This game got my heart pumping and stopped it at times. Throughout the game it seemed like the Lakers were going to pull away then the Celtics would come back and eventually took the lead. If the Celtics took 3 straight games they would pretty much seal up the series. Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom shot for a poor 5-of-18 with a combined 13 points. Luckily Kobe received some help on offense from, “The Machine” Sasha Vujacic. Sasha was 7-for-10 with three 3-pointers and 20 points for the game and just the help that Kobe needed. Sasha has this intensity and confidence to him that I really like seeing in a Laker uniform. Phil Jackson commented about Sasha, “He’s a little bit of a rock head. That’s what we call him. He believes in himself very sincerely that he’s going to make the next [shot], and you have to be that way if you’re going to have the guts to go out there and do it.” Sasha has a very bright future with the Lakers. Kobe ended up with 36 points for the night but shot a horrible 11-for-18 from the free-throw line. It was great to see that the Lakers could pull off a low scoring 87-81 win verses Boston.