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The core of the two-time NBA champion Los Angeles Lakers is all locked up contractually and will be back next season as Los Angeles goes for a threepeat, and the Lakers will be the WagerWeb.com betting favorites when 2010-11 NBA futures are released soon.
Obviously it’s hard to know what th... read more
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For the fifth time in their storied rivalry’s history, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers will meet in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. The Celtics were utterly crushed on Tuesday night and now appear very ready to cough up their first 3-2 lead in a series ever, especially with the bad news involv... read more
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The Boston Celtics can finish off their second NBA Finals series win in six games in the past two seasons by winning at Staples Center tonight, but L.A. is a 6.5-point favorite on WagerWeb.com’s betting odds.
The Lakers have just one home loss in the playoffs this year and only three in the... read more
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Well, Paul Pierce was wrong because the NBA Finals are guaranteed to go back to Los Angeles after the Celtics won Game 4 96-89. And the Celtics are 3-point favorites on WagerWeb.com’s betting odds for Sunday’s Game 5 to take a 3-2 series lead back to the West Coast.
The storyline in Game ... read more
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When the L.A. Lakers beat the Boston Celtics 91-84 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, that all but likely clinched the Lakers’ 16th NBA title and second in a row. Why do I say that? Well, since the NBA Finals switched to a 2-3-2 format in the Finals there had been 10 previous occurrences that the series... read more
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If you believe Boston’s Paul Pierce, the 2010 NBA Finals will be won by the Celtics in five games after Pierce screamed “we ain’t coming back to L.A.” following Boston’s impressive Game 2 victory. That was L.A.’s first postseason home loss this year and just its fourth in the past 42 pla... read more
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Well, the NBA Finals are over. Yes, the Finals are just one game old, but the Lakers’ 102-89 win in Game 1 Thursday assured a 16th NBA title for Los Angeles. Boston fans will be in a tizzy, but Phil Jackson-coached teams are 47-0 when winning Game 1 of a series. That’s one of the more crazy stre... read more
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The NBA’s best rivalry is renewed in the NBA Finals for the 12th time and second time in three years when the East champion Boston Celtics and West champion Los Angeles Lakers meet in Game 1 in L.A. on Thursday night.
The Lakers, who lost in six games to Boston in 2008 (Celtics lead the Fin... read more
