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Originally Posted by 7nohitter
Scott,
Awesome encounter with Magic. We must be about the same age as I grew up during the same era except in Boston...huge Larry Bird fan. Never met him, but boy did I hate those '80's Lakers teams...in retrospect I realize that what the 10-yr-old version of me 'hated' was actually respect and admiration for the one team in the NBA (save the Sixers on occasion) who could actually handle the Celtics!
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Andrew,
Thanks! The Lakers/Celtics rivalry of the 1980's was really one of the greatest of all time. Your boy Larry Bird is another guy I would like to have had an opportunity to meet. If you ever meet him, I hope that your encounter is as nice as the one that I had with Magic.