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The Suns struck back to tie the series by taking Games 3 & 4 in Phoenix, but after a heart-breaking loss in Game 5 in which Ron Artest followed a missed airball by Kobe Bryant and hit the game-winner at the buzzer, the Suns found themselves trailing 3–2.
The Lakers beat the Suns on their home floor in Game 6 led by Bryant's 37 points. The Game 6 victory gave the Lakers their 31st NBA Finals appearance in franchise history. [ 8 ] The team also earned their third straight consecutive appearance in the Finals, with the last team to achieve such a feat being the 2000 - 2002 Lakers.
The Lakers–Suns rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Phoenix Suns.The rivalry began as early as the 1969–70 season when the Lakers and Suns met against each other in the first round of the 1970 NBA playoffs, with peaks being had throughout the 1980s, early 1990s, and 2000s.
28. Kobe v. Hawks, November 1, 2009 41 points (15-29 FG), 8 rebounds, 5 steals, 10-11 FT. This was the Lakers' third game back as defending champions, having soundly beaten the Orlando Magic in ...
It was the final season that Kobe Bryant wore jersey number 8 before changing it to 24 the following season. Also memorable from this season was during a January 22, 2006 game vs. the Toronto Raptors where Bryant dropped a record 81 points, only the 2nd highest total in NBA history behind Wilt Chamberlain 's 100-point game in 1962.
The 2006–07 Los Angeles Lakers season was the 59th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the 61st overall. The season ended with the Lakers being eliminated in five games in a rematch against the Phoenix Suns from the 2006 playoffs (which the Suns won in seven games) in the First Round of the playoffs.
60 points, 50 shots, 1 more win: Kobe Bryant says goodbye his way. ... Besides, Kobe was 6-for-24 in Game 7. I started covering the NBA at the start of the 2010-11 season. The Celtics and Lakers ...
This season was the last time that the Sacramento Kings made the playoffs until 2023. The Kings held the longest playoff drought in NBA playoff history at 16 years. With the MLB's Seattle Mariners qualifying for the playoffs in 2022, the Kings held the title for the longest active playoff drought among the four major North American sports leagues until 2023.