THIS  WAS  A GREAT ENDING FOR THE LAKERS WHO HAD TOTAL CONTROL OF THE GAME UNTIL THE SUNS MADE A MAGNIFICENT RUN TO ATTEMPT TO CLOSE THE SHOW AND TAKE THE SERIES BACK TO PHOENIX FOR THE 3-2. BUT, IT DIDN’T HAPPEN, AND THE LAKERS CAME AWAY WITH A LAST MINUTE HEROIC SHOT BY MR CLUTCH, RON ARTEST, WITH HIS CATCH AND SHOT WITH NO TIME REMAING SHOT LAST NIGHT.

KOBE’S SHOT WAS OFF THE MARK AND ARTEST VAULTED IN THE AIR TO RETRIEVE THE BALL, AND WITH A LEAP FOR THE AGES, AN ATHELETIC SPIN IN THE AIR THAT WILL BE REPLAYED ON ALL CHANNELS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SERIES, ESPECIALLY IF THE LAKERS WIN IN PHEONIX, ARTEST PUT THE BALL ON THE BACKBOARD FOR A TREMENDOUS BANK SHOT TO GIVE THE LOS ANGELES LAKERS THE WIN LAST NIGHT, AND THE SERIES LEAD, 3-2. 

THE SUNS LOOKED GREAT IN THEIR COMEBACK ATTEMPT, BUT FELL SHORT. LOOK FOR THE LAKERS TO CLOSE THIS SERIES OUT IN PHOENIX,  AND MOVE ON TO THE NBA FINALS. OR, WILL THE PHOENIX SUNS PREVAIL AT HOME AND TAKE IT TO THE 7TH GAME?