In fact, Bird’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers met only three times in the NBA Finals: back-to-back in 1984 and ’85, and again in 1987. And when it comes to drama, the Celtics in seven games the first time stands among the greatest all-time NBA series. Timberwolves coach Chris Finch at the time was a 14-year-old kid growing up in Pennsylvania. He was asked Saturday which team he was rooting for in that must-see series. “I grew up as a Sixers fan, so it was really hard to root for either,” Finch said. “Actually, when I really started to watch basketball … I was probably a secret Celtics fan that time, with Bird."
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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