No Celtics, Lakers in 2nd rd a 1st since '07
The second round of the NBA playoffs is under way, and for the first time in six years, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are nowhere to be found.

BOSTON -- News from the Celtics: Doc Rivers will return next season as the team's head coach.
The second round of the NBA playoffs is under way, and for the first time in six years, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are nowhere to be found.
BOSTON -- Carmelo Anthony scored 21 points and the New York Knicks held on after blowing most of a 26-point lead to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 in Game 6 on Friday night and advance in the postseason for the first time since 2000.
BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics are looking across town for inspiration as they attempt to become the first NBA team to rally from an 0-3 deficit to win a playoff series.
BOSTON -- Congressman Joseph Kennedy III spoke with 7News about his former college roommate, Jason Collins. Collins made history earlier this week when he told the world he's gay.
NEW YORK -- The 11-0 deficit in Game 5 was wiped away. The 3-0 deficit in the series might be next.
BOSTON -- It started with a 3-pointer by Avery Bradley 16 seconds into the game. It ended with a layup by Jason Terry with 6.5 seconds left.
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers wishes Jason Collins had gotten more rebounds. Jeff Green liked the screens his former teammate set. Jason Terry would love to have Collins' toughness in the playoffs.
BOSTON -- Celtics coach Doc Rivers made a statement Monday after former Celtic Jason Collins became the first active player in a major American sport to be openly gay:
BOSTON -- The reeling Boston Celtics needed a spark of optimism and a surge of offense to keep their season going. Jason Terry provided both.
WALTHAM, Mass. -- Hanging on a wall of the Celtics' practice facility, opposite the faded banners that hung in the old Boston Garden a half-century ago, is a spotless one.
BOSTON -- The New York Knicks quieted the crowd and kept the Boston Celtics silent.
BOSTON -- The TD Garden was swarming with police Friday night for the playoff game between the Boston Celtics against the New York Knicks.
BOSTON -- The Celtics play their first home game against the New York Knicks Friday night since the Boston Marathon bombing.
WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Celtics need a pick-me-up after losing the opening two games of their first-round playoff series against the New York Knicks. The city of Boston could use one, too, after a traumatic two weeks of bombings and manhunts and grieving.
NEW YORK -- Boston coach Doc Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Thursday for publicly criticizing game officials after the Celtics' loss to New York on Tuesday night.
BOSTON — Kevin Garnett walked over to the Boston bench, nursing a sore hip and Celtics coach Doc Rivers asked repeatedly if his big man needed a break.
NEW YORK -- In what they considered a "must-win" game, the New York Knicks couldn't lose. Not the way they defended after halftime.
NEW YORK -- The New York Knicks not only expect a Boston adjustment, they can guess what it is.
NEW YORK — Carmelo Anthony scored 36 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Boston Celtics 85-78 on Saturday in their playoff opener.