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Lakers’ Big 3 leads win over Celtics

These franchises, maybe more than any other two in the NBA, take the court with the ghosts of the pasts surrounding their iconic colors. It’s why veteran public address announcer Lawrence Tanter stretched out the last syllable of “seventeen” when talking about the championship banners the Lakers were playing under Tuesday night at Staples Center. That is, after all, the same number of titles ...

These franchises, maybe more than any other two in the NBA, take the court with the ghosts of the pasts surrounding their iconic colors.

It’s why veteran public address announcer Lawrence Tanter stretched out the last syllable of “seventeen” when talking about the championship banners the Lakers were playing under Tuesday night at Staples Center.

That is, after all, the same number of titles won by the hated Boston Celtics — their green uniforms beautifully clashing against the Lakers’ purple

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