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Score one for the mongoose.
With the Celtics employing their Rikki-Tikki-Tavi team defense, the Black Mamba was unable to deliver the venomous strikes with which he had so mercilessly dispatched the Nuggets, Jazz and Spurs.
As he had done so often in the first three rounds of the playoffs, Bryant spent the first half measuring his opponent...
