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We know that Kareem was a machine those years. We also know that Bird was a hungry mother****er who took no shit, talked it constantly, and pulled stunts like telling opponents what he was going to do. We also know Magic is/was a heart-first, head-second guy who eventually became a dominant offensive force. And we know the Garden was a sweat stain of a stadium packed with pasty Irish cab drivers who would go out of their way to piss off the Lakers. We know the Lakers were a showy group who got hammered by the Celtics and had to frequently rise to the occasion by playing left handed and hammering back, usually harder than the Celtics hammered them at the start.
That episode was not remotely a straight forward retelling, but it captured the essence and dramatized the rivalry beautifully. This is the Hollywood-ing this rivalry deserved.
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