When it started they were bitter rivals, but along the way they became lifelong friends. Each pushed the other to greatness - together Bird and Johnson collected eight NBA Championships, six MVP awards and helped save the floundering NBA at its most critical time. These were the basketball epics of the 1980s - Celtics vs Lakers, East vs West, physical vs finesse, Old School vs Showtime, even white vs black. And he burned with an inextinguishable desire to win.
Young, indomitable, he was a pied piper in purple and gold. Showtime, a magnetic personality with all the right moves. In Celtic green was Larry Bird, the hick from French Lick, with laser-beam focus, relentless determination, and a deadly jump shot, a player who demanded excellence from everyone and whose caustic wit left opponents quaking in their high-tops.
Their uncommonly competitive relationship came to symbolize the most compelling rivalry in the NBA. The New York Times bestseller from Hall of Fame basketball legends Larry Bird and Earvin Magic Johnson.įrom the moment these two players took the court on opposing sides, they engaged in a fierce physical and psychological battle.
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