Magic Johnson: Always Showtime (Part 5)

Follow young Earvin from the driveway where his father taught him the game, to high school, and then to Michigan State, where his Spartan team famously beat Larry Bird's Indiana State team in the 1979 NCAA championship game. The action quickly moves to the NBA and Johnson's storied career with the Lakers - playing with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and James Worthy - vanquishing first Julius Erving and the 76ers, then Bird and the Celtics, on the way to five championships and the birth of a great dynasty.

(This is Part 5 of 8)

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[jcaudill6921]

What? This was the 80s...it wasn't the Civil Rights Movement. They were two players with two different styles of basketball. For one, the Celts/Lakers rivalry went back to the days of Cousy/Russell and West/Baylor. It wasn't as simple as black and white. LA and Boston hated each other. It had NOTHING TO DO WITH RACE. One of the most beloved Celtics is Bill Russell, a black player

Just respect both players. They were both great competitors and good friends.

[cyruseven]

i'm 36.....i loved this time of my life, these guys were my heros!!!!! this is team basketball, these guys were friends, they laid it on the line for each other. sure they got paid but it was about the GAME then.

[sTRAPPED7]

2:30 epic lmfao

[sTRAPPED7]

100 like :)

[MrHomer11]

@Spiqaro

Did you find it ?!

Greeaaat sooonggg....

[Antonio12Goncalves]

At 2:48 Larry Bird Falcon Tackles A Guy !

[Spiqaro]

@gunsareforkids Do you know what the name of the song is at 5:49?

[boo31092]

The magic man , OMG!!!! such precision, greatiness , class

[Clitennestra79]

@cyruseven I'm younger but you are absolutely right!

[gunsareforkids]

it amazing how 2 men owned a decade with talent all over the nba

[juniorpong1]

does anyone know the song at 1:22 ????????????

[juniorpong1]

this is when they was calling him "Tragic Johnson"