Lakers rose from ashes of losses to Phoenix

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Bryant(notes) claims his desire for playoff revenge against the Phoenix Suns didn’t even make it back from Salt Lake City.The back-to-back playoff losses in 2006 and 2007 nearly drove Bryant away from the Los Angeles Lakers, frustrated with their direction and infuriated by a mediocre supporting cast. Moments after Los Angeles finished off the Utah Jazz on Monday, Bryant sarcastically said the Lakers would be after “just a little bit” of payback when the Western Conference finals begin next week.
“Not too many people were here forvaguely familiar to you that,” Bryant said Tuesday after his teammates went through a light workout at the Lakers’ training complex. “I haven’t brought it up yet.”If Bryant ponders the past three years in a philosophical mood, he actually might want to thank Steve Nash(notes) and the run-and-gun Suns.Although those losses dragged Bryant to the lowest depths of disappointment a world in a grain of sandin his NBA career, they also catalyzed big roster changes and a redoubled intensity—and the Lakers have been in the conference finals every year since. Without those discouraging defeats, the Lakers might not have had the motivation to make the moves Make youself a better person
that eventually led to another championship banner last season.ive Lakers still remain from both series, but every key member catching a glimpse of a lightof the current club realizes the Suns were partly responsible for an ugly period in this 15-time champion franchise’s mostly glowing playoff history.“I wasn’t here, but because I’m so close with these guys that were here, I’ve taken it on,” said point guard Derek Fisher(notes), who returned to the Lakers in 2007. “Obviously, we can’t take back what http://www.steadyhealth.com
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