By now you’ve watched enough television and read enough articles to know more than you ever have known about the Celtics and Lakers. I’ll spare you the 5,000 word match up breakdown and sum it up short for you: Nobody matches up well with Kevin Garnett. Kobe Bryant is the best scorer in the league. Paul Pierce can do it all, and will. Lamar Odom is underrated and overrated at the same time, I’m not sure how though. If Kendrick Perkins can stay out of foul trouble, he will dominate Pau Gasol down low. Rajon Rondo is much better than he thinks he is. Both teams’ benches are pretty equal in talent; I don’t see a huge advantage either way. There’s your breakdown, fill in the blanks as the game goes on.
This summer has been strange so far for me. Balancing Celtics games and maintaining a social life has been somewhat difficult. It hasn’t helped that the Celtics have pushed each series to seven, seven, and six games. That being said, aside from a few minor heart attacks during certain Celtics playoff games, I wouldn’t trade this playoff experience for anything. The idea of watching meaningful basketball games in the summer was foreign to me up until this season. Wait a second… I don’t have to finish all of my homework before the Celtics game in order to have time to talk and blog about the game all night? Brilliant!
