Friday, June 13, 2008

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In their comeback season, the Celtics saved
the biggest one of all for the NBA finals.

Boston rallied from a 24-point deficit and beat the Los Angeles
Lakers 97-91 on Thursday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in
this history-rich series and move within one victory of a 17th
championship that seemed impossible a year ago.

A rivalry between the league's two most storied franchises -
with some of the game's biggest names and biggest moments - now has
its biggest rally.

No team had ever overcome more than a 15-point deficit in the
first quarter, and although the league doesn't have a record for
the largest rally in a finals game, the Celtics staged one that
will forever be remembered in the annals of Celtics-Lakers lore.
 
 

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