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Pau Gasol Full Series Highlights
2009 NBA Finals
LA Lakers vs Orlando Magic
- 18.6 ppg, 9.2r, 2.2a, 1.8b / 60% fg, 78% ft
Led by Kobe Bryant & Pau Gasol, the 2008-09 Lakers finished the regular season atop the Western Conference with 65 wins. 28 year-old Pau made his second All-Star game and received his first All-NBA selection, good for 3rd team. Through the first three rounds of the playoffs, Gasol posted 18.2p and 11.3r on 57% in 18 games.
The Finals presented Pau with perhaps his toughest matchup of the postseason in Dwight Howard. Along with 7’0 Andrew Bynum, the Lakers’ bigs were able to hold Dwight to only a shade over 15 ppg, down significantly from his 20.6p season and 21.7p EC Playoffs averages. Pau provided his squad 18.6 ppg in the 5 game series win over Orlando, able to avenge his mediocre and deemed “soft” performance against the Celtics a year prior. He contributed greatly down the stretch of games 2 and 4, while also adding 14p, 15r and 4b in game 5, helping to officially complete the Lakers’ 12 month quest to bring the franchise its 15th championship.
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