Editing Boston Celtics (section)

===Detroit Pistons===
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The rivalry between the Celtics and the [[Detroit Pistons]] peaked in the 1980s, featuring players such as Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, [[Isiah Thomas]], [[Bill Laimbeer]], [[Dennis Rodman]], and [[Joe Dumars]]. These teams met in the [[NBA playoffs]] five times in 7 seasons from 1985 to 1991, with the Celtics winning in 1985 and 1987, and the Pistons coming out on top en route to back-to-back Finals appearances in {{NBA Finals Year|1988}} and their championship seasons of {{NBA Finals Year|1989}} and {{NBA Finals Year|1990}}. Led by [[Paul Pierce]], [[Kevin Garnett]] and [[Ray Allen]] in the 2008 [[NBA Conference Finals|Eastern Conference Finals]] the Celtics defeated the Pistons in 6 games to advance to the NBA Finals where they went on to beat the Lakers also in 6 games.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?page=CelticsPistonsRivalry-080528|title=Celtics-Pistons Top 10 games|date=May 28, 2008|website=ESPN.com|access-date=October 18, 2017|archive-date=October 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018134052/http://www.espn.com/nba/playoffs2008/news/story?page=CelticsPistonsRivalry-080528|url-status=live}}</ref>