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NBA: Celtics, Lakers hardly headliners anymore
The Celtics and Lakers are aching, aging and nowhere to be found now that the second round of the playoffs has started. The last time the second round began without at least one of the league’s two marquee franchises was the 2006-07 season, before Pau Gasol arrived in L.A. to help get the Shaq-less Lakers over the hump and before KG landed in Boston to help turn things around.
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