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This series is not going down without a fight from Artest and Pierce.
Don't care how many games it takes, as long as LA goes b2b.
Celtics or Lakers. And Why?
Personally, I believe the Lakers are out for revenge will ultimately propel them to be victorious in this series. Redemption set aside, and I still have the Lakers taking it because of matchup problems. The 2008 Boston Celtics were so versatile. They had Posey, Brown, Powe, and Eddie House which mixed with superstars KG, Rondo, Allen. After watching the 2008 finals, I noticed that Boston had two styles of playing within their roster. A hard nosed, rough, tough, push you around type defensive scheme; and a fast paced, offensive, get up the court team. Both styles meshed perfectly well when playing the Lakers as such with the rest of the league. The 2010 Boston Celtics are missing a few pieces that the 2008 edition would have, ultimately putting them at an advantage over the Lakers.
Lakers in 6. (Hate to say it because it's the Lakers, for gods sake, the F***** lakers.....)
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This series is not going down without a fight from Artest and Pierce.
Don't care how many games it takes, as long as LA goes b2b.
Celtics in 5. It's simple logic. If the Celtics can beat 2 teams superior to the Lakers, why wouldn't they be able to beat the Lakers?
People are starting to forget that for the longest while, with just cause, Orlando/Cavs were considered the 2 best teams in the NBA. Just because the Celtics eviscerated those two teams doesn't propel LA past them.
the spanking that the Celtics gave the Heat, Cavs, and Magic should have all Laker fans worried.
Kobe's not even as good as Wade or LeBron right now, and the Celtics handled them pretty well.... so expect an encore of 2008 for Kobe and the Lakers.
Celtics in 5---but because of the refs---we'll say Celtics in 6
the celtics are not soft---lakers are still soft.
here's mah anal eee sis
lakers got this thang in 6 games. tops. here's the reason.
artest on pierce. gone are the days pierce is covered by radmanovich and luke walton. artest is not gonna stop pierce but paulina wont be able to pull his antics against artest. queensbridge baby!
kg is slower. is just not the same anymore. pau is stronger and is practically playing in his prime right about now
bynum is injured. but so is perkins. andrew got his knee drained, im optimistic that he will be much much more serviceable this time around.
KOBE is risin like motha in sunrise. ray allen and tony allen are toasted. they dont have james posey to save their asses when kobe is droppin em bombs.
you beat phil jackson once in a series and he'll make sure you wont beat him again. doc rivers, take yo meds dawg because its going to be a long one for ya.
pj brown was huge for the celtics. his replacement is now sheed wallace ROFL. leon powe was actually unstoppable, his replacement now is big baby LMAO
rondo, ill give him his props. but kobe is going to be defending this mofo. he aint gonna have no mvp type series against LA. he will get hot in 2 games, sure, but kobe's going to step up in those 2 crucial games and neutralize rajon just like he contained westbrooke.
HCA. yeah. lakers got it this time so winnin the first two should be a breezy.
Agree with this. Lebron and Wade are two notches above Kobe right now and the Celtics berstomped both of them.
Celtics have a great great way of taking the opposing teams best player out of the game. What they did with Howard and James in the past rounds was amazing.
But one has to take into account that the Lakers have more weapons than the Cavs and Magic. They may shut down Kobe for stretches but unless they do the same with Gasol and Artest/Odom this series is going to 7.
MH,
Will you ever give Kobe any credit?
I mean really. "Kobe's not even as good as Wade or Lebron right now"?
For some reason I thought you were a man who can appreciate any players talent and what he does to propel his team during the playoffs.
I am not even a Vekcro-Kobe fan but the man is playing out of his mind right now at least up to this point prior to the finals.
I am perplexed by all your negativity towards all things Kobe. Can you put the hate glasses aside for once, take a step back, analyze and see what his worth is?
Come on man.
The Hate clouds everything, difficult to see..
I think the Lakers are a better team than the Celtics. But the Celtics have a huge exploitable advantage with Rajon Rondo, if he's relatively healthy again. If the Celtics are able to win one of the first two games in LA, I think the series goes a full 7 games with the Lakers winning. If the Lakers win the two first games, I think the Lakers could possibly win in 5 at Boston.
I'm going to say Lakers in 7.
Funny how everyone is saying Wade/LeBron are so much better than Kobe, he's been a beast this playoffs.
Lakers in 7. I think this will be a pretty good series. Lakers win due to home court advantage.
Lakers in 5
ANything is possible
I see the games being very tightly contested, with Kobe imposing his will at the crucial points/critical moments, as he has done throughout this playoffs.
The Lakers may not dominate wire-to-wire, but because of Kobe (and occasionally that demon Fisher) they've had this ability to hit timely jumpers better than no other team. Of course there are many other basketball factors, but those damn timely jumpers are murder!
Fisher may have his shortcomings, but the dude is cold as ice. Clutch as they come with those 3 point shots to save his team.
flavor of the month type guy eh?
Best month to.
Or perhaps dominating in the playoffs matters more than the regular season kind of guy?
Wade was even beastlier, except he only got to play 5 games since his team is garbage.
LeBron wasn't great against the Celtics, but the Celtics are a great defensive team.
Literally every team that was in the East playoffs is better defensively than the Suns/Jazz.
We will find out whether Kobe's postseason dominance was a byproduct of bad opposing defense or the draining of the knee/turning it up a notch for the playoffs.
You can only beat the teams put in front of you.
I agree with a couple of the others that if the lakers win both games at Staples, it could be a short series.
I like the lakers matchup with Boston. Andrew Bynum will prove his worth to this franchise. The Celtics are not as dominant as before inside when they beat the Lakers in 08. Gasol will get a big boost by having Bynum next to him. He wont be punked as easily as before. Artest will clamp down on Pierce, taking away one of their biggest weapons, Lamar will be too long for big baby and they have no one to stop Kobe. Sure, they'll put pierce on him a couple of times but that will just leave Artest open to post up Allen.
Ray Allen and Rondo are the Lakers biggest concern. If Fisher can't stay in front of rondo, the Lakers will have to switch. That could be a big problem for the lakers but the positives outweigh the negatives. Lakers in 7
the only month where it really matters mang.
kobe is straight torching now. we'll see.
rondo >>>>>> westbrook
i'd laugh if BOS plays zone D
LA in 7 is very reasonable. but so is BOS in 6. if it goes all the way to 7, no way BOS wins.
They'd not stoop to that for money, marbles nor chalk.
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