CelticsBlog · 23h
Celtics vs. Sixers has everything a great NBA rivalry needs…and now we’re adding Tatum and Brown
Sports rivalries rule. I grew up during the early-2000s Red Sox-Yankees battles. I’ll never forget swinging from the absolute heartbreak of Aaron Boone’s home run in 2003 to complete euphoria the following October, when the Sox cowboyed up, erased a 3-0 deficit and finally broke the curse.
I also got to experience the Celtics-Lakers rivalry returning to the NBA Finals in 2008 and 2010, when the animosity between the teams and their fans felt almost as important as the basketball itself. Those games were appointment television, and I’m still fiending for another Celtics-Lakers Finals.