If you're the lower seed in the Finals, this is the kind of split (and momentum) that you'd want heading into Games 3 to 5.
Huge game by Boston's backcourt. It's LA's turn to make the adjustments. Gotta stop Rondo.
Ref's calls have played a big role in the first two games. Kobe obviously couldn't play effectively with the foul trouble, in the same way that Allen's game was affected in Game 1. I also thought Phil Jackson sat Gasol much longer than he should have in the final quarter. Odom wasn't helping anyway. But nice to see Bynum play well, despite the loss.
STAT (c/o gameface): under the 2-3-2 scheme (which has been employed 29 times in the NBA Finals), there have been only seven 3-0 sweeps in the three middle games – three by the home squad (1955 Fort Wayne Pistons, 2004 Detroit Pistons and 2006 Miami Heat), and four by the road squad (1953 Minneapolis Lakers, 1990 Detroit Pistons, 1991 Chicago Bulls and 2001 LA Lakers).
EDIT: Wonder why Chris Bosh is seen often at Laker games...