Game 2

Interesting game. Gotta love how hard both teams played. Gotta be concerned if you're Boston with KG who is pretty ineffective against the Lakers bigs. Gotta be impressed with Gasol - he is often the most dangerous guy on the court. Why don't the Lakers go to him in the last five minutes more often? We all know the hype with Kobe being the best "closer" in basketball, but come on, just look at FG percentage. Gasol in the post is more dangerous than Kobe on the perimeter. Rondo basically played Kobe straight up today. Rondo is such a strange player. He can't shoot for shit, but he plays tricky defense, is good at finishing in the paint, can rebound the hell out of the ball and seemingly can run forever. Really interesting player that changes the entire game. Good thing about the Celtics - with Ray Allen and Pierce you have two guys that can conceivably "go off" in a half or a game. Ray scoring 27 points in the first half carried the Celtics. Having two players who can light it up makes you dangerous. Underrated element of Ray Allen's game today - he played damn good defense on Kobe as well. Good omen for Celtics that they can win a game on the road with Pierce and Garnett having subpar games. But whereas you know Pierce will be back, it isn't clear Garnett is just overmatched down low.