Twenty-one years later, they meet again.
The Celtics nodded in destiny's direction last night, defeating the Pistons and bringing together two of the most relevant sports franchises for the NBA Finals.
It will be intriguing, packed with celebrities and matched only by an expected meteoric rise in TV ratings.
Somewhere Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Bill Russell, and James Worthy are smiling.
Celtics-Lakers, play it again, for an 11th time in Finals history, as Phil Jackson tries to pass Red Auerbach by winning a record-setting 10th NBA championship as a coach.
The series begins with game 1 in Boston on Thursday.
