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Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET Retired NBA superstars Magic Johnson (left) and Larry Bird, who had an intense rivalry during the 1980s that captured the nation, also developed a close... Full Article at NPR
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We were coming at him so fast that his head was going around and around, and he ended up in a circle. I was sort of laughing, because the poor kid didn't have a clue.
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I've just seen the best player in college basketball
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The defender was stumbling to keep up with us
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It was an incredible three seconds of basketball ... It was boom, boom, boom! I'm thinking, 'Man, I love playing with this guy!' And believe me, the crowd loved it too.
