The Lakers offense was out of sorts 90% of the time. The players deserve blame for that but so does Phil Jackson. I never saw the Lakers make adjustments.

I think the Lakers had to score more points to beat the Celtics. They weren’t a defensive team. They were an offensive team.

I didn’t expect it either.

I think Pierce, Allen, and KG were equally deserving of MVP too. Pierce played through injury, KG was the heart and soul, and Allen was the most consistent.

The Celtics’ heralded “Big 3?” Ainge’s doing.

The Celtics’ Tom Thibideau architected defense? Ainge’s doing.

Maybe someday, Ray Allen will have Ainge’s job, and he’ll put together the next generation of Celtics championships.

I think the Celtics will very much still be contenders next year, and could potentially repeat, provided the Big 3 are still hungry.

And, of course, with Andrew Bynum, the Lakers will be much stronger next year.

Could we all be discussing the Celtics vs. Lakers Finals again this time next year?

By the way, those who say Phil Jackson was out coached by Doc Rivers are flat out wrong.

If anything, Jackson was out coached by Tom Thibideau, the Celtics assistant coach and defensive specialist.

Think about this, guys!

Everyone is so fixated on the point differential: 39, that they are missing the REAL reason there isn’t a game 7: the number 131.

The Lakers scored 92 points, which is enough to win. In fact, it is more than the 87 points they scored in their game 3 win over the Celtics.

However, the Lakers’ defensive indifference early in the game let the Celtics score 131 points!

How does a team allow their opponent to score 131 points in a close out game?!!!

You heard and saw the “plugged in” clips. It’s not like Phil Jackson wasn’t trying to teach and tell them to defend.

We all know the Lakers BIGS didn’t rebound or defend, and the Lakers BENCH was severely outplayed on both ends of the court.

That being the case, how can Phil be faulted for the Lakers losses?

If you don’t have adequate people on the floor or on the bench, than aren’t you just rearranging deck chairs on the Titantic?

Seriously, guys, more minutes for Trevor Ariza and less for Vladimir Radmanovic would NOT have changed the outcome of this series.

The Lakers don’t have the right bigs, bench or defensive mindset to be champions. Not yet.

And, frankly, the Lakers don’t have the right coaching staff under Phil Jackson. Phil can analyze and adjust, but he needs someone teaching a “triangle defense,” a defensive SYSTEM as well thought out as his offense.

The best thing Marc Jackson said all series was his anecdote about Doc Rivers.

Before the Finals, Marc Jackson told Rivers he thought the Lakers would win and explained why, and told Doc Rivers, “If you were objective, you would agree with me.

Doc simply said, “No I wouldn’t, because in the playoffs, I’d pick defense every time.”

The difference in the Finals was defense more than anything, and like the Celtics Big 3, Danny Ainge brought that to Boston.

Forget the 39 point blow out, the REAL news is the Lakers allowed 131 points in an elimination game.

Mitch Kupchak: get the Lakers some players who can defend, and get Phil an assistant (like Tex Winter) with a defensive mind.

THE BIG THREE should have been Co-MVPS…that would have been sweet.