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Pau Gasol was bound to be perfect at one point this year. Despite what HoopData and the advanced stats tell us, he appears to be unstoppable with the mid-range which peaked in the 08-09 title run, abandoned him at times in 09-10 and most importantly, makes him virtually unstoppable. He can pound on the low block but he can flood with the 10-15.
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This bench. If providence somehow bestowed the Killer Bs and Caracter onto the Finals squad. Big Baby would've been laughed out of the room for trying to outmuscle Caracter and out-hustle barnes in Game 5. Nate Robinson, near tears from being smothered by MMA aficionado Blake would keep his thoughts about the similarity between the Celtics' bench and characters in the Shrek franchise to himself.
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We do not need to mention Kobe in discussing this game. He is the Predator Drone the Lakers hold in reserve for a cold night well into June when the bruising of opposing big men render Gasol slightly less than optimal, Odom's wildly fluctuating sugar levels lead a decrease in his +/- and Bynum's knee creaks through its brace. Kobe endures. Kobe will be there. He'll shoot around 45% but have average between 1.2-1.4 points per shot and the game will relinquish itself to him.
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There likely won't be a recollection until post-Turkey because the NBA passive-aggressively refuses to let its League Pass Broadband subscribers tune into NBA TV fan night games. The nearly 200 dollar chunk blown out of my depleted royalty checks to pay for the service is partially in vain.
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