LOS ANGELES (AP) -The Lakers’ swagger has been reduced to a stagger by consecutive losses in the Western Conference finals.
Los Angeles now realizes it can’t defend its NBA title if it can’t defend the aggressive, inventive Suns. Phoenix has scored 113 points per game in the series, which is even heading into the pivotal Game 5 on Thursday night.
The Lakers’ fans got caught looking ahead to Boston after Los Angeles won the first two games with stellar offense that disguised two bad defensive games. Kobe Bryant and his teammates still haven’t figured out how to guard the Suns, but Phoenix concocted a zone defense that has thrown the Lakers for a loop.
At least the Lakers are back at home, where they haven’t lost in seven playoff games this spring.
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