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#1 Lakers at Celtics, 7th February 2019
While most other people would call it a rivalry on the basis that LeBron gets a chance to go toe-to-toe with Kyrie Irving, in my book, the newest iteration of the Celtics-Lakers rivalry is more of a battle between two great young cores than anything else.
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The likes of Ingram, Ball, and Kuzma going at Rozier, Brown and Tatum in the Finals is probably a pipe dream to be kept on cold storage for at least one season just because the Warriors exist and are practically unbeatable, but watching them develop, grow and mature in front of our very eyes is going to be an unmissable sight.
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Right now, the Celtics hold the veteran advantage with Irving, Hayward and Horford on their side in comparison to LeBron and Rondo repping the Lakers. But the contests between the two teams will be more mouthwatering than anything we've witnessed in the past 6 seasons.
Note: The Lakers host the Celtics at the Staples Center on 9th March.
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