Tonight Was a Bigger Deal Than You Think

PHOENIX -- Amare Stoudemire answered his critics with an exclamation point, and there will be no sweep in the Western Conference finals. Stoudemire matched his career playoff high with 42 points, 29 in the second half, and grabbed 11 rebounds to power the Phoenix Suns to a 118-109 victory Sunday night that cut the Los Angeles Lakers' lead in the series to 2-1. "Just being aggressive, really going after it," Stoudemire said. "Tonight I wanted to come out with some aggressiveness and get it going."

Yeah, LA only has a 2-1 lead and it could very well be tied at 2-2 after the next game but that's not the point. Kobe scored 36 and 9 and the Lakers still lost. That's huge from a mental aspect. Right now Boston can't lose. Like mentally the word failure is not even in their vocabulary. But Los Angeles lost tonight after dominating the first two games and now it's like "uh-oh, maybe we're not the fucking balls like the Celtics are." I'm just saying from a mental standpoint this game was huge for every team in the playoffs right now.

P.S. Love the Suns. Steve Nash and Grant Hill are my fucking boys.