Confidence! That was the keyword this game..as our Lakers ran up and down the courts. They were fast and confident. Kobe made 21 points even though he got smacked on his broken index finger during the third quarter. Lakers led by as many as 15 points in the second half. Although squandering their lead, they continued to rip the ball from the hands of the Suns and it certainly looked as if they were enjoying playing this game with nods of approval and smiles rather than scowls and long drawn faces.Their plays were not superb but their confidence level was high as shown for example by Ron Artest rebounding a miss by Lamar Odom and scoring with only 2.31 left to play in the half. Paul Gasol followed with a dunk + free throw. They seemed to get back their rhythm right before the end of the half. All in all it was surely a fun game to watch from spectators view with Lakers winning over the Phoenix Suns 102-96. Babs Wells