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[dustin15brown]

"Did you even watch the game? The celtics were down by 5 in the 3rd and ended up winning by 10. Seems to me that they went on a 15 point overturn to the end of the game"
That doesn't mean much of anything... It's the NBA, 15 points can happen in a matter of 2 minutes

[jcaron9gt4]

That doesnt mean anything? it means that they didnt play as poorly as some people think they did. And it didnt happen in a matter of 2 minutes so your point doesnt really work here. It may in another game, but not this one.

[CAMAricer]

Despite how the Lakers played (good or at their best), Boston's mediocre or average will still be better, as indicated by the 2nd half. Defense wins over offense, and the Lakers are an offensive-minded club.

Boston isn't going to roll over the Lakers, but they took the Lakers best(?) punch and still won. Which in my mind, means they got spanked in the fanny!

Game two will decide who will win, if Boston wins by 10 or more again, then yeah, it's over. Celtics in 7 (or less).

Sorry man, I know you're showing love for your team, but come on, be serious. Lakers in 5?

lakers in 5.

[tomazws]

The Celtics went on a crazy shooting spree in the 3rd quarter, in which I think has a lot to do with the whole Pierce's incident which made the entire Celtics squad more focus. At the same time, seems like since Pierce's exit, the Lakers lost their focus on the D.

Then in the 4th quarter, the Celtics refined their D and contained Kobe.

All in all, it was a very interesting game. It's definitely not like the last couple years' boring finals.

This post has been edited by tomazws: Jun 6, 2008 - 11:56 AM

[SlickRick]

it takes 4 to win it not 3 if u win by 10+ and by no stretch of the imagination was that the lakers best shot. The lakers will never shoot that poorly again the could not throw a beach ball in the ocean in game 1, its funny bcuz if Doc had 2 brains cells 2 rub together he would post and repsot KG EVERY SInGLE POSSESION, and this would be a short series but since Paul has 2 big of an ego he wont let them, do that. PP is the celtics gift that got them to the final and the curse that end it there. End of story.

[CAMAricer]

If tonight's reminded me of how a cat will play with a mouse before killing it.

Lakers again did their best against the Celtics and came up short. And to those who say the Lakers could have STOLEN this game, that is exactly the point. They were never meant to win it, if they had, it would have been considered an upset. Celtics took the Lakers best punch (in my opinion) in the 4th quarter and still held on to win. Also, the Lakers shot well this game and still lost. So despite scoring more points and at a higher %, it wasn't good enough.

I doubt the Lakers will make it to game 7 now...

2 more wins!

it takes 4 to win it not 3 if u win by 10+ and by no stretch of the imagination was that the lakers best shot. The lakers will never shoot that poorly again the could not throw a beach ball in the ocean in game 1, its funny bcuz if Doc had 2 brains cells 2 rub together he would post and repsot KG EVERY SInGLE POSSESION, and this would be a short series but since Paul has 2 big of an ego he wont let them, do that. PP is the celtics gift that got them to the final and the curse that end it there. End of story.

[tomazws]

The Lakers shot well this game and still lost. So despite scoring more points and at a higher %, it wasn't good enough.

The Lakers defended like CRAP today. Very sloppy defending.

They didn't shoot well at all in 2nd, 3rd, and half of 4th until 5 or 6 minutes till the end of the game.

Kobe didn't do much penetrations until the 4th quarter, mostly due to the Celtics' defense got loosen up in 4th.

But the main reason why the Lakers were down by 24 was their crappy defense today.

[Batman722]

Paul Pierce.
The Celtics leading scorer for the last 8 years or so and now finally has some great tallent around him and he's only gotten better. Put all the focus on KG, Pierce will light it up.

The Celitic bench is much better than the Lakers, Kobe will win a few games for them but the Cs have the series.

[99Celica]

Looks like the faker fans decided to keep their mouth shut this time! KG and PP have waited long enough and they want it bad.

[massbrandon]

lol, nice post Dustin

[Sh0gunkid8721]

Series is far from being over til the Celtics win on the road. If the Lakers can tie up the series, the Celtics are in deep sh***

[j0e_p3t]

i have to admit, i am a lil worried after watching how the lakers played in game 2. i wasn't expecting them to win an away game till later, but they kinda sucked. i could blame it on some of the questionable fouls called by the refs. but yeah, that's no excuse. at least the lakers kinda redeemed themselves the last few mins. this game would've been a serious blow if they lost by 20+ points. props to the celtics for not letting kobe heat up. 3 home games... they better take advantage of them or we're screwed. lakers haven't loss at home yet so we'll see if boston really is the better team.

This post has been edited by j0e_p3t: Jun 10, 2008 - 1:49 PM

[tomazws]

Wow lots of starters were in their off night, from both teams.

[CelicaST_CALI]

What a crap game,peirce was slow,garnett was slow, odom was crap,and gasol was bad.Bye bye lakers,game 7 is in boston ,

[CelicaST_CALI]

THEY ARE BACK BABY!!!!!we have a game,24 points to 2 points.wat a game..

[chucho]

yeah they blew a big lead.

[jcaron9gt4]

And that right there, is why the Lakers can not hang with the Celtics

[Sh0gunkid8721]

And that right there, is why the Lakers can not hang with the Celtics

Celtics can't win on the road, and until they figure out how to do so, this is going to be a very close series. Both teams match up EXTREMELY well. Lamar Odom is a poor man's Kevin Garnett. Both have the ssame skill sets and have the same height and body type...IM NOT SAYIN ODOM IS AS GOOD SO DONT JUMP DOWN MY THROAT. Kobe, Gasol and Fisher are just as good as Pierce, Garnett and Allen, in my opinion. Fisher is the most UNDERRATED player in the NBA by far. He's so money.

[Sh0gunkid8721]

wow for somebody that works at ESPN, i shoulda known that game 4 was today. dumb me.

[CAMAricer]

So.....anyone here still think the Lakers are still contenders and not pretenders?

Man it must suck to be a Laker fan right now...seeing as how your team blew an 18 lead at home to a supposedly inferior road team...I can't imagine which must feel worse, game 4's collapse or game 2's heartbreaking failure?