Gary Coleman, the diminutive actor who came into the consciousness of the television viewing public as a precocious child with phenomenal comedic timing, died recently at the age of 42 in Provo, Utah, after falling on his head at his home and sustaining a brain hemorrhage.

For the second time in three years and the 12th time overall, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics will compete against each other in the National Basketball Association Finals.

For the Celtics, it is a quest for the franchise’s 18th league title. For the Lakers, it is an opportunity for revenge, as the Celtics defeated them in six games in June 2008. Boston trashed Los Angeles in the sixth game, 131-92. It was the most lopsided margin ever in a title-clinching game.