Series tied; Sunday sure to be a “slugfest”

By: Dan Massar, YawkeyTalkies Staff Writer
I was wrong.
With the 4th Quarter beginning I turned to a few of my esteemed colleagues who were with me at The Garden and I said, “I don’t like this lineup for the Celtics to start the 4th.” The lineup consisted of Nate Robinson, Tony Allen, Ray Allen, Glen Davis and Rasheed Wallace. Woops, I’ll take a mulligan on that one.
This unit turned the tide of the game and maybe the series as the Celtics tied up the NBA Finals at 2-2. Down 62-60 to start the quarter, the Celts jumped on the Lakers with a 10-2 run to go up 72-64. The heart and hustle of this unit was unbelievable. Big Baby was in his words after the game, “a beast.” He poured in 18 points, 9 coming in the 4th. Robinson is instant offense scoring 12 points but he also played strong defense and made a great steal and called a timeout before he could be tied up for a jump ball. Tony Allen played ferocious defense on Kobe Bryant and even chipped in some gritty offense. And Rasheed Wallace nailed a 3 that caused The Garden roof to almost blow off.
And lets [...]