From the Suns point of view. :rofl:
Also Phil Jacksons. B)
Also POOR Kobe got only 10 FTAs. Nevermind the Phoenix got 5 as a team. Thats because <insert> Kobe takes it to the rack (as if Phx/Nash doesn't) <blah blah the usual>
Anywho back to Phxs and Raja Bells stance on The Kobes 51:
PHOENIX (AP) -- Kobe Bryant can score all the points he wants as far as the Phoenix Suns are concerned, as long as they come away with the victory.
"You feel like if he's taking all those shots, the other guys aren't really scoring," Nash said. "We don't feel like if he has a huge night, that we can't win, that's for sure."
Raja Bell, the Suns' best perimeter defender, is obviously no friend of Bryant. The two didn't shake hands before the game and never acknowledge each other, let alone speak.
"If I can keep him preoccupied with trying to beat me 1-on-1, then there are four other guys out there who aren't getting shots," Bell said. "That plays into our hands because we're going to get points. So if he gets 50 and the rest of the guys don't get enough to beat us, I did my job."
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Bryant was motivated after a lackluster game against Bell the last time in Phoenix.
"At some level, it's remarkable," Jackson said of Bryant's 93 points on consecutive nights. "At another level, it limits us, it hackles us a little bit because other players don't get in the flow, and they didn't get in the flow tonight."
Bryant, though, refused to say anything about Bell.
"I've got bigger fish to fry than Raja Bell," he said. "Are you kidding?"
Right Kobme. Bell has bigger fish to fry also. Like the 2nd round of the playoffs.