Games 4, 5, and 6 between the Phoenix Suns and the Los Angeles Lakers

The Phoenix Suns have already battled 3 of the 7 games in this heated series. They held game 4 at the Staples Center; they held game 5 at Talking Stick Resort Arena, and they held game 6 back at the Staples Center on June 3rd.

Game 4

1st Quarter

Both the Suns and the Lakers were scoring about the same with the Lakers scoring 24 and the Suns scoring 23 in the first quarter.

2nd Quarter

The Phoenix Suns regained control of the game, outshooting the Lakers by 5 points going into halftime. Suns with 31 points, Lakers with 26 points.

3rd Quarter

The third quarter for the Phoenix Suns was when the Suns took charge of the game outscoring the Lakers by 12 points going into the last quarter.

4th Quarter

With the fourth quarter underway the Lakers need the win to help secure their spot in the semifinals. They started hitting shots but the Phoenix Suns got close to matching that. The Lakers outscored the Suns by 8 in the 4th quarter but came up short falling to the Phoenix Suns by 8 points 100-92.

Game 5

The Phoenix Suns previously won by 8 on Sunday, May 30

1st Quarter

The Phoenix Suns wasted no time in setting the tone for the game taking the lead in this fast-paced game by 8 points in the first quarter.

2nd Quarter

The Los Angeles Lakers opened up the second quarter in ways in which they instantly regretted letting the Suns impose their will in the paint and letting the Suns shoot as many 3’s as they want leaving the Lakers to only score 10 points with the Phoenix Suns dropping 32 points on the already scorched Lakers.

3rd Quarter

The Los Angeles Lakers came out of the locker-room ready to put up a fight with the Suns but the Phoenix Suns Scored about the same amount of points as the Lakers 26-27 the Lakers only improved by 1 point which will come back to haunt them at the end of the game.

4th Quarter

With the Lakers already scorched and the game at a guaranteed victory for the Suns the Lakers admitted defeat but still played hard even with a blowout loss they scored 22 more points while the Phoenix Suns let their bench unit play and they scored 23 points at the end of the game LeBron James the Lakers main scorer scored 24 points while Devin Booker scored 30 points in the 115-85 win over the Lakers

Game 6

With the gigantic game 5 loss to the Suns, you would think the Lakers would do anything to win the game and force a game 7 sadly for Lakers fans that would not be the case.

1st Quarter

The Suns set the tone early leading the Lakers 22 points in what would be the last game for the Lakers this season.

2nd Quarter

Even with the game not looking too bright for the Lakers, they remained hopeful they scored 27 points while the Phoenix Suns coming off a big win and feeling great scored 26 points letting the Los Angeles Lakers trim their deficit to 21 points.

3rd Quarter

After halftime the Los Angeles Lakers scored eight more points than the Phoenix Suns 35-27.

4th Quarter

The Lakers tried to go on another scoring run but failed in the attempt to do so even though they scored 24 more points the Phoenix Suns tacked on the same amount of points as the Lakers Resulting in the win over Los Angeles 113-100 after the game Devin Booker can be seen hugging his team and the opposing players while LeBron James left the court without even saying “good job” to the Suns or high giving his own teammates while walking to the locker-room he had tears in his eyes after losing a game he knew he could have won.