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| National Basketball Association Playoff Game Capsules |
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06/16/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Kobe Bryant scored 25 points and, despite struggling after the first quarter, and with the Lakers squandering leads of 19 and 14 points, Los Angeles stayed alive with a 103-98 win over the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The Lakers overcame a 38-point performance by Boston's Paul Pierce, and trail three games to two in the best-of-seven set. Lamar Odom scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, and Pau Gasol had 19 points and 13 boards for the Lakers, who nearly |
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| Celtics can't close out Lakers in L.A. |
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06/16/2008 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -Paul Pierce took the Boston Celtics to the brink of another improbable comeback and then let it slip out of his hands. The All-Star scored 38 points in Game 5 of the NBA finals against Los Angeles on Sunday night, but twice in the final minutes let Kobe Bryant slap the ball away as the Lakers held on to win 103-98 and force the series back to Boston. ``Kobe is a great player. He made two big steals on myself there in the fourth quarter that I shouldn't have allowed,'' Pierce said. ``I |
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| Pierce leads another Celtics comeback in Game 5 |
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06/15/2008 |
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| Los Angeles, CA (Best E Casino) - Paul Pierce scored 21 points, 16 in the second quarter as the Boston Celtics sliced a 19-point deficit to three by the half, and trail the Lakers 55-52 at halftime of Game 5 of the NBA Finals. The only Celtics player in double figures, Pierce almost singlehandedly destroyed a huge Lakers lead as Boston, up 3-1 in the series, tries to wrap up the 17th title in franchise history, and first since 1986. Kobe Bryant scored 15 points on 5-of-12 shooting, and was held scoreless in |
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| Lakers start fast, but Celtics down only 3 at half |
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06/15/2008 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kobe Bryant scored 15 points in the first quarter, but Paul Pierce had 16 in the second, and the Los Angeles Lakers, trying to avoid elimination, led the Boston Celtics 55-52 on Sunday night in Game 5 of the NBA finals. Trying to become the first team to overcome a 3-1 deficit in the finals, the Lakers built another huge lead after a quarter - they blew one in Game 4 to force them into this predicament. And once again, they did a poor job protecting it. Bryant was scoreless in the fi |
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| Perkins out for Game 5 of NBA finals |
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06/15/2008 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -Boston Celtics center Kendrick Perkins confirmed that he would not play in Game 5 of the NBA finals on Sunday night against the Los Angeles Lakers because of a strained left shoulder. Leon Powe took Perkins' place in the starting lineup. It was the first playoff start of Powe's career. ``I know I'm not ready to go,'' Perkins said in the visitor's locker room at Staples Center, wearing street clothes while the rest of his teammates got in uniform for the potential clincher. ``If we hav |
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| Talking golf with Jack - Nicholson, not Nicklaus |
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06/15/2008 |
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| part of his Father's Day on the court at Staples Center giving some last-minute advice to son Luke on playing in the NBA finals. ``I'm the proudest and luckiest dad in the world,'' the elder Walton said before Luke's Los Angeles Lakers played the Boston Celtics in Game 5. ``This is a golden moment for him. There's nothing I would like better than to share the joy of an NBA championship with him. And there's nothing I would like more than to shield him from the disappointment of defeat.'' Walton, who has |
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| Celtics try to finish off Kobe, Lakers in Game 5 of NBA Finals |
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06/15/2008 |
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| (Best E Casino) - The Boston Celtics attempt to capture their 17th championship in franchise history, as they battle the Los Angeles Lakers tonight at the Staples Center in Game 5 of the NBA Finals. Boston used its defense to generate one of the greatest comebacks in playoff history, as Paul Pierce scored 20 points and the Celtics rallied from a 24- point first-half deficit to beat the Lakers, 97-91, on Thursday in Game 4 of the best-of-seven series. The Celtics' defense locked down on Kobe Bryant and outsc |
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| Big Three gets early start with Duck Tour |
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06/14/2008 |
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| ext time I get on this Duck Tour, it's going to be when we win the championship.' And I promised that.'' --- COMEBACK OR CHOKE: Comeback or choke? Game 4 of the NBA finals featured one of the greatest rallies in NBA playoff history. So did the Boston Celtics win the game, or did the Los Angeles Lakers lose it? ``I think it was our mistake losing that Game 4,'' Lakers forward Vladimir Radmanovic said. ``They didn't do anything special in that game. They just kept defending and we couldn't find anything |
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| Rivers: Perkins and Rondo will start Game 5 |
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06/14/2008 |
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| El Segundo, CA (Best E Casino) - Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Saturday center Kendrick Perkins and point guard Rajon Rondo will start Game 5 of the NBA Finals despite injuries. The Celtics head into Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers with a 3-1 series lead and on the verge of winning their 17th championship, and first since 1986. Perkins strained his left shoulder in the third quarter of Thursday's 97-91 comeback victory after colliding with the Lakers' Lamar Odom while trying to block a s |
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| Lakers doing their best to look ahead to Game 5 |
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06/14/2008 |
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| ty's two major newspapers, not from the sports sections. The comparisons to failures by the likes of past Lakers teams as well as UCLA, USC, the Dodgers, Rams, Angels and Kings dated to the 1960s. Yep, the Lakers' come-from-ahead 97-91 loss to the Boston Celtics on Thursday night lives on in these parts, and as center Pau Gasol put it, three straight Los Angeles victories will likely be the only way it will be put to rest. The Lakers led by 24 points in the second quarter and by 20 midway through the thir |
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