NBA: Ranking the 30 best NBA Championship Rings

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Ranking the best championship rings in NBA history: 29. Los Angeles Lakers, 1985

It was a clash of the titans in 1985. Like they’d done on countless occasions, Larry Bird and his Boston Celtics crew, which consisted of Hall of Famers Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, and Dennis Johnson – went toe to toe against the Los Angeles Lakers and the likes of Magic Johnson, James Worthy, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

After losing Game 1 by 34 points, the Lakers would bounce back in Game 2 with a seven-point win. Just as it appeared that the Celtics had the edge after winning Game 4 on the Lakers home court to tie the series at two games apiece, they turned things completely around by winning the next two games by a combined 20 points.

The Lakers were then handed unique championship rings at the beginning of the following season. Their new jewelry was decked out in all gold. On the side was the Laker logo which was colored in purple and just above that was engraved, “purple reign.” On the front was a picture of the Larry O’Brien trophy which was filled with several diamonds as a purple background was framed around it.