written by:stacia_dossTwo years ago, the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers battled it out in the NBA Finals for the 2007-2008 championship. Tonight, they will do it again.
The two teams made up of fresh faces as well as arguably some of the best veterans in the league to ever play, will go head-to-head in Game 1 of the playoff finals from the Staples Center in L.A.
ESPN analysts weighed in to compare the '07-'08 Lakers and Celtics teams vs. the '09-'10 teams. While the Celtics won the championship after six games in 2008, experts say it won't be so easy for Boston this time around.
Even though the Celtics are back with once again with the even more talented point guard and team leader, Rajon Rondo, Kobe Bryant and the Lakers could have something in store for veteran players like Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, according to some ESPN sources.
I feel that stopping some of the bigger guys like Pao Gasol, Andrew Bynum, and Lamar Odom could be difficult for the Celtics. In the series against the Orlando Magic, the primary rebounder for Boston was Glen"Big Baby"Davis. The Lakers, however, have multiple rebounders that have more height than anyone on the Celtics' roster. It puts L.A.at an advantage in that aspect of the game.
I said in my last NBA post that the game would be interesting if it ended up being these two teams..and it did. I'm satisfied.
I'm not even going to discuss the pre-season or regular season stats for either of these teams. We've seen it too many times before to know that when it comes to the playoffs--the past means little to nothing.
I can't wait to see how this first game pans out.
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