Lakers Win Their Sixteenth NBA Title
The NBA season ended on Thursday with the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers playing the seventh game of the championship series. The final quarter was played at a frantic pace with hits and misses from both sides and finally the Lakers came out stronger and in the process won their second straight NBA title with an 83–79 decision over Boston. Bryant captured his fifth title and the Lakers their sixteenth.
The Celtics most definitely missed their center Kendrick Perkins, who sat out the game after spraining his knee in Game 6, though Paul Pierce had a good game and led a balanced Boston attack 18 points and 10 rebounds. However, the Celtics did not have enough firepower despite a heroic defensive effort in the first three quarters.
For the Lakers, Kobe just looked out of sync missing 18 of 24 shots and fumbling passes. The star of the match was not Bryant for a change, the big man Paul Gasol stepped up to the plate and with his sterling performance won all the accolades. Gasol had impressive stats of 19 points, 18 rebounds, the most by any player on the court and had four assists. Bryant had 23 points, while Paul Pierce led the Celtics with 18. Los Angeles shot only 32 percent from the field in the defense-dominated game, but the Lakers out-rebounded the Celtics 53–40.
The Lakers went in to this game as favorites, their odds at –280, meaning player wagers $280 to win $100, while the Celtics had odds of +240, player wages $100 to win $240.
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