I wonder if they will have Kobe guard Rondo. Its either that or they will have to give farmar and brown some pretty significant minutes.
the celtics are playing some really good interior defense right now. Oddly enough, it would seem the Lakers would want to force tempo against them. Pau Gasoft and Bynum won't want to go low. It would seem the lakers would be better served by taking bynum out of the equation more and forcing Garnett to have to match up on Odom and forcing Perkins/davis to have to guard Pau in the high post. On the perimeter, this would leave Pierce and Allen to guard Bryant and Artest straight up. I think the lakers really like those matchups.
The celtics are really surprising. They look like the best team in the league right now. I had passed them off for dead.
Lakers 4-2
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