Jun 15, 2010

Will the Lakers hold on at Home

courtesy of Larry W. Smith AP
Today is a chance for Boston Celtics to bring home another NBA Championship. If they can go into the Staples Center and hold off not only a determined Kobe team, but a crowd of Actors then there's a good chance.

However it won't be easy and the Laker's and Kobe Bryant along with Derek Fisher will do their best to force a game 7. Which team do you think has the advantage?

The Lakers are 43-8 at home this season, including 9-1 in the playoffs (the only loss was in Game 2 of the Finals).



For the record, history says the Celtics had better win tonight.
Since 1985, teams leading 3-2 heading for Games 6 and 7 on the road won the title four times in Game 6 and lost the deciding Game 7 two times.
Home teams are 9-2 in the Finals in Game 7s (including the 1951 Rochester Royals over the New York Knickerbockers), including 3-0 in the only three seven-game series in the last 25 years.
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