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Whining about refs. Whispering about Pierce faking his injury. The worst part about living in LA is that even when the Lakers lose, you can't enjoy it because people complain so much and make up fake excuses as to why the Lake Show was shut down.
The Lakers didn't shoot well. The Celtics played some nice defense but they can't rest on their laurels and think how they played is going to be enough for the rest of the series. The C's defense had some lapses (especially on Fish in the first half) and, on offense, they made too many mistakes in the 4th when they should have been putting the final nail in the Lakers' coffin. Ray Allen's mistakes are most annoying; I don't mind him not being able to shoot but when he's bouncing the ball off of his foot and throwing ill-advised passes it's adding insult to injury.
On the bright side, Paul Pierce gave an elite-level performance and KG was strong. While his dunk in the 4th was great, the best move he had was a play or two after when he took the ball strong to the hole. Rondo was solid running the point and Sam Cassell made some big plays although he did have a senior moment in the middle of the game, forcing some shots and then passing up another when the shot clock was running out. PJ Brown was huge and helped the C's overcome Perkins' lousy game.
But the most intriguing part of this game to me was the fact that the Lakers didn't seem to have much of any fire. Even Kobe seemed eerily calm and in his post-game interview he seemed almost non-plussed by the loss. In fact, all of the Lakers seemed to kind of blow it off as if they'll easily step up and take game 2.
I can't wait for game 2.
