Magic Johnson makes his NBA debut and proves straight away why he is deserving to mentioned among the top basketball players in the NBA. Lloyd Free scores a game high 46 points for the San Diago Clippers. This also marks the introduction of the 3-point line.
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 6 of 
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 8 of
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 7 of
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
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 4 of
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 3 of
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 2 of
**CLICK WATCH IN HIGH QUALITY** Two of the best players to ever step on the court. Song: “He Got Game” by Public Enemy
Lets face it that one game where Magic "Stood up" without wilt was the one where they chose the MVP. Kareem got robbed on that one