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The rivalry between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics might not be the first thing most were thinking about during the 2018 NBA Draft Lottery, but make no mistake, the event had huge implications for the decades-long battle between the two franchises. Had the Lakers’ lottery pick — protected by the Philadelphia 76ers for the top overall pick and picks 6-30 (more on that in a second) — landed in the 2-5 range of the draft, it would’ve went to the Celtics, and made their already incredibly far along rebuild continue to look eons ahead of the Lakers’ own rebuilding efforts. Instead the pick ended up 10th, avoiding every Lakers fan’s worst nightmare of not only losing a first-rounder from another lottery year, but losing it to their most bitter rival who is already good enough to be in the conference finals without that asset AND has at least two more first round picks from other teams in the 2019 NBA Draft.
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