THE GREEN MEAN MACHINE

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The Los Angeles Lakers lost an embarrassing 100-95 decision to the lowly Sacramento Kings last Friday night (Saturday morning, Manila Time) at home. It is not the kind of prelude they wanted as they go up next against perennial arch-rivals, the Boston Celtics. But the Lakers vow they are up to the challenge until they ran over into an immovable force called, “The Green Mean Machine” head on Sunday night (Monday morning, Manila Time). The Celtics prove to the world that the game seven defeat against the Lakers in the NBA finals last June was a fluke, as the Beantown boys took a resounding 109-96 road blowout. Not even the court side presence of entertainment and sports celebrities, such as Matt Damon, Jimmy Kimmel, Adam Sandler, Brooklyn Decker, Nick Swardson, Red Sox pitcher John Lackey, Zac Efron, former Patriots linebacker Willie McGinest and director Robert Rodriguez, can help the Lakers cause. Boston now guns for a sweep of their regular season series against the Tinseltown outfit when they meet again on February 10 in their home turf, the TD Garden. Celtics captain Paul Pierce says it was an emotional win and it feels good to win at Staples Center again, according to Yahoo! Sports.

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“It’s another game, but it was definitely an emotional game, especially because we lost Game 7 here. It feels good to come back in this building and get a win. 

"If we had home court last year, who knows maybe what happens in Game 7? We’re not looking ahead, but maybe if it comes down to another Game 7, maybe we’ll have it at home.”