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Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by propelling a ball through a 10 feet (3 m) high hoop (the goal) under organized rules. Basketball is one of the most popular and widely viewed sports in the world.

Simply put it, the Boston Celtics won the 2008 NBA championship. They did it with high expectations from fans, media and analysts. They defeated the L.A. Lakers in a historic blowout that will be remembered as the re-birth of playoff basketball for the Boston Celtics. Not bad for a city that sent the New England Patriots to the Super Bowl and the Boston Red Sox winning the MLB Championships. It's a great time to be in Boston. Only if the Boston Bruins had the same luck.