Family in Phoenix: David Thompson There for Cousin Gentry
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by Chris TomassonFiled under: Lakers, Suns, NBA Playoffs, NBA Coaches, The Bonus
PHOENIX -- If Lakers guard Kobe Bryant keeps going wild in the series, Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry always can motivate his players by telling them how he once slowed David Thompson.
Well, maybe not.
"Shut him down. I think I held him to 38,'' Gentry said with a laugh while standing next to the Hall of Famer before Sunday night's Game 3 of the Western Conference finals at US Airways Center.
Actually, Gentry and Thompson are first cousins and grew together in Shelby, N.C., even though they attended rival high schools. Thompson ...