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BOSTON -- It's a familiar look, one easily identifiable from Oklahoma City to Salt Lake City, from Phoenix to Boston. The jaw juts out, the nostrils start to
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BOSTON -- The beauty of Derek Fisher's game is in the eye of the beholder. In Los Angeles, Fisher is a modern day Rocky, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound pit bull who
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BOSTON -- The NBA Finals are officially a prizefight. After absorbing a left hook to the body in Game 2, the Lakers answered back with a haymaker of their own,
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LOS ANGELES -- It wasn't always pretty, but 22 lead changes, 11 ties and a superhuman shooting night from Ray Allen later and the Celtics have pulled even in
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LOS ANGELES -- Tex Winter stood at the podium, a broad smile masking the damage a 2009 stroke had inflicted on his mind and body. Winter was there to accept,
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NEW YORK -- The black SUV eased around a corner and settled into spot just in front of the Trinity Boxing Club. First out of the car was Miguel Cotto, the
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LOS ANGELES -- '3 Mo' were the words scribbled on the white board in the Lakers locker room after the West champs sent a powerful message in Game 1, battering
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Paul Pierce vs. Ron Artest. Kobe Bryant vs. Rajon Rondo. Doc Rivers vs. Phil Jackson. The 2010 NBA Finals have enough storylines to fill two newspapers. On the
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Consider Saturday night the latest example. After watching his team cough up an 18-point advantage for the second consecutive game, Bryant seized control in the
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BOSTON -- As a stream of jubilant Celtics players made their way down a back hallway in the TD Garden towards their locker room, an equally despondent Stan Van
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Just how pivotal is Thursday night's game in Los Angeles? Consider: Winners of Game 5s in a best-of-seven series hold a 129-26 record, and home teams have a
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"The bench was phenomenal," Nash said. "They were intelligent. They made good decisions. And, you know, they were easily the difference tonight." Everywhere you
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Maybe Kevin Garnett's balky right knee really did recover like Adam Banks' wrist. Look coach ... no pain! Maybe someone whispered in Ray Allen's ear that the
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WALTHAM, Mass. -- The faded piece of paper is long gone, not needed anymore. For what felt like an eternity, it was taped to Doc Rivers desk, a reminder of the
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On Tuesday night, Washington got their first look at the light when the Wizards -- with just a 10.3 percent chance -- landed the No. 1 overall pick in the 2010
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