Hey! Game 2 Is Here! What, Already?

Thanks for the three-day delay between games at the same site, NBA. Kobe might have to skip out on the Olympics with this series scheduled to go on for the entirety of the summer. Just more time for Paul Pierce to get ready to play act some more and Kobe to prepare to be swallowed up by more Celtics defenders. Does getting two road wins in the Eastern Conference Finals give the Celtics enough assurance to go to L.A. up anything less than 2-0?

And how will the Lakers respond if they are indeed down 2-0 leaving Boston.? To some, they seem to be taking their Game 1 loss a little too much in stride. Is it all a matter of knowing their star player is bound to take off in some point of the series?

Even though he led their charge in the second half, Mr. The Truth has been getting a ton of flak, and deservedly so, for his being carried and wheelchaired off with a knee injury, for which he has not received an MRI, only to dash back to the court a few minutes later. The Dumb Jock sees the ridiculousness in it, but fails to see how anyone pulling for someone as complaint happy as Kobe can make any noise.

Either way, assuming they play more than once every ten days, the series has some early indications of living up to a modicum of its hype.