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Larry Bird on his first time teaming up with Magic Johnson before their rivalry began: "He wouldn't give me the ball"
A while before their names became synonymous with NBA greatness, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson shared a court in relative ...
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"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones" - Larry Bird was proud after the Celtics lost to the Lakers in the 1987 Finals
"If we'd won this championship, this would have been one of the great ones ever and we knew that. You can talk heart and ...
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How Larry Bird vs. Magic Johnson in the NCAA tournament changed NBA basketball forever
While in the present era, NBA basketball rules the roost, once, it was college basketball that helped to save the NBA from a ...
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Danny Wolf vs. Larry Bird: How the Michigan Star Compares to the NBA Legend
Danny Wolf from Michigan has generated basketball excitement with his skills in a way that many fans compare to Larry Bird.
Basketball Network on MSN2d
“You threw it in the trash? Well, I did” - Larry Bird admits he accidentally threw away the last game ball from the historic Boston Garden
Larry Bird took home the final game ball from the legendary Boston Garden — only for it to end up ruined in the snow and ...
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"The NCAA was a great championship, but this is greater" - Magic Johnson after winning titles in college and the NBA in back-to-back years
"The NCAA was a great championship, but this is greater. This is the NBA, and it's greater," Magic exclaimed in glory. Even ...
Basketball Network on MSN4d
"They couldn't handle us. They were too old, too slow" - Magic Johnson doesn't think the Lakers-Celtics rivalry was as close as people think
To Johnson, the league's greatest point guard, there was never much of a rivalry once the Lakers found their rhythm.
Basketball Network on MSN4d
"I thought we had good enough teams to win one or two more championships” - Larry Bird admits he should have won more NBA titles
Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird had an unforgettable impact on Boston in the 1980s and believed the franchise had all it took ...
Lakers legend Magic Johnson reflects on the day he turned down the deal of a lifetime
Before his NBA career took off, Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson turned down the deal of a lifetime, an opportunity he recently reflected on. There have been countless entertaining, ...
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Celtics legend Larry Bird ‘was that dude,’ former teammate Cedric Maxwell says
Boston Celtics forward Cedric Maxwell was anxiously awaiting the arrival of rookie Larry Bird in 1979. And not because ...