Еве некои интересни факти во врска со досегашните 5 натпревари.
Kobe can have a bookend performance as he did in Game 5 (good at the beginning, good at the end) and the Lakers can still win as long as either Pau Gasol or Lamar Odom has a good game.
Two of Boston's Big Three can have a good game, and the Celtics can survive, but if only a third of that group plays well, the Celtics are toast.
Kobe can't consistently get to the rack against this Celtics defense.
Even when the Lakers isolate Kobe on offense, the Celtics have perfect spacing on defense to stop any drive into the lane.
The Lakers don't respect Rajon Rondo's shot ... then again, why should they?
From start to finish, neither team has played a complete game.
The Celtics are an injured, weary bunch, but they make no excuses.
But they do miss Kendrick Perkins' wide body in the middle, that's for sure.
Everyone mentioned the three free throws KG missed, but how come no one asked him about the missed tip off Ray Allen's runner with the Celtics down four? You need to either corral or crush the rim. That seemed, to me, a bigger play.
Paul Pierce has been better than Kobe Bryant in this series ... and it's not even close.
Once Pierce has a first step on a defender, that defender is done.
Neither team has shot free throws very well.
As big as Glenn "Big Baby" davis is, Doc Rivers can look down the bench and not see a wide body, but something else completely: a rookie.
Then again, when you least expect it: Chris Mihm
Speaking of benches, the Lakers' Bench Mob hasn't been as good as advertised.
Climbing out of hole you dig takes a lot of energy, right Boston?
The Finals show no mercy. You can go from "Powe!" to "Oh, no!" in a matter of games.
Both teams love using the word "aggressive". I guess you can say they're aggressive about it.
Thanks to cross-country travel and only one day's rest, the first quarter, quarter-and-a-half could be sloppy.
The only thing on ice ain't Champagne, it's various limbs and muscles.
This series is not over. Not by a long shot.