SB Nation’s Lakers blog, Silver Screen and Roll, takes a look at Sunday night’s Game 5 between the Lakers and Celtics. In terms of predicting the future, C.A. Clark says, we may as well throw most of the talking points out the window.
Lakers-Celtics Game 5 Preview From Our Lakers Blog: Good Defense Is The Only Certainty
For both teams, and both teams' fans, every win has provided good reason to think the series will end with a positive outcome, and every loss provides plenty of reason to panic. How can the Lakers lose when they can out-tough the Celtics? Err, I mean how can they win when their bench provides them nothing? Sorry, I mean how can they lose when they can survive a rough shooting night from Kobe and still be on top? Oops, what I meant to ask was how they can win the series if they can't even win a game in which the Big 4 were big duds? More importantly, how can they win if Andrew Bynum can't play?
The truth about this series is that there is no truth (insert Paul Pierce joke here). At least, there is no truth that will maintain from one game to the next. You can count on both teams to play very good defense (aided by the fact that both teams don't play particularly strong offense), and that's about it.
He does touch on a few factors that could really help the Lakers out, such as Andrew Bynum’s ability to overcome his knee injury, Lamar Odom’s ability to rebound from a dreadful series, and the Lakers’ ability to neutralize the Celtics’ fast-pace advantage. Read the rest over at Silver Screen and Roll.
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