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Staples stalemate
Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis, right, and Los Angeles Lakers guardKobe Bryant (centre), go after a rebound as centre Rasheed Wallace lookson during the second half in Game One of the NBA basketball finals,Thursday, June 3, 2010, in Los Angeles. (Photo: AP
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BY DEVARO BOLTON Observer TEENage writer UWI  
June 8, 2010

Staples stalemate

NBA Update Finals Edition

SO, we are two games into the 2010 NBA Finals and already this finals series has the makings of a historical phenomenon.

Aside from the fact that the rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics has transcended many a generation and aside from the fact that combined they account for over half of the NBA Championships, this series had already highlighted why these two teams deserved to be in the finals. Certainly to the disappointment of the Lakers fans, the series is all squared at 1-1. So, it goes without saying, that fans of the Celtics are ecstatic that their team has managed to pull off a victory, thus giving them home-court advantage provided that they win all their games in Boston.

In Game One of the series the Lakers got off to a crowd-pleasing start and after ending the first quarter with a 26-21 lead they never looked back.

At no point during the game was it expected that the Celtics would roll over and play dead but dominant plays on both ends of the court by the Lakers provided a series of lethal punches that the Celtics could not recover from. Kobe Bryant scored 14 of his 30 points in the third quarter and by then it was pretty clear who would take the first game of the finals.

Though the Celtics cut into the 20-oint lead established by the Lakers it proved to be too much as they were brushed aside 102-89. Winning Game One possibly all but secured the championship for the Lakers as Coach Phil Jackson has never lost a series within which his team won the first game (47-0), but as with rivalries anything is possible and the resurgence of the Celtics in Game Two may have provided a glimpse of this record being broken.

As did the Lakers in Game One, the Celtics set the pace of the game from the get-go as Ray Allen contributed 10 points in the first quarter helping the Celtics to a 29-22 lead heading into the second.

The name Ray Allen then slowly began moving towards recordbreaking feats as he drained five three-pointers within the quarter and added to two from the first quarter; he equalled the record of most three-pointers in a NBA final game held by Kenny Smith and Scottie Pippen with seven.

While this was happening Kobe was struggling to stay on the court as he got himself into early foul trouble and had to make the bench his friend for much of the first half, however, Celtics let down their guard and Kobe inspired the Lakers on a run which saw the Celtics lead cut from 13 to just six. Though they did manage to gain the lead and extend it to three, history provided the Celtics with a boost as Ray Allen separated himself from all the basketball elites in being the only player to score eight three-pointers in a single finals game with a gametying three midway the third quarter.

A great defensive unit managed to break Kobe’s run of 11 games scoring 30 or more points and in the end it was what allowed them to pull away in the fourth and claim a 103-94 win. Amidst the record-breaking feat Rajon Rondo contributed a tripledouble with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

With the Game Three being played tonight in Boston the winner of this game could set the series on another interesting path, let’s not pick a winner just yet.

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