Ads
related to: celtics vs lakers regular season...convenient to purchase tickets on the go. - TopTenReviews
en.sportswhile.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
en.sports-earth.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The next season, the Lakers and Celtics played a regular season game on Christmas Day. [99] The Lakers won that game, making Phil Jackson the fastest coach to win 1,000 games. [100] They went on to win the 2009 NBA Finals that season, but the Celtics were eliminated by eventual Eastern Conference champions Orlando Magic. [101]
The 1987 NBA Finals was the championship series of the National Basketball Association's (NBA) 1986–87 season, and the culmination of the season's playoffs.The Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers defeated the defending NBA champion and Eastern Conference champion Boston Celtics 4 games to 2.
The Celtics had home court advantage for the second year in a row as they finished the regular season with a 63–19 record while the Lakers compiled a 62–20 record. The Lakers looked to bounce back from the previous year's painful loss to the Celtics in the championship series, and were still seeking to beat Boston for the first time ever in ...
In the West, the Lakers swept the San Francisco Warriors in four games. It was the first time since 1954 that the top team in a division failed to make the Division Finals; from 1955 to 1966, the league gave the regular-season division champion a first-round bye. This year also marked a change in that the Division Semifinals were changed from a ...
The Los Angeles Lakers had won 55 games in the regular season (2nd best to the Baltimore Bullets' 57 wins), seven more than their perennial rivals, the Boston Celtics, and therefore held homecourt advantage for the first time ever in an NBA Finals meeting vs. the Russell-led Celtics. Both teams had their share of problems in the regular season.
The Lakers earned home court advantage for finishing the regular season with a better record. After the Lakers won the opening game at home, the Celtics led 3–2 entering Game 6 before the Lakers won the next two games.
Ads
related to: celtics vs lakers regular season...convenient to purchase tickets on the go. - TopTenReviews
en.sportswhile.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month
en.sports-earth.com has been visited by 10K+ users in the past month