Let’s hope:

Pau shows up and doesn’t let KG punk him out;

Bynum uses his “length” and size against an undersized Kendrick Perkins;

Ron Ron shows us what a healthy stopper actually looks like;

Kobe plays like Kobe in both halves;

Fish doesn’t get beat too badly every time down the floor and forces Rondo to his left;

Lamar bucks his daytime blues habit and gives us some offense and plays good defense against whatever “mobile” BIG he guards; and

The “Bench Mob” makes more than a cameo appearance.

Lastly, lets hope for a Laker victory. Even though I am one of the main ones saying it, let’s hope we shed the “SOFT” label.

Thanks Kurt, I hope we send you out a winner!!!

The key would be Kobe floating Rondo denying him the penetrations and ready to help, bothering the cuts and passing lines. He’s fast enough to flash and and recover to Rondo to prevent his penetration. Rondo isn’t confident enough to punish from the midrange, the Lakers should aim to make him a shooter.

If KG and Ray really are loosing their legs and Rasheed is beyond the reach of any fitness coach, then Celtics have fundamental problems that they will just have to live or die with.

I dont believe Fisher is any worse than last year, and that leaves us with a lag of outside shooters and Kobe´s health as central issues… Id trade for those problems if I was in charge of the Celtics.

Also a good post talking to someone who knows their team.

We knew that the day the Celts beat in the Finals that our team would getter, but the Celts would get worse because of the age. Now, it’s really showing it. Before age catches up with our team, we need to squash these Celtic maggots mercilessly. I hope we rip their heart out with a double digit win and make their crowds groan everytime Kobe hits a turnaround jumper or Bynum and Pau score inside off a brilliant interior passing.

Go Lakers!

What? Oh please… both fan bases know exactly who beat whom every year.

As a matter of fact, they are still living the 2008 Finals as if it were yesterday!

Personally, I went to every home game against Boston all those years that they were terrible just to enjoy their misery!

Tomorrow means an awful lot. My group of guys are playing ball early so we can all get in front of the TV and not miss a second of the game.

Come on Lakers, beat ‘em by 40!

Preview and Chat: The Boston Celtics

@Kurt – I believe up until we won the chip last season, the personal record was about 11-0. The phone-ins (props to chris h) was about as incredible and unbelievable as well.

Then again, we could also make a case that Pau Gasol has come over to LA since then

@Zephid – lets just make it secret tradition – not written but never forgotten.

@CraigW – right sir, back in 07-08, gameday posts come up at 1-2am Philippines time and I am usually still up at those times. I have since given myself curfew that I do not go beyond 2am except on nights when I go out for Mahjong.

@Celtics – “Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.”

– Sun Tzu

Also, congrats Kurt. I know its late. I think you will do great at the next level.

Anyway, welcome to FB&G good sir.