Published 6/9/2008
at NBA.com: News
In the WASHINGTON POST, Michael Lee writes "NBA Commissioner David Stern succeeded Larry O'Brien on Feb. 1, 1984, and his first NBA Finals featured the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics. 'You know, I thought if it was June, you're supposed to go from L.A. to Boston and back again,' Stern said in a news conference before Game 2 of the NBA Finals. 'It was the old Garden, the fabulous Forum, the differences in the crowds, the differences in the ambience. I just was like a kid.'"
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