Three feet high and rising

Certainly every game is the most important until its over, when the next game becomes the most important, but seriously, tonights game is the most important for this finals. Not necessarily for the reasons you might imagine though. The Celts going up 3-1 would be huge, the Lakers tying the series at 2-2 would be huge, but these two quotidian point pale in comparison to the more subliminal facets of the game:

We will see if Lamar and Pau and the will of underachievers can step up under the patronizing glare of the opposition; if these guys fail to overcome then the series will certainly go in favor of the Celtics, regardless of the outcome of this game. On the Boston side we’ll see if Rondo is a go for the rest of the series: all you athletes know this but with a sprained ankle, either its ok, or it’ll linger for weeks. If Rondo is stumbling tonight Boston is in a world of hurt – Cassel and House are much better shooters/scorers than Rondo but they have neither his swagger nor the rest of his game (handle, passing, D). Points do not need to come from the point, especially with the Big 3 hanging around.