Losing to the Suns is tough, but where the hell are the basketball gods to let Tim T be the guy in this series? His karma just ran over my dogma.

Live by the switch, die by the switsh. Is a doulbe ever going to come when we a little on a big?

I like the lineup, Kurt. It makes for more interchangeable parts.

Someone tell Smush he can play.

Someone tell someone that Tim Thomas can shoot.

Someone please, please foul Steve Nash hard enough that he feels it.

Someone tell Phil to show the tapes of games 2 & 3 when the Lakers played some D.

Then tell the whole damn team that it’s the Suns that are soft, not vice-versa.

Game 7 time boys, the heart attack kids are back.

I guess it’s rediculous to get worked up over this current edition, being as they are newbies to this whole playoff thing. What can I say, I’m still bleeding that purple (f.b.) & gold and looking for a Lakers sack check.

12. I think Tempo is important, but it’s part code for pounding the ball inside and doing the things that take the Suns out of their agressive style. The last game was not a crazy temp (I think less than 90 in regulation), but the looks the Suns got in the half court were still too good. Which brings us back to defending the pick and roll….

However, they were in a total comfort zone at the offensive end since they could basically just run one play over and over and over again. Namely, the pick and roll with whoever Kwame is guarding. It leads to Nash torturing Kwame off the dribble, or a big posting up Smush.

That one play lead to easy bsket after easy basket after easy basket.
As far as I’m concerned, that’s the most important concern strategically.

But, that’s also why his teams tend to be so mentally tough. Think about the 1999-2004 Lakers teams. They never get rattled. They never quit.

It’s a trial by fire. But those who survive are generally hardened by the process. We’ll see how Smush and the Lakers respond.