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By Dave McMenamin
ESPNLosAngeles.com
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PHOENIX -- Andrew Bynum played his worst game of the playoffs since suffering a slight tear of the meniscus in his right knee in Game 6 of the Los Angeles Lakers first-round series against the Oklahoma City Thunder and the performance left Lakers coach Phil Jackson wondering if he was going to use his young center moving forward.
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Bynum had two points, two rebounds and four fouls in just seven and a half minutes in the Lakers 118-109 loss to the Phoenix Suns in Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Sunday.
"I'll talk to him to see what his suggestion is about it and how he feels about it," Jackson said. "I think he was ineffective. There were some things that got by him. He had one nice move in the post. Defensively I thought he was a little bit late."
Bynum concurred with Jackson's assessment of his play on Sunday.
"I was ineffective, that's obvious," Bynum said after Suns forward Amare Stoudemire attacked Bynum and the rest of the Lakers frontline to the tune of 42 points, 11 rebounds and 18 foul-shot attempts, racking up fouls on the L.A. big men.
But the 7-foot, 285-pound Bynum did not agree with Jackson's potential plan to have him sit out.
"That's not going to do anything," said Bynum who had three full days of rest between Game 2 and 3, using the time for off-court therapy rather than on-court practice.
"The surgery is going to do something," Bynum added, who decided to push off any surgical procedure on the knee until the offseason.
Bynum was not threatened by Jackson's consideration.
"I don't believe that's going to happen," Bynum said. "That's probably more so to motivate me and try to get me to play.
"[My knee is] alright. I'm doing OK. I'm dealing with it so I can play basketball ... I got to be out here. I got to go play."
Dave McMenamin covers the Lakers for ESPNLosAngeles.com.
Teddy Roosevelt:
^Phil's playing mind games with Bynum to get him motivated.
westsiderider323:
lakers losin game 3 is nbd they pretty much have this on lock and prolly already makin their scouting reports on boston
OG Hack Wilson:
--- Quote from: Don Blunt Tyme Corleone on May 24, 2010, 12:55:53 PM ---lakers losin game 3 is nbd they pretty much have this on lock and prolly already makin their scouting reports on boston
--- End quote ---
most likely they'll win
but if phoenix somehow wins game 4 then that series can go either way
13th Duke:
tonights game is pretty big. I mean, I think we're all assuming Lakers will win comfortable in this series and thats probably true but if the Suns DO win tonight then its game on.
Nash's injury might affect his play tonight though. Didnt he break his nose or something in the last game? They said he'll still play but i guess he might be banged up pretty bad.
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