I'll start things off with a hearty...
Go Lakers!!!!!!!!
My Lakers better get the intensity up!! If Kobe has to take 30+ shots a game for them to have a chance, then I don't like our chances.
The biggest flaw which I STILL see is the lack of toughness in the Laker players. They don't have that 1 guy who everyone knows is in there to play hard D, foul the heck out of someone, get a big steal, etc. It will be interesting to see how they respond. When Boston hit them in the mouth last yr, they didn't hit back.....
Odom and Gasol look good when they are having their way, not so much against tougher teams. Fisher looks old, IMO. This is going to be a tough series for LA to survive.
GO LAKERS!!!!!!!
Kendrick Perkins cannot guard Dwight Howard. Problem is, their other options in the post are even weaker defensively.
Nuff said..............
Um not a Celts fan by any means, but I'm pretty sure Dwight has done worse against the Celts than any other team because of Kendrick Perkins, but even with that said, Perkins won't be able to hold him off alone for a seven game series.
Dwight's stats this year against Boston:
1. 14 pts, 15 rbs
2. 11 pts, 11 rbs
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3. 18 pts 15 rbs
4. 24 pts, 21 rbs
The reason for the division was that the first two regular season games were when Kendrick had help defensively from KG. Note how Dwight's stats improved when Kendrick was left on an island, so to speak.