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NBA finals between Boston Celtics and Lakers could be one for ages
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When Earvin "Magic" Johnson made his NBA Finals debut with the Los Angeles Lakers in 1980, the games were televised on "tape delay" by the American networks, rather than shown live. (article 18)
By the time Johnson and Larry Bird had finished restructuring the American sporting landscape and re-establishing their teams' decades-long rivalry, the sport would not be the same. (article 18)
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, perhaps the most renowned of basketball rivals, two men who represented differing styles of play and were the stars of cities separated by much more than distance, were united one afternoon over momma's cooking. (article 21)
All the while Robert Parrish dueled Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy battled Kevin McHale, the Lakers against the Celtics was the real rivalry. (article 17)
Fisher and the Los Angeles Lakers face the Celtics in the NBA finals beginning Thursday night in Boston - a development he couldn't have imagined last July when he returned to the team for which he played from 1996-2004. (article 25)
(Elsa/Getty Images) Tony Allen may not be healthy enough to play in the NBA final opener, potentially costing the Celtics a player who can guard Kobe Bryant when the Lakers superstar visits Boston on Thursday. (article 16)
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Source articles
- The Boston Globe (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 1427 words)
- Phil Jackson can't run rings around Doc Rivers (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 479 words)
- Expert analysis: Gorman notes one-sided Lakers-Celtics picks (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 765 words)
- Betting split for the opener of hyped Finals (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 476 words)
- Believe it: Kareem once was Celtics fan (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 428 words)
- Recognizing Boston's greats was a mandate for Larry Bird (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 261 words)
- It's Celtics' defense vs. Lakers' offense (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 806 words)
- A few Celtics-Lakers quotes from today (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 420 words)
- Mike Bresnahan's take on the Lakers (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 312 words)
- Celtics-Lakers this season (boston.com, 06/03/2008, 323 words)
- Celtics and Lakers set for finals (BBC News, 06/04/2008, 321 words)
- Garnett provides big challenge to Lakers defense (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 739 words)
- Matchups favor the Lakers (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 659 words)
- There's more to a Lakers-Celtics Finals than history (dallasnews.com, 06/04/2008, 701 words)
- Lakers, Celtics rivalry set for latest chapter (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 1148 words)
- Celtics' Tony Allen may miss final opener (cbc.ca, 06/02/2008, 215 words)
- BIRD OF PARADISE (NY Post, 06/04/2008, 568 words)
- Revival of old East-West rivalry boosts NBA (timesonline.co.uk, 06/05/2008, 730 words)
- Respect, rings were at stake (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 458 words)
- NBA finals between Boston Celtics and Lakers could be one for ages (cbc.ca, 06/04/2008, 847 words)
- Bird, Magic old rivals (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 767 words)
- Best of Celtics-Lakers on YouTube (boston.com, 06/04/2008, 739 words)
- New Garden, age-old drama (boston.com, 06/05/2008, 349 words)
- Lakers need to play the better mind game (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 561 words)
- Derek Fisher has thrived in return to Lakers (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 819 words)
- Magic Johnson's rivalry was with the Celtics, not Larry Bird (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 257 words)
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