Thursday, June 3, 2010

Here is your NBA finals preview


With an hour to go before game 1 of the NBA finals to go I will tell you all you need to know about this series between the Celtics and the Lakers. Did you see the baseball game last night where the umpire blew the perfect game for the pitcher from the Tigers? This series will be determined by the officiating. Both team are equally old, equally stout on defense, and have players who get calls from the referees. Kobe may be the most lethal shooter with the game on the line since Jordan but he gets calls. Paul Pierce gets calls. This is the first series that the Lakers are in where they have to be concerned about a player that is unstoppable. The Lakers are used to having match up advantages all over the floor. This is the first series where all of their players will look eye to eye with its opponent an actually be more than challenged. Ron Artest has matched up with both Pierce and Allen before so they are not expecting anything that they have not seen. Gasol and Garnett have met up several times in their careers too. The Lakers seem to think that wanting revenge or playing with revenge on their minds will motivate them to victory. If you believe that then you don't know Kobe well. He wants a ring to match Magic and then wants another to tie and then get another to pass his idol Micheal Jordan.
The match up of this series Rajon Rondo against the Lakers. If he is allowed to do what he did to Cleveland the Celtics will win this in 6 games. The difference between Nash and Rondo is Nash falls in love with the three point shot. He does not attack the rim as often as Rondo does. Rondo is like that annoying moth that is in your home that no one can seem to catch and the only thing to do is open a window and let him out. The Lakers have people to chase him around all night but if he is creating foul trouble for their big men, that is where they may have problems. The Lakers have faced more dynamic guards than Rondo. Deron Williams was on the Dream Team. Rondo plays more an attacking style than the other guards the Lakers have faced. If he is averaging close to triple double a game this series, the Celtics will win in six.
In short, this series comes down to how physical the referees will allow it to be and whether or not Rajon Rondo is allowed to control the games. The Celtics have faced Lebron and Dwight and made them not matter much in the series. Can they do the same to Kobe? I also fear that the Celtics allow teams to come back to easily against them. Orlando and Cleveland nearly made come backs in games when they were down by large margins. If you let Kobe get a chance to make a shot to win a game he will get it done. So with that being said, I think the Lakers will win in 7 games. I have been wrong with every prediction I have made in 2010. So lets see what happens here!!!!

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