There is a tremendous longform by Jack McCallum on the 1985 NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and LA Lakers over at SI.com – tremendous both in quality and quantity – you'll want to block off some time for reading it in its entirety. I found a smaller selection that was really interesting to me, a child on the cusp of the 80's and 90's. It compares the dominance of the Celtics/Lakers in the 80's to that of the Bulls in the 90's.
The interesting part is how that dominance affected others:
I had begun covering the league at that juncture, an accident of timing for which there is no limit to my gratitude.