Ray Allen's Barrage Helps Bury Lakers

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LOS ANGELES -- Ray Allen doesn't have a jaw jut.



He doesn't scowl, snarl or even smirk. When the Boston shooting guard lets his personality manifest itself in any sort of physical way on the public front, it's usually with a smile, sometime between when he's offering extra time to the fans and the media. His role in "He Got Game" not withstanding, he's anything but Hollywood. He is, and has been for all of his 15 seasons in the league, the anti-Kobe Bryant in that sense.



Except in one area: his deceivingly-deadly ability to dominate.



For all the premature talk of Bryant's alleged decline, Allen reminded us that he's not done yet either as the Celtics evened the NBA Finals with a 103-94 win over the Lakers on Sunday night at Staples Center.



At 34 years old, and just months away from his own boss having nearly cut this AARP party short by trading him, he ran off screens and rose up for silky-smooth threes during a well-timed return to his future Hall of Famer form. His 32 points had come mostly in the first half, giving much-needed life to the Celtics after their opener left so little reason to expect this sort of series that suddenly looks primed to go seven games.

 

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