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Los Angeles Lakers v Phoenix Suns
NBA Regular Season
Monday 10 May 2021
Staples Center, Los Angeles, California
Tip-off at 04:00 CAT
The Phoenix Suns will look to outshine the Los Angeles Lakers when the teams meet for an
NBA Regular Season game at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California on the morning of Monday 10 May 2021. Tip-off is at 04:00 CAT.
The Suns have continued their excellent form of late and the weekend saw them impressively defeat the Utah Jazz 121-100 to pull level with their opponents at the top of the Western Conference. With a place in the Playoffs (for the first time in 11 years) already confirmed, Phoenix is now playing with a freedom which makes them even more dangerous.
"That's just having fun with it man," Devin Booker explained. "Not everyone has a vibe like this, an energy like this. It's a great environment to get better in."
Suns coach Monty Williams added, "Those are tough games to play in emotionally. You're ramped up to play against the best team in the league and they sit a few guys, you can have a letdown. But we handled business."
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The Lakers have seen their form slip away in recent times, with the weekend bringing defeats at the hands of both the Sacramento Kings and the Toronto Raptors. They still have their fate in their own hands as far as reaching the Playoffs is concerned, but they cannot afford to keep slipping down the Western Conference log.
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"We control our own destiny," Anthony Davis explained. "So we have to start playing with a sense of desperation, even though we are in the Playoffs as of right now. But we're not that far off from being in play-in games. So we've got to play with a sense of desperation, as well."
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In head-to-head stats, the Lakers and the Suns have met in 254 Regular Season games since 1968-69, with Los Angeles claiming 145 wins compared to 109 for Phoenix. The teams last met in the Regular Season in March 2021, with the Suns claiming a 111-94 win thanks to 26 points from Devin Booker.
LA Lakers v Phoenix Suns – Head-to-head
Regular Season games played: 254
Lakers wins: 145
Suns wins: 109
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