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   Lakers-Celtics rivalry

   The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Celtics four games to two. ... Boston Celtics
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   2000s in sports

   2001 NBA Finals - Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers ... 2001 NBA Draft – Joe Johnson, tenth by the Boston Celtics
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   2007–08 Boston Celtics season

   | Boston wins series, 4–2 | ... The Celtics became the 1st team to score at least 130 points in a NBA Finals game since the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Celtics 141–122 in the 1987 Finals.
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   1986–87 NBA season

   The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals in 6 games.
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   1985 NBA Finals

   The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Celtics four games to two to defeat the Celtics for the first time in Laker history in the NBA Finals. ... Boston Celtics
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   Los Angeles Lakers

   The Houston Rockets, however, defeated the Lakers in five games in the Western Conference Finals. ... | Preceded by Boston Celtics 1986 | NBA Champions Los Angeles Lakers 1987 and 1988 | Succeeded by Detroit Pistons 1989 and 1990 |
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   Boston Celtics

   The Pacers defeated them in the first round yet again, with the series culminating in an embarrassing 27-point loss in Game 7 at the Fleet Center. ... | Preceded by Philadelphia 76ers 1983 | NBA Champions Boston Celtics 1984 | Succeeded by Los Angeles Lakers 1985 |
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   History of the Los Angeles Lakers

   Johnson then notched his last Finals MVP award as the Lakers defeated their archrival Celtics in the finals, higlighted by Johnson's running "baby hook" shot to win Game 4 at Boston Garden with two seconds remaining. ... Los Angeles D-Fenders
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   NBA records

   Elgin Baylor, Los Angeles Lakers (vs. Boston Celtics), 1962 (7 games) ... 68 - The Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Miami Heat 148-80 on December 17, 1991.
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    1972 NBA Finals

    The Western Conference Champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Eastern Conference Champion New York Knicks in five games. ... New York had dethroned the 1968-69 NBA Champion Boston Celtics to get to their second NBA Finals appearance (the first being in the 1969-70 season when the Knicks edged out the Lakers in Game 7).

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