National Basketball Association rivalries<br><br>Interconference rivalries comprise games between opponents in different conferences. A team plays each opponent from the other conference in one home game and one away game.Intradivisional rivalries comprise games between opponents in the same division. Since the 2004 05 NBA season, there are 30 teams in six divisions of 5 teams each. Each team plays each division opponent 4 times during the regular season (twice at home, twice away) for a total of 16 games out of 82 total regular season games. rivalries comprise games between opponents in different divisions but within the same conference. A team plays against each team from the other two divisions in its conference either three or four times. The total interdivisional games an NBA team plays is 36. Conference games are often important, as a team's record in common games, as well as its overall record against its conference, are sometimes used as tiebreakers for playoff seeding at the end of the regular season. Also, many regular season opponents have met again in the playoffs, and the result of a regular season game can affect where the playoff game will be played.Main article: Celtics Lakers rivalryThis rivalry involves the two most storied franchises in NBA history. It has been called the greatest rivalry in NBA history.[1] The two have met a record twelve times in the NBA Finals, starting with their first Finals meeting in 1959. They would go on to dominate the league in the 1960s and 1980s, facing each other six times in the 1960s and three times in the 1980s.The rivalry had been less intense since the retirements of Magic Johnson and Larry Bird in the early 1990s, but in 2008 it was renewed,chaussure air max pas cher Is, as the two teams met in the Finals for the first time since 1987, with the Celtics winning the series 4 2. They faced off again in the 2010 NBA Finals, which the Lakers won in 7 games. The two teams have won the two highest numbers of championships, the Celtics 17, the Lakers 16; together, the 33 championships account for almost half of the 68 championships in NBA history.Los Angeles Lakers vs. Detroit PistonsMain article: Lakers Pistons rivalryThis rivalry is between the Lakers and Pistons.[2] This rivalry, which was showcased 3 times in the NBA Finals (1988, 1989, 2004), pitted the high flying, All Star filled Lakers against the blue collar, team first oriented Pistons. Detroit, despite being the underdog in all 3 of their Finals between Los Angeles, enjoyed success, and claimed the NBA title twice.Los Angeles Lakers vs. Philadelphia 76ersThe Los Angeles Lakers are the Sixer's biggest rival from the . The rivalry has been most intense during the late 1970s and early 80s, when both teams were big title contenders with well known NBA players such as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Julius Erving, and Moses Malone. During this period, the teams have met each other in the NBA Finals 3 times; in 1980, 1982, and 1983. The Lakers took the series in 1980 and 1982, but the Sixers won the series in 1983.The rivalry was dormant during the rest of the 1980s and the entire 1990s with the 76ers going through tough rebuilding times. However, the rivalry made a comeback in the 2001 NBA Finals,woolrich outlet roma History , when the Allen Iverson led Sixers met the Shaquille O'Neal led Lakers. The Sixers shocked the world by beating the seemingly unbeatable Lakers in Game 1 at Los Angeles. The Lakers however would take the next four games to win the series. The rivalry has cooled since then with both the Sixers and Lakers going through rebuilding periods.Sixer fans also have their own rivalry with Laker's player Kobe Bryant. This rivalry started in the 2001 NBA Finals when Kobe proclaimed he was "coming to Philly to cut their hearts out." (coincidentally, Bryant himself was born in Philadelphia) This began an unforgiving attitude from Sixers fanatics that continues to this day.[3]Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ersMain article: Celtics 76ers rivalryThe two teams have the most meetings in the NBA Playoffs, playing each other in 19 series with the Celtics winning 12 of them.[4] The Sixers are considered to be the Celtics' second greatest rival to the Los Angeles Lakers.[5]Boston Celtics vs. New York KnicksMain article: Celtics Knicks rivalryTwo of the only remaining teams from the original 1946 NBA (the other is the Golden State Warriors, who, while in Philadelphia, were rivals with both teams; both rivalries died once the Warriors moved west).[6]This rivalry stems from the rivalry between New York City and Boston, as well as the Yankees Red Sox rivalry in Major League Baseball. The fact that Boston and New York City are only 190 miles apart contributes to the rivalry, which is also seen in the Jets Patriots rivalry in the National Football League (NFL).[6][7][8]They met four times in five years in the early to mid 1950s, with the Knicks winning the first 3 series in 1951, 1952, and 1953. Boston beat the Knicks in the playoffs for the first time in 1955.The next two playoff meetings took place in 1967 and 1969,giuseppe zanotti homme It's r, with the Celtics winning both times.They met in 1972, 1973, and 1974. Knicks won two out of the 3 series against the Celtics. They met again in the 1984 Semifinals. Larry Bird and Bernard King led their teams in a hotly contested series that ended with a Boston win at home in Game 7 (the home team won every game) en route to the Celtics' 1984 title victory over the Lakers.Their next meeting was in the 1988 First Round, where the Knicks lost in 4.The teams met again in 1990, again in the first round. The Celtics took a 2 0 series lead, but the Knicks came back and won the series in Game 5 in Boston Garden 121 114. They met once more in 2011, where Boston swept New York in the first round 4 0. The most recent meeting between the two teams was in the first round of the 2013 NBA Playoffs, with New York winning in six games.<p>moncler outlet roma<br/>parajumpers pas cher femme<br/>outlet tiffany<br/>canada goose homme<br/>hogan outlet<br/>giuseppe zanotti soldes<br/>tiffany sito ufficiale<br/>hogan outlet milano<br/>moncler outlet veneto<br/>burberry outlet milano<br/>moncler outlet online<br/>moncler outlet online<br/>hogan outlet roma<br/>doudoune parajumpers pas cher<br/>moncler outlet online italia<br/></p>
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