Lakers Confound You With Their Inconsistency

It couldn’t have happened a game too soon. Ron Artest, a strong defender all year for the Lakers, and throughout his NBA career, finally found his offensive range against the Suns in the closeout game of the Western Conference finals.

Artest was the last-second hero in Game 5, if you can classify four points and two-for nine shooting heroic. But Artest banked in the game-winner, off a Kobe Bryant air ball, with no time remaining.

In Game 6, he was the leading support to Bryant's 37 points, which made Kobe the unquestioned hero. As usual.

Artest’s offensive barrage, which had been non-existent all season, arrived ju...

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