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Lakers Missed Opportunities for 4th Quarter Comeback
Lakers Missed Opportunities for 4th Quarter Comeback
That was such a weird game. If you watched the first quarter, you would've thought the Lakers would take it. The 2nd and 3rd quarters were clearly dominated by the Celtics building up that 22 point lead. In the 4th quarter, the Celtics played as tentative as I've ever seen a team play and the Lakers came 2-points away from the full comeback. In the end, they came up just short. The last 2 ...
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