And your reasoning behind that is? No one would have beat the Lakers in the Finals with the way they were playing. Not Garnett's Boston team. Not Lebron. Not anyone. Boston with a healthy Garnett could have beaten the Lakers. Even without Garnett, Boston might have a chance, but the Lakers would have been heavy favorites. Yeah because during the season with a healthy Garnett they took it to the Lakers. I'm not saying that Boston would have beaten the Lakers, I'm just saying that there's a chance they would have. With Garnett it's probably 50/50. Without Garnett, it's probably 80/20 in the Lakers' favor. Here are the two LA-Boston games this year: Boston led by 2 with four minutes to go in LA before losing 92-83. The second game was an OT game that the Lakers won by 1 point in Boston. The Lakers didn't exactly dominate Boston this year either. Not that I think regular season performance against a team is the best measure for the playoffs anyway. I mean, Orlando won both games against LA during the regular season this year and that didn't work out for them in the Finals. That's because Jameer Nelson wasn't 100 percent.