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Article: GENERATION GAP THE MARQUEE MIGHT SAY LAKERS-CELTICS, BUT THAT'S ABOUT THE ONLY ASPECT SIMILAR TO THE HEAT PRODUCED BY THE TEAMS IN THE '60S AND '80S.(Sports)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- June 4, 2008
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Byline: KEVIN MODESTI
If we're going to have a real Celtics-Lakers rivalry revival, first we'll need some real Celtics.
Where are they?
Bill Russell is going on 75, Bob Cousy 80. John Havlicek hands out trophies to other people now. Don Nelson is five coaching jobs down the road from Boston. Red Auerbach's cigar has gone out and so has Red. Kevin McHale is the GM in Minnesota, though perhaps still helping the Celtics with favorable deals. Two decades have gone by since the great Greg Kite's finest NBA season (when he had more fouls than points).
Those were Celtics, tough, crafty, annoyingly clutch guys whom Auerbach praised for "the ...