The series is now tied, and the Celtic owe Big Baby and Nate the Great a beer. Overall this was an ugly game, but that fits the Celtics style a lot more then it fits the Lakers. Boston's defense was outstanding letting only 2 players (Kobe, Poopface) to score more then 10 points.
Still, the Celtics were down, and their bench had to come up big, and man did they ever. Big Baby scored half of his 18 points in the 4th quarter, and Robinson added 12 of his own. The Celtics bench was so good that Rivers was able to keep the starters on the bench till about 3 mins left in the game. If you have been watching all these games then you know that could be huge. The Celtics starters have looked tired and flat at times. Now they got to play some lighter minutes, and get 2 days off in Boston.
Boston's starters were back in the game when Bryant scored 10 of the Lakers' last 12 points, hitting all three free throws to make it 92-86 after he was fouled attempting a 3-pointer with 1:08 left. But then Rondo stole a pass from Bryant and took it the length of the court for a layup that made it an eight-point lead with 32 seconds left, and that was that.
Boston still has work to do, because in my eyes if they want to win this series they are going to have to win game 5. Winning 2 in LA would be asking a lot.
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