The Phoenix Suns showed some life in their 118-109 victory over the Lakers in Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals. Rather than taking a cue from the Orlando Magic and do their best impression of a lifeless corpse, the Suns decided to show some heart and dignity and actually competed against the Lakers on their home court. more ›

Some Lakers fans have lost their damned minds. Listening to ESPN Radio 710 AM, whose local broadcasters seem to only talk about Lakers non-stop, some callers actually think the Lakers are better without Kobe Bryant. Now I might have contributed to this nonsense on Saturday when at Portland, a place where the Lakers hadn’t won since February 23, 2005, I tweeted, “So I think Kobe was the reason the #lakers haven’t won in Portland for so lonng.” more ›

Suns 108, Clippers 88 - After getting pushed around by Laker's big man Andrew Bynum, Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire took his frustrations out on Clippers center Chris Kaman. Stoudemire had 30 points and 15 rebounds while limiting Kaman to just 9 points. more ›

Suns 113, Lakers 100 - The Laker's season could be down to one game. The Suns outshone Los Angeles and took a 3-1 series lead thanks to huge performances from Steve Nash (23 assists, 17 points) and Amare Stoudemire (27 points, 21 rebounds). Nash's assist total was one shy off the all time playoff record, held by Magic Johnson (who was in the stands) and John Stockton. Not bad company. On the other side of... more ›

Suns 126, Lakers 98 - Phoenix had lost game two in each of their past five playoff series. Not this time. The Suns burnt the Lakers so badly that Steve Nash and Amare Stoudemire both sat out the entire fourth quarter and each only saw 24 minutes of action. Kobe Bryant made just five of 13 and was held to 15 points. Unlike game one of the series, Kobe tried to set up his teammates... more ›