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Article: FINAL INSULT LAKERS ROUTED BY CELTICS, WHO WIN NBA TITLE NBA FINALS: L.A. CAN'T RECOVER FROM SECOND-QUARTER COLLAPSE AS BOSTON TAKES GAME 6, SERIES.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- June 18, 2008
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Byline: Elliott Teaford
Staff Writer
BOSTON -- This one will sting all summer. It will stick with the Lakers through vacations and lazy days in the sun. It will be there, in the pits of their stomachs, when they regroup for training camp and when they begin the 2008-09 season next fall.
The Boston Celtics taught the Lakers a painful lesson in championship- caliber play they will carry with them for the foreseeable future.
The Celtics' 131-92 victory in the decisive Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night was as instructive for the Lakers as it was difficult to absorb. The Celtics raised their game to a level the Lakers simply could ...