Celtics, Lakers centerstage again for NBA finals
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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Boston's Big Three shot awfully as did most of the Celtics, but the NBA s top-seeded team stayed competitive for much of the game thanks to a stark disparity in free throws. (article 2)
The media mob, armed with cameras, tripods, tape recorders and, yes, even some old-fashioned notepads, gathers in a small room leading to the Lakers' practice court at the team's El Segundo training facility. (article 8)
Frank Ramsey was a Hall of Fame forward on the Boston Celtics in the 1950s and 60s, an era when Bill Russell ruled in the paint and the Celtics won 11 NBA titles in 13 years. (article 5)
The Celtics and Lakers have met 10 times in the NBA Finals, most recently in 1986-87, a series the Lakers won 4-2. (article 11)
With a 100-92 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, the team that began the season as an NBA joke is now just four wins from an NBA championship. (article 12)
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce walked together, sporting black hats with green four-leaf clovers, and tried to soak up the moment when both superstars became conference champions for the first time. (article 3)
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Source articles
- Seattle Times Newspaper (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/01/2008, 708 words)
- Major League Baseball, Richard Hamilton, Boston Celtics - (baltimoresun.com, 06/03/2008, 430 words)
- Boston's three go big to get to finals (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/31/2008, 750 words)
- Lakers-Celtics: A rivalry so big it should be on Versus (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 295 words)
- Old Celtics weren't about rings (L.A. Times, 06/02/2008, 936 words)
- Region revs up for an East-West rivalry reborn (boston.com, 06/01/2008, 495 words)
- Believe it: Kareem once was Celtics fan (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 428 words)
- Lakers-Celtics was special time for Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (L.A. Times, 06/02/2008, 464 words)
- Celtics Blog (boston.com, 06/03/2008, 865 words)
- Celtics, Lakers centerstage again for NBA finals (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 05/31/2008, 565 words)
- A little history (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 386 words)
- Lakers' 'dream come true' awaits fairy-tale ending (L.A. Times, 06/01/2008, 354 words)
- Chicago Sun-Times :: Basketball :: (suntimes.com, 06/02/2008, 379 words)
- Lakers favored? (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 183 words)
- The Boston Globe (boston.com, 06/02/2008, 778 words)
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