Despite what everyone thought was going to happen, the Fakers didn't roll over and die last night. After the Suns started the game on an 11-0 run, the Fakers (and the officials) came storming back.
Behind what perhaps was the first strong performance of Kwame Brown's life, the Fakers were able to hold off the Suns and take a 95-89 victory in game three. The Suns still lead the series 2-1 with game 4 coming in L.A. on Sunday.
There was really three main components to the Fakers win.
1) Kwame Brown
After faking an ankle injury, Brown had three straight dunks in the third quarter as the Fakers pulled ahead. Amare Stoudemire decided to lay off of Brown and allowed him to have the game of his life. For some reason, Kwame decided to actually CATCH the ball in the post for once. This most likely isn't something that the Fakers should be able to count on happening ever again. Kwame Brown is still the worst #1 overall pick in the history in the NBA, and in game 4 should go back to his normal self of dropping passes and missing layups.
2) Rebounding
It seemed that every time the Fakers missed a shot they were able to get the offensive rebound. They outrebounded the Suns 44-30 and were able to pull down 19 offensive boards, compared to the Suns 6. Despite the Suns outshooting the Fakers 48% to 42%, the Fakers second and third chances were more than able to make up for this deficit.
3) Officiating
The Fakers took 28 free throws to the Suns 12. The Suns were not able to play any defense on The Grim Raper because if he missed a shot a foul was called. There was one play in the fourth quarter when the Grim Raper missed a shot, the Suns got the rebound, were halfway up the court, and the official called a foul AFTER the fact. The Grim Raper shot 13 free throws himself, compared with the Suns 12. It was almost like Joey Crawford was officiating that game.
I'm pretty confident that the Suns will win game 4. Things always even up in a series, and a classless, talentless team like the Fakers won't win more than one game due to poor officiating.
Now, a note about Fakers fans
Obviously, I haven't met every Fakers fan in the world, but judging from the ones I have met, Fakers fans seem to be the most unintelligent people on the face of the earth.
None of them can make a valid argument, so they resort to the same old, tired argument they have always used - "We have rings"
News flash - you people don't have Shaquille O'Neal, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, or Wilt Chamberlain on the court. Your team is not good anymore. Your team will never win another championship until you actually get some good players, and the Grim Raper is not on your team any longer.
Reading the responses in my blog, you can see the mentality of the Faker fans. Dallas fans make intelligent basketball arguments. Faker fans make personal attacks and can't say anything coherent. The Fakers are a joke. Fakers fans are a joke. You people are the reason that the Fakers are the most hated team in the NBA.
5 comments:
how is the lakers the hated team in the NBA? How do we manage to be on national tv for 30 of 82 games? news flash we are the most recognized team in the nba.also we have kobe bryant.when has steve nash made it out of the first round BY HIMSELF? without dirk, amare, marion? when?? yea thats what i thought.suns can get over the eyes on the prize shit.saying all laker fans are dumb. look at you
Ur a hyprocrit. seriously. personal attacks? you make personal attacks on the lakers and you dont even know one player on the team. saying phil is the most overrated coach. dantoniisgay is the most overrated.9 titles+numerous playoff appearences>dantonis whole basketball career.get over it. your biased on every aspect on your dumb thoughts on basketball
Lets see...you keep your comments as "anonymous" and you make personal attacks on me instead of breaking down my analysis. Typical of Faker fans.
Let me dissect some of these arguments:
also we have kobe bryant.when has steve nash made it out of the first round BY HIMSELF? without dirk, amare, marion? when??
Wait...Has the Grim Raper done anything without Shaq? Year one: Lottery Year two: #7 seed (out in first round). Year three: #7 seed (probably out in first round). Yeah. Your boy's sure done a ton. HaHa
saying phil is the most overrated coach. dantoniisgay is the most overrated.9 titles+numerous playoff appearences
And that jackass has ever been successful without Michael Jordan or Shaquille O'Neal? It's pretty easy to be a great coach with the most dominant players in the NBA at the time. Look at what he's done now with this garbage team.
Keep it up Faker fans. You are proving my point that you're the dumbest fan base in the NBA.
im not making personal attacks at all. i dont steep down to that level.My arguement was that Nash has not gone out of the first round and by himself and yet you criticize kobe. nash was with dirk and now with marion and amare. kobe has lamar?no not goin to cut it. cut kobe some slack. dude has to do it all by himself. when kobe distributes, lakers loses and wins but mostly losses because no one has score. when kobe scores, we have a chance. so either way he will be hates, no probolem. but please use logic when argueing.
Face it...the Fakers other players CAN'T get better.
Ever heard of the term "making your teammates better?"
Your boy #24 apparently hasn't.
Don't give me this "Kobe can't win because of his teammates" garbage.
If Kobe was any type of teammate, he would encourage them...not hang them out to dry if they miss shots. If he didn't take 30+ shots a game, and let them develop some sort of game and chemistry, they wouldn't have that problem.
As it is now, he passes to them once in a rare while, they miss the one shot they take in 30 minutes, and he ignores them the rest of the game. How can anyone hit shots when they're so nervous that if they miss the shot they'll never get the ball again?
Kobe is a complete fucking joke. I don't care if he scores 200 points in a game. He's a selfish bastard and will NEVER be a leader.
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