Green Kai defeated the Lakers to win the championship in 2008, Pierce was elected FMVP 21+6. How did Garnett Ray Allen perform

When it comes to the top giants in NBA history, the first thing that comes to mind is the Celtics and the Lakers. After the former won the championship last year, their number of times of winning the championship has surpassed the latter and has once again reached the top position in history. However, looking at the entire 21st century, the Celtics' dominance is obviously not as good as the Lakers, who have won six championships in the past 25 years. In contrast, the Celtics, except for this championship in 2024, they have only won the championship in 2008.

The last time the Celtics won the championship was obviously due to the lineup change in 2007. That offseason, the management sent away many people in exchange for Garnett and Ray Allen. These two people, Pierce formed a Big Three lineup. With the three of them, the Celtics also successfully ushered in a rise. In the 2007-2008 season, the Celtics achieved the first record in the league in the regular season, and then they defeated their former rival, the Lakers, and won the 17th championship in team history in the finals. So looking back at the finals that year, what performances did Pierce, Garnett, and Ray Allen, as the three Celtics giants, perform? Next, let’s take a look together!

Season review:

Although the Celtics are the only team in the league to win 60+ wins this season, they did not show their due dominance in the playoffs. Facing the Hawks with only 37 wins in the regular season in the first round, the Celtics fought with their opponents until they were in the tiebreak before they could pass the qualifying mark. In the second round, they won 45 wins against the Cavaliers led by James. The two sides fought again until the last moment before they decided to win. In the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Pistons with 59 wins in the regular season, the Celtics ended the series in just 6 games, which became the easiest round of the series in their process of reaching the finals.

The Lakers, who are also the first in the division in the West, successfully reached the finals, and compared to the Celtics, their process of reaching the finals was more straightforward. The Nuggets 4-0 in the first round, the Jazz 4-2 in the second round, and the Spurs 4-1 in the West. No team in the entire West can really force them to a desperate situation. After confirming that the yellow-green battle will be staged in the finals, the outside world has also made various predictions for this round of series. Although the Celtics have three giants, the Lakers' lineup is not bad at all. They not only have Kobe and Gasol, but also have strong role players such as Odom. Therefore, even if the Celtics have the advantage in the number of stars, the Lakers are not considered to have no chance.

Finals Review: After the

series started, the first game was played at Boston's home court North Shore Garden, but the Lakers took the initiative at the beginning, and they also led the Celtics by 5 points after the half. In the second half, Pierce was suddenly injured and had to return to the locker room in a wheelchair. But just when everyone thought there was no suspense in this game, Pierce quickly returned to the arena, and his return also ignited the Celtics' home court, so they successfully started a counterattack and finally reversed the game as they wished and won the first series to start a good start.

The main focus of both sides of the G1 was the defensive battle. Kobe, who was on the Lakers, scored 24 points in 26 shots under the Celtics' defense, scored 24 points and 13 rebounds on the Celtics' side. Ray Allen scored 19 points on the 13th shot, and Pierce, who played the return of the hero, scored 22 points on 7 of 10 shots. Overall, the performance of the three giants is relatively efficient.

When the G2 Celtics took advantage of the victory, they frequently made mistakes from the Lakers, which also gave them many opportunities to easily counterattack and score. So after taking advantage of these three quarters, they directly scored a 22-point lead. In the game of that era, the score difference was basically sentenced to the Lakers to death in advance. Although Kobe scored 16 points in the last quarter, it put some pressure on the Celtics, but the Lakers still couldn't make it back in the end. In the end, they had no choice but to lose another game, and the big score in the series also came to a 0-2 behind.

In this game, Kobe scored 30 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals. Gasol also scored 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists. However, there are people on the Celtics who can play against them. Pierce, who is still very efficient in this game, scored 28 points and 8 assists with his performance of 9 of 16 shots. In addition, Nate and Ray Allen also contributed 17 points. Lyon Bowie, who played on the bench, became the surprise. He scored the second highest 21 points in the team in 15 minutes.

After returning to Staples in G3, the Lakers finally won a goal. Kobe still made an indelible contribution in this game. He scored 36 points and 7 rebounds with a 60% shooting rate. In addition to him, Vujasic, who was a substitute, performed the best. He also scored 20 points in this game. In the end, with the explosion of these two people, the Lakers avoided the situation of falling behind 0-3.

This game was considered a best-shot for Celtics Ray Allen. He scored 25 points on 8 of 13 shots, with a three-point shooting percentage of up to 71.4%. The reason why they lost was because Garnett and Pierce were both restricted. In this game, the former scored 13 points in 21 and Pierce scored 6 points in 14. The two core players played so badly, so it would not be surprising that the Celtics lost.

After winning G3, the Lakers originally wanted to take advantage of the situation to win another game. G4 and they were once leading their opponents by 24 points, but when they were about to equalize the big score, the Celtics suddenly recovered in the second half. With Garnett's offense and defense performance, the Celtics gradually approached the score. With the 31-16 offensive in the third quarter, they also successfully regained the suspense of the game. In the last quarter, under the defense of the Celtics, the Lakers still only scored 18 points. On the other hand, the Celtics relied on the blooming point and scored 26 points, so they also successfully completed the big reversal..

The three giants all performed well in this game. Pierce scored 20 points, 7 assists, Ray Allen scored 19 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals, Garnett scored 16 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. After a successful reversal, the Celtics' momentum has already arrived at Dingfeng, and everyone basically agreed that the Lakers have no chance.

The result is indeed the case. Although the Lakers, who fought against the G5 side by side, barely won another game under the leadership of Kobe, after the G6 Celtics went to their full strength again, they quickly completely defeated the Lakers. In the last game, the Celtics scored 131 points, and finally won the championship again after many years with a 39-point victory at their home court.

In the last game of G6, Garnett scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, Ray Allen scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 3 steals, Rondo scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 6 steals, and Pierce scored 17 points and 11 rebounds. After the finals, FVMP was awarded to Pierce. In this round of series, he averaged 21.8 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.2 steals per game. Among them, he scored first in the team and assisted second in the team. Such performance is obviously worthy of FMVP.

As for Garnett and Ray Allen, the two averaged 18.2 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists, 1.7 steals and 1 block per game, and the other averaged 20.3 points, 5 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game. Their performance is worthy of their status as a giant.