Lakers Battle Back Against Boston But Still Lose

June 9, 2008

The Lakers got down by 24 point to the Boston Celtics but started to play some defense and knock down threes and they were able to cut the lead to two points but a bad foul put Pierce on the line where he hit both free throws. Then the Lakers were unable to get Kobe the ball, Vujacic missed a three and that was pretty much it after Boston hit two more free throws.

The Lakers have to change somethings fast if they want to win this series. They have to get to the free throw line. They have to stop complaining and get back on defense because Boston is not going to wait for them. They have to boxout and get rebounds. They have to switch up somethings on defense. I think they should play Vujacic more and put him on Allen and then put Kobe on Paul Pierce. Radmonovic on Pierce is a total mismatch. One of the biggest things the Lakers have to do is feed Gasol. Garnett can’t guard Gasol so Gasol should be getting more than 12 shots. I know Kobe is a monster but to me Gasol should be the go to guy for the Lakers, especially if he is making shots. In many games I have seen this season the Lakers will go to Gasol a lot unless he is messing up. This series he has been ballin but they pretty much freeze him out in the second half. He only scored 5 points in the second half.

If Boston wants to put this series away they have to play on the road like they did in the Detroit series. They have to show that defense they showed during the regular season because they have not really played great Defense in the series. They have to give Powe more minutes and they have to give Cassell less minutes because that guy is greedy.