NBA Playoffs!!!!

[PRIDE OF BOSTON]

Celts will end the series in LA

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My sneaking suspicion that the Lakers bench was entirely overrated has been all but confirmed in these first two games as well as Odom and Gasol. They are both very good players but Odom just doesn't match up well with the Celtics and Gasol isn't great night in and night out like Garnett, Pierce and Kobe.

I'm shocked that the Celtics still haven't learned their lesson and still play like absolute shit in the 4th quarter. Can't believe it.

I think LA is going to win these next two but whaat the hell are they doing defensively? I mean anytime Rajon Rondo is able to go wherever he wants on the floor and dish 16 assist then you have some serious problems. The Lakers have one of the best defensive point guards in the league in Fisher and they just decided not to pressure at all. It's almost unthinkable, I don't want to hear Phil bitch about the refs because he's dropping the ball here. Trying to be to cute for his own good. That's inexcusable. Put some pressure on the perimeter and Rajon Rondo sucks, that's pretty much a fact.

That being said I do think they will win the next two, just got to be more aggressive and Kobe has got to run some guys off the ball like he does so well instead of trying to drive to the basket that's not his strength. I was shocked to see Allen guarding Kobe as much as he did game two, that should be a matchup where Kobe calls for the ball everytime he gets it.

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Also, very happy for Powe. I remember his Oakland Tech days and his great battles with a young Devon Hardin who went to Newark Memorial where I lived. I went to one of those games and then saw them play together at Cal a bunch. Two great players, I am glad Powe is getting his shot he was a lottery pick if he didn't have those knee problems. Now Hardin is in pretty much the exact same situation and will probably go just where Powe did. Hopefully he can have the same success but if not the guy is absolutely brilliant, never got a grade under a B in his entire life even at Cal he'll be well off regardless.