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Lakers take 3-1 lead over Magic in NBA finals

(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2009-06-12 16:05

ORLANDO -- The Los Angeles Lakers built up a comfortable 3-1 lead in the NBA finals, rallying to beat the Orlando Magic 99-91 overtime in Game Four to move within one win of a 15th championship.

Los Angeles Lakers Derek Fisher (R) shakes hands with teammate Kobe Bryant after Fisher hit a three-point shot in overtime during Game 4 of their NBA Finals basketball game against the Orlando Magic in Orlando, Florida, June 11, 2009. [Agencies]

Kobe Bryant had 32 points, eight assists and seven rebounds for the Lakers but it was Derek Fisher that matters, sending the game into overtime with a 25-foot three-pointer with 4.6 seconds left in regulation and then having a key three-pointer with 31.3 seconds remaining in the extra session to give the Lakers a 94-91 lead.

Dwight Howard had 16 points, 21 rebounds and a finals-record nine blocked shots, but he was just 6 of 14 from the free throw line as the Magic failed to put away the game in regulation.

The Lakers can wrap up their first title since 2002 with a victory in Orlando on Sunday.

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