The preponderance of the evidence and rational analysis says Lakers will score OVER 108.5.
Take a look at these figures.
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Also on Lakers ML and Lakers/Boston tease (from last night and with Monday night).
Snowball, you know I usually agree with you but this has disaster written all over it for me. Not only do I think the Lakers lose, I think they'll struggle to get any bench production.
Maybe Kobe will drop 50 tonight to throw my Suns ticket out the window. You never know just go with your gut, 1 of us will be happy
It will be really close, why are you so confident it goes over? Lakers + Kobe + hometurf can guarantee an over, but this is away to Suns who will fight hard to deny embarassment in front of their home fans.
Worthless and pointless comment here Star. What's the point?
I like the OVER for the Lakers....the game will remain to be fast paced b/t these two teams if the Suns want to win. I see a Lakers win in the range of a 114-107 type game....IMO.
there's no evidence out there to suggest that the Lakers do not score over 108.5 tonight.
all stats support it. you would need a defensive plan from the Suns that we simply have not seen yet.
I choose to place $ on what I've seen.. we're 2 games down in this series. I got Lakers ML and +6/7 with teasers but the largest is indeed on the over 108.5. Suns take a lot of 3's and if they don't catch those offensive rebounds, Lakers get the ball right back. I think Amare could have a pretty big night and that's fine.. I would like to see the Suns leading or on pace with the Lakers to put pressure on them. In the last two games, Lakers scored 128 and 124. They scored 111 in both games at Utah.
I think the Lakers gameplan will be to play slower on offense and simply guard the 3 pt line on defense, make the Suns constantly beat you off the bounce where they will be confronted with trees after the first defender, thats a tough road number for the Lakers. Utah thrives in a halfcourt set more efficiently IMO than the Suns, more dynamic than the Suns in halfcourt and can push the ball like the Suns. Hope it hits for you.
Thank you SHANNON BROWN !!! He did it for me at the end.
There is no way I will touch the Lakers in Game 4. No Way.
Derek Fisher was the only Laker with a better than average game tonight.
Gasol and Bryant were average for them; and Odom, Artest, Bynum, Farmar all sucked donkey balls.
2nd quarter and 4th quarter were RIDDLED with Laker mistakes.. costly turnovers, stupid fouls, very poor shot selection, and lack of penetration in the paint ! They couldn't get inside !! Pathetic rebounding.
Lakers better watch out if the Suns even this up.
Boston is going to cream whomoever wins this.