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  1.                                   to 81 wins and only 13
  2.                                   losses over that stretch
  3.                                   and to the NCAA
  4.                                   championship game in
  5.                                   1979. They lost that game
  6. to a Michigan State team led by Magic
  7. Johnson. It was the first matchup in what
  8. would become one of the great rivalries in
  9. sports: Larry Bird versus Magic Johnson.
  10.  
  11. Both players joined the NBA for the 1979-80 
  12. season, a time when the league was having
  13. a tough time attracting fans. Larry went to
  14. the Boston Celtics and Magic went to the
  15. Los Angeles Lakers. Their dramatic East 
  16. Coast/West Coast rivalry helped increase
  17. NBA basketballΓÇÖs popularity. 
  18.  
  19. The Celtics, who had one of the