[QUOTE="hkhatir"][QUOTE="xscrapzx"] Oh here we go, and if Perkins started game 7 the Celtics would have won. Enough with fairy tale land, the kincks lost so no they aren't the better team by any means.nocoolnamejim
Im not a Laker fan but I am also sick of hearing how Perk was the "X factor" for that team.
The dude is your 5th best player. It's not like KG, and Pierce didnt play its f'ing Kendrick perkins.
And its not like Rasheed Wallace didnt have a good game in repalcing Perk. he had like 11 points and 7 or 8 boards.
It's also not like the Lakers were completely healthy either times they faced the Celtics in the finals. Last year, two Lakers required knee surgery in the offseason out of the Laker starting five. (Kobe and Bynum) A third player was playing with an injured shoulder. (Odom) In 2008, two Lakers starters were out with injuries THE ENTIRE SERIES. (Do you think Trever Ariza might, just MIGHT, have done a better job guarding Paul Pierce than Luke Walton or Vladimir Radmonovic? Think having Bynum in that series might have made it so Gasol/Odom didn't wear down?) Injuries are part of the game. You win or lose with the players you have available to you. Been that way for generations of NBA players. Champions find ways to win. (You didn't hear the Lakers complaining during Magic's rookie year when Kareem went down. They went out and won anyway.)Exactly. But Celtics fans are the kings of excuses and whining, no surprise there.
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