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For Kobe Bryant, Phil Jackson, and the Los Angeles Lakers, the tip off of the 2009 NBA Finals could not come quick enough. It was 364 days ago that this same team was in Boston, taking on a Celtics team that was destined to win the championship. The magical season that Boston’s Big 3 had would not be derailed, not by Lebron James and the Cavs, nor by the Detroit Pistons in the East Finals, and not by the Lakers in the championship round. The Lakers ran into a bigger, stronger, tougher team, who completely took away the finesse game from them. Boston took the heart, and the series, with an improbable Game 4 comeback to go up 3-1, and eventually win the series in 6.
Fast forward to this morning. As fans of the NBA begin to prepare for what should be a very competitive, exciting NBA Finals, these teams come in with the same objective, but very different realities. [click to continue…]

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