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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers.sPubDate = "6/2/2008 9:14:13 PM GMT";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers.appHeader = "The 2008 NBA Finals marks the 11th time the two franchises have met";
spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers.appDeck = "Boston won the first 8 matchups. The Lakers won the last 2. Boston leads the series 8-2.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "The Boston Celtics faced the Minneapolis Lakers and won the series 4-0.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1962, Boston won its fourth consecutive title, becoming the first team to do it in NBA history.
In Game 7, Boston's victory came in overtime, as Bill Russell tied his own NBA Finals record with 40 rebounds. Boston won the series 4-3.
This was the second time the Celtics and the Lakers met in the NBA Finals.
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "For the second straight year, the Lakers and the Celtics squared off in the NBA Finals.
Boston won the series 4-2, claiming its fifth straight title, and sixth overall.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1965, the Boston Celtics won their seventh straight NBA title (4-1), and eigth overall. The win also made Boston 4-0 against the Lakers in the NBA Finals.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1966, The Celtics and Lakers squared off in the NBA Finals for the fourth time in five years. Like the previous three times, Boston walked away with another title, making it eight straight years and nine overall.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "Led by player/coach Bill Russell, Boston won its 10th NBA title by defeating the Lakers 4-2.
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1969, the Celtics won their second straight NBA title, their 11th overall.
Even though they finished fourth overall, the Celtics were able to defeat the favored Lakers, 4-3.
Also in 1969, the NBA Finals MVP award was introduced and was given to the Lakers' Jerry West (to this day West is the only player from the losing team to win the award).
The series also marked the last showdown between legends Bill Russell, who won his 11th title, and Wilt 'The Stilt' Chamberlain.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1984, the Celtics and Lakers faced off in the NBA Finals for the first time since 1969.
It was also the second championship meeting between the Lakers' Magic Johnson and Celtics' Larry Bird, who squared off in the 1980 NCAA title game beween Michigan State and Indiana State.
Despite it being a new decade and two totally new teams, Boston won the series 4-3.
Bird was named Finals MVP and helped hand L.A. its second straight NBA Finals loss (Philadelphia defeated the Lakers in 1984, 4-0).";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "The previous eight times the Celtics and Lakers met in the NBA Finals, Boston won every series.
But in 1985, the Lakers finally ended their drought against the Celtics by winning the series 4-2 and ending it on Boston's floor.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was named Finals MVP.";
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spt_NBA_CelticsvsLakers[i-1].body = "In 1987, the Lakers defeated the Celtics for the second time in three years in the NBA Finals. L.A. won the series 4-2 and clamimed its 11th NBA title.
Magic Johnson won his record third Finals MVP trophy which would later be broken by Michael Jordan (6).";
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