How strong is the Boston's Defense, and what is the power of the Boston Garden?
Check USA Today--
Before the series starts, USA Today had a poll and many vote for Lakers in 6, I guest mostly based on the following factors
1. LA has been real good in all offensive cylinders and they are real strong throughout the Western Conf
2. Boston's visiting games were not impressive at all
3. Boston's offensive talents seems comparatively weak
4. most will guess the series will tie at 1-1 and return to LA, and back to Boston with LA leading 3-2, hence LA finally wins at 6
In the realistic is, the Boston's defense (mostly drove by KG) and the home crowd took control
1. Home Crowd shown lots of passion, with 16 titles, (most in NBA history), 22 years of waiting is too long
2. Gm 1, the score was close through 3 quarters, home team managed the game and finally win by 10
3. Gm 2, home team was strong enough to halt LA's miracle came back
4. Gm 4, Celtic's defense cool down LA and enhance their offense and complete the miracle came back to beat LA
5. Gm 6, though I didn't watch the game at all, but I can imagine how crazy is the home crowd, unless you are the Championship team of 90's Chicago Bulls or 80's Lakers, I think any other team of Basketball history will be drawn by this crowd; this young Lakers are definitely not enough. This is not just mental toughness, this requires a lot of experience, team spirit and confidence to overcome such environment.
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