NBA Finals Game Two Recap

Game Two was the Ray Allen show early, and the Rajon Rondo show down the stretch to clinch the victory and tie the series at one heading back to Boston for Game Three.  Allen put on a shooting clinic, making his first seven shots from behind the arc, scoring 27 first half points before his first three-point miss.  At the end of the day, Allen finished with 32 points, but it was Rondo who stole the show and solidified the win for the Celtics down the stretch.  Rondo ended up with a triple-double, 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.  He had a typically stellar Rondo performance dishing the ball out, and creating for other players to score as well.  The one negative for the C’s, however, was Kevin Garnett’s second poor performance of the series.  As the talks of KG on the decline increase, he only perpetuated the dialogue by scoring 6 points and pulling down only 4 rebounds while in foul trouble the entire game.

On the Lakers’ side of things, Pau Gasol had another great game, scoring a team-high 25 points.  Andrew Bynum put in a great performance, scoring 21, and was largely responsible for KG’s lack of impact for the Celtics.  Kobe Bryant also added 21 points, in an underwhelming Kobe performance.  Ultimately, however, the Lakers fell short on the defensive end.  They had no answer for the Celtics’ guards, especially Allen.  If they are going to regain the series lead, they have to stop the likes of Allen and Rondo, while hoping that the Celtics’ big men, especially Garnett, don’t pick up their play.

With the Celtics evening things up, sending the series back to Boston for three games in a row, SeatGeek has noted a profound effect on ticket prices on the secondary market.  As seen below, tickets have continued to rise, and with the Celtics’ win, the series is guaranteed now to go at least five games.

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