2010 NBA Finals: Five Things We Learned After Game One

Five Biggest Takeaways From Game One

1) The Celtics have nobody to guard Kobe. Of all the new faces this year, the biggest change is who's missing: James Posey. Kobe is destroying the Celtics guards, who are piling on the fouls. Between having to chase Kobe around and sitting on the bench, Ray Allen was taken completely out of the game (Also, I think Michael Finley just played his first and last two minutes of the Finals).

2) Paul Pierce no longer has a free for all with Ron Artest in the game, and that point was made 27 seconds into the game. You never would have seen Vladimir Radmanovic get into that kind of tussle; he wouldn't want to mess up his hair.

3) Pau Gasol is a tougher and be...

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