NBA Finals - Lakers beat Celtics 4-3

[andrew057]

Regardless of how this game ends, I cant see Boston winning if KG doesnt improve. Man hes been woeful. I think Doc needs to put Wallace in.

 

[Ridders]

That was so off Garnett

 

[Ridders]

Great TO from Doc. Celtics have this

 

[Ridders]

GG from Boston. They've fought so hard. Deserved to win this

 

[andrew057]

Man Perkins staring daggers at Gasol after that foul.

 

[Ridders]

Game over. What a win from Boston

 

[Mr Saab]

Lakers will take game three!

 

[andrew057]

Lakers will take game three!

No they wont

 

[ByRd]

Bloody Lakers, was an ugly game of bball with the refs again making alot of soft calls both ways, annoying to lose home court but we can win in Boston and im sure we will come out alot stringer in game 3.

 

[The Dodger]

rondo is the key.

he was the difference in the fourth quarter.

I'd be worried if i were lakers, the next two games at bostong won't be easy.

on another note, f**k me dead, its like kobe just throws the ball in the air and it just seems to find the ring all the time lol

 

[ByRd]

The next 3 are in Boston, i am confident that we wont play that bad again, game 3 is crucial

 

[Ridders]

What worries me is that we wasted a tremendous performance from Bynum. 21 points, 6 rebounds and 7 blocks. I heavily doubt he is capable of producing something like that for the rest of the series given his injury. And Odom has basically no-showed the first two games in LA. I can't see his play magically improving in Boston. Fisher and Artest also struggled with their shots.

Boston got a win in LA with Paul Pierce shooting poorly and KG being so terrible that the Celtics actually got better when he picked up fouls and had to sit. While Rondo was awesome in he 4th, I still have to give Ray Allen as the MOTM. His outburst in the first half was awesome. Single handedly led Boston into halftime with a lead.

I knew Boston were going to win at the start of the 4th when Nate was making his little cameo. The fact that the Celtics could actually extend the lead while Rondo was getting a rest was immense. For me the key part of the 4th quarter.

Lakers have basically given up home-court and will now have to win in Boston. Not very optimistic atm.

 

[ByRd]

Think about it like this, we played terrible on the most part, Kobe was in foul trouble, Artest in foul trouble, and Odom can not establish any rhythm as he has been getting fouls in a quick amount of time.

Also, we were up by 3 with 3 mins to go and lost it, they out hustled us and wanted it more in the end but i am confident we can turn it around in game 3, we cant be this bad again and we need to pick up the intensity of the defensive end and hopefully the refs let them play a little bit.

 

[Ridders]

Yeah the way the refs have been calling it on both sides has been very frustrating. There are alot of soft fouls called, and as a result of those soft calls, make-up calls are made. Kobe getting into foul trouble was frustrating given his 3rd and 4th fouls were bogus. But alas, both teams were being fouled heavily so meh.

 

[ByRd]

In the first 2 games there has been 112 fouls called (in 96 mins) that is absolutely ridiculous

 

[The Dodger]

i agree, kobe was hit with some bad calls.

allen also copped the same treatment in the first game which makes me think, how different would have both games been had either player not been in foul trouble considering how important they both were to each of their wins?

 

[Ridders]

More than a foul a minute :lol:

Oh well if we're going to take a game in Boston Odom's going to have to take off the invisibility cloak and turn it up.

Ron Ron had an interesting game. While I thought he was pretty good defensively, he was absolutely horrendous on offense.

In all likelyhood I see the Celtics up 3-2 when the series comes back to LA for Game 6.

 

[ByRd]

Game 3 is like a game 5 imo, we need to win the next one so we dont go behind in the series. Im sure we will come out firing and the players will be ready but we just need to play D, run hard, bang the boards and move the ball around. Too many times guys would just dribble the ball around and waste like 15-20 secs, it was so annoying to watch.

I just cant wait for game 3 cause i have an ugly taste in my mouth so i can imagine how the players will feel, FIRE UP LA

 

[Ridders]

Game 3 is like a game 5 imo, we need to win the next one so we dont go behind in the series. Im sure we will come out firing and the players will be ready but we just need to play D, run hard, bang the boards and move the ball around. Too many times guys would just dribble the ball around and waste like 15-20 secs, it was so annoying to watch.

I just cant wait for game 3 cause i have an ugly taste in my mouth so i can imagine how the players will feel, FIRE UP LA

Same here. Wish game 3 was tomorrow. I'm going to have nightmares about Ray Ray hitting nothing but net.

 

[ByRd]

Same here. Wish game 3 was tomorrow. I'm going to have nightmares about Ray Ray hitting nothing but net.

The guy was just on fire, he cant possibly do that again lol