Game 1 is in the books. Yawn.
Okay, I’m exaggerating a little. The game wasn’t too painful, but you never got the sense the Lakers were threatened.
Shouldn’t Perkins get that next technical out of the way soon? Because you know it’s coming. Serve the suspension early in the series and get back to what you do best: be a nasty agitator.
Speaking of agitators, Artest was in fine form. Not many guys can get away with taking a guy down like he did and have everyone just chuckle, “Oh, that’s just Ron being a knucklehead! Just Ron’s way of getting under an opponent’s skin!” But the way he and Paul Pierce went down, he could have dislocated or broken Pierce’s arm… which is actually pretty serious, and the NBA should fine and warn him. Fortunately for Pierce, Staples Center has plenty of wheelchairs on hand…
