Celtics Advance to the NBA Finals

SportsCeltics Advance to the NBA FinalsCeltics Advance to the NBA FinalsThe Associated PressIt's on to the NBA finals for the Boston Celtics, who beat Detroit 89-81 in game six to win the Eastern Conference finals. Boston will meet the LA Lakers in the NBA finals for the 11th time. (May 31)The Boston Celtics are headed back to the NBA finals for the first time in 21 years.Boston won the Eastern Conference finals 4-games to two, beating Detroit 89-81 in game six.The Celtics were down by 10 points in the 4th quarter, but rallied to win.Boston scored nine points in less than 2 minutes. A 19-4 run put them ahead 79-74.Paul Pierce was game-high for the Celtics, scoring 27 points.Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 in the series-clinching victory.Chauncey Billups led Detroit with 29 points. But Rasheed Wallace only sank 2 of 12 shots, and scored just 4 points. He also hadthree turnovers.Boston's win sets up a marquee matchup with an old rival, the LA Lakers.The two teams will meet for the 11th time for the NBA championship.This will be the Celtics 20th trip to the NBA finals, which get underway June 5th with game one in Boston.

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[molonlave2010]

wow 17 titles out of 20 NBA final apperanace? Now that's a good track record.

[irresistibleforce]

can anyone say 17 time champs?

[G0000MBA]

celtics still got the most titles but damn theyve only got like 6 in the last 40 years

[tommygiles1853]

AssociatedPress damm, after I gained over 13 ins on my leap by finishing the workout at |50 inch vertical [dot] com|, being outrebounded is nothing I have to fret over about in a game now, lol

Celtics Advance to the NBA Finals

[molonlave2010]

They we're like a couple of months ago, so the deal was not deal and he ended up staying with the Suns.

[dmja115]

when did they talk about acquiring grant hill havent heard that 1

[molonlave2010]

They will now they got Rasheed Wallace, Grant Hill might come as well. yayyy!

[molonlave2010]

OK, so there 6 for 6, but they didn't appear as many times as the Celtics do. ;)

[WannaBeRayAllen]

look at the bulls...

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