The NBA Finals begin Thursday in Boston, the climax of an improbable season that one year ago saw Kobe Bryant demanding to be traded from the Lakers and the draft lottery cursing the Celtics.

• NBA总决赛将于下周四在波士顿正式开战，这个不可思议的NBA赛季高潮终于来临，想想吧：一年前科比要求被交易出去，而凯尔特人也深受乐透选秀的诅咒。