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Actor Zac Efron holds the ball as Phoenix Suns warm up before the start of the game. I Love LA, where who you are matters so damn much...

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Actor Zac Efron holds the ball as Phoenix Suns warm up before the start of the game. I Love LA, where who you are matters so damn much...

 

Just kidding. Of course, losing sucks and of course losing to the Lakers sucks even extra bad and to get blown out...well, that just sucks.

BUT - as I said, it is not a bad thing either. There is a silver lining. This team has work to do. It needs to get better defensively and the offense needs to face a tough, focused and prepared defense like it did last night. Boston might be the best defensive team in the league but they didn't have three full days to prepare for the Suns. The Lakers did and it showed.

It was a humbling experience and as along as the team treats it as an opportunity to improve it will be beneficial in the long run. And besides, do the Suns really want that target on their back this early in the season?

Underdog suits us. Flying under the radar causes less turbulence.

The Suns are better than we all thought they would be but they are not (yet) on par with the Lakers. Especially, after playing 7 games in 10 days and especially without Robin Lopez who will be the difference maker!

Next up - Rest. Suns are taking the day off.

 

Recap coming soon from our very own international point guard super star - Panama Sun (he's a Suns fan - from Panama!)

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SUNS: Postgame Quotes: Suns @ Lakers, 11/12/2009
Phoenix Suns Coach Alvin Gentry on tonight’s game being a back-to-back and the effect it had: "It is tough, unfortunately we will play them again on the back-to-backs. But they are great, they are the world champs and there is a reason why they are the world champs. Like I said I don’t know where their weakness is really. They are going to be a handful for whoever plays them.

We ran out of gas, we really did, the bottom line is that we missed shots that we normally made, I am not sure we quite had our legs, I am not making excuses because they are a great team, they defended the heck out of us, but we can usually stay in and make some of those shots. I have to give them credit because they are a great team and we have three more shots at them. It’s been tough, we started out in Miami and we ended up in Los Angeles over a 10-day period and in between we decided to stop in Orlando, Boston, Washington, and Philadelphia. It is tough."

Star-divide

  • Suns can't hang with Lakers in LA
    The world-champion Los Angeles Lakers, with all their size and Kobe Bryant, are tough to beat on their home floor. The second night of a back-to-back set is a load for the Suns to handle on the road.
  • Gentry defends fun-and-gun style
    The best sign that the Suns' play is making an impression in the NBA is that people are starting to ask again if their style of play can win a championship. The Suns have barely returned to playing the fun and gun, let alone succeeding in it, and the title questions have re-emerged. "Everybody talks about this system not being able to win championships, so I guess the only system people should play is the triangle," Suns coach Alvin Gentry said. "I don't understand that. The Lakers played this style with Magic (Johnson), Byron Scott and James Worthy.
  • Postgame Thread: Lakers Trounce Suns - Silver Screen and Roll
    Discuss the Lakers rout of the Phoenix Suns.
  • Basketbawful
    Amar'''''''''e Stoudemire: In the Suns's hot 8-1 start, one thing stuck out in their only loss to Orlando. It's the only game Goggles played this season with over 20 FGA, finishing 10-21 from the field. So why not bang it inside for Stoudemire against Bynum, Artest and Odom? Amare went a paltry 2-11 in the 1st quarter. By the way, the Suns are 33-36 in games where Stoudamire attempts at least 20 shots. Thankfully he stopped tonight at 2-15. But bang it on the inside you say? Prior to this game this season, 42% of Stat's shots were jumpers, at 42.9% eFG%. Finally: 2NDQ, 3:12 PHO - A. Stoudemire misses a slam dunk
  • SUNS: Suns Stumble Against Lakers
  • WHO SHOT MAMBA? – CHAPTER 1
    This is interesting...

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/13/09 8:21 AM MST ]

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/13/09 9:53 AM MST ]

[Note by Phoenix Stan, 11/13/09 1:53 PM MST ]

 

I am not one to bag on refs but this is just funny...h/t to Jello's Jiggling


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We played last night?

I don’t remember, must be having some sort of short term memory loss.

I agree, Stan, that we need to lose once in a while against a good team to keep us focused and sharp. Good teams use losses to their advantage. If we’re a good team, we’ll use this and be better for it. Some of life’s best lessons are learned from mistakes.

That doesn’t mean I have to like it. I’m telling myself our next game is a “must win.” I want the best record in the NBA!

Fanaticism is not logical

by SunDolphin on Nov 13, 2009 7:57 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

Link process and protocol

just to avoid confusion…let me explain that I will be adding links to this throughout the day so check back. I will try and remember to add the “note” so you can see where and when new links have been added

Blogging Suns Basketball . twitter: @phoenixstan

by Seth Pollack on Nov 13, 2009 8:22 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

At least our Suns denied the Laker fans free tacos!!*
  • At Laker games, if the Lakers can keep their opponents below 100 points while winning the game everyone in the crowd gets 2 free tacos from Jack-n-the-Box.

Near the end of the game the entire crowd was chanting “we want free tacos”, so it was a nice consolation to watch Sweet Lou put back an offensive rebound and deny said tacos! Silenced the crowd….only time all evening, but I’ll take it.

by CaliforniaSun on Nov 13, 2009 11:08 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

Agreed.

Being the underdog is always the best! I love when people count us out, and we just come around and smack them right in the jaw with their own words. It worked for the Cardinals in the playoffs last season (it’ll happen again too)! The guys are all hard workers, and will work to make up for this loss. Unfortunately the next time we play the Lakers is on the back side of a back to back again I believe! 8-2 is very pleasing to me regardless, just wish we would of shot better last night and made the game closer!

by taybart13 on Nov 13, 2009 12:35 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

Now, this opinion might be a bit green...

… but c’mon man, 8 and 2 isn’t exactly “flying under the radar”.

Heck, if I weren’t a Celtics fan, I’d be a Suns fan. Honestly. You guys are rollin’ this year. Keep it up, ’cuz all the true hoops fans love it.

- Dirk van Boxtel, the wandering Celtic fan.
@DaarisDirk

by Kiorrik on Nov 14, 2009 9:57 AM MST reply actions   0 recs

"...and especially without Robin Lopez who will be the difference maker!"

This is something you really believe or is it like the end of Peter Pan when we all believe in Tinkerbell so she won’t die?
I mean, I’d like to believe it, too but I sort of need a reason

by JohnVancouver on Nov 14, 2009 10:00 PM MST reply actions   0 recs

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