"I don't have to tell them 100 times," - Billy Cunningham explains what made the Sixers click during their hot start to the 1980-81 season originally appeared on Basketball Network. After falling ...

In what came to be the defining game of his decorated career, 20-year old rookie Magic Johnson starts at center in place of an injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and delivers 42 points as the Lakers win the ...

The late Kobe Bryant wasn’t the only Los Angeles Lakers great who had the chutzpah and iron-clad will to play well in big games while hurt or injured. In the 1980 NBA Finals, L.A. was engaged in a ...

Julius Erving played all 11 years of his legendary NBA career for the Philadelphia 76ers. During his second appearance in the NBA Finals (1980), Erving and the 76ers lost to the Los Angeles Lakers. On ...

Magic Johnson’s rookie season in the NBA is remembered as one of the greatest starts in basketball history. The Los Angeles Lakers and Philadelphia 76ers met in the NBA Finals in 1980. Many people ...