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Photo by Jennifer Hagendorf Follett
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Deja Vu
Boston fans revived their "Beat L.A." battle cry, a mantra that is said to have first surfaced during the Celtics' 1982 Eastern Conference finals loss to the Philadelphia 76ers at the old Boston Garden. When it became obvious that the 76ers -- not the Celtics -- would advance to the finals to face the Lakers, Boston fans spurred Philly on to "beat L.A." The phrase has since become a hallmark chant for Celtics fans whenever the team goes up against Los Angeles, and it resurfaced in the days leading up to this year's NBA Finals. T-shirts sporting the slogan draped each seat before Game 1 got underway. The Celtics and the Lakers have met 10 times in the NBA finals, most recently in 1987, which the Lakers won four games to two.
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