Suns take commanding 4-3 edge

If there's one good thing to come from the Lakers' week-long meltdown and inevitable loss in Saturday's deciding game, perhaps it will be a permanent moratorium on sportswriters using the phrase commanding three games to one lead any time a team in any sport gets out in front of a playoff series. If you missed it, after blowing games five and six Kobe and his supporting cast fell meekly to the Phoenix Suns 121-90 in game seven. ESPN credits the Suns with "one of the most impressive turnarounds in NBA playoff history." They face the Clippers in the second round beginning Monday night in Phoenix.

Photo of Steve Nash: Associated Press/Matt York via ESPN