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Laker Vs Celtics Matchup Preview

The Lakers and Celtics will meet in the NBA Finals and it should be a good series. Just looking at how the Celtics have played during the playoffs you can point out where the Celtics have had trouble. They have had trouble scoring, the have had trouble with point guard play at times, and they have struggle against teams that have that one player that can go off for 30 or 40. The Celtics had to go 7 games against the Hawks because Joe Johnson was a one man show that kept them in a few games. They had to go seven games with Cleveland because the one man show Lebron kept them in a few games. They were able to knock off Detroit because they didn’t have that one man that could take over and bury them. Now they have to take on the Lakers a team that has the best one man show in the NBA.

Not only do the Lakers have the best one man show in the NBA but they have a better team than Cleveland and Atlanta, two teams Boston struggled with.

Looking at Boston as far as what they will do defensively, you have to think they will try the same thing on Kobe they did on Lebron. The Celtics loaded up on Lebron and forced other guys to make shots plus they tried to keep him out of the paint. I don’t think that will work on Kobe. He is a better outside shooter than Lebron. You see what he did to the Spurs from the perimeter. Also he has better shooters around him than Lebron.

The Lakers will probably play the Celtics the same way they played the Spurs. They will try to take one of the big three out of the game (Ray Allen) like they did Manu, they will force Rondo to make outside shots like they did to Parker, and they will double Garnett.

A few things the Lakers need to do to take care of the Celtics asap. Lamar and Gasol have to play well every game, no more flopping and missing layups trying to draw fouls and fisher has to stay out of foul trouble, for a vet he picks up some of the dumbest fouls.

My pick to win this series are the Lakers in 6. I feel like they have played teams that are better than the Celtics already. The Celtics have been exposed in the playoffs and I don’t see them winning this series.

Lakers Win Series And Are Waiting On Boston Or Detroit

The Lakers beat the Spurs at home last night to advance to the NBA Finals. They were down by 17 points early but were able to comeback. Kobe had 39 points including 17 of the Lakers 36 points in the fourth quarter.

The Laker will play either the Pistons or Celtics in the Finals.

Lakers Go Up 3-1 On A No Call At The End Of The Game

The Lakers were up two points with 2 seconds to go. Brent Barry caught the ball faked got Derek Fisher in the air and then Barry took a dribble and tried to throw the shot up at the last second hoping to get free throws but no call was made.

The Lakers are lucky because they did not execute well down the stretch and suprisingly of of the biggest mistakes was made by Kobe. The Lakers were up 4 with 32 seconds left in the game and Kobe rushed down court and tried to take a layup over 3 guys instead of holding the basketball. When he missed the Spurs got the rebound and rushed down court for a layup cutting the lead to two points. The Lakers had another possession to score on but they couldn’t and that left the final 2 seconds for the Spurs where the refs decided not to blow the whistle.

Finals Coming Real Soon

The NBA Finals are coming soon and we are either going to see Lakers/Celtics, which everyone wants to see, Lakers/Pistons, which people won’t mind watching, Spurs/Celtics which people won’t mind watching or, Pistons/Spurs, a series no one will watch.

I am anxiously waiting to see which teams advance and to see who will be this years NBA champs.

Now Boston Has To Win On The Road

The Celtics lost their first home game of the NBA playoffs last night. That means that they have to win on the road if they want to win the series. So far in the playoffs the Celtics are 0-6 on the road. They could not beat two teams that are not as good as Detroit on the road so they will not be able to beat Detroit on the road.

Celtics fans were saying the last few weeks that they were not worried about the road woes the Celtics were having and that no team would be able to beat the Celtics on their home court. Well are you worried now?

Bulls Get The First Pick In The NBA Draft, Who Will They Take?

The Bulls had a 1.7% chance to get the first pick in the NBA draft and they were able to move up 8 spots to get it. Now they have their pick of Derrick Rose or Mike Beasley.

Derrick Rose is from Chicago and he would get the fans and the city excited for next season. But wait a second, the Bulls already have Kirk Hinrich first off all. Plus they are already a jump shooting team so drafting a guard won’t seem to help them much although Gooden and Noah played pretty well down the stretch, plus they still have Aaron Gray.

Beasley would give them some volume lost post scoring which they haven’t had since Elton Brand was in town. He can also step back and shoot the basketball. I think he would be good alongside Deng and Noah in the frontcourt.

As much as people have talked about point guards the last few years because of Paul and Williams I think they should go with Beasley. They need low post scoring more than they need a guy to run the offense.

Lakers vs. Spurs, Matchup Problems For Both Teams

The Lakers and Spurs will meet in the Western conference finals and it should be a great series. One of the things that stands out the most about the series are the matchups. I look at the Lakers and say who will guard Ginobili? Kobe can guard him but that would get him in foul trouble. Lamar can try his best but he would end up getting beat or getting in foul trouble too. You also have to wonder who will guard Duncan. Radmonovic is not a good defender and Pau or Lamar would get in foul trouble trying to cover Duncan and the Lakers don’t want that. One thing the Lakers could do is start Turiaf instead of Radmanovic but I doubt they would do that.

Now, look at the Spurs side you have to wonder who will guard Lamar.  I am sure the Spurs will put Bowen on Kobe. If Ginobili is starting that would put him on Odom which would be a tough cover for him. The Spurs could as put Ginobili on Radmanovic and put Duncan on Odom but Odom would abuse Duncan just like he did Boozer.

It will be very interesting to see how both teams matchup defensively in game one.

Celtics vs. Pistons Preview

Surprisingly the Celtics finally got past the Cavs. Now they have to look ahead to a matchup against the Detroit Pistons. It should be a decent series as long as both teams can put the ball in the hoop. I am not trying to see a bunch of 70 and 80 point games.

Detroit will win this series for several reasons, they are deeper, they are more experienced, they have an edge at the point guard position, they have several bodies that can guard KG, they can put length on Paul Pierce, they can win on the road, and they are a good defensive team.

Boston struggled to get past Atlanta and Cleveland so their is no way they can get past a much better Pistons team.

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