LAKERS 110 - BOSTON 109
Acceptable. The Lakers improved to 5-0 on their road trip tonight at the expense of the Celtics. In their last meeting at TD Bank North Garden in Boston, our Lakers were embarrassed and sent home without a fight. The Celtics took the NBA championship from us.
A little revenge was rendered on Christmas day when the C's visited L.A. and lost through the tremendous play of Pau Gasol down the stretch. That day the Lakers snapped a franchise high 19 game winning streak, then the Celtics went on their worse losing streak since KG was still a Wolf and Ray Ray was still a Sonic. A little more revenge was sought out tonight as the Lakers defeated the Celtics on their homecourt in a very physical game. This time the Lakers snapped the Celtics 12 game winning streak. Along with another win in our column comes first place in the NBA. We also sweep the season series against Boston, which means if we do see each other in the Finals, which I hope, we gain homecourt advantage. Which is very critical in the playoffs, especially in the Finals. When's the last time you saw Kobe shoot like that on the road? Honestly, everyone looked like they had the jitters.
Pau Gasol continued his dominance in efficiency. 10 of 14 shooting, 24 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, with a steal and a block. His defense was solid, the strength which everyone questioned he had last year definitely showed tonight. He's the main reason KG was fouled out, battling strong in the post. Kobe had game high honors with 26 points, but took 29 shots and only hit 10 of them, ouch. It wasn't really the defense, his shots were just not falling. I have to admit Paul Pierce did a good job on him in the 4th quarter, but that was after Kobe drained three 3-pointers all over him to let the Lakers back into the game. Lamar, Lamar Lamar. Sometimes you just don't know what's going on with the guy. Is he having fun? Is he in the zone? Is he taking things serious? Is he being aggressive? In the beginning of the game, L.O. was making some bone head plays and seemed real nervous. But with 16 seconds left and the Lakers down by 1, I witnessed Lamar do something that I haven't seen in a long time. CONCENTRATE (and hit 2 free throws). 60% shooting on 10 shots, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Way to step up with Bynumite out. Fish did his thing with 13 points, 5 assists and 0 turnovers, pretty clean game for playing a hardnose defensive team. He also redeemed himself by doing a good job on Ray Allen at the buzzer, maybe it was Roger Mason's hair that made Fish want to just smack him.
The bench contributed very well, in fact, all Lakers scored that played. Everyone played there part and hit some big shots. One person that impressed me was JPeezy, Josh Powell. He played great defense and knocked down a few shots. He got some pretty strong boards and kept up with the physicality of the C's, I hope to see him used more with the big man out then maybe he can earn some solid minutes.
Solid win for us and hopefully the momentum carries on until Sunday. The build up has been great. Kobe goes for 61 at the Garden, Lebron goes for 52 with a triple double. Now they battle for the number one spot in the league. Future MVP vs Reigning MVP. This is the last most anticipated regular season game of the year. We're shooting for 6-0 on the road trip and stay TOPS in the league!
Acceptable. The Lakers improved to 5-0 on their road trip tonight at the expense of the Celtics. In their last meeting at TD Bank North Garden in Boston, our Lakers were embarrassed and sent home without a fight. The Celtics took the NBA championship from us.A little revenge was rendered on Christmas day when the C's visited L.A. and lost through the tremendous play of Pau Gasol down the stretch. That day the Lakers snapped a franchise high 19 game winning streak, then the Celtics went on their worse losing streak since KG was still a Wolf and Ray Ray was still a Sonic. A little more revenge was sought out tonight as the Lakers defeated the Celtics on their homecourt in a very physical game. This time the Lakers snapped the Celtics 12 game winning streak. Along with another win in our column comes first place in the NBA. We also sweep the season series against Boston, which means if we do see each other in the Finals, which I hope, we gain homecourt advantage. Which is very critical in the playoffs, especially in the Finals. When's the last time you saw Kobe shoot like that on the road? Honestly, everyone looked like they had the jitters.
Pau Gasol continued his dominance in efficiency. 10 of 14 shooting, 24 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, with a steal and a block. His defense was solid, the strength which everyone questioned he had last year definitely showed tonight. He's the main reason KG was fouled out, battling strong in the post. Kobe had game high honors with 26 points, but took 29 shots and only hit 10 of them, ouch. It wasn't really the defense, his shots were just not falling. I have to admit Paul Pierce did a good job on him in the 4th quarter, but that was after Kobe drained three 3-pointers all over him to let the Lakers back into the game. Lamar, Lamar Lamar. Sometimes you just don't know what's going on with the guy. Is he having fun? Is he in the zone? Is he taking things serious? Is he being aggressive? In the beginning of the game, L.O. was making some bone head plays and seemed real nervous. But with 16 seconds left and the Lakers down by 1, I witnessed Lamar do something that I haven't seen in a long time. CONCENTRATE (and hit 2 free throws). 60% shooting on 10 shots, 20 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Way to step up with Bynumite out. Fish did his thing with 13 points, 5 assists and 0 turnovers, pretty clean game for playing a hardnose defensive team. He also redeemed himself by doing a good job on Ray Allen at the buzzer, maybe it was Roger Mason's hair that made Fish want to just smack him.The bench contributed very well, in fact, all Lakers scored that played. Everyone played there part and hit some big shots. One person that impressed me was JPeezy, Josh Powell. He played great defense and knocked down a few shots. He got some pretty strong boards and kept up with the physicality of the C's, I hope to see him used more with the big man out then maybe he can earn some solid minutes.Solid win for us and hopefully the momentum carries on until Sunday. The build up has been great. Kobe goes for 61 at the Garden, Lebron goes for 52 with a triple double. Now they battle for the number one spot in the league. Future MVP vs Reigning MVP. This is the last most anticipated regular season game of the year. We're shooting for 6-0 on the road trip and stay TOPS in the league!
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