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no, no. now it's deluxe! want a real deluxe value? then taste wendy's new barbeque bacon deluxe value meals. with fries and a drink, only $2.99. ♪ you know when it's real ♪ >> mike: another fourth quarter up for grabs as the two winningest franchises in nba history are battling for another nba championship. lakers, right now, leading by four with 2:17 remaining here in the fourth quarter from boston. >> jeff: kobe bryant is 0 for 4 in the fourth, so who has come to their rescue? derek fisher. 13 points. but eight here. tough points in the fourth. 4 for 6 from the floor. a little leaner. then the one-two pick and roll that mark was talking about, into the left-hand pullup. and then rondo gambles, and he hits a tough banker. you know, these are really will shots right now. he's got great will, and he's not afraid to shoot with the game on the line. >> mike: phil jackson says he wants to be part of critical plays because he has such belief in himself to take the big shot. he's going to be an unrestricted free agent after this season. lakers have to make a decision to sign him. fisher says he still has a number of years left in him. and he's showing it once again in the playoffs. garnett. pulls up. knocks it down again! kevin garnett with 25, and it a two-point game. >> mark: better offense by kevin garnett. >> mike: celtics have a foul to give. bryant on the drive. allen stays with him. bryant rises up, knocks it down. that's his first points of the fourth quarter. >> mark: tough shot by bryant. 10 for 28. a lot of bad shots tonight. but when it matters most, he's not thinking about that. >> mike: rondo. pierce trying to get on track. he's had a rough shooting night, except from three. garnett double-teamed. knocked out of bounds -- still celtic ball. 13 to shoot. lakers felt that it was off garnett. they can check it on the replay if they want. and we're going to have a time-out. a 20-second time-out. and they will review that play. and we'll take a break while the officials look at the replay. kobe bryant, his first points of the fourth quarter, but big ones. it's given the lakers a four-point lead. 1:29 remaining, fourth quarter, game three. >> mike: 1:29 remaining, fourth quarter. both teams with multiple time-outs. celtics have a foul to give. officials looking at an out of bounds call. had one at the end of game two. and it looks like -- >> mark: it looks like it went off the left hand of garnett. i thought bryant hit it out of bounds, but certainly the left hand of garnett. >> mike: nice play by bryant. just got the ball. >> mark: a good play by odom. he comes over and doubles, takes him out of a rhythm post-up. >> jeff: and it was very interesting, too. the lakers, basically, called for it. there was no indication right away by the officials that they wanted to review it. the lakers then phil jackson moved down the sideline and requested it and then they reacted to go to the review. >> mike: brand new rule this year. last two minutes of the fourth quarter and overtime, officials can review it. looks like they are going to overturn it, because doc rivers is not happy. so it's going to be -- appears it's going to be laker ball. >> jeff: they would haven't reviewed it if doc rivers didn't call the time-out. until phil jackson made the request, they were not going to review that. >> mike: great hands from bryant and then you see after he slapped it away, it went off the didn't fingertips of garnett. good call, the right call. obviously the rule gets the right thing going here. so it's laker ball with 1:29 remaining. gasol, fisher, odom, artest and bryant on the floor for the lakers. that's the fourth celtic turnover in the fourth quarter. they had four total in the first three. lakers haven't turned it over in the fourth. completely different than game two. bryant. pucks up. won't go. rebound odom tips it. rondo trying to get it. knocked out of bounds. and it's still -- dan crawford says jump ball. it looked like rondo touched it last. >> mark: why don't you take a look at that? that's what doc rivers is saying. >> mike: and that's what they're going to do. oh, now on the replay -- >> jeff: looks like it's off odom. >> mark: absolutely. >> jeff: and the thing about the jump ball call that's really good is it gives them the option, even if it's inconclusive, he can go with one or the other. >> mike: right. let's see if this one -- well, that's clearly off of odom. >> jeff: well, we said that last game when it was clearly off garnett. >> mike: so they call it celtics ball. replay rule effective two times in a row here with 1:10 remaining. this is exactly why they put it in. a huge game like this, you want to get those calls right. >> mark: as a coach, you may be frustrated, but the bottom line, both calls have been made correctly. >> mike: because of the review on that first one, celtics got that 20-second time-out back. coming up on a minute remauning. ray allen for three -- won't go. again, allen off the mark. 0 for 13 from the field. >> jeff: same type of makes that he had. fisher gets hammered, and he puts it in! derek fisher hard to the bas ket. and the lakers go up by six with 48.3 remaining. >> jeff: but the celtics played that like the game was over. trotting back, no transition defense. no urgency. >> mike: ten points now in the period for fisher. gets hammered. still gets it to go. and he can add to the lead. the foul is on glen davis, his third. we talked before about kobe bryant, so much admiration and respect for his long-time teach maim. how about ray allen, after that magnificent performance in game two. he's 0 for 13 and 0 for 8 from three-point range. and they've been good looks. now doc rivers will call a full time-out. and the celtics in a little bit of trouble. 48.3 seconds remaining. it's not kobe bryant, it's the other four-time champion gifting it done here in the fourth quarter. derek fisher, ten of his points in the period. and kobe bryant cheering on his team. they lead by seven. celtics ball, when we come back. 