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  • >> Mike: THE ABSENCE OF THE NBA

  • FINALS, NOT AS LONG AS IT WAS IN

  • BOSTON.

  • FOUR YEARS SINCE KOBE BRYANT AND

  • THE LAKERS PLAYED A FINALS GAME

  • IN FRONT OF THE HOME CROWD.

  • AGAIN, THEY'RE DOWN 0-2, AS WE

  • GET SET TO GO.

  • LET'S CHECK IN WITH OUR SIDELINE

  • REPORTER, MICHELE TAFOYA.

  • HEY, MICHELE.

  • >> Michele: HEY, MIKE.

  • IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS TEAM LOST

  • GAME TWO IN BOSTON, PHIL JACKSON

  • CALLED ATTENTION TO THE

  • OFFICIATING.

  • JACKSON SAID AFTERWARDS, I'VE

  • NEVER SEEN A GAME LIKE THAT IN

  • ALL THESE YEARS I'VE COACHED IN

  • THE FINALS.

  • UNBELIEVABLE.

  • THE NBA DID NOT FINE JACKSON FOR

  • HIS PRARNGS AND, TONIGHT, HIS

  • PLAYERS PLAN TO BE MORE

  • AGGRESSIVE.

  • AND AS KOBE BRYANT TOLD ME, PLAY

  • THROUGH THE CONTACT, AND HOPE

  • THEY GET SOME CALLS, MIKE.

  • >> Mike: ALL PART OF THE

  • ACTIVITY BETWEEN GAMES IN THE

  • PLAYOFFS, MICHELE.

  • SO, THE LAKERS, 8-0, AT HOME IN

  • THE PLAYOFFS.

  • KOBE BRYANT, SPIN MOVE.

  • SHOT WON'T GO.

  • PAU GASOL, THE REBOUND.

  • INSIDE, RADMANOVIC.

  • I DON'T KNOW IF HE LOST IT OR

  • RAY ALLEN GOT A PIECE OF IT.

  • EITHER WAY, THE CELTICS HAVE

  • THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.

  • >> Jeff: AND RIGHT AWAY, YOU SEE

  • KOBE BRYANT ON RONDO.

  • AND FISHER ON RAY ALLEN.

  • >> Reporter: SOME ADJUSTMENTS

  • EARLY FROM THE TEAMS.

  • PIERCE.O

  • RONDO, PASS UP TO PERKINS.

  • PERKINS INSIDE WITH A NICE PLAY.

  • BOTHERED BY EEN

  • THAT HIGH ANKLE SPRAIN THE LAST

  • COUPLE OF GAMES, WITH THE FIRST

  • TWO POINTS IN THE GAME.

  • >> Mark: AND PEOPLE WONDER,

  • WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE, KOBE ON

  • RONDO?

  • WHAT IT DOES IS ALLOWS KOBE

  • BRYANT TO BE A ROLE MODEL ON THE

  • DEFENSIVE END.

  • HE DOESN'T HAVE TO BE LOCKED

  • DOWN.

  • >> Mike: FISHER TO GASOL.

  • PAU GASOL.

  • DOES NOT GET THE ROLL.

  • PIERCE, THE REBOUND.

  • HE'S FOULED BY ODOM.

  • ODOM HAS BEEN IN FOUL TROUBLE IN

  • IF FIRST TWO GAMES.

  • FIVE IN GAME ONE.

  • FIVE IN GAME TWO.

  • KIND OF A HARSH STATEMENT AFTER

  • GAME TWO.

  • HE SAID THAT ODOMS, AT TIMES,

  • LOOKED CONFUSED OUT ON THE

  • FLOOR.

  • .

  • >> Mark: THAT'S KEY.

  • YOU HAVE TO KNOW YOUR PERSONNEL.

  • ODOM CAN ACCEPT CRITICISM.

  • PHIL JACKSON UNDERSTOOD THAT.

  • PUSHED THE CORRECT BUTTON.

  • >> Mike: ALLEN MISSES.

  • LAMAR'S OKAY WITH THAT.

  • THAT WAS HIS QUOTE EARLIER

  • TODAY.

  • I DON'T KNOW IF ODOM FEELS THAT

  • WAY.

  • MISSES THE SHOT.

