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Article: FOUR-GET ABOUT IT NBA FINALS: LAKERS READY TO PUT COLLAPSE BEHIND THEM, FOCUS ON TRYING TO EXTEND SERIES, STARTING WITH GAME 5.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- June 15, 2008
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Byline: Elliott Teaford
Staff Writer
Their shock and disappointment faded significantly by the time the Lakers hit the court for practice Saturday morning in ElSegundo.
They moved into an acceptance phase, embracing their circumstances with a collective shrug and a smile.
There was little sense in rehashing all that had gone haywire during their historic collapse in Game 4 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night. There also was no reason to deny that their loss to the Boston Celtics had put them in serious jeopardy.
"It's behind us now," forward Lamar Odom said when asked about the Lakers' state of mind going into Game 5 tonight ...