BOSTON OVERCOMES ADVERSITY

One of the Greatest Comeback in NBA History.

Boston Celtics overcame a 24-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Lakers 97 - 91 in Game Four of the NBA Finals at the Staples Center. In fact, the Lakers posted a 21-point lead early in the first quarter, the largest in NBA Finals history, but Boston hang on and kept chipping off the lead one play at the time. By the end of the third quarter, the Celtics was only two points down. Spectacular team defense held Kobe Bryant off in the fourth while three-point shooting from House and Posey lifted the Celtics up. The deathblow came when Ray Allen ran past Sasha Vujacic like the Slovenian wasn't even there and scored via lay-up - to secure the game once and for all. A visibly humiliated Vujacic began having tantrums in the bench.

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CELTICS WIN FIRST GAME

Where's Kobe Bryant?

The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 98-88 to take a 1-0 lead in the series. Simply put, superior team play and team defense of the Celtics made the difference. Besides, Lakers missed many shots and look terrible offensively at times. Some players were panicky and failed to exploit apparent opportunities.
Kobe disappeared today, I'm hoping his real self would show up for the Lakers looked lost when their main man is out of sync. Just 24 points today, I expected him to have a monster game against Boston but it didn't materialize. Oh well, maybe vintage Kobe would return on Monday for Game Two - stifling Celtics defense and missed several wide open shots hurt him. Lakers' Euro players Vujacic and Radmanovic looked like they couldn't even guard a chair the way they played defense today - tsk tsk tsk.
Celtics showed team basketball and were inspired by Paul Pierce who got hurt but came back and played heroically (dismissed by LA Times and Lakers' coach Phil Jackson of course). Sam Cassell uncharacteristically played scared just when the Celtics erected a big lead in the fourth but it didn't matter anymore as superior team play did it for his team. I'm looking forward for the second game of the series and it seems Perkins won't return - I'll keep you posted.