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In a rematch of last season’s NBA Finals,
the Los Angeles Lakers visit Boston
to take on the defending champion Celtics.
The Celtics had a 19-game winning streak stopped by the Lakers on
Christmas day when the Lakers won 92-83.
Now the Celtics have won 12 in a row and face a tough squad to push it
to 13. This will be Los
Angeles’ first time back to Boston
since the finals last year when Boston
won at home in game 6. Game 6 was an
embarrassing blow-out loss that the Lakers have not soon forgotten. That game was a major motivating factor for
the Lakers victory on Christmas day to snap the streak, and with another streak
on the line and game 6 looming in the back of the players’ mi... [More]