Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies
Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies is a 2017
The documentary opens by talking about the teams in the 1950s and 1960s,[2] when the Lakers won five championships but lost all seven times they met the Celtics in the NBA Finals.[3] Much of the documentary focuses on the teams' dominant performances during the 1980s, when the teams combined for eight titles and 13 NBA Finals appearances, including three head-to-head meetings in the NBA Finals (Lakers won in 1985 and 1987 and the Celtics in 1984).
The film is narrated by Donnie Wahlberg (born August 1969), who grew up a Celtics fan in the Dorchester section of Boston; and Ice Cube (born June 1969), who grew up a Lakers fan in South Central Los Angeles. Both were teenagers during their home teams' head-to-head meetups in the 1980s.[4] Wahlberg narrates the parts about the Celtics; Ice Cube, the Lakers. Director Podhoretz said Hock proposed the idea of two narrators, each providing a clearly partisan perspective of the bi-coastal story.
Lakers players featured in the film include
See also
- Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty
- Magic & Bird: A Courtship of Rivals
- Magic/Bird
- Celtics–Lakers rivalry
- List of basketball films
References
- ^ 'Celtics/Lakers' rivalry 'saved' NBA, scores on ESPN - CNN
- ^ Review of "Best of Enemies" ESPN Celtics-Lakers Documentary - CelticsBlog
- ^ Celtics/Lakes: 3 Takeaways from the Latest '30 for 30'|Los Angeles Lakers
- ^ Murray, Noel (June 13, 2017). "The epic Celtics-Lakers rivalry inspires one of the best 30 For 30s". The A.V. Club. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ^ Galanis, Sam (June 14, 2017). "Donnie Wahlberg Recalls Living Through Celtics-Lakers Rivalry In 1980s". NESN. Retrieved June 17, 2017.