It was Hollywood at its best in Game 7...

It was Hollywood at its best in Game 7 of the NBA Finals tonight in LA as Kobe Bryant and the Lakers came back from a 13-point third-quarter deficit to defeat the Boston Celtics, 83-79.

Bryant, the MVP, scored 23 points and grabbed 15 rebounds to lead the Lakers. I got to hand it to the Celtics. I predicted they'd go down in four games. After all, the Lakers took care of our Phoenix Suns and they owned the homecourt advantage in the finals. And, of course, if it did get to Game 6 and 7, well, the Lakers would have 19,000 screaming fans, including Jack Nicholson, behind them.

What I didn't expect was the hard-nosed, never give up play by the Celtics. They scratched and clawed their way to an early lead tonight and for three quarters anyway kept Bryant bottled up. But the fourth quarter belonged to Bryant, Artest, Gasol and Fisher, allowing Nicholson, the other Hollywood stars in attendance, and all the Laker fans to go home happy.

In the end the curtain finally came down on the Celtics, but hats off to them for taking the Lakers to the limit. It was an entertaining Game 7.