Four score & two decades later

21 years.

21 long, hard years of waiting, waiting, waiting...but the Lakers & Celtics have finally made it back to the NBA Finals.

Over two decades of seeing the best of the best come & go create their own hoops legacies & dynasties (Pistons, Bulls, Lakers yet again, Spurs)

Over two decades of feeling that a matchup of this magnitude would never happen again & if it did it would be once in a blue moon.

But now the wait is finally over & two of NBA's hoops dynasties from way back in the day when Bird & Magic reigned supreme are in the spotlight again. So far, the Celts have the upper hand on Kobe & Los Angeles but that shouldn't deter us from thinking that this could be a series for the ages if L.A. steps their game up back at their place.

21 years. What a long time & yet a long way to go.