Game 3 Thought
One thought. That was just a bad game.
From Sam Cassell forcing shots to Lamar Odom deciding running out the clock is for suckers and getting an offensive foul called on him, this was most certainly not a game for the ages. I'd love to sit back and say Pierce played poorly so the C's should have no problem winning when he's on but the fact remains that the Lakers also played like crap. Unfortunately, this is the kind of game that road teams have to steal in order to close out a playoff series.
I'm still sticking with my Celtics in 6 prediction but this was a giant step back. The C's were completely out of sorts. As I expected, they figured out the Lakers defense in the third but then they went away from it in the 4th and suddenly were back playing catch up and trying to adapt. They played desperate basketball in a close game. If the Lakers could hit a shot or Lamar Odom or Pau Gasol actually had shown up, the Lakers would have run away in the last quarter.
It was a bad game. I really wouldn't take a single thing out of this performance besides the fact that the Celtics can't let it happen again.
