The 1985 NBA Championship Series found the Los Angeles Lakers in a familiar positon; tied two games apiece with the Boston Celtics after 4 games, a carbon copy of 1984’s classic 7 game matchup. Dennis Johnson’s Buzzer-Beater to win Game 4 brought ugly flashbacks of the Laker’s Game 4 loss just 12 months earlier which pulled defeat from the jaws of …

The 1984-85 season began with Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers looking up at Larry Bird, MVP of the World Champion Boston Celtics; Bird had dominated the 1984 NBA Finals and willed the Celtics to a comeback victory in 7 games (Boston’s 8th consecutive win over the Lakers in a Championship series), while Magic bore the brunt of his “tragic” …

The Summer of 1984 was an eventful 3 months for new Commissioner David Stern and the NBA; on the heels of an epic 7-game Finals slugfest between Larry Bird’s World Champion Boston Celtics and Magic Johnson’s Los Angeles Lakers, the first of 3 heavyweight bouts in the Decade, the NBA Draft was held in New York City; the Draft would introduce fans to…

The table had been set over the past 5 seasons and now the main course had finally arrived; Larry Bird would meet Magic Johnson for the NBA's biggest prize, the first of a Championship Series Trilogy that would change NBA History. The storied rivalry between the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers would add an unforgettable chapter in this seven …

In Part Two of this series, Steve relieves the 1984 Season and NBA Playoffs featuring a round one Classic between scoring machine Bernard King's New York Knicks and "Pocket Magic", Detroit Guard Isiah Thomas, who took turns electrifying their fans with spectacular play after play. King would move on to face 1984 MVP Larry Bird and the Boston Celtic…

In the first of a series, Steve takes us back to the Tipping Point of modern NBA History, the 1984-85 Finals Classics between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics, where Larry Bird and Magic Johnson would finally meet with the World Championship on the Line. This episode sets the table for what would become the gold standard for competitio…

Once again NBA Finals Bridesmaids in 1982, The Philadelphia 76ers roll the dice on Free Agent MVP Moses Malone and never look back. Malone, now teamed with the incomparable Julius "Dr. J" Erving, Guards Maurice Cheeks and Andrew Toney and Forward Bobby Jones toyed with the competition to the tune of 65 regular season wins, then set an NBA playoff r…

Steve continues his review of the 1981-1982 Season with the Eastern Conference Finals, the third meeting in 3 years between Larry Bird's Boston Celtics and Julius Erving's Philadelphia 76ers. Dr. J would prevail in a grueling seven game series only to face Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the newest Lakers, much-maligned Forward Bob McAdoo an…

The Lakers regain supremacy of the NBA in 1981-82, but not without drama worthy of Daytime Soap Opera. The honeynoon is over for Magic Johnson as he suffers his first taste of negative publicity, when fresh off of his record 25 million dollar Contract extension, his negative comments lead to the abrupt firing of Coach Paul Westhead and the promotio…

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In Part 3, Steve Recaps the 1980 NBA Regular season and Playoffs, featuring the classic 1980 NBA Championship Series as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and the Los Angeles Lakers take on the magnificent Julius "Dr. J" Erving and his Philadelphia 76ers.Oleh THE GOLDEN AGE OF BASKETBALL

Part Two of Steve's recap of the 1979-1980 NBA season, a dawning of a new era that introduced Magic Johnson and Larry Bird to the professional ranks, and showcased the duel between Julius "Dr. J" Erving and regular season MVP Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the unforgettable 1980 NBA Championship Series.Oleh THE GOLDEN AGE OF BASKETBALL

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In this week's episode, Steve will talk about his first trip to the Basketball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in Springfield, Mass. Sept 8, which featured Bernard King and Gary Payton,which brings up the question "What is the Criteria for a Hall of Fame Selection?.". He also will reflect on the death of of 1973 Knick Guard Dean "the Dream" Meminge…

Relive a dynamite decade of the NBA with Certified Basketball Fanatic and former NBA Photographer Steven A. Roseboro, author of The Golden Age of Basketball: The NBA in the Decade of the Eighties. Steve talks all things NBA from a historical perspective as he takes you back to the days of Magic, Bird, Kareem, the Doctor, Isiah and Jordan, the Early…