Lakers Beat Suns Easily

Last night the Lakers and the Suns were reunited but it wasn’t quite the face off fans were expecting. Lakers coach Phil Jackson and Shaquille O’Neal hugged it out before the game, in which Kobe Bryant had 24 points and the Lakers took home the prize all too easily. The Lakers beat the Phoenix Suns 105-92 at US Airways Center in parts thanks to Vladamir Radmanovic getting back his shooting skills and the Lakers up on their defense. The Suns’ defense has been hurting since Mike D’Antoni left to coach the New York Knicks and the Lakers drove into their weakness, holding the Suns almost nine points below their season average.

Phoenix fans may have been holding signs reading: “Mission: Beat L.A.,” but when the Lakers pulled away from a 50-44 halftime edge for an 80-67 advantage at the end of the third quarter their morale started to dwindle. Then Lamar Odom drilled a three-pointer with 8:34 to play and the Lakers had an 89-71 lead. The Suns fans began to file out of the arena as “Let’s go, Lakers” got louder and louder. The highly anticipated match up between O’Neal and Andrew Bynum was just about the only thing that didn’t go the Lakers way. O’Neal finished with 15 points and nine rebounds in 27 minutes. Bynum finished with 10 points and seven rebounds in 21 minutes.

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