They say the series doesn’t really start until the road team wins a game. If that’s the case, the Celtics/Magic series will end tonight, with Boston sweeping the disinterested Orlando franchise out of the playoffs, and the Suns and Lakers have yet to begin. Through 3 games out West, the home team has held up their end of the bargain, with Phoenix coming to life last night thanks to inspired play of big men Amare Stoudemire and Robin Lopez.
The Suns were able to puzzle the Lakers by playing zone for long stretches of the game, taking away the lanes for everyone aside Kobe and Pau to get going. The outside shots weren’t falling for Lamar Odom and Ron Artest tonight, and because of that, Los Angeles became very predictable. Phoenix will look to make things very interesting by knotting the series up at 2 a piece with a Game 4 win.
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