Stealing from the tennis terminology, the NBA Finals are locked at 1-1 with the series shifting to Beantown. For the LA fans that are crying "foul" take note that all the Boston big men were at 4 fouls in the 3rd quarter. Kobe's 5 fouls? The only questionable one is the foul called as Rondo was falling out of bounds? Don't think the shoulder/head butt on Ray Allen was a charge? Watch the video and you can see that Sugar Ray's mouth was bleeding afterwards - cats usually don't bleed from not being hit.
As I've said time and again, the best PG in the NBA (and the only PG w/a car named after him) controlled the game. He was erratic at times but when Rondo pushes the ball the team wins. Throw in his rebounds and the random 3 ball he hit and he just brings that much more to the table beyond his court control, vision, and defense.
Also, credit goes to Andrew Bynum who just won't get any credit that he deserves. He's the difference maker for LA and the reason they were even able to hover around in game 2. It's interesting to see how the extended minutes, plus travel, plus games on Tuesday and Thursday (as close to consecutive as you can get in the Finals) will affect him.
For Lakers' fans that thought Ray Ray fell off, just remember that He Got Game
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