Updates for NBA Finals 2010 - Lakers vs. Boston

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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2010, 09:39:46 PM »

NBA finals: Lakers win, take 2-1 lead vs. Celtics

Boston Celtics forward Kevin Garnett (5) and Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol, right, jockey for position during the third quarter in Game 3 of the NBA basketball finals Tuesday, June 8, 2010, in Boston. Townson) (AP)

BOSTON — The Los Angeles Lakers took a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals by taking an 91-84 victory Tuesday at TD Garden.
Game four is at 6 p.m. Thursday in Boston (KATU 2).

Kobe Bryant scored 29 points to lead the Lakers. Derek Fisher added 16, including a three-point play on a driving layup with 43 seconds left that gave L.A. a seven-point lead.
Kevin Garnett scored 25 points to lead Boston. Ray Allen, who connected on a record eight 3-pointers in the Celtics’ win Sunday in L.A., who 0 for 13 overall and 0 for 8 on 3-pointers.

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Re: Updates for NBA Finals 2010 - Lakers vs. Boston

« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2010, 10:13:16 PM »

congratulations Lakers and for this occasion, si babat mag cheer talaga

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« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2010, 11:06:33 PM »

kosog pa jud diay ang lakers...

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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2010, 11:14:04 PM »

Quote from: alfonso_potane on June 08, 2010, 11:06:33 PM

kosog pa jud diay ang lakers...

daghan pod ug fans

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« Reply #15 on: June 08, 2010, 11:17:26 PM »

sikat man koby ... bro...

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« Reply #16 on: June 09, 2010, 01:27:20 AM »

Quote from: alfonso_potane on June 08, 2010, 11:17:26 PM

sikat man koby ... bro...

i'll cheer for kobe bryant

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Re: Updates for NBA Finals 2010 - Lakers vs. Boston

« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2010, 05:15:45 PM »

Lakers vs. Celtics Game 4: Boston Bench Lifts Celtics To Tie Series With Lakers
byLouie Longoria

Another epic chapter in the Celtics-Lakers series will be added to the books this year, and if Boston and Los Angeles keep alternating wins the way they have in the first four games of this series, there could be a Game Seven coming soon.

Glen "Big Baby" Davis and Nate Robinson led an offensive attack, combining for 30 points off the bench to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers 96-89 in Game Four of the NBA Finals to tie their best-of-seven series 2-2.

Davis had 18 points in 22 minutes, and Robinson scored 12 points in 17 minutes to give Boston much needed production from the bench. The bench sparked Boston's victory, scoring 21 of the 36 Celtics points in the fourth quarter.

However, the Celtics' starters gave the bench plenty of help as they led a balanced attack tonight, with four players reaching double figures.

Boston's transition defense also improved dramatically as they had 15 fast break points while allowing only two fast break points to L.A.

Paul Pierce led the way for the Celtics scoring 19 points, and adding six rebounds and five assists.

Rajon Rondo had 10 points for Boston, the biggest two coming in the final minute of the game, when, with the game still up for grabs, he intercepted a Kobe Bryant pass and drove down the court for a wide open lay-up to the cheers of the Boston crowd.

After a horrific 0-for-13 shooting performance in Game Three, Ray Allen bounced back with a decent game, scoring 12 points on 4-for-11 shooting.

Boston needed to play with a sense of urgency to avoid trailing the series 3-1, and that is exactly what they accomplished.

The more aggressive team was undoubtedly the Celtics, as they outrebounded the Lakers, 41-34, and dominated L.A. in offensive boards, 16-8.

Kobe Bryant had 33 points and six rebounds but committed seven turnovers in a losing effort for the Lakers.

After suffering a knee injury in Game Three, Andrew Bynum only scored two points in limited action.

Pau Gasol finished with 21 points.

If the Lakers want to win Game Five and take the lead back in the series, rebounding would be a good start. In the first four games of these NBA Finals, the team that outrebounds the other has won all four times.

When trailing in a series in the 2010 NBA Playoffs, Boston is 4-0 in the game after they fall behind in the series.

Game Five will be paramount for both teams and expect a physical, intense battle.

Out of the 25 occurrences when a series is tied 2-2 in the NBA Finals, the team that wins Game Five has won the series 76 percent of the time.

Game Five will be Sunday night in Boston.

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Re: Updates for NBA Finals 2010 - Lakers vs. Boston

« Reply #19 on: June 13, 2010, 09:32:15 PM »

Celtics handle Kobe onslaught and lead LA 3-2
By JIMMY GOLEN, AP Sports Writer

BOSTON (AP)—It’s looking a lot like 2008 again, with Paul Pierce(notes) carrying the Boston Celtics to victory in the NBA finals and leading them to the brink of yet another title.

Pierce scored 27 points—his best performance of this year’s finals—and the Celtics withstood 38 points from Kobe Bryant(notes) to beat the defending NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers 92-86 on Sunday night and take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Game 6 is Tuesday night in Los Angeles, and a victory then or in Game 7 in L.A. on Thursday would give the Celtics a record 18th NBA title.

