Leprechaun Bench Comes up Strong, Series Tied at 2

I figured if the Lakers need to cross the street, instead of just walking in a straight line, they'll probably, walk in their hands, blindfolded, while skipping backwards to the rhythm of “I Love LA”, why? Nothing is easy when it comes to the Lakers, The Lakers shot 35% from the field, 35% from downtown, hit 18/22 freebies, to the Celtics 44.6%, and 25% from downtown, average performances by the Boston starters, strong games from Gasol and Kobe, even LO and Artest had decent games, and they still blew it. They had it in their hands to take a commanding 3-1 lead, but no, why take command, let’s tie up the series and make a liar out of Pierce, and give the Leprechauns a chance to be 1 game away from the 18^th title. All the champs had to do was hold on to a small lead, but a lead none the less in the 4^th, did I mention all they all they had to do was against the reserves? So what happened? Big Baby came and slobbered all over the Lakers literally. Davis matched the whole Lakers bench output for the game doing massive damage in the 4^th, with help from Krypto-Nate, and ‘Sheed who played solid D and hit a late 3 to give the Leprechauns much breathing room. The Celtics had 6 players in double figures to the Lakers 3, once too often it seems the Lakers are waiting for Kobe to have his usual Mamba moment that has yet to arrive. The Lakers let this one get away from them, now Boston has momentum.

Leprechauns

Tony Allen - 3 pts, 3 rbs in 18 mins, does not have the offensive numbers, Posey had 2 years ago, but no one can question his hustle and great job he has done on Bryant when he is on.

KryptoNate - Combined with Big Baby for 30 pts, he scored 12 in 17 minutes bringing much needed energy that the Lakers starter or bench were not able to match.

‘Sheed - Picked up another technical, made onle 1/5 shots, but played great D, and the lone shot he made gave the Celtics a 9 point lead at the time, you suck ‘Sheed, what happened to the ‘Sheed of the regular season? Hater.

Big Baby - Davis was second in the team in scoring and pretty much won the game for them, totally outplaying the Lakers on the floor and making Lamar look silly. Big Baby energized the team, the crowd, pretty much he just wanted it more, no one on the Lakers matched his intensity.

Grumpy - Logged in only 25 mins, mainly due to Baby having his best game of the playoffs, still chipped in 6 pts, and a team high I rebounds, 7. Perk has not blocked a shot this series.

KG - The big ticket, who now is more a jump shooter, had decent numbers 13 pts, 6 rbs, 3 assists. He has yet to get double figures rebounds, you know I’ve read where Lamar has been critized for not pulling double figures rebounds yet, even though he plays off the bench, and has Gasol and Bynum as team mates, but KG, no critics, just sayin’

Rondo - Terrible from the floor 5/15, only 3 assists, yet his team wins, damn LA dropped the ball on this one, any who, Rondo did have 3 steals and 5 rebounds, a bit of everything.

Pierce - The Lie had his best shooting game 7/12 and led the Celtics with 19 pts, he also pulled down 6 boards, and dished out 5 dimes.

Allen - Bounced back from his horrendous shooting display, only to shoot only 4/11 for 10 points, he also had 5 rebounds. Ray has missed all his 3s since making the 8^th one back in game 2. Weird.

Champs or should I say Chumps?

Broken Machine - 7 minutes, 0/1 from the floor, and ah, hmm, that’s pretty much it, guess that's the reason he stays in the bench, next please!

Farmar - The future PG of the Lakers made 1 shot in 11 minutes, he did have 2 steal though, but 3 pts, and from the perimeter? Farmar does not use his speed and athleticism at all, speaking of which….

Brown - Shannon wants to be known for more than just dunking, well it’s hard to convince us fans, when you keep sucking like this. 2/5 for 5 pts, that’s it, unless you count 1 foul. Fail.

LO - The X-Factor chipped in 10 pts, 7 rebounds on 5/10 shooting, decent right? Not when Big Baby spined around your ass and made you look like the one who carrying the extra pounds. LO’s 4^th quarter defense was embarrassing.

‘Drew - Ah Shit! 12 minutes, 3 rebounds, no show in the 2^nd half, valiant effort by the big man, but Lakers clearly not the same when he’s not on the roster, the depleted bench looks even worse, without ‘Drew, Lakers will not win. Crap!

Ron Ron - 4/10 shooting, 9 pts, 7 boards, no steals, Pierce had his best shooting game so far versus him.

Fish - The hero of game 3 came down to earth or maybe the Celtics did pay attention this time and not let him do his heroics, which were utterly missed, 3/6, 6 pts.

The Spaniard - 21 pts, including 9/10 freebies, only 6 rebounds though, yes, he’s not getting the ball enough, but really he’s not demanding in it, shades of “Softgate” are being heard.

Mamba - 10/22 shooting, 6/11 from downtown, I’m sorry but if you’re taking 10 or more 3s, that better be your forte or be in one hell of a zone. I’ve said it before the Lakers resort to 3pt bombing, that’s what happens they bomb. Worse than his 3pt barrage were the 7 turnover he had, Kobe is too skilled to turn the ball over so much, and most are not missed passes it is defender getting a piece of the ball and Kobe flailing like he’s about to fly, c’mon Mamba, you’re better than this.

Player of the game: Big Baby Davis, 18 pts, 9 pts in the 4^th, came up big, no pun intended.

X-Factor: Now being known as Donkey to Big Baby’s Shrek, both combined for 30 pts, 11/18, 7 boards, 3 steals, 6/6 freebies.

Should Have Been Benched: Jordan Farmar, Perhaps the only Lakers player that can match the speed of Rondo or Robinson, but continues to be consistently inconsistent, that starting job next season is fading fast.

Laker Hater: Big Baby Davis highest point total in the playoffs so far, best game of the playoffs so far, absolutely hating.

Overtime: The only series the Lakers did not tie after 4 games this year was the sweep vs. Utah, Boston has yet to trail after 5 games in the modern big 3 era when they've been healthy.