30 for 30 Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies, Part 1 (Season 3, Episode 16)
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TV Episode | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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30 for 30

Celtics/Lakers: Best of Enemies, Part 1 (Season 3, Episode 16)

TV-G

TV Episode | 101 min | Documentary, Biography, History

This entry in ESPN's 30 for 30 series looks at the origins of the rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers in the 1980s that revived - and saved - the NBA.

Director

Jim Podhoretz

Producers

Jenna Anthony | Philip A. Aromando | Andrew Billman | Brian D'Ostilio & 6 more

Composer

Robert Miller

Editors

Steven Browning | Steven Browning | Sam Citron | Sean Kelly & 4 more

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Edit Released

Updated Jun 13, 2017

Release date

Jun 13, 2017 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 3 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 12 wins & 36 nominations

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22 cast members

Name	Known for
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Self Self See fewer	Airplane! (1980)
Danny Ainge Self Self See fewer	Space Jam (1996)
Tiny Archibald Self (as Nate 'Tiny' Archibald) Self (as Nate 'Tiny' Archibald) See fewer	The 1981 NBA Finals (1981)
Larry Bird Self Self See fewer	Space Jam (1996)
M.L. Carr Self Self See fewer	Secrets (1986)
Nelson George Self Self See fewer	Brooklyn Boheme (2011)
Bryant Gumbel Self Self See fewer	Contact (1997)
Ice Cube Self - Narrator (Lakers) Self - Narrator (Lakers) See fewer	Friday (1995)
Magic Johnson Self Self See fewer	Obsessed (2009)
Kevin McHale Self Self See fewer	Cheers (1982)
Norman Nixon Self (as Norm Nixon) Self (as Norm Nixon) See fewer	Bedazzled (2000)
Pat O'Brien Self Self See fewer	Big Fat Liar (2002)
Robert Parish Self Self See fewer	Inside Moves (1980)
William C. Rhoden Self Self See fewer	Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel (1995)
Bill Russell Actor Actor See fewer	On the Right Track (1981)
Byron Scott Self Self See fewer	Fallen (1998)
Donnie Wahlberg Self - Narrator (Celtics) Self - Narrator (Celtics) See fewer	Saw II (2005)
Jerry West Actor Actor See fewer	Uncle Drew (2018)
Paul Westhead Self Self See fewer	They Call Me Magic (2022)
Jamaal Wilkes Self Self See fewer	Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975)
James Worthy Self Self See fewer	Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
Brian Kitson Fan (uncredited) Fan (uncredited) See fewer	Truth or Dare (I) (2018)