  • HERE COME THE CELTICS.

  • ALLEN, TO RONDO.

  • A WILD LAYUP.

  • AND THE REBOUND.

  • AEN WITH THE STEAL.

  • SHOT EARLY. A

  • AND OFF THE MARK.

  • >> Jeff: ONE OF THE THINGS I

  • LIKE ABOUT PUTTING BRYANT ON

  • RONDO, IS THAT THESE TWO CROSS

  • MATCHES IN TRANSITION, SHOULD

  • LEAD SO SOME MISMATCH

  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR BRYANT AGAINST

  • RONDO.

  • >> Mike: AND A FOUL, AS GASOL

  • WENT UP.

  • HE'LL GO TO THE FREE-THROW LINE,

  • AS PERKINS PICKS UP HIS FIRST.

  • >> Mark: YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE

  • MINDSET OF KOBE BRYANT, HAS NOT

  • SCORED.

  • BUT THE FIRST PLAY IS A POST-UP

  • MOVE.

  • THE SECOND PLAY, ATTACKING THE

  • PAINT AREA.

  • HE IS TRYING TO FORCE THE ISSUE

  • OFFENSIVELY.

  • >> Mike: KOBE BRYANT, VERY HARSH

  • ON HIS TEAMMATES IN SOME HUDDLES

  • IN GAME TWO.

  • TALKING ABOUT BEING MORE

  • AGGRESSIVE.

  • THEY HAD A TERRIFIC FOURTH

  • QUARTER, AFTER GETTING

  • EMBARRASSED THROUGH THE FIRST

  • THREE-PLUS, WHEN THEY DOWN BY AS

  • MANY AS 24.

  • PERKINS GETS THAT OFF THE MISS.

  • AND RADMANOVIC IS GIVES THE

  • FOUL.

  • WHAT MICHELE TALKED ABOUT, THAT

  • WAS A BIG STORY IN GAME TWO.

  • THE FREE THROW DISPARITY WAS

  • 19-2, IN THAT FIRST HALF.

  • AND PHIL JACKSON SAID, HE DIDN'T

  • REALLY TALK TO HIS TEAM ABOUT

  • THAT.

  • HE CERTAINLY TALKED ABOUT IT IN

  • THE MEDIA.

  • BUT DIDN'T TALK TO HIS TEAM

  • ABOUT IT.

  • JUST TOLD HIS TEAM TO BE MORE

  • AGGRESSIVE.

  • WE UNDERSTAND IF YOU READ THE

  • NEWSPAPERS, THEY UNDERSTAND

  • WHAT'S GOING ON.

  • BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE THE PRESSURE

  • OFF OF YOUR GUYS.

  • THEY HAVE TO RESPOND, AS RONDO

  • SAVES THE BALL OFF THE BODY OF

  • RADMANOVIC.

  • THOSE GUYS. IS ON

  • >> Mike: "MAGIC" JOHNSON,

  • WATCHING THE ACTION ON THE

  • SIDELINES.

  • ONE OF THE LAKER CELEBS.

  • ONE OF THE FORMER LAKERS IN

  • ATTENDANCE HERE AT THE STAPLES

  • CENTER.

  • YOU SAW THE GREAT BOSTON GREAT

  • AT THE GARDEN, AS GARNETT

  • MISSES.

  • JERRY WEST, KAREEM ABDUL-JABBAR,

  • MAGIC, ALL IN ATTENDANCE FOR

  • GAME THREE.

  • BRYANT DOUBLED.

  • FISHER.

  • GOOD HELP DEFENSE FROM PIERCE.

  • FISHER TO THE BASKET, WON'T GO.

  • REBOUND.

  • HERE'S PIERCE RELEASING.

  • TRYING TO TRACK IT DOWN AND

  • CAN'T.

  • AND PAUL PIERCE GOES CRASHING

  • INTO THE STANDS.

  • THIS IS FAMILIAR TERRITORY.

  • IN THAT SPOT

  • INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA, A STONE'S

  • THROW AWAY.

  • IT'S A HOMECOMING FOR HIM.

  • >> A LOT OF PEOPLE COURTSIDE,

  • GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH.

  • >> Mark: YOU CAN TELL YOU'RE NOT

  • IN BOSTON.