Beginning of the End for Suns?

Filed under: Lakers, Suns, NBA Playoffs

LOS ANGELES -- Before Game 1 of the Western Conference finals, Houston small forward Shane Battier sent Phoenix small forward Grant Hill a series of lengthy text messages.



They were, in essence, a digital CliffsNotes version of how to guard Kobe Bryant from Battier. Houston's heady player has slowed the Lakers star more than most and was offering statistically-based assistance to the savvy veteran who was now charged with that assignment.



Forty Bryant points and one steamrolling Lakers win later (128-107), it was clear the message didn't get through.



"I didn't seek it; he just sent it," Hill said of the correspondence. "[But] I'm not good with numbers. I couldn't even understand it."



Hill and the Suns couldn't figure out the Lakers, either.

 

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