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For Lakers, It's Tonight or Never

To break Celtics curse, Lakers have to show up for Game 3

By Katherine Thompson, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 10, 2008 12:51 PM CDT

(Newser) – The Boston team that dominated the court in Games 1 and 2 of the NBA Finals isn't the same Celtics crew that eked out wins against Atlanta, Cleveland, and Detroit. But the Lakers may only have just noticed that, writes Mark Heisler in the Los ... Read full story »

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