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NBA FINALS: LAKERS GET DEFENSIVE
The L.A. Lakers are a proud basketball team that doesn’t easily back down from challenge – at least the leaders of the team don’t. So, after losing two…
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KEVIN GARNETT: BEING A CELTIC IS ‘NOT ABOUT BLACK OR WHITE’
Back in the 1980s, what made the Lakers-Celtics rivalry extra heated was because of the cultural differences between the two ballclubs and their fans. The Celtics were considered…
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NBA FINALS: BYNUM’S KNEE A CONCERN
Andrew Bynum is expected to have his ailing right knee examined today and his status for Game 5 is uncertain. Bynum has been playing with a torn meniscus…
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NBA FINALS: ‘SHREK & DONKEY’ SHOW
Game 4 of the 2010 NBA Finals turned into the Nate Robinson & Glen Davis Show. Little Nate and Big Baby were a huge hit on Thursday night…
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NBA FINALS: RIVERS SAYS FISHER FLOPS
Phil Jackson got his message across earlier in the week and now it’s Doc Rivers’ turn to bellyache about NBA officiating. During his Wednesday morning press conference, nearly…
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NBA FINALS: FISHER IS L.A.’S HEART, SOUL
Too old, too slow, too limited athletically and too short. Derek Fisher has heard all the criticism, but the two aspects of his game that never gets questioned…
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NBA FINALS: LAKERS ‘D’ UP ON CELTICS
They stopped dribble penetration. They protected the paint. They rebounded the heck out of the ball. They took charges. They put a hand in the face of every…
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NBA FINALS: ARTEST GIVES LAKERS EDGE
Ron Artest was at the TD Garden when the Boston Celtics crushed the L.A. Lakers in Game 6 of the 2008 NBA Finals. He went to the Lakers…
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LAKERS VS. CELTICS IS A SEXY FINAL
When Mike Bresnahan of the Los Angeles Times asked Phil Jackson if the memory of the 2008 NBA Finals still lingers, the Lakers coach responded with a sarcastic…
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BULLS TAKE CELTICS TO THE LIMIT
Overtimes, buzzer-beaters, late-game heroics, flagrant fouls and one bloody nose. Game 6 between the Boston Celtics and Chicago Bulls was an instant classic. The whole series has been…