You really are trying for 6000 posts tonight, aren't you? :)

Who, me?!?

Yep, you.

How'd I get over 1000? Kool.

Wow. Pierce pulling off a not so impressive Bird moment.

Major bullet dodged there with Pierce. ESPN Radio says sprained knee

Nah. Not gonna happen tonight. Too tired.

But lame, no content posts like this one is getting me closer.

:)

sweet jesus. these celtics love to flop.

Celtics lead by 8, biggest lead in the game by either team so far.

Indeed.

Thank you Sam Cassel for being the lone Laker in Green.

Cassell is terrible. I have no idea what he is doing out there at such a critical time.

he has his "effective windows" but doc needs to have a quicker hook with him, because once he hits a bad streak he's fucking horrid

His effective window is about 1 minute per half.

Gotta hand it to PJ Brown. He kept the Celtics alive in the third and towards the late fourth.

I had a feeling the Celtics would draw first blood. They're far more balanced than the Lakers, yet I think in the end that this is Kobe's year.

The Lakers are going to have to get a hell of a lot tougher on the boards if that's going to be the case, DC.

I have no doubt they will.

they haven't been tough on the boards all year...what makes you think they will now?

way to hold kobe to 9/26 !!!!

Garnett's rebound-jam off the Pierce miss gave me wood.

Defense and Rebounding baby...Defense and Rebounding!

yes. I literally screamed in joy

Yup. It's quite simple really. If he takes a shot and it goes in, leave him out there until he misses or the quarter ends, after which he doesn't enter the game again. If he takes a shot and misses it, yank him straight away and don't put him back in the game.

honestly I agree with you. I have a feeling you might have been kidding, but that's about it. Also...when he commits one "stupid" turnover - yank him.

Nope, not kidding at all. That's been my observation of him these playoffs. He's really little more than a volume shooter with an OK handle at this point in his career. He was never much more than that for his entire career, but he was athletic enough and saw enough minutes to find a rhythm, but in limited minutes off the bench he struggles to warm up. Too much of a risk to have him playing like that in a Finals series.

Rondo may be a second year guy with a dodgy jumpshot, but the team looks a hell of a lot better when he's quarterbacking than Cassell. His hustle on the offensive glass as well as the height he gets when contesting jump shots (usually someone else's man, too) are pretty amazing.

Good win for the C's. Lakers need to match the intensity if they want to have a chance in the series. Luckily, Kobe probably won't miss some of those good looks in the next couple of games.

We also have Eddie House sitting on the bench... a fantastic shooter who doesn't need to warm up and usually contributes an energy play to fire up the crowd when he's in.

at what point does it become "oh Kobe's just having an off series" and become giving credit to the celtics?

As a Laker fan, it's wierd not being the team with the benefit of the calls

Man, looked like the Lakers were making a run, got it to single digits, BAM 11-0 run Lakers down by 20

could it be now that the C's are up by 20 at the end of the 3rd?

I love the guy, but anytime LEON POWE (or as I'm calling him right now, LEON POW!) is dunking at will on you.. you got problems.

Lakers, you got problems

Powe has 14 pts - Kobe has 17

Defense looked great that quarter!

powe is about to outscore kobe

powe now with more pts than kobe with 10:04 left in the 4th

15 assists for Rondo

leon powe just sprinted the length of the floor, dribbled through the whole laker team and dunked it

The Celtics can just grind the Lakers down if they keep rebounding like this. I didn't think they had a chance, but it looks they really are a much, much better rebounding team than the Lakers. That's been the biggest difference so far.

Eh, anything that happens at this point does mean much because the lakers are looking towards going home. I can't wait to catch Lakertalk after this game, Money is going to have to talk a bunch of fans off of the ledge

or taking a contract out on the officials (been hearing a lot of that from LA fans)

While I agree with you that everyone on the Lakers bench except Kobe has given up on this game, I disagree with the dismissive attitude toward the game that you imply. This is a serious issue now with the Lakers. Losing Game 1 in a pretty tight one, and after leading at half wasn't a big deal. Getting blown out like this is just ugly, and as the Celtics' fans have pointed out, has shown a couple serious flaws in the Lakers' roster set that may be their undoing.

Fans will be on the ledge--and they will be right to be there, because the Lakers are in trouble.

Well, you have to admit that might be warranted. 30 FTs to 6 last I checked. Really, how do the C's fit the officials' salaries under the cap anyway? :)

We just charge you bandwagon LA fans more for those courtside seats. :D

Y'see, one team is driving to the hoop, dunking at will, and the like, and the other team is flinging up threes and settling for jumpers. Gasol might have 4-6 more FT's, but that's it, and only 30-12..

this is really the key. The C's started the game by driving driving driving, getting the laker's shooters in foul trouble and getting in the penalty early.

I know you're joking, and this isn't really directed towards you, but I don't get how people always look at FT disparity as some sort of evidence of unfairness. If referees are required to call fouls equally regardless of what's actually going on on the court, why don't we just get all the FTs out of the way before the game starts?

Magic/Larry commercial :)

Celtics have to be better at finishing off games.

yeah...a 29-7 run is not acceptable

Pretty embarrassing to let up like that.

Niiiiiice travel. :p