NBA Finals Game 6 Live Blog: Boston Checks Out, And So Do We
- Shannon Brown slams another dunk home that was better than anything he did in the dunk contest. Please spare me the "what can Brown do for you" jokes. Oops, nevermind.
- For a man coaching a team trailing by 19 points, Doc Rivers seems pretty composed. Good for him. He's a better man than I am.
- Then again, he's also right: the Lakers have let up a bit, just like their crowd, which has settled into it's regular-season form.
- Jeez, it's painful to watch Kevin Garnett do his customary goaltend after the whistle routine nowadays. All he can do is push you, like he did with Lamar Odom right there.
- I'm starting to think that ABC pays Mark Jackson to be the cliche man.
- Well, that was weird: Ron Artest just occupied the bottom spot on the free throw, and Pau Gasol was in the third position. Predictably, Glen Davis got the rebound. Predictably, it resulted in nothing.
- Rondo just missed another layup, got whacked by Ron Artest, and it all led to a transition three for Sasha Vujacic. The world is a worse place when Sasha is making shots.
- Rondo goes out, and immediately, the talk is about how he needs to be more of a scorer. I'm not sure about that, but he has to play better. Part of the problem is that the Celtics aren't grabbing enough defensive boards for Rondo to make an impact in transition. But most of the problem is that Rondo has failed in his task to manage the offense. The Lakers played great D, to be fair, but Rondo was so inactive off the ball that it made LA's life easier. He is the key to Game 7, which is appropriate because he's been the key to Boston's run to this point.
- It's now a 25-point game, and Mark Jackson owes Jeff Van Gundy a pizza. All is well.
- And with that, I'm closing this one up early. I gotta get my rest to do this again for Game 7. Yup, Game 7. I can't believe I'm saying those words for an NBA Finals.
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