前瞻：湖人客挑太阳避客场5连败 ， 描述： Where Lakers Happens!

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科比又一次的神奇制胜球并不能让湖人队好受很多，而这或许是他们短时间内最后一次机会获得真正意义上的信心增强。

在开启一段非常轻松的赛程之前，湖人队必须在周五客场挑战太阳时打出全面的表现，太阳队养兵蓄锐，最近状态很好。

太阳队（40胜25负）最近18场赢下14场，他们实际的战绩可并列西部第5，湖人在近10场比赛已经将领先的优势缩小至2.5个胜场，稍微领先最近红红火火的小牛队。

阿泰斯特在近3场比赛24投中4，场均6.3分。他说：“我们必须打得更努力，更好地执行战术。总体上讲，我们打得并不出色。”

科比最近对球队表现很不满，特别是在防守端的表现，他认为上一场主场2分险胜猛龙的比赛打得很“垃圾”。那险些成为他们连续第4场的败仗，但是科比在比赛剩下1.9秒命中17尺后仰跳投得以改变局势。

科比在近4场比赛场均32.8分，他说：“我们在进攻端做得不错，但单单那样是无法夺取总冠军，我们得防住对手的攻击。”

面对3分命中率（40.5%）以及球队得分（109.5分）领衔全联盟的太阳队，湖人将会遇到严格考验。

另外，巧合的是太阳队的怪异赛程，在赛季末这节骨眼，他们居然有5天的休息时间，应该是体力充沛准备迎战了。

太阳主帅金特里说：“这对我们很重要，因为我们有点体力不足了。很多时候你会不愿意这种赛程安排，因为我们保持着很良好的比赛节奏，不愿突然整个星期都没有比赛可打。但对于我们来说，我认为没有影响，我正好可以利用时间让球员好好调整。”

太阳在近6个星期失利的4场比赛都是败给了西部前8的队伍。

湖人在打完太阳之后将会迎来3支西部弱旅，勇士，国王和森林狼。紧接着又迎来东部倒数的奇才队。

又一个3连客征程开启，湖人得避免遭自从07年4月15日以来的首次客场5连败。

湖人队已经在菲尼克斯遭遇2连败，两次都丢掉了118分。在12月28日这最近的一次对阵中，小斯26分带领太阳118-103主场战胜湖人。

太阳替补后卫达德利说：“菲尼克斯的球迷看起来都厌恶湖人队，这肯定使我们在打湖人时能表现得更兴奋。但是我认为无论何时你面对其中一支联盟最强的球队都必须增加强度。”

小斯在本赛季前2次交锋中总共得到26分，那两场比赛湖人共赢下39分。小斯在近3场比赛都得到了30分。

太阳另外一位建功的大个子是罗宾洛佩斯，自从他进入首发阵容以来，他在内线发挥作用帮助太阳取得16胜8负的战绩。如今洛佩斯尝试要限制拜纳姆不错的表现，他在近7场对阵太阳的比赛中场均砍下17.4分和10.4个篮板。

洛佩斯的上场时间应该会增加，因为替补中锋弗莱在太阳周二113-105战胜步行者的比赛中出拳斗殴遭到禁赛。

原文来自：http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=300312021
翻译：松爷
Lakers-Suns Preview
Another late game-winner from Kobe Bryant didn't make the Los Angeles Lakers feel much better, and this may be their last chance for a while to get a true boost of confidence.
Before a very easy stretch of the schedule, the Lakers desperately want a strong all-around performance Friday night when they visit a well-rested Phoenix Suns team which has been playing well.
While Phoenix (40-25) has won 14 of 18 to move into a virtual tie for fifth place in the West, Los Angeles (47-18) has split its last 10 to see its lead atop the conference dwindle to 2 1/2 games over red-hot Dallas.
"We need to play harder and execute a little better," said forward Ron Artest, averaging 6.3 points on 4-of-24 shooting in the last three games. "Overall, we are not playing great."
Bryant has been very critical of his team, particularly on defense, and referred to the Lakers' most recent effort as "garbage" after a 109-107 home win over Toronto on Tuesday. It was nearly their fourth consecutive loss, but Bryant's 17-foot fallaway with 1.9 seconds left provided the difference.
"We scored a lot of points tonight, (but) that's not going to win championships," said Bryant, averaging 32.8 points in the last four games. "You've got to stop people."
That could be tough against a Phoenix club which leads the league in 3-point shooting at 40.5 percent and with 109.5 points per game.
Plus, the Suns should have fresh legs after getting the last five days off in a strange schedule quirk this late in a season.
"It's important because we're a little banged up," coach Alvin Gentry told the team's official Web site. "A lot of times it would be a bit discouraging because we've been playing with a good rhythm and you hate to break that up by going a full week without playing. But with us, I think it's OK because we could use this week to get guys right."
The Suns' only four losses in the past six weeks were to teams among the West's top eight.
The Lakers' next three games after this one are against the West's worst teams -- Golden State, Sacramento and Minnesota -- followed by a matchup with a last-place team from the East -- Washington.
"It's giving these teams a quiet confidence where they think they can beat us," an angry Lamar Odom said after the narrow win over Toronto. "I don't expect that. We've got to take it to teams."
Opening a three-game trip, the Lakers look to avoid losing five consecutive road games for the first time since March 4-15, 2007.
Los Angeles has lost two straight in Phoenix, giving up 118 points in each. Amare Stoudemire's 26 points helped the Suns to a 118-103 home win Dec. 28 in the most recent meeting.
"Everybody in Phoenix seems to dislike the Lakers which definitely gets us excited about playing them," reserve Jared Dudley said. "But I think any time you're playing one of the league's best teams you're going to get up for it."
Stoudemire totaled 26 points in the previous two matchups this season and the Lakers won by a combined 39. He's scored 30 in each of his last three games.
Another big man providing a lift is Robin Lopez, whose post presence defensively has helped Phoenix go 16-8 since he joined the starting lineup. Now Lopez tries to limit the effectiveness of Andrew Bynum, averaging 17.4 points and 10.4 rebounds in his last seven games against the Suns.
Lopez could see extended minutes because backup center Channing Frye was suspended for this game for throwing a punch in a 113-105 win over Indiana on Tuesday.