In game three, the Lakers were able to use their size to grab 11 offensive rebounds, and they turned those 11 rebounds into 10 second chance points (on 4 of the offensive rebounds).  Considering that the Lakers ended up winning by seven points, these rebounds (and the Lakers ability to score after getting them) were pretty big.  Was it the Lakers taking advantage of their size?  The Celtics getting lazy on the boxout?  Let’s take a look:

Offensive Rebound 1 (Point Total -  2):

After a missed dunk, the ball seems to land in Ron Artest’s hands, and he is able to get to the rim and finish with the lay-up.  Chalk it up to bad luck right?  Well yes and no.  The ball did bounce right to Artest, but his defender Paul Pierce should have been boxing out, instead of cringing at the thought of Bynum completing the dunk:

He is nowhere near Ron Artest on this, and that is part of the reason he is able to score so easily after the offensive rebound.

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