When the Lakers lost to the Boston Celtics in 2008, the team was heavily criticized and critics did not stop bashing Kobe Bryant.

当湖人在2008年输给波士顿时，当时球队遭到铺天盖地的批评，批评者也没有停止对科比的攻击。

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He later teamed with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen to revive the Boston Celtics as an Eastern Conference power, winning an NBA title in 2008 over the Los Angeles Lakers.

后来他和保罗·皮尔斯以及雷·阿伦作为波士顿凯尔特人队的一员，使球队在东部联盟起死回生，战胜洛杉矶湖人队成为2008年nba冠军。

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We're just a few weeks removed from the latest epic showdown between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics on the court.

我们刚从洛杉矶湖人和波士顿凯尔特人最近在球场上史诗般的对话缓过神来几个星期。

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They were celebrating the Los Angeles Lakers' victory over the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association championship game.

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That's probably why, in the NBA, the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers teams of the '80s, led by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively, rate higher than the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls clubs of the 1990s.

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He was voted this year's most valuable player in the NBA, despite the Lakers losing to the Boston Celtics in this year's championship finals.

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Johnson and Bird were iconic figures throughout the 1980s, when they combined to win eight NBA titles (Johnson with the Los Angeles Lakers, Bird with the Boston Celtics) and resuscitated a league that had become more or less background noise by the end of the '70s.

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