The Rondo Question:
Rajon had 15 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds and proved he can hold his own. Derek Fisher also had 15 points but only shot 4-9 on 41 minutes, however, Rajon did a hell of a job on Fisher and oftem he was caught in switch situation and had to guard Kobe and did a great job there too. He looked very cool under pressure and you can tell this kid has all the confidence in the world, his dribble penetration although looked wild was highly affective.
Ray Allen:
Ray Allen did an amazing job both on offense and defense. 19 points, 8 rebounds, 5 assists which means he still is on fire, but I want to talk about his defense, he was on Kobe for a lot of game, holding him to 9-26 shooting which is amazing. He seemed very fresh and not only was he hitting 3's, but he is also doing a great job on dribble penetration.
KG:
Kevin Garnett came out really hot in the first half and if not for him we would have been down by a lot more than 5 points. However, he had a terrible second and at one point missed 9 straight shots. I will not go after him at all because if it was up to me, I would have KG take every shot. On the defensive end KG did an outstanding job holding Gasol/ Odom to a combined 29 points, while scoring 24 himself. Also, he was able to grab 13 rebounds which is another reason the Celtics did so well.
Paul Pierce:
What more can you say? He pulled down another legendary game, the Truth only scored 3 points in the first half, but in the second half didn't miss a shot and scored 19 points. The scariest moment was when pierce went down with an apparent knee injury, and had to get carried off the court by Scal and Tony Allen. The moment of the game is when he came back and hit back to back 3's, and once that happened, you knew the Lakers were done. His performance was one of the gutsiest I have have ever witnessed in my life.
Bench:
Only had 17 points, 8 from Cassell and 6 big rebounds from PJ Brown. Cassell and Brown made most of their minutes, and when Sam was in he absolutely terrorized Fisher and was highly affective, as for PJ Brown he only had 2 points he was huge on the glass including one offensive rebound that seemed to have fallen into his lap in between two defenders.
Lakers:
As for LA. Kobe had 24 points on 9-26 shooting, and all game he was unable to penetrate because the Celtics did a great job clogging the middle, Also Kobe was scoreless for the last 11 minutes. Gasol and Odom were pretty useless when in, both play extremely soft for their size.
Half way through the game they dropped this commercial:
Goosebumps
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