The two just played on Friday in the Staples Center where the Lakers walked away with a 111-99 victory. It was just the fourth game this season that the Lakers hit triple digits on the scoreboard.
Meanwhile, it was the Suns' fourth straight loss and fifth in six games.
Where: US Airways Center in Phoenix, Arizona
When: Sunday, February 19th at 8:00 p.m. EST
Watch: FAHD
Listen: Lakers streaming and radio networks, Suns streaming and radio networks
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Key Injuries
Injury information via ESPN.com
Lakers
Derek Fisher is listed as having an illness, but is expected to play. Fisher has played in 525 straight games.
Suns
The Suns have no injury concerns at this time.
What They're Saying
Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times talks about Derek Fisher's incredible shrinking role with the team.
The veteran Lakers guard played 25 minutes Friday against Phoenix after logging only 19 in each of the previous two games, completing his lowest three-game total since November 2006, when he was with Utah.
Lakers Coach Mike Brown has had the Talk with Fisher, telling him he might not finish games as often this season. Along with that would be a decrease in playing time.
"Yeah, I talked to him," Brown said Friday. "Before Steve Blake got hurt, [Blake] was finishing games for us. I just felt that's the direction that I needed to go with this team."
In the Chicago Sun-Times, Bob Baum talks about the incomprable Steve Nash.
The Phoenix Suns are a shadow of the frenetic scoring machine they ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Los Angeles Lakers
