With this being the ninth playoff meeting between the rivals, we ranked the first eight matchups -- filled with head-butts, celebrity run-ins, classic comebacks, series-changing injuries, phantom four-point plays and iconic blocks -- before setting the stage for what could make this year's series a worthy next chapter.

Heading into Friday’s Game 6, the New York Knicks hadn’t made it to the Eastern Conference finals since 2000, a drought as long as the camera phone is old. To end the drought, the Knicks made it rain,

The Oklahoma City Thunder and the already-eliminated Cleveland Cavaliers are the only teams with higher postseason net ratings than the reigning champion Boston Celtics, but they're one loss from elimination and saw Jayson Tatum go down with a torn Achilles in Game 4.