LOS ANGELES -- Somewhere during the second quarter in Game 2 of the NBA Finals, Ray Allen slipped into that shooting zone only visited by real-life superstars and movie characters. With his fundamentally flawless jumper snapping crisply from his wrists, the Boston guard hit 3-pointers in dizzying bunches against the helpless Los Angeles Lakers. He made seven in the first half and finished with a finals-record eight 3's in the Celtics' 103-94 victory Sunday night. Allen's wry smile after he hit three straight 3-pointers in a two-minute span evoked memories of Michael Jordan shrugging his shoulders during his 35-point half against Portland in the 1992 Finals. Even Jesus Shuttlesworth -- you know, the sharpshooting kid Allen played in "He Got Game" -- would have been proud. "There's no better place, moment, time ... to win a game, and to win in a great fashion," Allen said. "I don't know what record it is that people are telling me that I got, but it's great to have, great to be able to look back on it and say I did that. This is definitely our time."
Read that last part again. This is definitely our time. Kobe's time was 6 years ago when he raped that white girl and then sold his soul to the devil to get out of it. It's over. This is our time. Let me say this. I don't want or expect to go back to LA. Which means we're gonna have to win 3 straight games at home. I don't know if I should be excited that we still won without Pierce and KG going off or concerned that we're gonna need dicks off performances like last night's from RayRay and Rondo to win games. One part of it that I do like is the bench play. Nate Robinson comes in for 6 minutes and scores 7 points. That's what we in the blogging biz call "getting the bang for your buck." Game 3 is a must win in every sense of the world. Must. Win.
