NBA Finals: The duel begins

Boston Celtics Los Angeles Lakers get to tonight. One of the main attractions of world sport is at stake: the ring of the NBA champion.

Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett are seeking their first ring. Pau Gasol as well. At his side will have a veteran to win titles: Kobe Bryant, the angel among the angels. Bryant has three rings, all made with O'Neal as a teammate of battles, and wants to show that you can win without him. And erase from his memory the horrifying final they lost to Detroit Pistons back in 2004.

Boston Celtics Finals again after more than fifteen years. Too long for the franchise that has more championship rings: 16. The Lakers are not far behind. They have 14. Needless to say, are the teams that have more rings the entire NBA.

The Finals between Lakers and Celtics have been famous since the inception of the NBA. To have met 10 times these two teams in the Finals not counting this year. Of these 10 times, 8 times the Celtics have won. The first 8. The last two with the Lakers of Magic, won 4-2. The first time that won the Lakers won with solvency, with over half scored 18 points more than the Celtics. However, the greatest number of points also hold the Celtics with 21 points on 4-1 from the 1964-65 season.

What happened this season? The Celtics won both games they played against the Lakers. But there is a reason why we can ignore this fact: Pau Gasol was not part of the yellow discipline.

How do you get to the Finals? We could say that the Lakers get fitter. They have played fewer games and have solved their series with more effectiveness than the Celtics, who in the first two crosses were created many doubts about its possibilities for the ring. Atlanta Hawks, with 30 fewer wins during the regular season, put them on the ropes forcing a seventh game. Cleveland Cavaliers got the same, and only after the Celtics lost their first home playoff game against Detroit could see how winning away from home.

Mark of the Lakers: 12.3

Mark of the Celtics: 12-8

Leader conference against conference leader. The Celtics have home court advantage. The Lakers get fitter. What will happen? The response from tonight. The solution, not later than two weeks.