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No drool in NBA Finals Game 5, instead we got an angry Kobe Bryant and rumbling Paul Pierce. The Boston Celtics beat the Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 and lead the series 3-2. Game 6 continues Tuesday night in Los Angeles, but see what you probably missed during Game 5 now.

1. Kobe Bryant doesn’t smile

When the starting line up is called, players normally come out with high fives and chest bumps. Not the Black Mamba. Kobe entered Game 5 looking like someone stole his bike and he was going to give them the beat down of their life.

2. But He Does Shoot

Kobe Bryant knocked down 19 points in the third quarter, his most ever in one quarter of the NBA Finals. The NBA Finals record is 25 points in one quarter by Isiah Thomas in the 1988 NBA Finals.

3. @PhilJackson

In the pre-game press conference the Lakers’ coach Phil Jackson was surpisingly short with the media. Jackson was asked only two questions and gave brief 100 word answers. Maybe Phil can start tweeting his answers to the media.

4. Stay Classy Boston

A Boston fan disrupted the fouth quarter by tossing an object on the floor at TD Garden. That fan must have forgotten that Ron “I’m from Queensbridge and jump into the stands when things are thrown at me” Artest was on the floor. Fans are lucky he didn’t have a flashback of the Malice at the Palace.

5. Paul Pierce’s NFL Homage

Paul Pierce grabbed a cross-court pass from Kevin Garnett and in the same movement tossed it to Rajon Rondo for the off-balance bucket. When asked about the stunning play in the press conference Pierce replied, “I was just showing off my Randy Moss and my Tom Brady in one play, that’s all.”

6. Say What?

Recently hired New Jersey Nets coach Avery Johnson and Russian billionaire owner of the Nets Mikhail Prokhorov sat together courtside during Game 5. With Johnson’s Louisiana twang and Prokhorov ‘s heavy Russian accent the two probably needed closed captioning to understand each other.

7. Ray “Twinkle Toes” Allen

In a show of solidarity Ray Allen and his family are wearing green for the NBA Finals. Ray Ray took it one step further and painted his toenails Celtic green. His toes were on display in the training room before Game 5. It’s bad enough he painted he toenails, but now the paint is chipping. Wrong. Just wrong.

8. Daddy’s Little Girl

As Derek Fisher hit jumpers in TD Garden he flashed a pink rubber bracelet, which he wears each game, to honor his young daughter, Tatum, who was diagnosed more than three years ago with retinoblastoma, a cancerous tumor in her left eye. Now, the four-year-old is healthy with full sight.

9. Lighting Bolt in TD Garden

Usain Bolt, the fastest man in the world made a quick (pun intended) appearance in the crowd at Game 5 of the NBA Finals.

10. Mamba Stuns Flash

Dwayne Wade watched the game from the sidelines and couldn’t help but show his “stink face” after Kobe hit a dagger long distance 3-pointer in Game 5.