Take away and Leandro Barbosa from the Phoenix Suns, and what do you have left?
Enough to create an entertaining game against the two-time defending NBA champions, but not enough to beat them, the flying past the new-look Suns, 114-106, in a festive, frolicking game Friday at US Airways Center.
Defense was an afterthought, as is often the case when the Suns are involved, but the Lakers turned it up enough on offense to win their first road game of the season.
Enough to create an entertaining game against the two-time defending NBA champions, but not enough to beat them, the flying past the new-look Suns, 114-106, in a festive, frolicking game Friday at US Airways Center.
Defense was an afterthought, as is often the case when the Suns are involved, but the Lakers turned it up enough on offense to win their first road game of the season.