Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics: The All-Time Starting Fives

The Lakers and Celtics meet again tonight for the second time in less than two weeks. In their Jan. 30 match-up, Boston rode a late flurry to pull away from the champs, 109-96. They've met in the NBA Finals a dozen times including twice in the last three seasons.

But which team would win a seven game series with each franchise's best five players at their disposal?

Let's start with the pieces to the puzzle.

 

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