Interesting stats from Elias Sport Bureau. Anyway, I'm still pissed off at BTV for cutting off the awarding ceremony during the replay.
LAKERS: 1ST TEAM TO WIN FINALS GAME 7 AFTER TRAILING ENTERING 4TH QTR
The Lakers became the first team in NBA history to win the NBA championship after having trailed going into the fourth quarter of Game Seven of the Finals. The Celtics led, 57-53, entering the fourth quarter of Thursday night's game.
The Lakers made only 32.53 percent of their field-goal attempts, knocking down only 27 of 83 shots, in defeating the Celtics. That was the second-lowest Game Seven shooting percentage in history for an NBA team that won the title; in 1955, the Syracuse Nationals made 26 of 80 field-goal attempts, or 32.50 percent.
Kobe Bryant, the Finals MVP, made only six of 24 field-goal attempts in Game Seven, for a mark of only 25 percent. That was the lowest field-goal percentage in the Finals by a player who took that many shots since Jerry West shot 6-for-27 vs. Boston in Game Four of the 1965 Finals, and it was the lowest ever by a player who took that many shots in a Game Seven.