Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won six NBA titles, but none meant more to him than the 1985 championship over the Celtics.

Michael Cooper believes Magic Johnson deserved the Finals MVP over Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the 1985 Finals: "I'm sure he wanted those" originally appeared on Basketball Network. In the NBA, the ...

The Finals featured a Lakers-Boston matchup for the second season in a row. The Lakers were humiliated in the first game, 148-114, a contest remembered as the Memorial Day Massacre.

Facing the Lakers in the finals for the second straight season, the Celtics rolled to a 148-114 win in Game 1 on May 27, 1985. Kurt Rambis was no match for Kevin McHale in Game 1 of the 1985 NBA ...

As the Lakers and Nuggets go toe-to-toe in this year's Western Conference finals, SI.com looks back to 1985, when the same franchises battled for a chance to take on Boston in the NBA Finals. Here ...

The Lakers would defeat Boston again in the 1987 Finals – in Los Angeles, this time – and became the first NBA team to win back-to-back championships since the 1969 Celtics the following ...

1985 Finals Gm 2 - Revenge of Kareem Subjected to a harsh appraisal by the media after the opening game embarrassment, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar struck back with one of his finest performances in Game 2 ...