The teams met in the NBA Finals in 1984 for the first of three times in ... The Lakers dominated the early part of the series by stealing Game 1 in Boston. They nearly took two straight, but ...

Here are the five biggest preseason long shots to win the NBA championship, according to Sportsoddshistory.com, which has tracked odds since the 1984 ... games in the NBA Finals. Detroit was 15-1 ...