The best rivarly in the NBA will play tonight and should be a good one. Both teams off to poor starts considering a few years ago they were the 2 most dominant teams in the league. Lakers have won 3 in a row, 3 games behind for a final playoff spot, while the Celtics have won 5 in a row and have a 4 game lead over Philly for the final playoff spot. I'm gonna talk about each team for 1 and 2, then i'll explain why this will be a big game, and finally I will give my predictions.
1. Lets start with the Lakers. A year after getting embarased by the Thunder in the playoffs the Lakers made the biggest offseason moves of the year. They signed future Hall of Famer Steve Nash out of free agency and traded for Dwight Howard. They were the favorites to win the west, and now? There struggling to even get back in contention for the playoffs. They have won 3 in a row though and have won 4 in a row in Boston.
2. Now onto the Celtics. A year after taking the Heat to 7 games in the ECF and at one point lead 3-2 the Celtics lost Ray Allen in free agency to the Heat and signed Jason Terry to take his place, they also signed Courtney Lee, and Leandro Barbosa. They were off to a bad start and many people gave up on the Celtics. They've been an up and down team and still have 1 more year in them. They are on a 5 game winning streak and look to make it 6 in a row against a red hot Lakers team.
3. Lakers VS Celtics, The Truth(Paul Pierce) VS The Black Mamba(Kobe Bryant), The Big Ticket(Kevin Garnett) VS Superman(Dwight Howard). ENOUGH SAID!!!
4. Normally I would try to jinx the Celtics since it worked so far, but I cant say the Fakers can win it'll make me throw up.
Prediction: Celtics win 97-89.
-Abudi
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