Someone Call 911...

Call the cops cause the Lakers got murdered last night, as the Celtics went on to win their record 17th championship . After dominating the Western Conference playoffs, the Lakers got beat up and down the floor last night. It even left red blood stains on Doc's suit, it was actually red Gatorade. The Celtics defense held the Lakers to 42.2% shooting, forced 18 steals, and if not for some garbage time buckets in the final three minutes the Lakers had only scored 85 points. They were able to stop the Laker's aggressive play by cutting off passing lanes and coming over to help when they saw the Lakers move to the basket.

Someone put out an Amber Alert for Kobe Bryant because he went missing after Game 3. The Celtics threw different personnel at him along with the double and triple teams. With different playing styles of Paul Pierce, Tony Allen, Rajon Rondo, James Posey, and Ray Allen it obviously put Bryant off his game. Kobe was held 34% shooting after Game 3 in which he scored 36 points off of 57% shooting.

The benches played a crucial part in this series. The team that received better play by their benches won each game. P.J. Brown in Game 1, Leon Powe in Game 2, Sasha Vujacic in Game 3, James Posey in Game 4, Game 5 was pretty much a draw, and Posey again in Game 6.

A classic series to remember for the ages that included Paul Pierce's heroic return to the court in Game 1, the Lakers' near comeback in Game 2, the Celtics' complete comeback in Game 4 and near comeback in Game 5, and then Ray Allen's return to help with the obliteration of the Lakers in Game 6. Mission 17... Mission Accomplished.