Published 6/6/2008
at Yahoo! Sports - NBA News
Coach Doc Rivers vowed he wouldn't change the way the Celtics did anything on defense in the NBA finals. And why should he? Boston's defense was too good for Los Angeles in the regular season, and it still is so far now. The Celtics shook off a poor defensive effort in the first half to contain Kobe Bryant and his sidekicks in the second half, pulling away for a 98-88 victory Thursday night in Game...
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