Rasheed Wallace Key in Game 7

Game 6 ended in the lowest offensive output by a team in Celtic Finals history, as the Lakers have now forced a Game 7. All year long this Boston team has done things the hard way and this Finals series is no different. The Celtics lost 89-67 last game and it seemed that they weren't mentally and emotionally vested in the contest. Seemed to me as if they were using two games to win one game and that once they were down big, they were already waiting for Game 7. I don't understand why Doc Rivers never calls a timeout in this series? The Celtics seems to lose almost every first quarter this series and Doc lets enormous leads balloon out of control before he calls time. In Game 7 if you are down by eight by all means please call a time out, and draw up a three for Ray Allen or bring in Nate Robinson for some instant offense.

Against Cleveland Kevin Garnett proclaimed to his team that (in Game 6) "this is our game 7" and they went on to close out the series. Where was this intensity for Game 6 of the 2010 NBA Finals? Why would you want to give Kobe Bryant a Game 7 at home? Bryant is now one win away from his fifth NBA Championship and you know he is going to leave it all on the court.

For all the praise I have given this team over the course of the postseason, it is still undeniable that this team is taking the hard road. Doing things the hard way and at the last minute has become the M.O. of the Celtics this year. With Kendrick Perkins being injured for this game things are looking grim for the Celtics. Yet, despite all of this I trust in the Big Four to assert their will over the Los Angeles Lakers. This may be KG's last finals ever and you know he will whip up a maelstrom  of emotion along with Rasheed, Big Baby, and Nate bringing a fury of the bench.

However, I am looking most to Rasheed Wallace to shine in his role as a spot starter tonight for Perk. Sheed has defeated the Lakers before in the Finals as a member of the Detroit Pistons. A Laker team that had notable players such as; Kobe in his prime, Shaq O'neal, Gary Payton, and Karl Malone. He will need to rekindle that same emotion and tenacity of the defensive end, (he displayed in the 2005 Finals) while also hitting a few clutch threes. Most of this series Wallace has been left wide open at the top of the key, but has been missing too often to be guarded. Look for Sheed to knock down his shots and assert his will on the block while playing solid defense. There is no certainty this will happen, but this is what the C's need to happen tonight. Rasheed Wallace is known as a big time player, one whom puts forth his greatest effort on the biggest stage.

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