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We've Seen This Before -- Celtics Beat Cavaliers 90-85 In Opener
We've Seen This Before -- Celtics Beat Cavaliers 90-85 In Opener
Final - 10.28.2008 1 2 3 4 Total Cleveland Cavaliers 28 22 13 22 85 Boston Celtics 22 21 24 23 90 Complete Coverage >     FIELD GOALS   REBOUNDS     POS MIN FGM-A 3PM-A ...
LeBron James, Cavs sit out Celtics’ victory gala
LeBron James, Cavs sit out Celtics’ victory gala
bostonherald.com — ... when told that King James and his minions from Cleveland would respectfully decline to attend the... Celtics’ ring ceremony and banner raising before their season-opening confrontation on the parquet, Rivers smiled wryly. “First of all, I didn’t know they were invited,” Rivers said with a laugh. (more) LeBron James, Cavs sit out Celtics’ victory gala
One foot out the door for LeBron
sports.yahoo.com — They gave Paul Pierce the microphone at center court to do the brief, obligatory opening night welcome... to the fans and the Celtics captain turned it into an Academy Award acceptance speech. There wasn’t much about Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, about the Celtics repeating as champions, yet rather ... (more) One foot out the door for LeBron
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