The 1987 NBA Finals was projected to be another war with the Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics meeting once again. Unfortunately, key Celtics players were not at 100%. Larry Bird, Kevin ...

On this day in 1987, the Boston Celtics took Game 5 of the 1987 NBA Finals 123-108 against the Los Angeles Lakers, and Bill Duffy left us.

The 1987-88 NBA season was an extended moment that burned like flash-paper. Now: tell me I’m wrong. This was an excerpt from the book ‘When the Game Was War’ by Rich Cohen.

Iconic players create iconic moments—and few are more memorable than Magic Johnson’s clutch shot against the Boton Celtics in Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals. The play, famously known as the ...