Lakers keep season alive, beat Celtics 103-98 in Game 5 (12:35 p.m.)
LOS ANGELES - Kobe Bryant scored 25 points, including a decisive dunk in the final minute - and Lamar Odom added 20 as the Los Angeles Lakers prevented the Boston Celtics from winning a 17th title with a 103-98 win in Game 5 on Sunday and close to 3-2 in this restored rivalry.
No team has overcome a 3-1 deficit in the best-of-seven finals to win a title.
The first 28 failed, and now the Lakers, who blew a 24-point lead and lost Game 4 and nearly squandered a 19-point lead in Game 5, have a chance to do something extraordinary.
They’ll have to win on the Celtics’ parquet floor Tuesday to force a winner-take-all Game 7, where anything is possible. Especially with Bryant, the game’s best player, on hand. (AP)
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