celticsblog.com - 6/16/2008
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Sometimes, it's how you start. It's unfortunate that in some regards, what Game 5 of the 2008 NBA Finals will be remembered for is Kobe Bryant's steal and dunk to seal a tight ball game in the fourth quarter. It might be remembered for -- to put it mildly -- the rough go of it had by Kevin Garnett in the fourth quarter.
Still Have To Win One More
celticsblog.com 6/16/2008 — In my heart I know we've won this series. No team has come back from down 3 games to one. It would take an amazing team to do so, and the Lakers are not amazing. Not only that, but they are mentally broken. Snapped like a branch in a hurricane, just hanging by a thread. With that said, the Celtics still have to take one more game to win the title.
Postcards From LA, Vol. 18: One Lakers Fan Tracks His Team Through the NBA Playoffs
emptythebench.com 6/16/2008 — Instead of focusing on poor play and bemoaning the fact that if the Lakers didn’t choke away a 24-point lead they would hold the 3-2 series advantage, the optimum way to view this situation is that the next two games are actually pure gravy, a gift from the basketball gods that allows the Lakers, who happen to employ the game’s best gunslinger, two do-or-die shots at basketball immortality.
Lakers Keep Celtics On Ice, 103-98
soxanddawgs.com 6/16/2008 — This time the Boston Celtics could not totally over come an early large deficit as they lost Game Five to the Los Angeles Lakers, 103-98 at the Staples Center on Sunday evening. Boston now leads the NBA Finals 3-2 with Game Six at the TD BankNorth Garden in Boston on Tuesday evening at 9 p.m. Well we’ve seen this before as this first quarter was almost a carbon copy of the first ...
Celtics In 6
celticsblog.com 6/16/2008 — Defense wins Championships: The Lakers found some breathing room, but most of the series the Celtics have been able to react and lock down the Triangle. Our big 3 vs. their big 2.5: Lamar has only shown up for a few quarters and Gasol is up and down. ...
Parade Postponed: LA wins Game 5 103-98
mvn.com 6/16/2008 — BOX SCORE
The Celtics couldn’t quite engineer a second comeback victory on the road and yielded to the Lakers 103-98 in Game 5. The Lakers starting line-up did what they had to do and jumped out to a large lead from the beginning, scoring a ...
Lakers Survive, Return to Boston —
Wash Post NBA 6/16/2008
Kobe Bryant scores 25 points, including a decisive dunk in the final minute, as the Lakers prevent the Celtics from winning a 17th title with a 103-98 win in Game 5 to cut Boston's series lead to 3-2.
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