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Power Rankings: Lakers take over top spot

By Marc Stein
ESPN.com

Monday, December 29, 2008

--> A road loss to the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day after 19 consecutive victories can be rationalized. A fall-from-ahead road loss to the injury-plagued, drama-ridden Golden State Warriors cannot. The Boston Celtics would have stayed at No. 1 in ESPN.com's NBA Power Rankings had they rebounded from their first defeat since a Nov. 14 home setback to Denver by turning a 14-point lead over the Warriors one night later into the expected victory. But Boston's seven straight weeks as ...

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