Odom is not taking it to Perkins because that would affect Kobe taking it into the lane - and that would be against Bryant's high opinion that he alone should be given that lane and his teammates need to clear it for him, not the other way around.
When Kobe has tried, he is getting clobbered, as clearly is the intent of the Celtics and their game plan. While the refs are allowing the contact, Boston is getting to do what they want. See how that all changes in LA.
That is disingenuous at best, blatant stupidity at worst. Seeing as I do not think you are stupid, (team loyalty choices aside) I will give you the benefit of the doubt. Kobe, despite your silly assertion here, has demonstrated virtually this whole season, and in particular since the Gasol trade, his unflinching faith in his teammates, and his willingness to dish the ball when he is already in the paint to his trailing man, be that Gasol OR Odom, and you know it as well as I do. In fact, his penchant for trying to get his teammates involved early has been remarkable, his seeming to go away from that in game 1 in fact was glaring, so spare me the selfish Kobe inference, it holds no water. in fact if anything it opens up the post even more when opposing teams are forced to choose either to man cover which is a mistake because Kobe has no equals in there or give help defense which gives Gasol or Odom room to operate, and Kobe has been very, VERY unselfish passing out of the double team in the post.
You are right, it will likely change in LA, but that only shoots holes in your (and everybody else's) idiotic conspiracy theories because if LA was predestined to rise to the top, NO CALL WOULD EVER GO AGAINST THEM, and certainly the refs wouldn't have swallowed their whistles while Boston pounded LA into the ground in the second half last night, especially since I counted at least 2 clear and 1 fouls that weren't called when Gasol took in and at least 2-3 between Kobe/Odom as well. That doesn't account for the 38-10 FT differential because clearly Boston was being aggressive in the paint, but when you look at the fact that LA scored 40 points in the paint against Boston's only scoring 34 and yet Boston took 38 shots from the stripe, clearly the refs were being HORRENDOUSLY inconsistent, which, along with Skander, is my biggest beef with the NBA, BE CONSISTENT!!!! LA went away from their post game, but they played it enough that there is no way on earth they only go to the stripe for 10 attempts, that is nonsense, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a moron.
Be that as it may, same thing applies here as applied in game 4 (I believe) in the WCF, LA didn't deserve to win because they played a horrible 3rd quarter and by the time they adjusted, it was too late, had they not deviated from what was working, this game could have gone to the wire and they could have won it. While the comeback from 24 down with 7 minutes to go was impressive, they never should have been in that hole to begin with, as it is they shot 49%, which should have been enough, but let's not kid ourselves into thinking the refs didn't call the game very badly, just like they will do when it gets back to LA, I HAAAAATE it but again, it just validates that despite your opinion, there is not a bias in favor of LA, but rather just plain old incompetence.
