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Stoudemire's 42 lead Phoenix past Lakers, 118-109.
Amare Stoudemire answered his critics with an exclamation point, and there will be no sweep in the Western Conference finals.
Stoudemire matched his career playoff high with 42 points, 29 in the second half, and grabbed 11 rebounds to power the Phoenix Suns to a 118-109 victory Sunday night that cut the Los Angeles Lakers' lead in the series to 2-1.
The Suns can pull even with a victory at home in Game 4 on Tuesday night.
Phoenix, dominated inside in the first two games, won with its big men, and a big advantage at the free throw line.
Robin Lopez, whose 7-foot presence gave the Suns some much-needed toughness inside, scored 20 on 8-of-10 shooting in 31 minutes, by far his most playing time since returning from a back injury at the start of the series. Phoenix made 37-of-42 free throws, 14 of 18 by Stoudemire. The Lakers were 16 of 20 at the line.
Kobe Bryant had 36 points, 11 assists and nine rebounds. Pau Gasol scored 23 points, but the Lakers didn't get as much help from their supporting cast as they did in the first two games.
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Los Angeles Lakers vs Phoenix Suns Game 1 & 2 Interviews
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Gasol, Kobe team up to power Lakers to 2-0 series lead.
After demolishing the Suns in the series opener, the Lakers took it to the Suns in the fourth quarter and ran away with a 124-112 victory in Game 2 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday at Staples Center.
"I imagine it must be frustrating so far," said Pau Gasol of what the Suns might be going through after giving up an average of 126 points in the first two games.
Los Angeles has won eight straight games and holds a 2-0 series lead over Phoenix. When winning Game 1 and 2 of the a best-of-seven series, the Lakers are 41-1 all-time, and teams under Lakers coach Phil Jackson are 46-0.
Thus far, defending the Lakers has been an enigma for the Suns.
After shooting 58 percent in Game 1, the Lakers converted 57.7 percent from the field on Wednesday en route to another display of offensive power.
"That's the game they force you to play," said Odom of the high-scoring affair. "We can adapt to it. They know, they know. The strength to our team is our depth and the way we're able to matchup."
"We've just got to defend better," Steve Nash said.
In Game 1, the bulk of the scoring came from Bryant, who had 40 points. But in Game 2 it came from all areas thanks to Bryant, who switched from scorer to facilitator.
Bryant finished with 21 points and 13 assists, a playoff career-high. Bryant, who had just two turnovers, was the first Laker to have 13 assists in a playoff game since Magic Johnson did it in the first round of the 1996 playoffs.
Five Lakers especially benefitted from Bryant's passing. Gasol had a game-high 29 points, Odom (17 points, 11 rebounds), Ron Artest (18), Andrew Bynum (13) and Jordan Farmar (11).
"You have to make a decision," said Odom of who to guard.
Added Suns coach Alvin Gentry: "We can't slow them down."
Having lost back-to-back games for the first time since Jan 25-26, the Suns now head back to Phoenix for Game 3 on Sunday.
Bryant anticipates it will be a different series in Phoenix.
"They run much, much better," he said. "It's a different kind of game on the road. We can't play with this kind of tempo in Phoenix."
Farmar was instrumental in the Lakers regaining the lead. To start the period, he drilled a 3-pointer and recorded a steal.
"That changed momentum of the game," Bryant said.
Then the Lakers blitzed the Suns with a combo of Bryant, Gasol and Odom.
On one play, with Hill hugging on his waist, Bryant faked as if he were going to drive, but wrapped the ball behind his back and knocked down a 14-foot fallaway from the left wing. That basket was part of an 11-2 run that gave the Lakers a 106-95 lead.
The Lakers never looked back after that basket as Los Angeles continued to punish Phoenix in the paint with Gasol, who had 14 points in the quarter.
"We exerted so much energy getting back into the game," Hill said. "We have to play better in the first half and do a better job in the first quarter."
Nash had 11 points and 15 assists and Amar'e Stoudemire, who was saddled with foul trouble, finished with 18 points and six rebounds.
After the game, the Lakers said they made a concerted effort to attack Stoudemire.
"You have to make sure you're aggressive and make him work on that end of the floor," Gasol said.
Hill and Richardson were huge for the Suns. Hill continued to find the soft spot in the belly of the Laker defense and exploited it. He sank five jumpers in the 15-foot range and ended up with 14 points in the third period. Richardson got his 12 points in the period spotting up from 3-point and slashing to the basket.
