Lakers/Cetlics dominance

With Lakers wrapping up their 16th title much to hater dismay, there will be plenty who insist they only have 11 not 16. Whatever bunch of haters, I may be a hardcore Lakers fan but at least I give credit where credit is due even if I despise the team. The only significant stat that the Celtics still lead the Lakers are total championships, 1 more, and consecutive titles (8), which again will never again me matched, and for those thinking Miami will tie or eclipse it, learn something about the game before making moronic assumptions. Anyway, even if the Lakers can never match the dominance of the 60s Celtics, they have clearly been the more dominant team since.

The league has existed for 64 seasons, Lakers/Celtics own 33 of those titles, more than half. Celtics won 13 of their 17 in the first 32 years of the league, the next 32 years, Lakers would win 10 to the Celtics 4, hell the Bulls have 6 in that span and Spurs also have 4. While the Celtics owned the 60s, 9 of the 10 titles, Lakers have won 3 of the remaining 5 decades, 4 titles in the 50s, 5 in the 80s, and 4 in 2K. You have to go back 48 years to find the Celtics having more recent titles than the Lakers. Most titles the last 5 years, Lakers with 2, last 10 years, Lakers with 4, last 15, Lakers, 5, last 20 bulls, 6, Last 25 Lakers, 7, Last 30, Lakers, 9, Last 35, Lakers 10, Last 40, Lakers 11, last 45 Lakers, 11, Last 48, Celtics 12, Last 50, Celtics 14. Lakers actually had the most titles up to the leagues first 15 years, then the Celtics took over in '63 with their 6th title, and have remained there since.

Leprechauns have have 2 championship streaks 1959-1966 and 1968-69, with the most recent repeat the Lakers have now won consecutive titles 5 times, '49-'50, '52-54, '87-'88, 2000-2002, 2009-2010. The 90s Bulls are the only other team to repeat more than once, Detroit and Houston both did it once. Boston still owns the longest streak, not only in basketball but any major sports.

During the first 10 years the Minneapolis Lakers reached and won 5 championships, from 1957-62, the Finals included either the Lakers or Celtics , 5 times they went head to head, the next ten years would see again either or both in the Finals 7 times, Celtics winning all 4 times they reached the Finals, the Lakers winning 1 of 5. After a 3 year layoff, one of teams again represented the Finals in 11 of the next 12 Finals. The longest drought between the two teams would ensue as the Chicago Bulls build their dynasty from 1992-199. The Shaq / Kobe era took LA back to the Finals 4 times in 5 years and Kobe would lead the most recent batch to its 7th appearance in 11 years, with Boston making 2 of 3 appearances after a 21 year absence. While other teams have combined with them in past none have had longer stints than these two.

Will the dominance continue? Lakers are in pretty good shape to return to the Finals and Boston most definitely has mindset to eliminate Orlando and much hyped Miami, so chances are good for both teams to continue reigning over the league.