Explain away this one, fellas
There is no rationalizing this loss, no crying about the officiating or passing the buck anywhere else for the Lakers:
If you're leading by 20 points with six minutes and change to go in the third quarter, at home, and you think you're a team capable of winning the NBA title, you win the game.
So this is how it stands for Kobe's Crew: After suffering one of the biggest collapses in NBA finals history, they will need an even bigger collape by Boston over the next three games to win a championship.
That's all.