<s>
Lakers	B-Application
versus	I-Application
Celtics	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
NBA	I-Application
Playoffs	I-Application
is	O
a	O
basketball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
1989	O
for	O
MS-DOS-compatible	O
PCs	O
and	O
for	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
NBA	B-Application
Playoffs	I-Application
series	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
team	O
basketball	B-Application
video	O
game	O
to	O
acquire	O
full	O
players	O
names	O
and	O
rights	O
without	O
actually	O
relying	O
on	O
the	O
NBA	O
Players	O
Association	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Established	O
stars	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
include	O
Larry	O
Bird	O
,	O
Kareem	O
Abdul-Jabbar	O
(	O
DOS	O
version	O
only	O
)	O
,	O
Magic	O
Johnson	O
,	O
Michael	B-Application
Jordan	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Patrick	O
Ewing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
contained	O
teams	O
from	O
the	O
1989	O
NBA	B-Application
Playoffs	I-Application
,	O
while	O
the	O
Genesis	O
version	O
contained	O
the	O
playoff	O
teams	O
from	O
the	O
1990	O
NBA	B-Application
Playoffs	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
praised	O
Lakers	B-Application
versus	I-Application
Celtics	I-Application
graphics	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
easy	O
to	O
play	O
for	O
action	O
gamers	O
and	O
that	O
scoring	O
was	O
too	O
high	O
for	O
statistics-oriented	O
players	O
,	O
and	O
unfavorably	O
noted	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
league	O
play	O
or	O
custom	O
lineups	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mega	O
placed	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
#24	O
in	O
their	O
Top	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
