- Photo: Bob Rosato/SI
All hail the mighty Lakers. We were not disappointed. It was a well-played 2010 NBA Finals.
On Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers won their 16th NBA championship, dramatically turning the tables around from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat the Boston Celtics 83-79 in Game 7. It was a nail-biting game.
“This one is by far the sweetest, because it’s them,” Bryant said, who scored 23 points throughout the game. “This was the hardest one by far. I wanted it so bad, and sometimes when you want it so bad, it slips away from you. My guys picked me up.”
They really did. It was an awesome display of team effort. There was Ron Artest who scored 20 points for the Lakers, Derek Fisher’s 3-points that evened out the score in the fourth quarter, Lamar Odom and, let us not forget, Pau Gasol whose 9 points during fourth quarter were so significant. These players shot and rebounded like their life depended on it. It’s now or never.
“Well, first of all I want to thank everybody in my hood,” Artest said in an interview after the game. “I definitely want to thank my doctors … my psychiatrist, she really helped me relax a lot.”
“I’ve got to take a deep breath. I’ve got to take some time to think about this,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said and expressed that this could be his last season, “This was great. I’ll wait to make that decision in a week.”
Even though was not at his best in Game 7, Kobe Bryant still secured the Finals MVP award after averaging 28.6 points in the series.
But let us also give credit to the Boston Celtics. That team played so well and showed plenty of hearts to win the game. It is worth noting that Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, scoring 18 and 17 points respectively, were awesome in the court.
Well, that’s it for the 2010 NBA Finals. Until Next year.
