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They stayed in the game basically by grabbing 23 offensive rebounds and outrebounding Boston He had 23 points in one of the worst shooting games of his playoff career, but he contributed 15 rebounds and 10 of his points came in the fourth quarter.

Taking advantage of Kobe's struggles against an excellent team defense, the Celtics build a point lead but Kobe's teammates stepped up for him led by Pau Gasol's 19 points and 18 rebounds 9 offensive and the Lakers could slowly erase the deficit.

Gasol's activity under the baskets was the biggest problem for the Celtics who used Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace and Glen Davis trying to contain him in the absence of injured Kendrick Perkins.

Ron Artest , the only Laker on the roster who hadn't win a championship was a big factor, this time not only defending Paul Pierce 18 points on 5-for shooting but also contributing on the offensive end.

He had 20 points that included a 3-point play to tie the score at 61 with left in the fourth. With 3 free throws by Ray Allen the Celtics took the lead again but that was the last time they were going to be close to their 18th championship because Derek Fisher hit another of his big time three-pointers to tie it and Kobe scored the next 4 points.

The Celtics didn't give up until the end but every shot they made had a response by the Lakers , with Gasol fighting under the basket, Kobe making free throws, a three-pointer by Artest or even Sasha Vujacic making 2 free throws to seal the title.

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