On to the Clippers. As strange as it sounds, the Suns now are set to take on the LA Clippers in the Western Conference Semifinals after defeating the hated Lakers in an anticlimactic game 7, 121-90.
Aside from a cheap elbow by the Grim Raper to the face of Raja Bell (again) and another cheap foul by Lamar Scrotum, there wasn't much fight by the Fakers last night. The US Airways Center was rocking, and the Lakers never responded.
The best part of the game was how we, the fans, got into the head of Kobe the Grim Raper. The Kobe Sucks chant was going on all night, and after a hot first half (23 pts) he decided to give up and only took 3 shots in the second half (one point). Is this the performance of someone people think is an MVP candidate? Is this the performance of a leader?
Kobe just showed exactly why he is a classless individual. Who quits on their team in a game 7? Would the Fakers have won if he shot more? Probably not. But wouldn't you at least want to compete if you think you are as good as Kobe thinks he is? After all, the Suns were only up by 15 at halftime. Sure, that's a big lead, but it is a lead that is very easy to come back from in the NBA. Instead, Kobe decided to go in the tank and the Suns won by 31. Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
To add to his already classless persona, after the game the Grim Raper refused to shake hands with any of the Suns players. Classless.
The quote of the game came from Raja Bell's mother responding the Kobe's quip that Raja "must have not gotten hugged as a kid"
She saw him outside the locker room after the game and asked "Hey Kobe, you need a hug?"
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