You saw it. It was a trainwreck. The Lakers played about 1.25 good games in the NBA Finals, if you cobble together a quarter in Game 2, a half in Game 4, a quarter in Game 5 …

It concluded with Boston winning the best-of-seven series in six games, the last in an embarrassing 131-92 blitzing in “the new” Boston Garden.

And now it’s time to try to explain it away.

Our top 10 Lakers excuses for stinking up the NBA Finals:

10. Rude guys in green jerseys kept obstructing view of basket.

9. Thought James Naismith was serious about it being a “non-contact” sport.

8. Hairband malfunction. (Sasha Vujacic only)

7. Didn’t know until Finals that “Pau Gasol” means “prissy school girl” in Spanish.

6. Didn’t know until Finals that “Vlad Radmanonic” means “air ball” in Serbian.

5. Those leprechauns are creepy. I mean, really.

4. Hollywood’s Team heard it was facing Pierce, Allen and Garnett … but thought it was getting Pierce Brosnan, Woody Allen and Jennifer Garner.

3. Lamar Odom picked bad time to resume “experimenting” with marijuana.

2. Kobe Bryant decided “MVP” stood for Most Valueless Player.

1. Shaq missed too many free throws.