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The Boston Celtics, the most storied franchise in NBA history, if not American sports history, avoided becoming the first team to ever relinquish a 3-0 series lead by knocking off the reigning Eastern Conference Champion Orlando Magic, 96-84, in Game Six of their best-of-seven series. After having a 3-0 lead in the series, the Celtics were beaten, first in Boston, then in Orlando in Games 4 and 5, and seemed to be flirting with NBA history. No team has ever come back from a 3-0 deficit in the NBA and the Magic were pushing things their way to become the first team to do so. But the Celtics had too much pride and stopped the Magic and are now returning to the Finals against either the Phoenix Suns or the Los Angeles Lakers. Another Lakers-Celtics Finals matchup would be ideal (though the Suns and their fans would TOTALLY disagree).

The Celtics have the most titles in NBA history with 17 Championships. The Lakers are a close second, with 15 Championships. So if the Lakers can knock off the feisty Phoenix Suns on Saturday night, we will get to see another historic showdown between the NBA’s two all-time greatest teams. The Suns, on the other hand, couldn’t care less about any of that.

We shall see what happens.

M. Dean
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