[recap] [box score]
There were some good things to take from Sunday's game, and some bad things. All in all, this narrow loss to the Lakers emphasized the weaknesses of these Celtics: poor rebounding; an ineffective bench; and an over-reliance on jump shots.
Despite those weaknesses -- and a terrible first quarter, and a lethargic afternoon from Paul Pierce, and injuries to our top two centers -- we had a chance to win this game. Brandon Bass missed a wide-open 15-footer with less than a minute to go that would have put us up. He had hit a handful of similar, more difficult shots in the game, but this one just missed. The Lakers got the ball to Andrew Bynum deep in the post on the ensuing possession, and the young fella dropped in a six-foot hook over Kevin Garnett to put the Lakers up three. Boston got a couple of difficult looks at a game-tying three, but they went begging.
Headed to the Staples Center tomorrow night for the game against the Clippers (thanks Liz!). I'll have a more in-depth discussion of the team after that one, I think -- I've got some NCAA blogging to do tonight.
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