Some observations on the series after watching Game 5 last night; The Celtics have been battling some injuries to Pierce (knee), Perkins (shoulder) and Rondo (ankle) but still managed to overcome a 20 plus point deficit in Games 4 and 5, they weren't able to get the win in Game 5 but it shows how poor the Lakers D has been. In Game 5 the Lakers were fouling the Celtics at half court while in the penalty? There was a play where Pierce ran about 4 steps through the lane and Jordan Farmar, instead of stepping up and trying to take a charge stuck his arm out to commit the foul allowing Pierce to make the basket. The announcers said Farmar should be embarrassed by his lack of defensive play, only to later say that the Lakers having Farmar in the game was for his strong defense? I will tell you who plays some defense, its James Posey and Eddie House, those guys hustle and are guys you want playing on your team. Perkins missing Game 5, really showed how important he is to the Celts D, as Pau Gasol had his first big game of the series. If Perkins misses Games 6 and/0r 7 the Celts could be in trouble. What was with Rondo driving to the hoop and instead of taking the uncontested layup throwing it out for the 3 point shot? For the second straight game announcer Jeff Van Gundy has been calling players "knife fighters" he said Kobe and Posey were "knife fighters" he said these are the guys you want on your team who will do anything to win. ok, I see what he means but I can't imagine that David Stern is too pleased with one of his leagues superstars (one who has had some questionable off court activity) being compared to a "knife fighter" during national telecasts. Paul Pierce has shown during this playoff series that he can carry his team. Why does KG insist on taking jump shots and passing the ball on rebounds instead of going strong to the hoop? The Celtics have only lost once at home in the playoffs (Pistons) but they need to be healthy and need to hope Kobe continues to struggle or there could be a big problem. One last thing, after it was discovered that the guy in the American Bandstand video wearing the Gino t-shirt had passed away 14 years ago, why hasn't his family filed a trademark to stop all the bootleg t-shirts being made with his likeness? For that matter I'm surprised Dick Clark has allowed the American Bandstand footage to be shown at Celtics games.
Game 6 is Tues
Game 7 is Thurs (if necessary)
