Is It Safe to Call It The Kobe Rules?

By Craig Kwasniewski Okay I'll get out and say it: the Celtics have figured out how to defend Kobe. Sorry Lakers fans, but your savior hasn't shown the patience to properly defeat the Celtics' well-organized team defense. He's shooting a paltry 39.4% from the field and while working extremely hard to get his 26.7 points. I know, I know... you can never keep an offensive force like Kobe down. One of the next few games he'll blow up with a dominant 30 plus game... right? RIGHT?!? (BTW - Well organized, that's a total soccer term, but really it applies to the Celtics on defense. They have their game principles and STICK to them all the friggin' time. If this were the World Cup, they would be Italy, with technical brilliance and the ability to contain and control opponents. Yet we never hear the term well organized in basketball because of the game's quick pace, but believe me, the Celtics defense is deserving of this label.) Anyway, I'm not ...