The fiercest rivalry in the history of the NBA is between the Boston Celtics and the Los Angles Lakers. They have matched up in the Finals more than any two teams at 11. They are the two most celebrated teams in the NBA. There have been 62 NBA Championships in the history of the NBA and the Celtics and the Lakers hold exactly half of those Championships (17 and 14, respectively).
NBA fans, aside from liking their favorite team, can be divided into one of two categories...Celtics fans or Lakers fans. Debates have ensued about which is the better franchise, the Celtics or the Lakers. Who has had the overall best talent or who has had the best coach?
What if you could combine the two franchises? What if you could have Larry and Magic on the same team? Here it is, the all Celtics-Lakers team.
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about 1 month ago
Nice concept. All 28 other NBA teams would probably just close up shop if the Celts and Lakers joined forces. They're just too dominant, and in no other sport has a pair of teams epitomized greatness like LA and Boston in the NBA.
about 1 month ago
Diana, that's a great team. Just for fun, we took your team and played it against last year's NBA Champions Celtics and it turned out to be a close game, with the All-Time Lakers-Celtics team winning 129-120. I took the liberty of adjusting your depth chart so it matched your articles' starting lineups, with the starters playing 30 minutes and reserves 18.
As you can guess, the All-time team's balanced scoring led by 1985-86 Bird's 25 points and 10 rebounds beat the Big 3 of Garnett (26 points), Pierce (23 points) and Allen (26 points).
Here's the box score.
http://www.whatifsports.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gameid=1110914&teamfee=-1
about 1 month ago
We were curious to see how your team would do against last year's Lakers team as well. This one was also a close game.
http://www.whatifsports.com/nba/boxscore.asp?gameid=1110916&teamfee=-1
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