Boston played as well as they could play in game 2 and were only up by 2 with under a minute to play. They played very well in game 1 and the Lakers were only down by 4 late in the fourth.
Thats true, but the Celtics dominated those games at times, and the Lakers at there best didn't dominate Boston. Typically, game three in a finals series shows the down teams best shot. If thats the case this year, the lakers are in trouble. A few things I saw, the lakers didn't do anything special on d, they put Kobe on Rondo, and Allen tore them a new one. True, Rondo couldent penetrate as deep into the defense as game two, but Allen was tearing it up. House can combat that move by Jackson moving forward. Had KG and Peirce not gone 9-33 the Celtics would have won the game, plain and simple. People would be calling Jackson out over it. Fisher cannot gaurd Allen. KG held both Gasol, and Odem to 18 points combined. Peirce and KG where great in all parts of their game except shooting, so im not worried at all about last nights loss. What the Lakers did do, was up there intensity, and ask Kobe to carry the team. Which is not going to work over the long haul for the lakers. I look at our defense, and I dont see any breakdowns. As a lakers fan, you should be worried because, the celtics defense is still the same, and they can contain LA during their best games, and the Celtics have the scoring ability to beat you straight up. They Celtics aren't going to shoot 33 percent as a team to many times, and since the d is the exact same, I think they beat the Lakers in the end. If you have the celtics shooting like they did over the first two games of this series, plus the d, they overpower the Lakers. I look at the Celtics d, because im not worried about LA's defense. Pretty much every shot KG and Peirce missed where open looks, and the ball just didnt fall for them. Aside from Kobe, none of the lakers are bangers, and they don't make stops. I see the Celtics making Kobe earn everything he gets, and swarming to make stops, and the Lakers didn't pull away. Blocked shots, contested shots, rebounds, steals and swarming defense is something the Lakers cannot match.
The national media overrated the lakers, they unerrated the Celtics bench and ignored the defense. Not sure why you would feel good having to win 2 our of three games in Boston, unless you are ignoring Boston record in the garden.
Just my take on the game, I could be wrong and the lakers could storm back to win this thing. Just my .2.......