and do u guys even remember last years finals (when the only time he seemed to do well was when a much shorter glen davis was guarding him, not to mention that his best game that series was COINCIDENTALLY the one that Perkins missed)?
You surely jest. Or really haven't watched the finals carefully. Gasol posted a 23 and 14 in the first game of the finals, then proceeded to kill us with regularity (3 more 20+ point games, 4 more 12+ rebound games). That's before we even introduce the 6-block game (and the total of 18 swats for the series) into the picture. Or the 26 assists. Or the 5 double-doubles.
Actually you're wrong about the first stat.. in game 1 of the finals he scored 19 points.. on 6-16 shooting (not very good)... he did have 18 boards which hurts my argument.. but remember he did this against an AILING KG (which is a very important factor) and an undersized Glen Davis..........
He had the 6 blocks in game 2 (a game in which KG only took 5 shots and davis took 13)... How hard is it to block glen davis 6 times? i could probably do that.. especially with a wingspan like gasols.... Gasol was a minus 12 in this game btw....
He had a terrible Game 3 by his standards only scoring 13 points and allowing KG to have his best game of the series.. the big ticket got PAU for 25 points...
He only had 6 boards in Game 4. and 4 turnovers, (did have 21 pts tho). and he allowed a very undersized Glen Davis to explode for 18 points...
He only had 12 points in Game 5.
Game 6 was probably his best overall game going for 17 pts, 13 rebs, 9 assists, 3 blocks and a steal... this was the game Perkins got injured and only played 7 minutes..... coincidence? i think not...
and Game 7... With no Perkins to bully him around... he grabbed 9 off rebounds......
So in conclusion... the only reason Pau Gasol (Probably the most polished offensive PF in the world) did fairly well in last years finals, was because KG was hurt, Big Baby is short, Rasheed is lazy, shelden williams sucks, and Perkins was out game 6 and 7 (in which pau had two very strong (unsoft-like) games).
Now if you compare these stats to the 08 finals (in which the C's boasted a HEALTHY KG, an angry Perkins, James Posey, PJ Brown, Leon POW (lol) and Glen Davis) you'll find that Pau Gasol's play was soft in that series... but im too lazy to do all that analyzing right now.