Erick Blasco

Powe was a monster attacking the rim that game. There were few bad calls regarding him attacking the hoop.

Awesome defense on two plays by Pierce. On one of them, Kobe made an amazing shot. On another, Kobe put up an airball. You have to live with Kobe's amazing shots and continue to work hard on defense.

I wonder if Kingfish will post a video of the biased Lakers officiating after this game...

JVG on Fisher: How can you keep falling for to same things, The guy's been around for what, 25 years?

Awful vision by Pierce, he has to see Fisher right on Allen closing the gap. There was no angle to pass there,

Terrific rotation by Pierce, but Bynum is simply too massive for him to stop.

That's great defense by Kobe. Not even on the charge. On the floor balance. He saw Rondo leaking out after his close on Fisher and made sure to prevent a run out. Good defense.

Walton turned his head there. If he's going to make defensive mistakes like that, he has to sit. His offensive stability isn't enough of a positive against a team like Boston.

Good screen away after the entry pass---JVG is on it, smart play by KG and Pierce to set up that Pierce three.

Awful closeout by Rondo, he didn't stay with Fisher on the drive and forced his teammates to play four-on-five.

The Celtics aren't defending the pinch-post well. The post man isn't sagging, and there's nothing coming from the weak side to help.

That's the problem with following Brown through the screen---Allen isn't just a catch-and-shoot guy, he can put the ball on the floor curling around the screen and hit the mid-range pull-up.

and after I say that Pierce gets posted for a score by Artest and turns the ball over on a spin move.

And then to shed Artest, Boston sets a double screen for Pierce, Artest can't fight through, and Pierce hits a tough layup through Andrew Bynum. Boston ran too many isolations for Pierce against Artest last season and Artest's defense was better than Pierce's offense. Using multiple screens is a way to get Pierce more of an advantage.

Great pass by Pierce, accepts the help and finds Perkins in stride for a layup. Pierce is playing very well at the start of this game.

Derek Fisher's hands are having a big impact on the defensive end for the Lakers

So long as the questions are appropriate (and I believe there is nothing tasteless about the questions being asked), you are obligated to answer them to the best of your abilities! I understand there may be some pressure involved, but it's up to you to find a way to not fold!

When is Prodigy going to answer his damn KIR questions! He has like two anyway. Why does he fold under pressure and why won't he step up as a leader. It takes him a week to figure out the answers to those two damn questions? No wonder he can't step up as a leader and folds under pressure. Step up Prodigy and stop folding!

That's all they got? Surprising.

That's a really good response article.

Kobe was one of the guys I'd take over him then. I'd also take Kobe over him now. I would take 2003-2005 Bibby over 2003-2005 chuckamatic Kobe who'd drive into a triple team with open players all around.

If a player generally doesn't give a damn about anything at all (except pizza, cryptic postgame comments, entry passes, and step-back jumpers going left), and has the benefit of Dwight Howard's screens, then that player's shooting in superclutch situations will be unaffected by the usual forces that regress percentages to the mean. Subsequently, that player will become BETTER in critical moments than at any other point prior. This has all been proven by advanced math and science. You know, Quantum Physics and such.

The Hedo Turkoglu theorem disproves that claim.

If you ran a nice little brush screen for Bibby in the early-mid 2000's, there are few guys I'd want taking a last-second shot. Bibby was incredibly clutch for those Kings teams, as reliable in big moments as Peja Stojakovic was unreliable.

Wilson Chandler, Paul Millsap, J.J. Redick, Chuck Hayes, Andris Biedrins, Al Horford, Kendrick Perkins, Andrew Bynum, D.J. Augustin, Brook Lopez