Lakers-Celtics XII: Breaking Down The NBA Finals

We've seen this one before, haven't we?

Starting Thursday night, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics will meet in the NBA Finals for the 12th time, easily the most frequent Finals match-up in league history.

This will be a rematch of the 2008 Finals, where we saw the Celtics take home their record 17th championship in six games.

Oh, wait.

It's also a rematch of the Finals from 1959, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1984, 1985, and 1987.

In fact, the Lakers will be making their 31st Finals appearance, while the Celtics are returning for the 21st time.

Considering no other team has more than nine appearances (Philadelphia...

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