The Lakers have a soft interior on the boards, no question, but they have consistently been shutting down post threats throughout the playoffs (look up what they did to Duncan, Boozer, and K-Mart/Melo).
Guy, what are you talking about? Duncan averaged 22 & 17 against the Laker D. Both numbers are significantly higher than his regular season averages. And before you get too excited about "shutting down" Boozer, please note that he averaged 16ppg in the Houston series as well. So he basically crapped the bed from day 1 of these playoffs, and not because LA put the clamps on him.
Let's take this a step further, and look at Mehmet Okur vs LA. This guy upped his point AND rebound averages by 3+ per game as well, to 18 & 11. He also shot 1 more FT per game in this series compared to the regular season.
Just for fun, how about Fabricio Oberto? Oh ok, finally I see what you were talking about with this vaunted Laker D!!! Totally shut him down. Shaved a whole point off his regular season average. Wow. Very impressive.
It looks like you're right afterall dude. The Celtics scoring all these inside buckets is a total aberration. Any second now LA will put the total kibosh on that and Boston won't get over 70 points again until next October.
An example of a sarcastic response to a post where one wasn't required. I suggested looking at the best post players on the teams the Lakers have faced through the playoffs, and somehow it became about Fabricio Oberto? OK, let's try what I actually suggested.
Duncan: regular season - 49.7% FG, against the Lakers --> 42.6% FG
Boozer: regular season - 54.7% FG, against the Lakers --> 40.2% FG
Melo and Kmart (best Nuggets have in post): regular season - 49.2% FG (Melo) and 57.8% FG (KMart), against the Lakers --> 36.4% FG (Melo) and 44% FG (KMart)
Summary: the best post players to face the Lakers this postseason had a composite field goal percentage of about 53% in the regular season, and they're shooting about 41% against the Lakers this postseason. And two of these (Duncan and Boozer) aren't just the best post players on their teams, they're among the best post players in the NBA. But the Lakers have been successful clogging the lane, so these players had a choice between forcing shots or shooting more perimeter jumpers, which combine to help cause those lower percentages. Okur did well against the Lakers, as you point out, but he's the Utah big that also operates well from the perimeter. I'd expect KG's numbers to look more like Okur's since he's good from outside, but his shot has been off.
Like I said in my first post that got ridiculed, the Lakers are absolutely soft on the glass. Those same four players averaged 2.7 more boards per game each against the Lakers than they did in the regular season. KG is also doing extremely well on the boards thus far in the finals, averaging more than 4 more boards per game than he did in the regular season.
KG absolutely needs to shoot better (both selection and percentage) for the rest of this series, no doubt about it. But the Lakers have consistently done well making great post players shoot poor percentages this postseason, so my point was just that it might not be as simple as "go to the block".