Laker vs Celtics Main Title
(full title:
Lakers vs Celtics and the NBA Playoffs and also written as
Lakers versus Celtics) is an NBA video game released by
Electronic Arts in 1989 for the PC and adapted for home consoles in 1990. It was the first game in the
NBA Playoffs series which also included Bulls vs Lakers, Team USA Basketball, Bulls vs Blazers and NBA Showdown 94, a series that served as a forerunner to
NBA Live. Lakers vs Celtics offered single player and multiplayer play, with players taking part in either exhibition games or the NBA Playoffs with the team of their choice. Unlike later NBA video games, Lakers vs Celtics only included a selection of eight teams (four from each conference) who had appeared in the previous year's postseason. It also included signature moves for certain star players, the most infamous being Tom Chambers' unstoppable dunk.
[edit] 2008 NBA Finals
With the rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics renewed after both teams made the NBA Finals in 2008, fleeting references to the game were made particularly in online forums.
