The Lakers and Celtics are giving the NBA what they want tonight, a marquee Finals. It’s the first time since 1987 that the two have played each other for the trophy.

We’ve put together some photo galleries from some of the previous match ups, 1984, 1985 and 1987. For the time being though, focus on the 1987 one.

A few days ago, I had the wacky idea of putting up the coverage of the ‘87 Finals online with our archive server much like we did for the Memorial Day project. Here’s some of the articles from that series. Enjoy!

• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 1
• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 2
• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 3
• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 4
• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 5
• 1987 NBA Finals: Lakers vs. Celtics, Game 6

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