Unfortunately, Detroit Pistons lose to the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Championship. This sets up a Lakers versus Celtics NBA Finals.
I didn't like Boston advancing to the finals. I grew up in the 80's. Learned to play basketball during the 80's. The first NBA game I watched on TV was the 1987 Lakers-Celtics finals on replay. I saw the Bird-Magic rivalry. I saw Abdul-Jabbar laboriously run up and down the court but still convert his patented sky hook with ease. I saw Worthy running the lanes and finishing fastbreaks for the Lakers. Then, there was McHale, Parish, DJ, obnoxious Ainge, and Greg Kite. For the Lakers, you had Cooper, a young Byron Scott, Rambis with his eyeglasses, Thompson.....
These are like sacred memories I had of my own version of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry.
Now, I just hope that Kobe, Pau, Odom, Fisher and Pierce, KG, Ray Allen can live up to that standard of play of the previous Lakers-Celtics matchups.
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