Please don't bring this nonsensical stuff to this thread. Keep it confined to the game 1 thread. Let's try to keep real discussion of the Finals alive somewhere.
yeah, game 1 was good for the Celtics bench with a strong showing by Sam Cassell - "Magic Johnson, Jon Barry"
they got out hustled, out coached, out rebounded, outdefended. they lost as an entire team. you were way off, JumpMan
I agree with all of that, but that's hindsight bias, so I still think it's a different series if Kobe plays as well as he played against San Antonio, don't you? They are the more talented team and they do have the better coach, they just depended on Kobe to get them going more than I thought they did and he didn't do that, instead he succumbed to the pressure and everyone else followed his lead.
but why did he suck so bad? because Boston was the better team. not Lakers, because Rivers was the better coach in this series, not Jackson. because the LAKERS DON"t PLAY DEFENSE.
