Smack / Jun 5, 2009 / 2:39 am
Game 1: Kobe scores 40, Dwight is quiet, Lakers appear invincible
In our NBA Finals preview/picks from yesterday, Dime’s Austin Burton wrote: “Kobe doesn’t have to drop 40 points a night and re-baptize Dwight Howard to bring home his fourth Larry O’Brien trophy and his first Finals MVP. He doesn’t have to outshine anything Jordan, Magic or Bird did in their championship years to drop the ‘He never won without Shaq‘ label. All he has to do is win. Whether he does it scoring 21 with seven dimes or getting 30 points on 30 shots, whether it takes four games or seven, he just has to win.” Or, as we learned last night, Kobe could drop 40 points and do the facilitating thing, which he did as the Lakers dominated in a Game 1 blowout … Read More »
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