Boston Celtics
Odom continues to struggle through Finals
05:30 AM EDT on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
LOS ANGELES - Lamar Odom still hasn’t played well in the NBA Finals, but he insists he’s not getting frustrated.
Odom fell into foul trouble for the third straight game. He had three fouls in a first half that kept him on the bench for all but seven minutes. Odom finished with four points on 2-of-9 shooting but still made some big plays to help his team win. Odom passed for two key fourth-quarter assists, one on a feed to Sasha Vujacic in the final two minutes that led to a critical 3-point shot.
“He’s going to keep shooting, keep shooting,” said Odom. “He played well. You know our guys off the bench have been the strength of our team all year. Tonight he got really hot. We want him to keep shooting.”
Odom was asked by a large media throng why his production hasn’t been up to par this series. “I didn’t get to play. Foul trouble,” was his response. “It takes you right out of the game. Every basketball player’s worst enemy is to come out of the game nine minutes to go in the second quarter. It’s tough. I just have to stay focused. We won. I just have to put it behind me.”
Here and there
Ray Allen is averaging a team-high 20.3 points in the Finals. Paul Pierce came in leading the Celtics with 25 points a game but finished with six last night…The Lakers are now 9-0 at Staples Center in the playoffs. That is one win shy of the NBA record for most consecutive home playoff wins in a season (five teams, including the `86 Celtics)….Kobe Bryant has 3,622 career playoff points. That’s fifth in Laker postseason history and only one point behind Elgin Baylor. Jerry West (4,457), Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (4,070) and Magic Johnson (3,701) are 1-2-3 in the team’s list.
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