fourth. The Lakers also got little from their frontcourt as Kwame Brown finished with just two points and two rebounds. Brown was called for his third foul only 16 seconds after checking back into the game in the second. In his second consecutive strong game, guard Smush Parker delighted the crowd, matching his career-high with 21 points and pestering Nash on defense. Parker signed two 10-day contracts with Phoenix last season. Ross Siler, (818) 713-3610 ross.siler(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) The Lakers' Devean George (3) drives to the basket against the Suns' Boris Diaw, left, and Brian Grant on Thursday. (2) Lakers forward Lamar Odom, right, battles for a rebound with the Suns' Raja Bell. Hans Gutknecht/Staff Photogrpaher Box: STORY LINES |
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