LA TIMES: Celtics advance to NBA Finals against Lakers
latimes.com 5/31/2008 — May 30: Boston got past an old nemesis to set up a matchup with another rival. --- Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lift the Celtics to an 89-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons tonight in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals...

Constructing The Perfect NBA Team
laballtalk.com 5/31/2008 — Is there such thing? Of course, and I think we all know who we're talking about.

Lakers/Celtics First Thoughts
forumblueandgold.com 5/31/2008 — I can’t tell you how excited this matchup makes me, I feel like a kid five days before Christmas. This is going to be a fun series — the two best teams of today, two teams with a long history, two teams with great fan bases. Between now ...

Whitlock Is The Waste Of Ink, Not Tats
arrowheadaddict.com 5/31/2008 — A rebuttal to Jason Whitlock's asinine assertion that the NBA Playoffs have been doing so well because of tattoos, or its lack thereof.

Whatifsports - All-Time Lakers vs. Celtics
whatifsports.com 6/1/2008 — Which is the greater franchise in NBA history, the Lakers or the Celtics? What better way to settle this debate than putting together an all-time team of players and play them against each other? Imagine Magic, Kobe and Wilt facing off against Bird, Cousy and Russell! Let the games begin!

Celtics-Lakers again in NBA finals (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/31/2008
Boston's new Big Three reached the NBA's big stage. And just like their predecessors, they'll share it with the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics and Lakers are meeting again in the NBA finals, with Kobe and KG taking their place alongside the likes of ...

Celtics top Pistons, now face L.A. — NYDailyNews.com - Basketball 5/31/2008
Boston got past an old nemesis to set up a matchup with another rival. Paul Pierce scored 27 points, Ray Allen had 17 and Kevin Garnett added 16 to lift the Celtics to an 89-81 victory over the Detroit Pistons Friday night in Game 6 of the Eastern ...

Porter, Suns expected to meet again (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/31/2008
Terry Porter is expected to be interviewed for a second time by the Phoenix Suns later this week. Porter joined Detroit Pistons coaches and players at their practice facility on Saturday, the day after the Boston Celtics eliminated them in Game 6 of ...

Pierce part of rivalry he followed as a kid — Latest Sporting News Articles for NBA 5/31/2008
BOSTON (AP) -- Paul Pierce grew up in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Celtics for NBA title...

Pierce leads Celtics vs. hometown Lakers (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 5/31/2008
Paul Pierce grew up in Los Angeles watching the Lakers play the Celtics for NBA titles. Now he's the captain of the Boston team that is back in the finals for the first time since losing to the Lakers in 1987. "As a kid, I hated the Celtics," Pierce ...