NBA Finals Live Stream: Lakers vs Celtics Game 5 Online - June 13, 2010 - The Celtics are the older team but seem fresher, since a more productive bench has allowed their starters to get some rest during the series. Jackson would like to give Bryant the same opportunity.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson thought Bryant looked tired in that game, and Bryant was even asked if he'd tweaked his knee. Combine that with all the talk of how well the Celtics have defended him, and suddenly those doubters that surfaced when Bryant looked so worn down late in the regular season are popping up again.

"That's what they do," Bryant said. "They show up, disappear, show up, disappear. That's part of it."

He can silence them again with a big effort Sunday. That's not easy against these Celtics, who didn't flinch when they had to face Dwyane Wade in the first round or LeBron James in the second, and weren't fazed when Bryant scored 30 in the Lakers' series-opening victory.

Bryant managed only two field goals in the decisive fourth quarter of Game 4, and Boston limited him to only one in the last 12 minutes of the previous game.