Friday night at TD Garden will showcase one of, and perhaps the most iconic, rivalries in sports history. The Boston Celtics will square off against the Los Angeles Lakers. It's a battle between two teams that are red hot right now.
These storied franchises have both won eight of their last 10 tilts. The purple and gold are second in the Western Conference. Boston has surged into fifth in the East. The latter is just 1.5 games behind the second-seeded New York Knicks.
Both sides enter Friday night's rivalry clash on the second half of a back-to-back.