The Celtics have never blown a 3-2 lead in the NBA finals.

“You don’t want to go out to LA down 3-2. It was our biggest game of the year,” Pierce said. “We’re in a good spot. We have two games in L.A.; now we have to get one.”

Pierce was the MVP of the ’08 finals, when the new Big Three beat the Lakers to raise an NBA-record 17th banner to the rafters at Boston’s TD Garden. Bryant was the finals MVP last year, when the Lakers beat the Orlando Magic to win their 15th championship.

“I wasn’t in a personal duel,” Pierce said. “I didn’t notice that we were going back-and-forth scoring at the time. He’s a tough player. He makes shots.”

Bryant outscored Pierce this time, but the Lakers’ guard got little help from his teammates. And the stretch where he was most dominant was also the time when the Celtics pulled away.

Lakers coach Phil Jackson defended Bryant’s attempts to take over the offense.

“He’s the kind of guy (where) you ride the hot hand, that’s for sure,” Jackson said. “We were waiting for him to do that. … He went out there and found a rhythm.”

With the “Beat L.A!” chant reverberating at the Garden, Kevin Garnett(notes) scored 18 points with 10 rebounds and Rajon Rondo(notes) had 18 points, eight assists and five rebounds to help Boston become the first team in the series to win two games in a row. If Los Angeles can’t do the same at home, the Celtics will improve to 10-2 against them in the finals dating back to a 4-0 sweep over the Minneapolis Lakers in 1959.

“It’s basically home-court,” Jackson said. “That’s the way it’s supposed to be, isn’t it?”

Bryant did everything he could to send the Lakers home with the edge.

He scored 23 straight Lakers points between the 4:23 mark of the second quarter until there was 2:16 left in the third. But over that span, the Celtics expanded the lead from one point to 13.

“I just tried to keep telling them, it’s only 2 points each time he scores. It’s not 10,” Celtics coach Doc Rivers said. “It’s just like if someone else was scoring. … I love that our guys for the most part, they understood what he was doing. But we defended everyone else. And I thought it was big.”

And Pierce was having his best game of the series, too.

The Celtics’ captain scored seven points in the last 3 1/2 minutes of the second quarter and added nine more in the first 5 minutes of the third. Ray Allen(notes), who hasn’t hit a 3-pointer since making an NBA-record eight in Game 2, made a pair of baskets that gave Boston a 71-58 lead with 3:08 left in the third.

Jackson, wearing a microphone for the TV broadcast, told his players during a late timeout, “This team loses more games in the fourth quarter than any team in the league. They know how to lose games, and they’re showing us that now.”

The Lakers got within six points several times, but never within five until Bryant made three free throws to make it 87-82 with 90 seconds left.

The Celtics got a break from a review when replays showed Allen’s 3-pointer barely nicked the rim, giving them the ball with a fresh 24 seconds and 1:05 left. Rasheed Wallace(notes) missed a 3-pointer, but the rebound wound up tied up between the 6-foot-11 Garnett and 6-foot-1 Derek Fisher(notes).

Fisher won the jump ball, tipping the ball ahead to Ron Artest(notes) for a breakaway; Pierce fouled him to keep him from scoring an easy layup, and he missed both free throws. Bryant grabbed the rebound, but Pierce ripped it out of his arms and dribbled off to the side to call timeout.

A desperate inbounds pass went to Pierce, who fed Rondo under the basket before falling out of bounds, and Rondo made an over-the-head layup to make it 89-82 with 36 seconds left.

“I was just showing off my Randy Moss and my (Tom) Brady the whole play,” Pierce said. “I was Randy when I caught it; then Brady on my pass to Rondo.”

Bryant missed a series of desperation 3-pointers down the stretch, and when Allen made two free throws with 19 seconds left and Garnett one of two with 8.9 to play, it was over.

“He’s the best shot-maker in the game. There’s probably better athletes and all that, but there’s no better shot-maker than Kobe Bryant,” Rivers said. “You’ve just got to live with it and play through it.”

Pau Gasol(notes) scored 12 points with 12 rebounds and Fisher, the Game 3 star, scored all nine of his points in the first quarter as no other Laker reached double figures in scoring until Gasol hit a free throw with 2:25 left. Andrew Bynum(notes) played on his sore right knee for 31 minutes, but he scored all six of his points and his only rebound in the first quarter.

The Celtics bench, which was the star of a 96-89 victory in Game 4 on Thursday, helped them extend the lead to 30-22 early in the second quarter. The Lakers came back to take a 37-36 lead on Bryant’s basket with 3:58 left in the half, but Pierce answered with a 3-pointer and two late jumpers for a 45-39 advantage at the break.

NOTES: Of the 25 finals that have been tied at 2-all, the winner of Game 5 has won 19 of them. … Rondo was called for a technical foul in the second quarter when he pushed Artest in retaliation for a hard foul on Garnett. Artest embellished the shove, but got the call. … Celebrities in the crowd: sprinter Usain Bolt, actress Eliza Dushku, Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea and singers Glen Frey and Jimmy Buffett, Philadelphia Phillies slugger Ryan Howard and New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick.

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