After a twenty-one year drought, the Celtics are back in the NBA Finals. Let's pause on that for a bit. Twenty-one years. A generation has past since our last appearance against the Lakers ended in a loss.
It's payback time!
Once again, we are gearing up for a Celtics/Lakers series. Chants of "Beat LA" can already be heard on a nightly basis around here.
Over the past 21 years, there have only been 6 teams that have won the championship:
LA Lakers (5 times - 1987, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002)
Detroit Pistons (3 times - 1989, 1990, 2004)
Chicago Bulls (6 times - 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998 - two awesome three-peats)
Houston Rockets (2 times - 1994, 1995)
San Antonio Spurs (4 times - 1999, 2003, 2005, 2007)
Miami Heat (1 time - 2006 )
That's pretty impressive--basketball seems to lend itself to dynasties. Its time to revive the Celtics dynasty.
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Lakers VS. Celts
It won't be the same this time without Johnny Most blaring through the radio. High fiving your buddies, spilling beer, while screaming "He was accosted", "He pulled a Stanislovsky".
Remember these other famous quotes?
The rainbow (Robert Parrish's shot:
Put some mustard on him - (Dennis Rodman was a hot dog):He fiddles, he Diddles: McFilthy and McNasty.
One thing is for sure, with the Stanley Cup Finals still under way and the Celtics about to heat up the real loser in all of this will be my liver.
go celts
Ah, the good old days. Racing to your house to watch game 5 only to have the car grind to a screeching halt when the driveshaft fell out. We left it there and finished the journey on foot. Celts win in game 7, triple overtime, when Pierce heaves one from center court just before the buzzer goes off. That's my prediction and I'm stickin' to it.
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