I thought this would be Boston in 6 worst case scenario. That'll be tough now. Clearly the Celtics are still young enough in the East. The 2008 Celtics spoiled me Thrilla, I always compare them to that. Lol.
Howard had a nice bounceback game which surprised me, it just wasn't their day. Hopefully LA makes it interesting.
WOW!!! The last 2 champions will mot likely go at it this june! i can't wait!!! Go Celtics... but it's Time for payback!
Celtics in 6 will be my prediction as well. If it was the Suns, possibly 4 or 5 games, but we all know LA will be there.
Artest/Pierce KG/Gasol Allen/Kobe You can't ask for 3 better matchups in a playoff series. All 3 have had confrontations in the past.
lol, they should just start playing now, screw magic and the suns, they're going to loose anyways right.
Expect to see the Magic go a lot bigger in Boston....maybe give Brandon Bass a chance to bang with KG and move Rashard Lewis to the 3.....b/c the line up that they are playing the most the only conceivable advantage that they have is Dwight over Perk and Vince over Ray. If you move Rashard to the 3 then it forces Vince to be matched up with Ray more often....instead of Ray guarding players that have difficulties creating their own shot. Rashard doesn't have a match up advantage over Pierce....but at least it keeps him from guarding Garnett and it forces Pierce to not roam defensively off of the ball - where he is good at getting opportunistic steals and defensive rebounds. Jameer Nelson is the engine that makes this team run. He has a lot of pride and his pride needs to set the tone for the Magic in Game 3....otherwise this series is not going back to Orlando.
I could have stopped by your house since I was in RI the other day. But I didn't expect the Magic to play such crappy basketball. Lewis has been especially terrible in the series so far.
The Celtics will be worn out by the fourth quarter. And everyone knows Lakers are at their best in the fourth, especially Kobe, when he spews his venom. I just don't see the Lakers losing again to the Celtics. Kobe is gonna go crazy like hell, Artest is gonna get crazy, Gasol is gonna go crazy, Odom, Fisher, Bynum... We're gonna be way more physical than the 2008 team. Back on topic - Like said already, look for Magic to come out strong for Game 3.
