The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics are forever linked, whether they like it or not.
Bushels of glimmering purple and gold streamers poured out over a sea of jubilant Laker fans — culmination of another chapter in a storied rivalry between perhaps the biggest rivalry in all of sports, certainly in the NBA.
Moments prior to the exultation of victory, seconds ticked down during the fourth quarter in Game 7 of the 2010 NBA Finals.
Lamar Odom hurled an outlet pass that seemed to have reached Olympic Boulevard for purposes solely to run out the clock, as an exhausted yet hysterical Kobe Bryant chased after and once again the Lakers stood on top of the NBA, exacting revenge on their arch enemy.