BiE supposes that Los Angeles Lakers fandom will have to tone down the muttering about Pau Gasol for a bit. In a clutch performance for the Lakers in their 88-87 victory over what might just be the Spaniard’s future club, the Boston Celtics, Gasol finished off his 25-point, 14-rebound with a hustling, instantly YouTubeable block of Ray Allen’s last-second shot in overtime.
“I’ve been in situations before in my career where you freeze … catch yourself looking at the ball and end up losing the game,” Gasol told reporters after the game. This wasn’t one of those situations, then.