Lakers games continue to attract huge television ratings for the NBA, a league that has been struggling with low ratings and bad publicity.

Could we realistically see a Boston Celtics - Los Angeles Lakers NBA finals this season? Not too long ago, such a proposition would have seemed dubious at best, with the Celtics repeat champs but Los Angeles struggling to put the right pieces around an aging but still excellent LeBron James.

The showdown last Saturday between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers became the most watched NBA regular season game (excluding Christmas Day games) in seven years, per NBA Communications. The NBA primetime game,

The Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers are two of the most successful franchises in the NBA. The Celtics won their record 18th title last year while the Lakers have 17 titles.

They took down the red-hot Los Angeles Lakers who had won eight straight games prior to meeting on Saturday night. It was a clash of two teams who have title aspirations this year. The Celtics think that they are good enough to be the first team in almost a decade to repeat as champions.

The game also marked the first time that newly acquired Lakers star Luka Doncic had played in Boston since the NBA Finals last year, when the Celtics brought home the NBA championship. With all of these factors in play,