凯尔特人在三巨头的率领下，主场以98比88拿下第一场比赛。加内特24分进账、受了伤的皮尔斯得了22分以及雷阿伦再添19分。单单三巨头就得了65分！在比赛第三节的时候，皮尔斯防守落地中与队友帕金斯猛烈冲撞导致右膝受创，当即下场检查伤势。当大家都以为凯尔特人可能遇到大灾难的时候，3分钟后，他神奇地回到场上继续屠宰湖人。这似乎有点假，看他当时的表情是非常的痛苦，怎么这么快就回来了，难道华佗再世？？
湖人方面，科比今天状态平平，命中率超低，26投9中，得分24。其实湖人其他球员表现还可以的。关键是第四节，湖人在这一节表现差，加上没有预料到皮尔斯居然“笑里藏刀”，太WS了，所以最终输掉了比赛。9日，湖人将继续在客场和凯尔特人进行第二场比赛。
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2008 NBA Finals: Big 3 Defeat Lakers in the First Game
Led by Big 3, Celtics won the first game with 98:88 at home. Garnett scored 24, Pierce 22 and Ray Allen 19. Only they three got 65 points! In the 3rd Quarter, Pierce crashed into teamate Perkins when defending, which led to injury of right knee. When everyone thought that Celtic would encounter big disaster, after 3 minutes, he went back to the court to fight with Lakers. It seemed unbelievable because of his painful look. Soon back, it's puzzling.
Well, on the Lakers, Kobe was just so so today with low field goal rate, 9 in 26, scoring 24. In fact Lakers' other players were not so bad. Lakers happened to behave bad in the key 4th quarter besides Pierce's back. Unluckily they lost the game. on 9th, Lakers will go on fighting with Celtics at away with the second game.