The Lakers played like they were still at a bar in Redondo Beach.
If I was the Lakers GM I would clean house of the useless European bricklayers. Gasol acted like he was totally intimidated. How many times in the series did he get a good entry pass at the free throw line and pass on the shot.
Bottom line is the Celtics had more heart, desire, better shooters and rebounding.
They wanted it more.
They did want it more, but they also play great defense, which the Lakers don’t, and I believe it came down to that.
Celtics can defend.
If the Lakers want to win a championship, I agree, stop with the euro bricklayers, get rid of the utterly useless Walton kid whose only their because of his name, get some players who can play defense, and get a shooting guard whose good enough to keep Kobe from going into me-me-me mode.
The only part I disagree on with you is Gasol. Keep him.
“...Gasol acted like he was totally intimidated...”
You’ll have to excuse Gasol. He played for the Memphis Grizzlies for a number of horribly losing years. He finally gets to the Big Time and he doesn’t react properly. Give him a break. It takes time to get re-programmed. He’s had a lot of losing in his career and it takes a while to flush all that out of your system. Maybe next year he’ll be better. The Grizzlies are a horrible team to come from.