The signs are all there. It's a mortal lock. The Boston Celtics will, gulp, win game seven tonight and claim their 18th NBA Title.
And just how, prey tell, will the Celtics do this on the road minus starting center Kendrick Perkins?!?
1. Boston ain't shooting 33 percent again tonight! And that includes a dreadful 21 percent on treys. They may not be lights out tonight, but they can't possibly shoot as poorly as they did Tuesday night.
2. Ron Artest will not hit three treys tonight! He just won't.
3. Yes, Perkins is out, but Andrew Bynum is playing on one knee! He was a huge factor early in the series. The last two games, he has given the Lakers N-O-T-H-I-N-G.
4. We have no stats to prove this, but the team that gets blown out ALWAYS plays MUCH better in the next game! Everything went LA's way in game 6 -- Artest hitting three pointers, Kobe racking up...wait for it...rebounds, Pau Gasol nearly getting a triple-double, Lamar Odom grabbing Khloe Kardashian's ass 10 boards. Good gawd, man, Sasha Vujacic got 9 points in 14 minutes. On the Boston side, only Ray Allen played what could be considered a good game (19 points). KG, Pee-Pee and Rondo all had ho-hum games. What are the chances that all three go into the tank again tonight?!? Yeah, that ain't happening.
So we think it will be fairly close tonight, but we see Boston winning comfortably.
Celtics 91-Lakers 82.
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