108 Celtics, 102 Lakers

For the time being, I will dismiss the 4th quarter as something that will not happen again. In my eyes this was more of a route than a blown lead for the Celtics. If anything, this gives Doc Rivers more to talk about going into LA. The Celtics were doing a superb job on the defensive end for most of the game, and hopefully that will keep up going into LA.


No need to say "he's back" because he has been solid on both ends of the court for the past 4 games. Ray had 17 points (3-6 beyond the arc) and again stayed aggressive going to the basket along with laying stifling defense at times which Ray is not known for.
Rondo keeps impressing, going assist crazy last night with 16 assists, 6 rebounds, and 4 points. Although he did miss 4 out of 6 free throws, and you can see how hesitant he is when it comes to shooting a jumper, if he keeps attacking the basket it will not be that big of an issue. Again, he played great defense on Fisher holding him to 9 points, along with that huge block on 6-10 Vlad Rad. If he continues playing like this, I like our odds.
KG had another bad game shooting but still finished with 17 points, and 14 rebounds however, he did go 7-19 shooting. I will not care if he continues to shoot poorly if he continues to be aggressive and grabbing a ton of boards. I would like to see Garnett taking it low, but thats not the type of player he is, and if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Nothing is better than to see Leon Powe do well, and last night he was the reason we won last night. He has had a weird play-offs with his minutes fluctuating and getting a lot of DNPs, but last night he was ready and eager for the call and scored 21 points and went to the line 13 times. He got a lot of Lakers in foul trouble including Lamar Odom and Kobe Bryant, and played tough and took it to the basket almost every time he touched the ball. With Garnett shooting jumpers and Perk being Perk, we need a low post presence and last night, Leon was the man.
The Captain came through again scoring 28 points, and 8 assists including the game sealing free-throws. He has really put this team on his back and picked up the pace offensively and has done a great job defensively on Kobe.

Kobe had 30 points and 8 assists but only shot 11-23. Kobe seemed frustrated a lot, and even got a technical for the lack of calls he was getting. The Celtics have done an unbelievable job defending him and keeping him out of the paint. Kobe is a scary player to watch and it will be that harder to stop him going into LA.


I don't know whats wrong with Pau Gasol. He was absolutely scoring at will in the first half where i think he had only 15 points, and he only finished with 17. I knew this guy was soft, but he completely disappeared in the second half. I the Lakers want to win a game they need him to post up for the whole game.