2008 6 02 Gil Santos Commentary

[0:00]" It took the -- X twenty grueling games to dispatch the Atlanta Hawks Cleveland Cavaliers and Detroit Pistons to get to the NBA finals for the first time in ten years. Now with a few days to practice and rest up as well will start the NBA finals against the Lakers and renewal of NBA championship series passed on Thursday. NBA executives and TV people want to minute but Celtics Lakers have what they've been hoping for now they haven't. Interesting to note that the ESPN panel of so called experts say people most of whom have never heard of alt click the Lakers to win the series. Course I'm not a big ESPN fan because of action job -- to do on Bill Belichick and the Patriots but. I call the ESP and the syndrome to pick the Lakers will be falling in love with Kobe Bryant general. Yes he's a heck of a player and he probably will be the best player on the Florida any given time in the finals series -- questioned whether or not. The Lakers have enough overall fire power in their arsenal will overcome the Celtics Big Three of pierce Garnett and Ray Allen. The other Lakers can score points but it's reminiscent of some of those Celtics Lakers series of the eighties. Lakers -- offense -- which more of a lunch pail team would grind you down on defense and that's -- I think the Celtics have the -- eastern style defense. Against western style offense. I'll take the -- and with a week to rejuvenate themselves. A look for the Celtics to come out smoking and he touched the one thing about the NBA 232 finals formula is. The Celtics must win both garden games one and two then go out to LA for the three games and look to steal one of those. -- Richard. I'm -- WBZ sports"