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Pierce looks for better game, less foul trouble Wed Jun  9 16:14:00 2010 EST
erce knows he has to improve his play in Game 4 of the NBA finals. First, he must stay out of foul trouble.

The Boston Celtics' leading scorer in the regular season picked up his fifth foul in the first minute of the fourth quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers' 91-84 win Tuesday night that gave them a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.

Pierce finished with 15 points, and that included a meaningless layup with 5.1 seconds left, after a rough second game when he missed nine of 11 shots and sco

Lakers' win earns top ratings for ABC Wed Jun  9 13:07:00 2010 EST

BOSTON (AP) -The Los Angeles Lakers' victory in Boston in the NBA finals earned the highest television ratings for a Game 3 since 2004.

The Lakers' 91-84 win earned an 11.5 overnight rating, 14 percent better than the Lakers and Orlando posted in Game 3 last year. It was the highest-rated show on television Tuesday night, helping ABC win primetime.

Ratings measure the percentage of all homes with televisions tuned into a program. Overnight ratings represent the country's largest markets.C

Lakers withstand rally to take Game 3; Allen goes cold Wed Jun  9 00:04:05 2010 EST
Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Derek Fisher scored 11 of his 16 points in the fourth quarter, helping the Los Angeles Lakers to a 91-84 win over Boston in Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Kobe Bryant poured in 29 points and Pau Gasol added 13 points and 10 rebounds for the defending NBA champions, who grabbed a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series. Fisher, like Bryant, going after his fifth championship ring, made 5-of-7 shots from the field in the final quarter. Ray Allen, who set an NBA Finals record
Celtics hold onto ball, steal home-court in finals Mon Jun  7 18:05:00 2010 EST

BOSTON (AP) -The Celtics were able to hold on in Game 2 because they held onto the ball.

Boston committed 12 turnovers in the first half and just two in the second in Sunday night's 103-94 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The win evened the best-of-seven series at 1-1, heading into Tuesday night's Game 3 in Boston.

Some of the Celtics' biggest turnovers on Sunday came in the last two minutes of the second quarter, when the Lakers cut a 54-41 deficit to six points. Kobe Bryant stole th

NBA finals are Boston bound tied at a game apiece Mon Jun  7 12:08:00 2010 EST
anywhere but Staples Center.

The next few nights might make him long to be back home.

The NBA's best rivalry is returning to its East Coast headquarters, site of perhaps the most miserable moment of Bryant's career last time he and the Los Angeles Lakers were here for the finals.

And the Boston Celtics and their green-clad fans can't wait to welcome him back.

``I feel good going back to the jungle,'' Celtics forward Kevin Garnett said Sunday.

Those familiar ``Beat L.A! Beat L.A!'' cha

No 4th quarter heroics for Kobe in Lakers' loss Sun Jun  6 23:12:00 2010 EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) -For once, the fourth quarter didn't belong to Kobe Bryant.

The Los Angeles Lakers superstar picked up his fifth foul early in the final period, when Bryant's defensive matchup, Rajon Rondo, carried the Boston Celtics to a 103-94 victory Sunday night that tied the NBA finals at a game apiece.

Bryant finished with 21 points, six assists, five turnovers and four steals in the Lakers' first home loss of the postseason. They dropped to 9-1 at Staples Center.

Midway through

Allen's three-point display in Game 2 helps Celtics earn split in LA Sun Jun  6 23:07:44 2010 EST
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Ray Allen set an NBA Finals record by making eight shots from beyond the arc on the way to a 32-point night, as the Celtics evened the championship series with a 103-94 Game 2 win over the Los Angeles Lakers. Rajon Rondo recorded his fifth career playoff triple-double with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists for Boston. Rondo had 10 points in the fourth quarter, including six during a big 11-0 run that gave Boston the lead for good. The defending NBA champio
Ray Allen sets NBA Finals record for three-pointers Sun Jun  6 22:18:35 2010 EST
th three-point shot of the game with 4:40 left in the third quarter Sunday night. Allen made his first seven three-point shots in the first half on the way to an incredible 27-point effort, boosting the Celtics to a 54-48 advantage over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the series. He later hit from long range in the third quarter, breaking the record he shared with Houston's Kenny Smith (1995) and Chicago's Scottie Pippen (1997). The old record for most three-balls in one half of a Finals gam
Allen hits seven from beyond arc, gives Celtics lead at half Sun Jun  6 21:35:12 2010 EST
Los Angeles, CA (Sports Network) - Ray Allen made his first seven three-point shots in the first half on the way to an incredible 27-point effort, boosting the Celtics to a 54-48 advantage over the Los Angeles Lakers at halftime in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Allen's effort has already tied a single-game Finals record for most three- pointers in a game. He went 7-of-9 in the series-clinching Game 6 against the Lakers two years ago. Kenny Smith (HOU, 1995) and Scottie Pippen (CHI, 1997) are the ot
Allen sets NBA finals record with 8th 3-pointer Sun Jun  6 21:09:00 2010 EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) -Boston Celtics guard Ray Allen has set an NBA finals record with eight 3-point field goals in Game 2 against the Los Angeles Lakers.

Allen's 3-pointer with 4:42 left in the third quarter Sunday night allowed him to break the mark he shared with Scottie Pippen and Kenny Smith.

Allen also had made seven 3-pointers in a game against the Lakers two years ago.

The veteran sharpshooter from the University of Connecticut made his first seven 3-pointers of the game, breaking t

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