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Block of the week: Pau Gasol caps Lakers’ OT win over Celtics

February 10, 2012

BiE supposes that Los Angeles Lakers fandom will have to tone down the muttering about Pau Gasol for a bit. In a clutch performance for the Lakers in their 88-87 victory over what might just be the Spaniard’s future club, the Boston Celtics, Gasol finished off his 25-point, 14-rebound with a hustling, instantly YouTubeable block of Ray Allen’s last-second shot in overtime.

“I’ve been in situations before in my career where you freeze … catch yourself looking at the ball and end up losing the game,” Gasol told reporters after the game. This wasn’t one of those situations, then.

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  1. Gabe
    14 years ago

    Pau should have been an all-star. They gave it to Dirk because of what he did last year but the All-Star game is about who is having a better season this year and Pau is having a much better season.

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