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June 10, 2010, Thursday
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LOS Angeles Lakers guard Derek Fisher struck a blow for the National Basketball Association's 'senior citizens' by powering his team to a 91-84 win over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday.
The 35-year-old produced crucial plays down the stretch as the Lakers took a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals and seized back the homecourt advantage in the best-of-seven series.
Fisher's Lakers teammates were in awe after he scored 11 fourth-quarter points to hold off a Boston fightback.
"Huge, huge, huge the way he played down the stretch," Los Angeles forward Pau Gasol told reporters at his locker after the game.
With the Celtics closing in late in the game after trailing by as many as 17 points, Fisher's heroics kept them at bay in the face of ear-splitting support from the Boston Garden crowd.
A drive to the hoop, a short-range floater, a jumper and a sweet bank shot off the glass matched everything the Celtics could muster after Boston pulled to 68-67.
A tough three-point play by Fisher, seeking a fifth championship ring with the Lakers, put it away for visiting Los Angeles.
The 1.85-meter guard drove into a wall of Boston big men and sank his layup and a foul shot on top of it to give the Lakers an 87-80 lead with less than a minute to play.
"He was unbelievable," gushed center Andrew Bynum. "That's what he does. He's a big-time dude. He comes through in the clutch all the time.
"He did it last year in the Orlando (Magic) finals and he did it again tonight to really push us over the hump."
The 35-year-old produced crucial plays down the stretch as the Lakers took a 2-1 lead in the NBA finals and seized back the homecourt advantage in the best-of-seven series.
Fisher's Lakers teammates were in awe after he scored 11 fourth-quarter points to hold off a Boston fightback.
"Huge, huge, huge the way he played down the stretch," Los Angeles forward Pau Gasol told reporters at his locker after the game.
With the Celtics closing in late in the game after trailing by as many as 17 points, Fisher's heroics kept them at bay in the face of ear-splitting support from the Boston Garden crowd.
A drive to the hoop, a short-range floater, a jumper and a sweet bank shot off the glass matched everything the Celtics could muster after Boston pulled to 68-67.
A tough three-point play by Fisher, seeking a fifth championship ring with the Lakers, put it away for visiting Los Angeles.
The 1.85-meter guard drove into a wall of Boston big men and sank his layup and a foul shot on top of it to give the Lakers an 87-80 lead with less than a minute to play.
"He was unbelievable," gushed center Andrew Bynum. "That's what he does. He's a big-time dude. He comes through in the clutch all the time.
"He did it last year in the Orlando (Magic) finals and he did it again tonight to really push us over the hump."
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