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PRO BASKETBALL — June 13

L.A. LAKERS at BOSTON
NBA Finals – Game 5

(Celtics -2, Total 189) — [private] The big mystery is whether Andrew Bynum can heal himself up enough to play, and if he can’t go a lot of minutes (he played just two in the second half of Game 4) that opens things up in the lane for Boston’s big men, and especially those who come off the bench. Speaking of the reserves, they are the ones showing much more energy. Let’s see if Lamar Odom gets cranked up. I don’t know if he can have a big impact at this point; it has been too easy for the Celtics to get him into foul trouble. The Celtics are just too physical right now to deal with in the half-court game. And as this series continues, they are coming up with ways to extract advantages, even though the Lakers have approached their season’s shooting percentage in the last couple of games, while the Celtics have not. Let’s not discount that Boston has finally discovered that they have a guard who can come off the bench and score points at a higher rate than Eddie House did. His name is Nate Robinson.

THE PLAY: BOSTON -3 ***

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