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In a stark indication that both franchises are in slow decline, the Celtics and Lakers enter tonight’s shortened-season showdown in nearly identical positions, making them peers as well as archrivals.
The Celtics story this season has been well-chronicled. Victims of the lockout, their aging players took weeks to get into playing shape, and by that time, they had lost 9 of 14 games. Now they have won 9 of 10, though their status as an Eastern Conference power is rather shaky. There remains considerable doubt as to whether they can truly compete with the Bulls and Heat.
The Lakers arrive for their annual visit to TD Garden as a shell of the team that...
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