Game One

Game one of the NBA Finals sure made it look like this series is going to live up to all the hype that is surrounding it. Kevin Garnett had a good game, and he was really good until the fourth quarter came around and he went 1 for 9 down the stretch; and that one was that beastly dunk he had in the last couple minutes, so technically he didn't really even make a shot. Ray Allen was good enough, and he even missed a free throw! Crazy! Kobe looked alright, but he wasn't spectacular either, as he missed a lot of shots that the Lakers needed to make in the last five minutes. Though it seemed like every Laker was missing, and the only time that they really even put points on the board in the last eight minutes was the two or three minutes that Kobe was on the bench. Though the story of the game was life long Celtic Paul Pierce. He wasn't doing all that great in the first half, and then in the third quarter he went down with what looked like a pretty serious knee injury. When he came back into the arena ready to play, the crowd went crazy. Pierce then checked into the game, and knocked down every shot he took, including two huge three-pointers which helped the Celtics put away the Lakers 98-88. Pierce was compared to Willis Reed who came back from a knee injury to help the Knicks win the title almost four decades ago. Reporters asked him about this comparison, and when he reentered the arena to rejoin his teammates and come back into the game, there where chants of "Willis Reed" heard throughout the Garden. However, Kobe and Laker coach Phil Jackson did not seem worried at all, and knew that they would just have to come out and play like they know how to in game two. It was a great game one that made it seem like this series will be yet another classic.