<div class="quote_poster">illmatic Wrote</div><div class="quote_post">Thanks for the video, I really believe if we weren't playing the Suns, we would have won that game, we look pretty good offensively. Man, I'm so proud of Smush, he played amazing, he's really gonna come around this year. I was a big Smush-hater this year, but you can just tell he has a lot more confidence this year. 5-6 from 3pt range, awesome, that was his biggest flaw last year, he couldn't shoot from the outside, let alone beyond the arc, at ALL. If he can keep shooting that well, and we all know how explosive he is when he goes to the basket, this kid can be really good, and can start taking cats off the dribble and become hard to guard. Great game for Shamu too, 5-5 FG, that's what I'm talking about. If only Vlad would come around a little more offensively. Once Kobe Bryant comes back and joins this team, man we are gonna be scary good IMO</div> I think the Lakers didn't want to expose any new strategies for the Suns in this game. They pretty much just tried to run with the Suns and didn't use any advanced defensive schemes or shotclock management to slow Phoenix down. We'll save that for the post season rematch!
