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… The Los Angeles Lakers face off against the Boston Celtics in the 2010 finals. Although it will be a tough series I cannot see anything but a Laker victory. Here are the reasons why the Lakers will BEAT the celtics:

• Gasol will eat up Garnett…

You read that correctly. Garnett is not the player he once was. He makes mean faces and grunts and shouts when he grabs a rebound or blocks a shot…but Kendrick Perkins he is not…Not now and not ever. KG has always been an athletic big man who had great footwork, quickness and could hit a 15 footer. Hmmm that sounds like #16 on the Lakers. Only now KG is older and slower…relying more and more on the 15 footer than any inside presence. People always bring up the fact the Gasol got bodied up in the 2008 finals….that is true. Only it was not KG that bodied up Gasol. It was Perkins and PJ Brown that did that. KG is a poor man’s Gasol….and the Lakers have the real Gasol…

• Bynum will be big in the series

I do not expect Bynum to play big minutes or put up monster stats…all he has to do is take up space. Occupy the biggest body on the Celtics that would allow Gasol to work the Celtics other big man.  Bynum just has to make an effort to get rebounds and clog the middle on defense. Points are a bonus.

• Rondo will be just another great point guard the Lakers will face in the playoffs this year

Rondo is playing awesome..no doubt. But the Lakers just finished playing against Westbrook, D Williams and Nash. Where would you rate Rondo among those point guards..Right above Westbrook and below D Williams and Nash. That’s what t I thought. The Lakers have already played the best point guards in the playoffs..Rondo will be welcomed relief. That  is not to say the Rondo will not play great…but he will not have the impact so many in the media are saying he will

• Artest will eat up Pierce

This was exactly why Artest signed with the Lakers and why the Lakers wanted to sign him. Pierce was huge in 2008. Mostly because he was being guarded by VRad…not this time. Pierce saved the Celtics in 2008. It was a younger and hungrier Pierce. It was the Pierce that went toe to toe with Lebron James in the ECF. This Pierce was non factor against Lebron. This Pierce gets tired and becomes passive when another big body is banging him on defense. This Pierce will be swallowed up by the defense of Artest.

• Kobe

Kobe is on a mission…you heard that in 2008. But truth be told that Kobe was just happy to make it to the finals. He was asking for trade the summer before and all of the sudden they are in the finals? It was James Posey…a big guard with quickness that gave Kobe problems in 2008. Posey is gone…along with hope of containing Kobe in this series. Kobe has never played better and he knows what a victory against the Celtics means…he knows what avenging the embarrassment of 2008 means. Kobe gets one step closer to joining the Magic,Bird and Jordan circle.

• Roster changes

The Celtics lost alot of key role players from 2008…Posey, PJ Brown, Eddie House, Leon Powe and they replaced them with Wallace, Robinson and Tony Allen, a much better Rondo

The Lakers lost Vlad, Luke Walton, Ariza, Jordan Farmer…I know that Lakers did not lose Walton or Farmer but they no longer rely on them as much as they did in 2008. They replaced them with Bynum, Artest, Brown and Lamar off the bench.

I will take the Lakers improvements any day…

The Boston fans will witness another championship celebration on their home court….As Kobe joins Magic Johnson in being only the second team to celebrate the championship on the Boston home court…

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