We're back from camping (great time), and both of us are too tired to leave the house to watch the game...so my wife found a website that is streaming the game live (with about a 7-second delay...). Very intrepid of her.
So I am in the bedroom lying down, watching the game on the computer. She's out in the living room with the TV. Not a bad set-up, especially since I can tell when the Celtics are about to do something well (or the Lakers are about to do something bad) because I'll hear her curse at the TV...then 7 seconds later I watch what she was pissed about. It's when she's quiet that I know the news is bad for me...
This is a crucial game for Boston, since I don't think they are able to go to LA and win two in a row. If they can win tonight, they have a good chance of splitting the last two games on the west coast. LA wins tonight, I think it's over. So this game is the series for the Celtics...
My fear is that Davis, Robinson, T. Allen and the rest of the Boston bench will try to do too much tonight , after everyone telling them how great they are for the past 3 days (especially T. Allen--he is awful and Doc needs to limit his minutes before he single-handedly destroys Boston's chances in this series. Please, please, please...). They need to play their game, and not have the mindset that they are all starters now and should be taking every big shot. If Pierce, R. Allen and Garnett can establish themselves early, I don't think that will be an issue...but we'll see...
Go Celtics!
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That was intense.
ReplyDeleteThe Celtics shot the ball extremely well and played good defense all night (except on Kobe...but we've seen that if Kobe is the only one scoring, the Lakers lose...), but the Lakers stayed in it until the end because they were able to get to the line and crushed on the offensive glass. Boston had many chances to deliver the knockout punch, but couldn't do it (until the final 30 seconds) because of their lack of rebounding. Defensive rebounding has been an issue all series, and Boston needs to address it if they are going to win on the road.
This series is by no means over, since the Lakers are such a great home team, especially in the playoffs. But the Celtics have given themselves a solid chance, and just need one out of two in LA. They can't win two in a row out there, but they can win one. (And Phil Jackson gave Boston plenty of bulletin board material with his "the Celtics know how to lose" comment...thanks for that, Phil.)
Very quiet in the house right now.