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...loudest and longest round of applause during the event came when the score of Friday basketball game was announced--the Celtics over the Philadelphia 76ers...
Down by as many as 11 points in the second half, the Celtics regrouped behind Larry Bird and scratched their way to a 91-90 win over the Philadelphia 76ers yesterday, capturing the NBA East championship and earning a try at their 14th league title...
...76ers--who led, 89-82, with 5:23 to go--watched helplessly as the Green scored nine straight points, the last four by Bird. Maurice Cheeks missed one of his two free throws with 21 seconds left, and Philly couldn't score again...
Philadelphia's Julius Erving scored the last six points of the game as the 76ers beat the Boston Celtics, 107-105, yesterday to take a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference final series...
...Boston Celtics will open the best-of-seven Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night at Boston Garden against the Philadelphia 76ers, who dumped Milwaukee, 99-98, in conference semi-final action yesterday. The Celtics will host the Sixers Wednesday night as well, and the series will shift to Philadelphia Friday for the first of two games there. Jullus Erving pumped home 28 points to pace Philadelphia, which blew a 16-point, second-half lead when the Bucks put on a 22-5 spurt to take a one-point lead with 9:09 left. But clutch foul-shooting by Caldwell Jones offset...