RealClearSports: Celtics: A History of Agony for Lakers

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Art Spander in Celtics, Lakers, articles, basketball

By Art Spander
For RealClearSports.com

They came from Minneapolis 50 years ago -- you think a team in southern California ever would be named "Lakers?'' -- and nobody seemed to care.

The big games played in L.A. in those days were not under a roof. As the Rivieras sang, people were out there having fun in the warm California sun. Not indoors.

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