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Celtics-Bulls thriller sets cable record (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

The triple-overtime thriller between the Chicago Bulls and Boston Celtics is the most-watched first-round game on cable TV. TNT says the Bulls' 128-127 victory Thursday in Game 6 was seen by 5.35 million viewers. The previous record was 4.97 million for Game 6 of the Suns-Lakers series in 2006, a 126-118 overtime win by Phoenix.