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02-19-2008, 03:56 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Shaq will start Wednesday against Lakers
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Suns coach Mike D’Antoni was asked after Tuesday’s practice if Shaquille O’Neal would start or come off the bench in Wednesday’s home game against the Los Angeles Lakers.
“Are you gonna sit that guy on the bench?’ D’Antoni said with mock disbelief at the question. “Yeah, he’ll start.”
And so a new era in Suns history begins.
The expectations here are very high, but I set my expectations high so I have the same expectations you guys have plus even more,” said O’Neal, before borrowing a line from an old Barkley commercial. “Anything less is uncivilized.”
O’Neal said he is in far better shape than he was during his first workout with the Suns last week when he called his conditioning “terrible.”
“Don’t seem to have any knick-knack injuries, don’t seem to have any pain,” he said. “I should be ready to go.”
O’Neal said he could manage 20-some minutes in Wednesday’s game, but that adrenaline might add “another eight minutes and 30 seconds.”
“I’m not looking to put up historical numbers,” O’Neal said. “Whatever these guys ask me to do, that’s what I’ll do.”
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02-19-2008, 05:05 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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Can't wait!!!
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02-19-2008, 06:16 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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Lakers would probably have the tiebreaker even if they lose. Lakers have a much better conference record. Exciting game but no more important than any other game, and no info on how good these 2 teams can be for the playoffs(injuries/new players).
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The division record would be checked first before the conference record, which now stands as 7-5 for the Suns and 4-2 for the Lakers. Hence, a win tomorrow would mean even more since it'd decrease the gap between the teams regarding divisional records by making the Suns 8-5 and the Lakers 4-3.
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LOL ^_^
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02-19-2008, 06:19 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Should be a good one.
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02-19-2008, 07:33 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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He just means they play us tough.
Lakers can hang onto those 2 early wins, but it doesn't mean they're better. Last yr they won early against us and look what happened later on.
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Yeah injuries occured later on. 3 of the players starting for us last year in the playoffs against you guys, were badly injured.
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02-19-2008, 07:55 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Part of the grind in a season. People seem to forget there was no Amare 2 yrs ago in the 4-3 series. That was no excuse. No one wanted to hear injuries to Joe Johnson yr before that, or Raja Bell against Dallas in WCF. Plus, Lakers are always injured it seems, except at the start.
Regardless, Lakers have always played the Suns tough since Nash has come back, even though it took em a while to get a victory.
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02-19-2008, 08:01 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Can't wait for this game. I hope I'm not disappointed.
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02-20-2008, 04:06 AM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Can't wait for this game, hope the suns do as well as in my nba live game lol, the Amare/Shaq frontline kills people. go big daddy!
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02-20-2008, 08:20 AM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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Part of the grind in a season. People seem to forget there was no Amare 2 yrs ago in the 4-3 series. That was no excuse. No one wanted to hear injuries to Joe Johnson yr before that, or Raja Bell against Dallas in WCF. Plus, Lakers are always injured it seems, except at the start.
Regardless, Lakers have always played the Suns tough since Nash has come back, even though it took em a while to get a victory.
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hm, i don't think the lakers have played the suns tough at all, with the exception of this year (except for that one infamous kwame game). we had a few games last year too, but none in 05-06 (we only got the concession win against the suns toward the end of the season).
in the regular season, i would say we played the suns tough in about 4 or 5 games, out of 12. in the playoffs, we didn't play the suns tough last year at all. it was a breeze.
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02-20-2008, 12:27 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
Man, it's times like these I really wish I had NBA TV!
I'm very optimistic. I believe Shaq will be fine even though I don't think he'll be much of a factor in this particular game. At the very least, he's a big man with a handful of fouls to give up. It'll help Amare stay out of foul trouble and that alone is already a big help.
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02-20-2008, 12:33 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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Man, it's times like these I really wish I had NBA TV!
I'm very optimistic. I believe Shaq will be fine even though I don't think he'll be much of a factor in this particular game. At the very least, he's a big man with a handful of fouls to give up. It'll help Amare stay out of foul trouble and that alone is already a big help.
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The game is on ESPN.
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02-20-2008, 12:46 PM
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Re: GT #54: Los Angeles Lakers (35-17) @ Phoenix Suns (37-16) - 2/20
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The game is on ESPN.
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I live in Finland. No ESPN, no fun channels whatsoever. 
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02-20-2008, 01:02 PM
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I'm boycotting Finland for you.
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02-20-2008, 01:09 PM
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