In fact, Bird’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers met only three times in the NBA Finals: back-to-back in 1984 and ’85, and again in ...
Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals produced one of the decade's most notorious moments: Los Angeles Lakers forward Kurt Rambis getting clotheslined midair by Boston Celtics big man Kevin McHale. Given its ...
For many, Game 5 at Boston Garden was the key moment of the 1984 Finals that broke the spirit of Riley’s team.