Will We Gain Victory This Time?
Okay. I was totally upset with game 5. They were not the Lakers that I used to cheer. And I hope today’s game will be a different Lakers. Yes, home court advantage. But we can never tell.
Saw this post in TheLakersNation.com:
Perhaps the biggest discrepancy between L.A.’s play at STAPLES Center and at the TD Garden was how effectively the Lakers were able to execute in the paint.
As it turned out, the Lakers averaged 37 points in the lane in L.A. thanks largely to a powerful 48-point performance in Game 1’s 102-89 win, while Boston came in at 33 paint points on the other end. L.A.’s average might have been considerably higher had Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum not combined to take 25 free throws in Game 2, making 20, while Boston’s bigs attempted only nine foul shots.
But in Beantown, it was an entirely different story, the Celtics averaging 50 points in the paint through three games, and L.A. only 34.7.
The specifics:
FINALS POINTS IN THE PAINT
Game 1: L.A. 48, Boston 30
Game 2: Boston 36, L.A. 26*
*Not including the 25 FT attempts by Bynum/Gasol.
Game 3: Boston 50, L.A. 38
Game 4: Boston 54, L.A. 34
Game 5: Boston 46, L.A. 32In short, the Lakers were +4 at home, and -15.3 on the road.
Continue reading this Home vs. Road in the Paint article by clicking here.
It’s so hard to tell. Both teams are tough. All I can say is that, Good Luck my beloved Lakers! 🙂 Let’s win this time.