Bryant Shown up Again as Celts Cruise
It’s official. Kobe is not MJ. All the chatter can stop now as MJ won in the finals and Kobe got smoked. NO MJ team would’ve been beaten by 40 in an elimination game. It simply wouldn’t have happened. Kobe disappeared after the 1st quarter again, much like he has for almost all the other games. He made 3 baskets after the 1st quarter and just couldn’t get anything to fall. I hear all sports radio talking up how physical the Celtics were but they weren’t more physical than the Spurs and Bruce Bowen. The difference was that when Kobe got past the first defender there were others just waiting for him and forcing him to dish to Vujacic or Fisher or Odom. The Celtics banked on it and it happened and they cruised.
The guy I’m most impressed with was James Posey. I’m with Van Gundy on this one. He did all the right things for that team. He specializes in the little stuff that most people don’t even notice but when you see a team play for 6 games you really appreciate what certain guys bring and Posey is a keeper.
On the other hand, the Lakers will be back next year and better than they were this year. They will start Fisher, Bryant, Odom, Gasol and Bynum and be just huge. Gasol can play power forward and Odom is athletic enough to play outside. I think they will be great if Bynum can show continued improvement. No matter what though, Kobe let the Lakers get embarrassed which is something the truly great ones don’t allow.
