Revisiting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rookie showdown at Boston Garden originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson called his baby sky hook over the Boston Celtics in the 1987 NBA Finals his greatest ...

Magic Johnson once revealed that Larry Bird was the only white player regularly discussed in Black barbershops. He explained ...

The rivalry between Larry Bird and Magic Johnson was one of the most defining aspects of the NBA in the 80s. With the two forming one of the greatest rivalries of all time, we take a closer look ...

James Worthy is an all-time Los Angeles Laker. Big Game James won three NBA championships alongside Magic Johnson and Kareem ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the two best players in the NBA during the 80s before Michael Jordan arrived. The two were college basketball adversaries who brought their rivalry to the NBA.

NBA players often recall what it was like to face the all-time greats. Some have funny stories about getting torched on the ...

Larry Bird and Magic Johnson spent years competing against each other and being compared to each other. It took a 1987 commercial shoot in French Lick, Indiana, to bridge that gap. "In the ...

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are parts of arguably the greatest basketball rivalry we’ve ever seen. The two Hall-of-Famers had intertwining careers that led to them first meeting in the national ...

The league's massive spike in popularity was powered by one of the best individual battles in sports history: Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird. In that decade, either Los Angeles or Boston reached ...

Magic Johnson breaks down why we no longer have rivalries in the NBA today. "They don't hate each other. I hated Larry [Bird] and every Celtic. I really don't like you [Paul Pierce] but you my ...