By virtue of their Game 6 victory over the Detroit Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, the resurrected Boston Celtics earned a spot in the NBA Finals opposite the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers.
For the first time since 1987, the storied rivalry will consummate in a world championship-deciding series.
Growing up, ESPN would constantly show old highlights and complete games from the 1980's battles that the Celtics and Lakers would stage.
In three meetings in the decade, Los Angeles won twice, while Boston won once. Both teams won 8 of the 10 titles won during the time period, with only Philadelphia in 1983 and Detroit in 1989 being the exceptions, and they both had to beat the Lakers to do it.
Just to think of all the great players who have took part in this rivalry, such as Chamberlain, Magic, Bird, Russell, Havlicek, West, Abdul-Jabbar, etc., and now Bryant and Co. battles KG, Pierce and Ray Allen in order to grab the NBA's most coveted prize.
I'm saying that the Lakers will bring home their 15th NBA title, bringing them one closer to Boston's all-time leading 16 championships.
Oh yeah, and it will go seven games. It's too big not to.
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Having good Lakers and Celtics teams is good for the league and I know David Stern is loving how the Finals match-up played out, but I'm not too thrilled.
The Celtics were terrible even last year, and the idea that you can just go out and sign a couple of good players and immediately become a championship caliber team is annoying to me.
On the other side, I can't stand Kobe Bryant, who even this past off-season was demanding a trade and now that his team's winning couldn't be happier. He's a great player, but what I whiner.
Overall, I'm going with the lesser of two evils and rooting for Boston.
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