Game 1 goes to the bad guys....

Everything went L.A.'s way tonight as the C's fall to the Lakers at Staples, 102-89. The C's had foul trouble, rebound issues and turnovers. They also missed some easy layups and had trouble getting out in transition-mostly because the Lakers shot a blistering 36 of 75 from the field, and had great games from Bryant (27 pts) and Gasol, who scored 23. Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 24. The Celts also struggled from 3, shooting an icy-cold 1 of 10. I promise you that will not happen 2 games in a row. Keep the faith Celtics fans. It's only 1 game, and we all know the C's will come out swinging in Game 2. The 2nd game is this Sunday in L.A. Tip-off is at 8pm. Stay strong CelticNation-this could be a 7-game series...