Boston’s center Kendrick Perkins will not play in Game 7
Video: Kendrick Perkins grabs his knee after injuring it early in Game 6.
Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins will not play in Game 7 of the Lakers-Celtics championship series after suffering torn MCL and PCL ligaments in his right knee Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Doc Rivers said that his starting center will remain benched after landing awkwardly on his knee during the first quarter of Boston’s 89-67 Game 6 wherein they suffered a big loss to the Lakers.
“He’s not going to go,” Rivers said. “I’ll tell you that now. We’ll figure out the match-ups later.”
The injury occurred at the 5 minute, 30 second mark in the first quarter. Perkins went up for an offensive rebound after a Rajon Rondo-missed jumper. He leaped between Andrew Bynum and Kobe Bryant and landed awkwardly. He had to be helped to the locker room by his teammates and he did not return.
Perkins was on crutches during Wednesday’s media availability. He said he will have an MRI when he returns to Boston later this week.
With him out Thursday, the Celtics are without their most physical presence inside. Even though Rivers didn’t discuss how he would adjust his lineup or game plan, it figures that Rasheed Wallace, Glen Davis and Shelden Williams will help replace Perkins, with Wallace and Davis sharing the majority of the minutes.
“We’re capable enough to pick up the slack for Perk,” Davis said. “We’re sad to see a player like that go down. We need him so badly but someone has to step up. I’ll have to step up. Rasheed will have to step up. Shelden will have to step up. Kevin’s going to have to step up. Everybody is going to have to step up.”
Credit: Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times.
Lakers beat Celtics in Game 1 to take the lead in the NBA finals at 102 -89. A huge expectation for both teams as fans were cheering up their favorite teams and created an ambiance for the final match. The most noticeable thing was that it was the twelfth time these two teams have reached to the finals together.
Previously, these two arch rivals have presented a memorable final, back in 2008. Doc Rivers’s team was crowned as the champion, while Phil Jackson’s men contented with the runner up title.
Game Details
Kobe Bryant has 26 points, 4 assists and 5 rebounds for the Lakers, while, Kevin Garnett has 14 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound for the Celtics.
Lakers outdo Suns to set a rematch with Celtics
PHOENIX — Get ready, Boston, for a rematch with Kobe Bryant and his Los Angeles Lakers.
Bryant wrapped up a magnificent series with 37 points, Ron Artest added 25 and the Lakers held off the Phoenix Suns 111-103 on Saturday night to win the Western Conference finals.
The Lakers and Celtics, the NBA’s premier teams for much of the league’s history, will meet in the finals for the 12th time with Game 1 Thursday night in Los Angeles.
“We’ll see how much we matured,” Bryant said. “They challenged us extremely well in the finals a couple years ago. Now is a chance to see how much we’ve grown.”
Bryant scored nine points in the final 2 minutes, including what looked like an impossible 23-footer with Grant Hill in his face and 34 seconds to play. The basket put Los Angeles up 107-100 and the scrappy Suns were finished.
Amare Stoudemire, in what may have been his last game with the Suns, scored 27 points but struggled to a 7-of-20 shooting night. Steve Nash had 21 points and nine assists in his 118th playoff game, the most for anyone who has never reached the finals.
Bryant, with his 10th 30-point performance in his last 11 postseason games, moved ahead of Jerry West and into a tie with Kareem Abdul Jabbar for second-most 30-point playoff games at 75. He has a ways to go for the record – 109 held by Michael Jordan.
Channing Frye had 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Suns, who have reached the finals only twice in their history and never have won a championship. Goran Dragic scored 10 of his 12 points in a fourth-quarter rally that got Phoenix within three points.
The Lakers led by as many as 18 late in the second quarter and were up by 17 entering the fourth. But four Suns reserves plus Stoudemire got the Suns back into it after Los Angeles took a 91-74 lead into the fourth quarter.
“With a three-point shooting team like Phoenix,” Lakers coach Phil Jackson said, “you know that any lead is not impossible.”
With Bryant on the bench for a brief rest, Dragic scored the first eight points of the quarter to slice Los Angeles’ 91-82 with 10:27 left.
The Lakers’ Sasha Vujacic drew a flagrant foul for an elbow to the face of his fellow Slovenian with 11:18 to play. Dragic made both free throws, then blew by Vujacic for a layup to cut it to 91-80 with 11:12 left. Dragic drove for another layup the next time as Bryant made a hasty return to the court.
Suns coach Alvin Gentry stayed with the lineup, and the run reached 16-4 on Stoudemire’s layup after a slick pass from Dragic under the basket to cut it to 95-90 with 6:09.
Steve Nash and Jason Richardson finally re-entered the game with 3:26 to play and Los Angeles leading 99-92. Stoudemire made two free throws, then Nash cut it to 99-96 on a layup with 2:19 left.
Bryant sank a 21-footer, Lamar Odom stole Nash’s pass and Bryant made two free throws to stretch it to 103-96 with 1:43 to go. Four straight points by Stoudemire cut it to 100-95 with 53.1 seconds left, but Bryant responded with his dagger over Hill and the surprising playoff run of the undersized, overmatched Suns was over.
“I just got a little separation,” Bryant said, smiling.
Los Angeles outscored the Suns 23-10 over the last eight minutes of the second half to lead 65-53 at the break. After Nash threw up an air ball in the half’s waning seconds, Bryant sank a 3-pointer with 12.9 seconds left to give the Lakers the 12-point lead, their largest of the half, to the cheers of the surprisingly large and loud contingent of Los Angeles fans in the otherwise all-orange crowd.
Phoenix cut the lead to single digits only once in the third quarter, 74-65 on Stoudemire’s two free throws with 5:38 left. The Lakers responded with an 11-2 run, Artest’s layup in traffic making it 85-67 with 2 1/2 minutes remaining in the quarter.
Los Angeles led 91-74 entering the fourth.
NOTES: Los Angeles snapped the Suns’ six-game home playoff winning streak. … The Lakers have closed out a series in their first try eight of the last nine times. … The Suns set their franchise record of seven consecutive playoff victories in 1979. … Stoudemire’s mother Carrie handed out orange bandages to fans to match the one her son wore over the cut on his forehead.
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