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The Lakers have been outrebounded during the playoffs but they are very efficient on offense and they are better than many people think they are on defense, so they have been able to overcome this weakness. Unless the Celtics convert a lot of offensive rebounds into second chance points and a lot of defensive rebounds into transition scores it will be very difficult for them to beat the Lakers.
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