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Drinks are on David Stern!
Lakers Blog — Lakers_logo_2 Wherever The Commish happens to be this morning, we guarantee he's in a very, very good mood. Positively giddy, even. Why? Because the matchup he, and about 89% of the basketball watching public, wanted to see has officially come to fruition. The Lakers will face the Celtic s for a chance to hug and kiss the Larry O'Brien at center court. The Lakers got there by knocking off the Spurs on Thursday night to polish off the Spurs in five, while the Celtics closed out the Pistons last night in Motown to win that series in six. Together, the teams combine for 38 Finals appearances since the Lakers moved to LA ...

Celtics vs. Pistons Eastern Conference Finals Recap
Boston Sports Buzz - Red Sox Patriots Celtics Bruins MLB NFL NBA NHL Baseball Football Basketball... — Game 1: Boston 88, Detroit 79 Another tough night for Ray Allen (9 points, 4 assists, 2 rebounds), but with a combined 48 points from the remainder of The Big Three, Ray's lack of scoring didn't cost the Celts too much tonight. To go along with Kevin Garnett's 26 and Paul Pierce's 22, Rajon Rondo recorded 11 points, 7 assists and 5 steals in 40 minutes. Backing up Rondo was Eddie House, who put up 5 points in 8 minutes. Sam Cassell's struggles in recent games have been well documented, but House has significant trouble bringing the ball up court when his man is putting constant pressure on him in press D. The better ball handler of the two, Cassell ...

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