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Sue Bird Shuts Down False Narratives Surrounding Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese WNBA Drama: "This Is Not New"
When Magic Johnson and Larry Bird entered the NBA in the 1980s, the league's popularity skyrocketed. The post Sue Bird Shuts ...
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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 obscurity. The year was 1978. Both were just college kids — rising ...
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Magic Johnson credited Larry Bird as the biggest influence on his path to greatness: "He's probably the biggest reason I'm here"
Larry, however ... I've ever learned in my life playing basketball," Johnson pointed out via NYT. Magic got his chance at redemption on Bird and the Celtics. That happened in 1985 when the ...
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"I didn't want to no part of it" - Larry Bird on why he rejected Magic Johnson's hug before their first college game against each other
Long before they defined a generation of basketball together in the NBA, Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were two young talents on a collision course. Their first real intersection didn't happen ...
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Magic Johnson recounts the time Larry Bird dropped 40 points just to taunt him while he sat injured on the Lakers bench
During a Lakers-Celtics game, Larry Bird delivered a remarkable 40-point performance while Magic Johnson was sidelined with an injury. Bird's display became a personal showcase for Johnson ...
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"Larry won the award… but who knows better, players or press?" - Bernard King on how the NBA players named him the MVP over Larry Bird
In fact, the Brooklyn native believed that if the right to vote had been limited to only the players in the league, he would ...
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"I would take that team and challenge anyone" - Larry Bird on whether his Boston teams would beat Paul Pierce's 2008 Celtics
They were the first Celtics team in the post-Larry Legend era to win a championship. That Celtics team posted a ...
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How Larry Bird (and Magic Johnson) inspired Michael Jordan to become a champion
It came from a number of factors but in episode 4 of ESPN's 'The Last Dance' on Sunday, Jordan detailed a major source: Larry Bird and Magic Johnson. The duo is widely credited with saving the NBA ...
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Ranking the Best NBA Draft Years in the Last Decades
The NBA Draft is where future stars and legends first step onto the big stage. Over the last few decades, certain draft years ...
Tyrese Haliburton breaks NBA legend Magic Johnson and Larry Bird’s playoff record in Indiana Pacers’ Game 4 win
Tyrese Haliburton delivered a record-breaking performance with 32 points, 15 assists, and no turnovers in the Indiana Pacers' ...