Going back to LA, I thought for sure the Celtics had this series. When Perkins went down early in game 6, all that changed. That game changed, and in a lot of ways the whole series did. Perkins gets overlooked because he is the only starter who lacks offensive skills, but in some ways his absence will be felt more than even someone like Garnett.
The more the total goes down, I'm thinking this is the one that goes over. The Celtics will put up more points than last game, especially because no matter who they replace Perkins with their offense will become better. On the other side, Perkins is their most important defender in the paint, and when he got hurt last game they more or less scored at will.
