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Banner 18 Denied: Lakers Win NBA Title With Comeback Win Over Celtics In Defensive Game 7
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers looked half asleep at times during their most important game of the season, but in the end it was their suffocating defense that propelled them to a 83-79 Game 7 win over the Boston Celtics to capture their 16th NBA championship and second in a row. For more, visit CelticsBlog and Silver Screen and Roll.
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June 18, 2010
Celtics-Lakers Game 7 Draws Highest TV Rating In 12 Years
In some of the least surprising news ever, a Game 7 in the NBA Finals on a Thursday night between the Celtics and Lakers drew a record television audience, drawing the league's highest numbers in 12 years.
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June 18, 2010
Silver Screen And Roll: The Title Has Been Defended
The Lakers and the Celtics battled for the 2010 title in Thursday night's Game 7, and unfortunately for Bostons fans, L.A. was better in the fourth quarter. They took the victory, and the championship, 83-79. SB Nation's Lakers blog, Silver Screen and Roll, breaks down the action quarter-by-quarter. And the player that emerged was Ron Artest. He proved to be a force, vindicating the Lakers decision of signing him.
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June 18, 2010
PHOTO GALLERY: A Look At Game 7 From Start To Finish
Two photo galleries from Game 7 between the Celtics and Lakers in the 2010 NBA Finals.
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June 18, 2010
CelticsBlog: 'It Was A Great Run'
SB Nation's CelticsBlog reacts to Boston's Game 7 loss to the Lakers in the 2010 NBA Finals.
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June 18, 2010
Bryant, Gasol Lead Lakers To Game 7 Victory Over Celtics, 83-79
Kobe Bryant and the Lakers looked half- asleep at times during their most important game of the season, but in the end it was their suffocating defense that propelled them to a 83-79 Game 7 win over the Boston Celtics to capture their 16th NBA championship and second in a row.
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June 17, 2010
Rasheed Wallace To Start Game 7 For Celtics
Rasheed Wallace will start for the Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals Thursday night.
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June 17, 2010
Celtics-Lakers, Game 7: Nine Months Of Play Comes Down To 48 Minutes
For the fifth time in their historic rivalry, the Celtics and Lakers will play a Game 7 in the NBA Finals (for the record, Boston has won all four previous game sevens, most recently in 1984).
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June 17, 2010
Celtics-Lakers, Game 7: The Referees For Tonight Are Joey Crawford, Danny Crawford And Scott Foster
Here's your referees for Thursday nights Game 7: Joey Crawford, Danny Crawford and Scott Foster.
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June 17, 2010
NBA Finals, Game 7: For The Celtics And Lakers, It Ends Tonight
After nearly eight months of basketball, the NBA season will boil down to a winner-take-all Game 7 between the two most successful franchises in league history as the Los Angeles Lakers host the Boston Celtics tonight.