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>> mark: rondo does a great job of getting into the paint area, trying to get the offensive rebound. >> jeff: see, the problem is here -- it's clearly off odom, but rondo clearly fouled him. and that's not reviewable. the foul isn't. >> mike: right. so the officials are going to check it. why not? it's an nba finals game. though it obviously extends the game. the rule's there, they have to look at it. that's a hard thing. not going to call a foul on rondo, but odom touched it last. rondo, so good on the boards. now obviously he fouls here, but -- he just is such a pest. so, for the third time in these last two minutes, they use the instant replay for an out of bounds. >> jeff: and the additional benefit is the celtics get a free time-out to diagram what they're going to run. >> mark: i think the other thing, also, if you called the foul on rondo, then lamar odom's going to the foul line to shoot two free throws. so, that's been stripped away, also. >> mike: 39 seconds remain. both teams are now in the penalty so any foul, go to the free-throw line, exempt for the offensive foul. celtics will take it out of bounds. rasheed wallace is in the game with rondo, pierce, allen and garnett. >> mark: if i'm fisher, i don't care how many shots ray allen missed all night, i don't want to give him any open look. >> jeff: i'm thinking two for one. i'm thinking about going quick right here. >> mike: rondo. looking for allen. allen. trying to find room. on the drive -- gets inside -- offensive foul! garnett on a moving screen. and the lakers get the ball. >> jeff: ray allen had a dead layup and still couldn't put it in. >> mark: and this is the correct call. clearly a shove by garnett. unnecessary one, because ray allen had already turned the corner. >> mike: and garnett picks up his fourth. because it's offensive, they don't shoot. do they have to foul here? >> jeff: i think absolutely. >> mike: vujacic in the game. >> jeff: i would have fouled vujacic on the catch. he hasn't played. >> mike: and there's the foul. vujacic just coming in. he played 11 seconds so far tonight before coming in here now. so, vujacic, a big part of the team in 2008, when they lost to the celtics, not playing that much in these playoffs. these are his first free throws of this series. his first free throws of the playoffs. >> mark: if you're a great free throw shooter, you're a great free throw. i saw jeff van gundy with a suit and tie on knock down free throw after free throw. >> mike: 85% during the season. but he only took 33 free throws all season. but pressure right there. vujacic, cold, goes to the line, knocks down two, and it's a seven-point game, doc rivers calls another time-out. celtics certainly had their opportunities but couldn't convert on key possessions. just the opposite of game two. and the lakers, on the verge of regaining the home court advantage. now, the series will continue thursday night and then sunday, both those games, four and five, right back here at the td garden. 9:00 eastern on thursday, an hour earlier on sunday. and that would head back to the staples center if necessary. again, the lakers showing resiliency. they were disappointed. phil jackson upset after the loss. they withstand every rally here tonight mark. >> mike: you have to point the finger at derek fisher. he made tough shots given the lakers some breathing room. >> mike: and fisher, so huge. 11 of his 16 here in the fourth quarter, once again. clutch perform earl at the most important time of the year. they go alley-oop to garnett. throws it away. and the lakers are going to regain home court advantage. they come to boston and beat the celtics here in game three. a terrific victory for l.a. they've led almost the entire game. and withstood a furm use rally by the celtics. the place was going crazy here in the fourth quarter with derek fisher and the lakers. >> jeff: think about it. kobe bryant, 10 for 29. pau gasol, 5 for 11. ron artest, 1 for 4. bynum, 3 for 9. no starter other than derek fisher played at a really high level offensively. and yet they come out of leer with the win because of fisher's greatness in the fourth and also because their defense was good and they built themselves a cushion. >> mike: defense forcing turnovers. lakers had four through the first three. six of them here in the fourth quarter. and the lakers lead the nba finals two games to one. paul pierce lets i got in. 91-84. and a big road victory for los angeles. silence in the crowd. kobe bryant and his back court partner who played more playoff games, more playoff wins than anyone starting back court in history of the nba get another victory. bryant and fisher getting it done, especially fisher, at crunch time. he's done it again. come may and june, you can count on derek fisher, as the celtics walk off disappointed. ray allen, 0 for 13 from the field. 0 for 8 from three-point range, after that magnificent, record-setting performance in game two. let's go to that back court that's done it again. doris? >> doris: quite a combination, mike. jeff van gundy called the shots you made in the fourth quarter will shots. what do you call them? >> sorry -- uh -- just faith, man. you know, i'm sorry i'm getting emotional, but you know, we work hard in this game. and sometimes things don't go your way but you just have to keep believing in yourself and in your team and this is just a great win for our organization and we're not done yet. we have a big game on thursday night. >> doris: big win. why so emotional? >> i love this game. i love this team. i love this guy. i love what i do. and nothing means more to me than helping my team win. >> doris: congratulations. kobe, your back court mate, you put so much faith in him. you struggled out of the gates, 0 for 4. what was your reaction to what he did? >> just derek being derek. he makes big plays all the time. and never ceases to amaze me. >> doris: the only guy who really played at a high level for most of the night. a lot of guys played hard, but he was at the highest level offensively. how do you absorb that second hatch where you struggled so much and still come away with the win? >> we just have to be poised and understand they're going to make a run. they made a push but never really got fully control of the game. we made big shots when it counted. >> doris: kobe, thank you. mi mike? >> mike: the celtics weren't able to get in front. the lakers win it. it continues thursday night, right back here at the td garden for game four. tip off shortly after 9:00 eastern. kobe bryant and the lakers win it 91-84. an emotional derek fisher with another superb, pressure-packed performance. final score, the lakers, 91, the celtics 84. for mark jackson, jeff van gundy, doris burke and our entire abc crew. this is mike breen saying so long from boston. again, game four, thursday night. coverage begins at 8:30 eastern. now, except on the west coast, stay tuned for your local late news. 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