Suns/lakers final two minute scoring fest..

Dark Horse · 07-25-07, 03:48 AM

1:53 101-91 Ronny Turiaf makes slam dunk (Kobe Bryant assists)
1:47 101-91 Smush Parker personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)
1:47 Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2 102-91
1:47 Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2 103-91
1:47 Los Angeles full timeout
1:40 103-91 Smush Parker misses 8-foot jumper
1:39 103-91 Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound
1:39 Raja Bell shooting foul (Ronny Turiaf draws the foul) 103-91
1:39 103-92 Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 1 of 2
1:39 103-92 Jordan Farmar enters the game for Luke Walton
1:39 103-93 Ronny Turiaf makes free throw 2 of 2
1:34 103-93 Lamar Odom personal foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)
1:34 Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 2 104-93
1:34 Shawn Marion makes free throw 2 of 2 105-93
1:24 105-96 Lamar Odom makes 27-foot three point jumper (Kobe Bryant assists)
1:01 Amare Stoudemire makes two point shot (Steve Nash assists) 107-96
0:55 107-98 Kobe Bryant makes two point shot
0:55 Phoenix full timeout
0:50 107-98 Ronny Turiaf personal foul (Shawn Marion draws the foul)
0:50 Shawn Marion makes free throw 1 of 2 108-98
0:50 Shawn Marion makes free throw 2 of 2 109-98
0:42 109-100 Ronny Turiaf makes layup (Kobe Bryant assists)
0:40 109-100 Smush Parker personal foul (Steve Nash draws the foul)
0:40 Steve Nash makes free throw 1 of 2 110-100
0:40 Steve Nash makes free throw 2 of 2 111-100
0:28 111-100 Lamar Odom misses layup
0:28 111-102 Ronny Turiaf makes slam dunk
0:28 111-102 Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound
0:27 111-102 Ronny Turiaf personal foul (Leandro Barbosa draws the foul)
0:27 Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2 112-102
0:27 Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2 113-102
0:15 113-102 Jordan Farmar misses driving layup
0:13 113-104 Ronny Turiaf makes layup
0:13 113-104 Ronny Turiaf offensive rebound
0:09 113-104 Smush Parker personal foul (Leandro Barbosa draws the foul)
0:09 113-104 Luke Walton enters the game for Smush Parker
0:09 Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 1 of 2 114-104
0:09 Leandro Barbosa makes free throw 2 of 2 115-104
0:04 115-107 Kobe Bryant makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jordan Farmar assists)
0:00 End of the 4th Quarter

Lakers started intentional fouling very early. So a lot more possessions than usual in final two minutes. On top of that the Lakers scored on every possession. Not a fix, imo.

ShamsWoof10 · 07-25-07, 03:55 AM

Thanks DHorse much appreciated... You may be right about your opinion but I just find it odd that LA would foul with 9 sec. to go DOWN BY 9.. I just do see that in the NBA very much and they didn't even take a T.O. to advance the ball after the FT's... LA also didn't foul after KBryants three which I believe put it over...

Dark Horse · 07-25-07, 04:11 AM

True about the 9 second foul. But look who fouled. Smush Parker, known for his dumb plays. I vaguely remember the Lakers looking at him strangely for fouling there. He may have wanted the over, but the high score was a combination of factors. The Suns were happy to take the free trips to the line and didn't really defend too much. So the Lakers were able to score on every possession. The third ingredient may have been the hot blood between these two teams; and a lack of cool thinking. Why did Kobe even take the final shot? The game was over, the total was over, and still he didn't dribble out the clock.

Dark Horse · 07-25-07, 04:22 AM

I was on the under in a game between Sacramento and, I think, the T-Wolves some years back. They scored 27 or so pts in the final two minutes. Slow torture; you can't believe it's happening, but you know it will come to its inevitable conclusion.