Artest is quietly forming into shape offensively.
The first quarter was indicative of that. Artest led all scorers with 10 points and sank a 3-pointer from the left corner at the buzzer to give Los Angeles a 36-24 advantage.
After the game, Artest was asked whether this could be the team's best back-to-back games this season.
"Could be, could be," he said. "We fell asleep in the middle of the season and now we woke up."
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Bryant's 40 keys Lakers rout of Suns in Game 1.
Question marks surrounding Kobe Bryant's knee were put to rest. So were the doubts circling the Lakers bench.
After seven days of rest, the Lakers had an emphatic answer to those uncertainties in Game 1 of the Western Conference finals.
Behind Bryant's explosive outing and the resurgence of Lamar Odom, the Lakers handed the Suns a 128-107 beatdown Monday at Staples Center.
"This was surprising for us," said Lakers coach Phil Jackson of the lopsided victory, adding later, "Maybe we've peaked."
Despite being plagued by injuries all season and taking an entire week off from practice, Bryant has been having arguably the best postseason of his career.
Bryant scored a game-high 40 points, including a 21-point surge in the third quarter. He went 13-for-23 from the field and 11-for-12 from the line.
This performance marked the first time in his 14 seasons he has scored 30 or more points in six straight playoff contests. His previous high was five (2009, 2008, 2003). Possibly more impressive has been the fact Bryant has been shooting a blistering 52.2 percent during this span.
The key: "Old age," Bryant joked.
"Now I feel like I have two legs to play with. I have better balance on my shot, and shots aren't going short anymore."
Nevertheless, Bryant knew not to look into the Suns' struggles after just one game.
"To be honest," Bryant said. "They missed a lot of shots they've made this entire postseason....We've got to do a much better job in Game 2 and the rest of the series."
The Lakers took a page out of the Suns run-and-gun style book. They simply ran the Suns, who still shot 49.4 percent, off the court.
Bryant seemingly carried the Lakers from the start of the game to the finish, but left his mark in the third period, with one play standing out in particular.
After being pushed by Suns center Channing Frye, Bryant still managed to lay in a finger-roll. When he landed, he mouthed "yeah, yeah" as he nodded his head.
Bryant tallied 21 of the team's 31 points in the period. He nearly outscored Phoenix, which had 24, by himself. Bryant shrugged off the physical play of Grant Hill and, for the most part, Jared Dudley was ineffective.
"He was more aggressive and assertive than I have seen on film," Dudley said.
"It's important in Game 1 to show them that this is going to be a fight," Bryant said.
Grant Hill said it best at the end of the game when it came to figuring out Bryant.
"[Kobe] is the best player in the game," Hill said. "I don't know exactly what we did wrong or right tonight."
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Game 1 - 40 Points, 5 Rebounds, 5 Assists
Game 2 - 21 Points, 5 Rebounds, 13 Assists
Game 3 - 36 Points, 9 Rebounds, 11 Assists
Game 4 - Tue. May 25 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 5 - Thu. May 27 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Game 6 - Sat. May 29 8:30 PM ET on TNT
Game 7 - Mon. May 31 9:00 PM ET on TNT
Lakers, Suns ready for showdown in West finals.
The Lakers are back where everyone expected. A repeat title is eight wins away. The other guys, well, let's be honest. The Suns missed the playoffs last year and up until the last few days of the regular season, a bottom-four seeding seemed inevitable.
The Lakers-Suns rivalry is just as personal. Steeped in history and proximity, the Lakers and Suns have ruled the Pacific Division. They've accounted for the last seven division crowns.
The Lakers hold the upper hand in the series. Not only did they win three of four during the regular season, the Purple & Gold are 7-4 all-time against Phoenix in the playoffs. But since Steve Nash reentered the rivalry in 2004, the Suns are 2-0 in the postseason.
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You know how many times Wade and LeBron could have met in the playoffs?
2005. Heat number 1 seed. Cavs lose tiebreaker to Nets, miss playoffs.
2006. Cavaliers lose to Pistons 2nd round in 7. Pistons go to ECF to face Heat.
2009. Heat lose to Hawks in 7, Hawks go on to play Cavs.
2010. Well we know Celtics were gonna rape Heat so who fucking cares
it all makes sense now
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