“My only worry for the Lakers is the Oklahoma Thunder team. They were the only ones who gave them any real trouble.”
The Celtics were up by 13 points in the 3rd Qtr of Game 7. I guess you don’t consider that trouble.
Celtics just didn’t have it in them and Ron Artest was the hungriest players on the court. Kobe was almost too hungry for it and it nearly cost them. But, the fact that this went to seven games was more a problem the Lakers were having than that the Celtics were a better or problem team.
The Thunder, on the other hand, have a young strong team. They lost because of their youth and inexperience while giving the Lakers the fight of their play off lives.