...On a new parquet floor below aging championship banners, the Boston Celtics won their 17th NBA title and a first one at last for Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen their Big Three for a new generation. After 22 long years, the NBA has gone green. Lifted...
...coach Bill Belichick, who got a huge ovation when he was shown on the scoreboard, and Miami Heat star Dwyane Wade. The Boston Celtics are home, not home free. Unable to put the finishing touches on the Los Angeles Lakers and wrap up their first championship...
...Game One, the Boston Celtics won with defense. Their Game Two victory was all about offense. In a slow-paced game with 86 possessions, the Celtics threw up 108 points, their second-highest-scoring game of the postseason. It is the Los Angeles Lakers who typically...
...Actor Jack Nicholson yells during the first half of Game 5 of the NBA basketball finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics Sunday, June 15, 2008, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Pau Gasol added 19 points and 13 rebounds while Derek...
...9:00 EDT LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- The Los Angeles Lakers hope to carry some momentum cross country when they take on the Boston Celtics in Game Three of the NBA Finals at... Game Recap: LOS ANGELES 87, BOSTON 81 - LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Kobe Bryant scored...
...time in his pro career, LeBron James will go one on one in the postseason with basketball's most storied franchise the Boston Celtics who haven't won an NBA title since 1986, when he was a 2-year-old toddler dribbling only his food. But Cleveland's 23-year-old...
...friend asked him, "Why don't you call it the 'Boston Three Party'? I said, because it took a team to win. And I welcome the Boston Celtics team that has brought great pride to the Boston area. You know, I was telling them, I went to school up there [Yale]....
...their home court, surrendered a lead that was 21 points after first quarter and 18 at the half and lost Game Four to the Boston Celtics, falling behind three games to one in the NBA Finals. Everything started off so well for the Lakers. During the first quarter,...
...Big Three has a big problem: The Detroit Pistons now own the home-court advantage that has meant everything to the Boston Celtics so far in the playoffs. Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce rests during a timeout in the second half during Game 2 of the NBA...
...storied rivalry didn't die -- it was just dormant for the better part of two decades. When the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics meet at Staples Center on Thursday for the first time since last season's NBA finals, both teams will again come in leading...