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And Magic had only one rebound. Meanwhile, the famed Showtime running game had been slowed to a belly crawl. And the Celtics? They placed a huge red welt on the Lakers' scar from the previous year, 148-114.

Now you wouldn't expect me to be havin' all kinds of fun when the score's tied, two seconds are left on the clock and the other guys have the ball. It's nice that Magic laughs a lot. " Later, when Packer walked onto the floor before the title game, Bird orchestrated a gag where all the Indiana State players bombarded the broadcaster with practice balls. Touted by Michigan State Coach Jud Heathcote as the meeting of the "Bird Man and Magic Man," the championship earned the highest television rating of any college basketball game ever, as a massive audience tuned Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 in and showed its sixth sense for history.

At the NCAA finals in Salt Lake City, Bird loosened up a bit. "To me, it's a serious game," he said when asked by reporters about the difference. "Now you wouldn't expect me to be havin' all kinds of fun when the score's tied, two seconds are left on the clock and the other guys have the ball. It's nice that Magic laughs a lot. " Later, when Packer walked onto the floor before the title game, Bird orchestrated a gag where all the Indiana State players bombarded the broadcaster with practice balls.

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