04 Lakers vs 08 Celtics

[etopn23]

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You gotta stop using that if Malone was healthy stuff. I can say the same thing if KG is 100% or Ray Allen or Sam Cassell is 100%. Also you could say the same about if Sam Cassell was 100% in 2004 they would have won.

I agree with them, Malone sitting is the main reason Shaq and Kobe don't have 4 rings. Saying Malone was healthy isn't like saying if Allen or Cassel were healthy because IMO they didn't have the same sort of impact as Malone.

The Lakers looked like a completely different team without him.

[HarlemHeat37]

did you guys not watch that series? the Pistons D was great, and Kobe was taking horrible shots the entire series..he was driving into triple teams, taking shots from far while being double teamed..those were the 2 main factors IMO..Karl Malone doesn't make up for a 4-1 series, and the only win being by a game-tying shot by Kobe to take it into OT..Malone doesn't make up for that at all..

[bballcool34]

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ok so Ray Allen guards Payton or George and they go off

Ray Allen's defense has been better than in the past this year- whether because of increased effort or the overall team defense of the Celtics.

Payton wasn't going to go off on anyone, and neither was George.