Glen "Big Baby" Davis has had a good series, but I didn't expect him to go off like he did last night. Big Baby, Nate Robinson, and the rest of the Celtics bench took over in the fourth quarter as they led the Celtics to a 96-89 win to even the series at 2-2. I couldn't believe the Lakers starters allowed them to ball out of control like that. Not to mention how Lamar Odom couldn't defend Big Baby and how Nate was scoring at will. I don't expect the bench to play that well again, but it was great to see your bench players step up. By the way, where has Kobe Bryant been in the last two fourth quarters of this series? Let's take a look of what I learned in Game 4 of this series.
"Big Baby," Lil' Nate, and the Celtics bench stepped up when it mattered!!!!!
Doc Rivers went with Suns coach Alvin Gentry's approach and stick with his bench players to takeover in the fourth quarter. The Celtics bench scored 21 of the team's 36 points in the fourth quarter in 9:09 of the quarter. Glen "Big Baby" Davis scored nine of his 18 points in the fourth quarter to lead his team to victory. "Big Baby" has stepped up for the majority of this series, but this was his best game of the series. Did you see how he bullied Lamar Odom in the post? He went left with his shoulder and was able to get easy layups. Odom can't let that happen despite the fact that Davis is much wider then he is. I'll always enjoy the moment when the Celtics were up 68-64 when Tony Allen missed his layup and "Big Baby" grabs the rebound with the put back and the foul, especially when Nate Robinson jumped on his back as Davis was drooling like a "Big Baby." Nate played 17 minutes and made his mark while Rajon Rondo was on the bench. Nate drop 12 points and even made Odom scared to put a hand up as he was hitting some jumpers and floaters. Come on Odom he's 5-9 are you kidding me? The Celtics bench outscored the Lakers bench 36-18 in this contest. The Lakers role players have to play much better in a very important Game 5 in Boston on Sunday.
Where is Kobe Bryant in the fourth quarter?????!!!!!
Once again Kobe Bryant, who finished with 33 points, played well in the first three quarters then he was very tired in the fourth quarter. Kobe scored 12 points but he was only 2-for-6 from the field. Kobe has combined for 14 points on 3-for-12 shooting in the last two fourth quarters of this series. Yes I understand he played a total of 87 minutes in the last two games, thank you Phil Jackson for playing him too much, and was double-teamed on some of those possessions, but facts are facts he's not shooting the ball well. He didn't handle the ball well either as he had seven turnovers the entire game. Tony Allen better stay on Kobe as much as possible if the Celtics want to win this series. He has done a great job shutting him down at times in this series.
Paul Pierce bullies Ron Artest the entire game!!!!!
What ever happened to Ron Artest on the defensive end against Paul Pierce? Pierce led the Celtics with 19 points on 7-for-12 shooting. He was able to drive to the basket, hit jumpers, and draw fouls as much as he wanted. Artest never looked as bad on defense as he did in this game. Pierce only made 7-for-23 baskets in the last two games prior to this game. What's up with Artest in this series on the offensive end. He's only averaged 8.0 points and only shot 11-for-34 in this entire series. Artest better wake up on offense sooner or later but it's when he doesn't perform well on defense is when he falls apart.
Andrew Bynum's knee not getting any better!!!!!
Andrew Bynum only played 12 minutes in this game but didn't step on the court at all in the second half. You knew something was wrong with his knee as he was showing signs of discomfort on the basketball court. As he head back to the bench at the start of the third quarter, you knew he wouldn't be back in this game. The Lakers better be thankful they have two days off, as they hope his knee will get better for the next game.
Fouls, Fouls, and more Fouls!!!!!
I've never seen horrible officiating in my life like I've seen in the NBA Finals. Both teams combined for 44 fouls in this game. It wasn't like they were obvious fouls, they were nothing but touch fouls or when a player bumps into him and the defensive player was called. For instance Rasheed Wallace's second and third of his fouls were insane. Tell me why he was called for playing great defense. Get it together refs this is the NBA Finals not the Summer League.
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