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Kobe Bryant scored 25 points and Lamar Odom 20 to lead the Los Angeles Lakers past Boston 103-98 to keep there title hopes alive.Pau Gasol added 19 points and 13 rebounds while Derek Fisher had 15 points for the Lakers, who pulled within three games to two in the best-of-seven National Basketball Association Finals to force a sixth game on Tuesday in Boston. “We probably have to play better,” Bryant said. “We have played in tough environments before. We shot the ball like c**p in the games there before so we’re due.” No team has recovered from a 3-1

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ONE of the greatest comebacks in NBA history lifted the Boston Celtics to the brink of their first title since 1986 and left the Los Angeles Lakers dazed and demoralised on their home court yesterday.Paul Pierce scored 20 points and Ray Allen added 19 to rally the Celtics from a 24-point deficit for an astonishing 97-91 victory over the Lakers, giving them a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven NBA Finals series.“We just went out there and played as hard as we could,” Pierce said.“We believed and we stuck together and were able to pull off this win. Incredible.”To win

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PAUL Pierce scored 28 points and the Boston Celtics edged the LA Lakers 108-102 today, giving the Celtics a 2-0 lead in the NBA Finals.Three days after being carried off the court with a sprained right knee, Pierce and reserve Leon Powe, who scored 21 points, powered the Celtics within two triumphs of their first NBA title since 1986. The best-of-seven series now shifts to Los Angeles, where the Lakers have won eight playoff games in a row, for games Tuesday and Thursday. “Our mindset is to get game three, take away their confidence and try to get the

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Their reserves have been a strength in the postseason, and were expected to give the Los Angeles Lakers an advantage against the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals.Instead, Phil Jackson somewhat ignored them in the opener.The Celtics’ reserves outplayed their counterparts in Boston’s 98-88 Game 1 victory, and Jackson took the blame Friday.“I really shortened the minutes of the bench last night, so that’s not their fault about not scoring and no productivity,” Jackson said. “The adjustments that our younger players will make, our bench players will be noticeable as we go through.”Sasha Vujacic, Jordan Farmar…,

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THE San Antonio Spurs booked their place in the Western Conference final with a 91-82 win over the Hornets in New Orleans.The defending NBA champions will play the Los Angeles Lakers in the conference final, with Game One in LA on Wednesday. The Spurs held a 71-56 lead going into the fourth quarter but the Hornets cut that deficit to 83-80 on Jannero Pargo’s three-pointer. San Antonio pulled away again and held on to clinch the best-of-seven series 4-3.

THE Boston Celtics beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 97-92 in a thrilling Game Seven to reach the NBA’s Eastern Conference finals.Boston

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