Allen helps Celtics win title after learning son is diabetic

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BOSTON, Massachusetts (AFP) — Finally winning a National Basketball Association crown after 12 seasons of struggling was not even the best news that Boston guard Ray Allen received Tuesday.

Allen was awestruck at the achievement the Celtics completed by beating the Los Angeles Lakers 131-92 to win the best-of-seven NBA Finals four games to two but it was beaten by the news his 17-month-old son Walker would be all right.

Allen learned Sunday morning that Walker had diabetes and raced to his hospital bedside after a game five loss Sunday in Los Angeles, not arriving in Boston until early Tuesday and even then taking his youngest son to a hospital.

Despite sleepless nights and worries for his son's future, Allen scored 26 points and helped the Celtics impose...