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The Magic of a Game 7
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Posted by David Smydra, Google News Online Team
Growing up a diehard Pistons fan in Detroit, Michigan, I was taught two things about the sport of basketball. First, always cheer against the Boston Celtics. Second, always cheer against the Los Angeles Lakers. Fortunately, this was an easy thing for me to do: the Pistons beat both teams en route to its first NBA championship in 1989.
Tonight, however, the Lakers and Celtics complete their twelfth championship match-up in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals. This will be just the fifth time that a Lakers-Celtics Finals has reached seven games. And of course I know this by browsing through
Google News Archive Search
.
I can read about how Celtics coach Red Auerbach was "
feeling a bit cocky
" in the 1962 NBA Finals. Or about how the Celtics became the first major professional sports team to win
eight consecutive championships
by dispatching the Lakers in 1966. Or how Wilt Chamberlain wanted to beat Bill Russell's Celtics "
in the worst way
" in 1969. (He didn’t; the Celtics won again.) Or about how Lakers coach Pat Riley
wanted to make history
in the 1984 NBA Finals by beating the Celtics in Game 7, on the road, in the old Boston Garden. (Yet again, the Lakers lost.)
While the Celtics have history on their side, this year’s Lakers can boast a better overall record and are the defending champions, having won the 2009 Finals. Then again, they lost in the 2008 NBA Finals to...
the Boston Celtics
.
So it should be a great game, and well worth following. For that,
be sure to check Google News
.
As for my prediction, what can I say? I’m still recovering from the fact that the Pistons had their worst record in sixteen years and didn’t even make the playoffs. I guess it’s impossible for both teams to lose, huh?
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