It's interesting the way people view these games. I keep hearing that this game was not typical of Kobe. To an extent, that's true. But then again, consider that he's played Boston three times this year and he's now shot 9-21, 6-25, and 9-26. That's a total of 24 of 72, 33.3%. As bad as he shot yesterday, he actually RAISED his percentage against them this year. Now, he's a great player and I do expect him to be better but last night wasn't as atypical as many people think it was. I'm reading about rim tricks and such. Amazing. As was pointed out, they do switch sides at halftime. I guess it could be possible that the entire arena emptied out at halftime and nobody noticed the leprechauns adjusting the rims during the break. The Lakers shot 41.6% from the field last night. Let's see. They shot 42.2% when they played in Boston earlier this season so maybe the rim tricks theory has some merit. Wait, wait. I'm reading that they shot 35.4% against the Celtics when they played in LA. There goes that theory.
So now, Boston has played the Lakers three times and won by 13, 19, and 10. Garnett has went 20-11, 22-12, and 24-13 against them. Pierce has gone 20-33-22. Allen has gone 18-19-19. The Celtics have held them under 43% shooting all three times and outrebounded them by 5,8, and 13. Yet last night was simply a lucky win for them because they toyed with the rims and because Kobe won't continue to shoot like that.
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