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NBA finals between Boston Celtics and Lakers could be one for ages
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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This is Lakers Coach Phil Jackson striving for an NBA-record 10 championships, one for each finger, and pass Celtics icon Red Auerbach in the process. (article 2)
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, perhaps the most renowned of basketball rivals, two men who represented differing styles of play and were the stars of cities separated by much more than distance, were united one afternoon over momma's cooking. (article 16)
Gamblers on the NBA can only hope that the Lakers and Boston Celtics play up to expectations and make this year's Finals a well-contested, seven-game series. (article 4)
Pau Gasol figures to be matched up on Garnett most of the time when the finals begin Thursday night, but Odom and just about everyone else who plays for the Lakers will be called upon to add support. (article 11)
"First Time Since 69" was in advance of the 1987 hope that the Celtics could win back-to-back titles for the first time since, well, 69. (article 17)
Fisher and the Los Angeles Lakers face the Celtics in the NBA finals beginning Thursday night in Boston - a development he couldn't have imagined last July when he returned to the team for which he played from 1996-2004. (article 20)
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Source articles
- The Boston Globe (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 1427 words)
- Phil Jackson can't run rings around Doc Rivers (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 479 words)
- Expert analysis: Gorman notes one-sided Lakers-Celtics picks (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 765 words)
- Betting split for the opener of hyped Finals (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 476 words)
- Believe it: Kareem once was Celtics fan (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 428 words)
- Recognizing Boston's greats was a mandate for Larry Bird (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 261 words)
- It's Celtics' defense vs. Lakers' offense (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 806 words)
- A few Celtics-Lakers quotes from today (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 420 words)
- Mike Bresnahan's take on the Lakers (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 312 words)
- Celtics-Lakers this season (boston.com, 06/03/2008, 323 words)
- Garnett provides big challenge to Lakers defense (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 739 words)
- Matchups favor the Lakers (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 659 words)
- There's more to a Lakers-Celtics Finals than history (dallasnews.com, 06/04/2008, 701 words)
- BIRD OF PARADISE (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 568 words)
- Respect, rings were at stake (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 458 words)
- Bird, Magic old rivals (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 767 words)
- Best of Celtics-Lakers on YouTube (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 739 words)
- New Garden, age-old drama (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 349 words)
- Lakers need to play the better mind game (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 561 words)
- Derek Fisher has thrived in return to Lakers (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 819 words)
- Magic Johnson's rivalry was with the Celtics, not Larry Bird (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 257 words)
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