sixth consecutive year. This was also Michele Tafoya's final Finals appearance before resigning before the 2008–09 season. As an NBA Finals sideline reporter, Tafoya was later succeeded by Doris Burke, Rachel Nichols, and Malika Andrews. International broadcasts Aside from ABC (U.S.) and TSN (Canada), other broadcasters across the world covered the Finals: : Canal 7 : ESPN : Be 1 and Prime Sport 1 : Great Belize Television and Tropical Vision Limited (all games except games 2 and 5 joined in progress; Sunday games covered in full) : OBN : ESPN Latin America : TSN, NBA on ABC : CCTV-5, several provincial broadcasters : DK4 Sport : Antena Latina : Urheilukanava : Sport+ : Premiere Sport : Sport+ : Tele Caraibes : ESPN, Cable TV Hong Kong Sports Channel, Star Sports, TVB HD : Sport1, Sport2 : ESPN : ESPN, Jak TV, Star Sports : Sky sport : Sport 5 : J Sports Plus, NHK BS-1, SkyPerfecTV : SBS Sports, Star Sports : LTV7 : TVC Middle East, North Africa: ART Sport 3 : Sport1 : C/S Sports on RPN, ABS-CBN Basketball TV : Canal+Sport1 : Sport TV 1 : NBA TV : Canal +, Cuatro : TV4 AB : Videoland : ESPN : NTV : Five : Sport Plus : Sky TV Aftermath In the 2008–09 season the Celtics raced to a 27–2 start, the best through 29 games in NBA history, until that fateful finals rematch against the Lakers on Christmas Day ended a franchise-high 19-game winning streak. Then days after the All-Star Game Kevin Garnett injured his right knee, and was lost for the season. The Celtics won 62 games, but the absence of Garnett affected the team as they were eliminated in seven games by the Orlando Magic in the Eastern Conference Semifinals. The Lakers rebounded to win 65 games in the aforementioned season, then proceeded to win the NBA title in five games over the Magic. Even though another mid-season injury to Andrew Bynum threatened their title drive, he did come back late in the season. The Lakers became the first team since the 1988–89 Pistons to win the NBA Finals after losing it in the previous year. Both teams would eventually meet again in 2010 where the Lakers defeated the Celtics in seven games. The Celtics' 17th championship raised the total of major professional sports championships in Boston to 32, and it continued a