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The only reason Boston beat the Lakers last season was because Bynum and Ariza weren't healthy. The Lakers proved this season they are a much better team than Boston when healthy. Simple as that.
Without HCA they wouldn't have even made it past Cleveland if healthy. Remember a FAR inferior Cleveland team took them to 7 games and damn near beat them when they were a considerably stronger team with Posey and PJ Brown.
You are no different than all of the other haters out there. It KILLS you that the Lakers won and you absolutely have to do whatever you can to discredit their win.
The fact remains they were the best team in the WC all season long and had a 4-0 record against the Cavs and Celtics. They went out and accomplished everything they could accomplish.
The Lakers will be back to defend their le next season and you will be sitting there with your thumb up your ass.
The only reason Boston beat the Lakers last season was because Bynum and Ariza weren't healthy. The Lakers proved this season they are a much better team than Boston when healthy. Simple as that.
09 Celtics could not beat the 09 Lakers
But the 09 Cavs would beat the 01 Lakers
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The most important factor from the '08 Final was home court advantage.
'08 Boston vs. '09 Lakers would be an epic series. But I think it's clear '09 Lakers were better than '09 Boston.
Oh ok thanks.
No it wasn't. Game 4 proved that.
The most important factor was quite obviously MATCHUPS if you watched the series. With Ariza and Bynum healthy that means Luke Walton, Vlad and ING SASHA (lol trying to guard Allen) wouldn't have seen significant minutes. Remember when Chris Mihm made an appearance haha.
Sasha. I hope he snapps his leg and can never play again
Even if Boston where healthy they were not as good as last year's team ...theyhad swagger and some clutch moments but they just werent as good last year they kicked our ass ...this year we beat them and they promised it would be diffrent in Boston and we BEAT them again ...coming off a back2back ...the Lakers had no reason to win no Bynum back2back a big national TV game ...but they LOST.
Not our fault they could not defend le and if we keep Ariza and Odom we beat their ass again ...omly advantage they have is Allen if guarded by Fisher and Perkins pushing Gasol out of the paint but if Bynum is healthy they wont have that advantage anymore ...
Besides who knows if Celts can get back to aFinals though the west is deeper East is more top heavy we have a better shot of getting back than they do ...
Boston was great ...LAST year this year aint last year ...
Good points.
Not to mention that this Bean-town team was built for the short term and Ainge knows this.
Depends if they would run into the Blazers or the Rockets with a healthy Yao.
Even with the matchup problems, the series was pretty close. The 6th game should not be used as a measure. You should factor in the pressure on the team with the middle three home games. Unfortunately, Boston completed its comeback in game 4, while the Lakers fell short on theirs in game 2. If you recall, the Lakers were one stop away from having a chance to send the game into OT or tie the series 1-1.
Homecourt might have been enough to tip the scales in the Lakers' favor. "Serving first", so to speak, is quite advantageous. If you hold serve, go up 2-0, the series is virtually locked up.
Lakers couldn't win in Boston with Sasha and Vlad playing that many minutes, sorry. Boston didn't even have to guard LO that series and that doesn't happen with a healthy Bynum in the rotation. KG would have been forced to man up Gasol instead of zoning Kobe. Ariza changes everything defensively and that is where the Lakers truly lost the series. Sasha isn't even a NBA caliber player yet he was out there in the NBA finals trying to guard Ray Allen.
Lakers couldn't win in Boston (0-4) that year with an injury plagued lineup. While Boston could win in LA (2-2). Homecourt didn't mean . The Lakers were missing TWO STARTERS, while Boston was starting 3 hungry, healthy HOFs.
Homecourt is nice to have but as I have said over and over and over again, it means jack when it comes down to matchups and who the better overall team is. The Cavs had homecourt throughout and the best home record in the league yet what good did that do them? People really overrate homecourt yet year after year yet it isnt what determines who is a better team.
As for the Lakers, if they keep their team intact, I see them being even better next year.
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