Defending champions Los Angeles Lakers stunned Boston Celtics 89-67 here Tuesday in Game 6 of 2010 National Basketball Association (NBA) finals, pushing the championship series to the decider on Thursday in Los Angeles. Kobe Bryant scored 26 points, the highest scorer in four consecutive games of the series. He was helped by the rest of the revitalized Lakers, with Pau Gasol adding 17 points and 13 rebounds, and Ron Artest 15 points.
"Our defense was good, our rebounding was better," said Lakers' coach Phil Jackson.
The Lakers victory stretched the finals to the limit form for the 17th Game 7 in NBA finals history, first since 2005. Home teams is 13-3 all-time in finals Game 7.
"I just thought the Lakers played harder, better," said Celtics'coach Doc Rivers.
"We never gave ourselves an opportunity offensively because we didn't trust tonight. Everybody was trying to make their own plays," he said.
The Celtics ended the Finals with a 39-point blowout of the Lakers in Game 6 in 2008 finals and this time Lakers forced the Celtics to tie the second-lowest post-clock total ever in a finals game.
Utah set the lowest record in a 96-54 loss to Chicago Bulls in Game 3 in 1998.
The two arch-rivals have played a Game 7 four times in their 12 previous finals' encounters, with the Celtics clinching all four.
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