Remember the National Basketball Association (NBA) 2008 series with the Lakers losing badly to the Celtics with a 39-point difference? Everyone thought the Celtics had massacred the Lakers in Game 6 with a 131-92, thus bagging its 17th NBA title that year. This year, the Lakers have entered back into the NBA Finals together with the Celtics. Now the Lakers have got the chance to get back at the Celtics.

The Celtics and Lakers game is one of NBA’s most exciting rivalries. The two teams together have won 32 out of 63 possible NBA titles. They have also faced each other 11 times in the Finals, with the Boston Celtics getting the upper hand in the first seven matches starting in 1959 until 1969.

According to Bryant, who is now the Laker’s leading career playoff scorer, the team has learned something from that series. They have learned to play uniformly as one unit at both ends of the court and have developed the needed tenacity to play the game.

In the upcoming game tonight, the Lakers maybe in favor in the Finals by 5 1/2 points. Because of the Celtics-Lakers specific matchup, ticket prices have shot up from last year’s $709 to an average of $854 this year, based on the Internet search engine FanSnap.com.

This is the first time, since 1987, that two NBA past champions are facing off in the Finals.