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Magic vs. Bird - A Courtship of Rivals HD

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For years, the passion they shared for winning made Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird the most bitter of rivals. It also made theirs the most compelling rivalry in sports, driving the NBA to new heights of popularity in the 1980s. This all-new documentary tells the riveting story of two superstars who couldn't have been more different until they forged an unlikely friendship from the superheated rivalry that had always kept them apart.
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@VendreddiBeats 23 дня назад

Watching Earvin cry took everything in me not to cry too. I wish humans came together more often instead of just in the face of tragedy. I remember I was 16 on 9/11. We were a country that was together for a few years after. In 2024...kinda devastating to see us at each other the way we are.

@jlarocca101 18 дней назад

Perfectly said!

@royalblue0505 5 лет назад

"He's very private, but if he's your friend, man, you've got a friend for life." These words sum up this friendship beautifully.

@AllUpOns 4 года назад

"And Larry Bird is a straight shooter." No truer words have been spoken.

@roberthatch6230 2 года назад

Best documentary I’ve ever seen

@mikebledsoe2315 Месяц назад

Awesome documentary

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@286mic 5 лет назад

Larry is such a genuine dude. " To tell you the truth that was all me doing that" i lol'd

@nathanc30 3 года назад

No Larry, no Magic, no NBA ...get that? This league would be bankrupt and non existent. These two are gods.

@CYCLONE4499 Месяц назад

Just seeing magic tear up talking about how bird called him after his AIDS diagnosis shows you the brotherhood and love sports can bring to this world. Ive seen it more than once. Something about sports brings people of all races and beliefs together and its unique. Nothing unites us like sports other than perhaps religion

@MitchellGarrett-gh9ix 15 дней назад

HIV not AIDS.

@colinjames7569 Месяц назад

Beautiful story. Two poor boys making a name. Connection never broken

@tyronejones4837 5 лет назад

A couple of great guys, real men and two of the best to ever play the game. GOD BLESS MAGIC AND BIRD.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@richyrich4672 14 дней назад

I’ve been binge watching about Larry Bird for the past week. This is by far the best story about him I’ve seen yet.

@JESSES_CURIOUSLY_CURIOUS 15 дней назад

Best documentary I've seen. Because of this story, that can never be duplicated. Seemed like fate. Playing the right way saved the NBA. Thanks 2 both.

@davidvallone1476 2 года назад

Greatest era in Basketball. No Iso Ball and Throw up 3 pointers all day like today.. It was exciting back then. Not so much now.

@JoshuaTraffanstedt Месяц назад

Teams successful with the threes win. Thats why the league got with the program.

@Don_V. 5 лет назад

This is with out a doubt the best sports doc. ever made. Legends both of them

@dlsneadduffy 6 месяцев назад

Agreed. I love a broad spectrum of documentary topics. But this one.....wow. One thing better than watching the best of basketball talent is seeing the rivalry-turned-brothers that goes a layer deeper. Makes me feel love for the these guys like they're my own friends. Excellent documentary.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@anthonyj1775 2 года назад

They brought the NBA back, end of story. ❤

@linjapanese77 11 лет назад

seeing Bird laugh and smile hits deep...

@RealAmericanHero420 Месяц назад

This is one of the best, most heartwarming sports documentaries I’ve ever seen.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@phantom0456 22 дня назад

I love both the rivalry and the respect that these men have for each other… they’re both winners but they also both have tremendous respect for each other. Magic’s smile and Bird’s dry humor are both hallmarks of their personalities… and I don’t believe that we’ll ever see their like again in the NBA.

@blastedgrandma1625 Месяц назад

I can watch this all day every day! They are the reasons why I am a basketball fan today. Thank you to the both of them.❤

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@shannon9155 3 года назад

We are all so lucky to have been alive to see Magic and Bird play the game of basketball . There will never ever ever be another Magic Johnson or Larry Bird.

@mikeputnam9847 Месяц назад

😅 so😅.:-😮 😮 m

@soonerwhirle Месяц назад

I got to see every game at Indiana State. No one player ever made every player on his team better than Bird.

@user-sv9fo7do9x Месяц назад

@@soonerwhirleMagic! Beat Bird three out of four attempts! 75% success rate!

@antoniomiranda8691 Месяц назад

@@user-sv9fo7do9xDoesn't mean he made his teammates better. But, you obviously don't give a fuck about that.

@VolcanoVapes Месяц назад

Ben Simmons is the Vergence.

@jistrom1767 19 дней назад

Very nice documentary of an era of basketball where greatness era begins

@tankertuff278 Месяц назад

What a documentary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Had me in tears!!! Damn man!!!!

@platosghost6916 Месяц назад

The cutest bromance story of all time.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@harrisdave 2 месяца назад

What an outstanding film.Very well done.

@The-Dom 2 года назад

Beautiful way to end it, reflecting on their differences and how they admired each other for them.

@royalblue0505 5 лет назад

The league could go on a thousand more years, heck, ten thousand more years, and I can guarantee that there will never, ever be another friendship/rivalry like the one between these two.

@cathyvalentine2028 17 дней назад

9234J❤

@user-jeffjack 8 дней назад

@cathyvalentine2028 that's funny.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@user-vq8vr3uw6n 2 месяца назад

I was 17 when Magic and Bird come to the league and as a fan of all Boston sports the NBA was in a bad place, I truly believe that the reason the league is so strong and good today was because of these two great men, thank you for all the fantastic memories

@afdchocolatemilk2107 3 года назад

Watching this for the fist time as a 57 year old guy who grew up in New England a NE sports fan and all I can say is Wow. Best 90 Covid minutes I have spent in front of a screen.

@notorious1968 Месяц назад

Excellent, excellent documentary....To have seen it all happen, right before your eyes, is indescribable!!!!!! They were like the Yin and the Yang. The Alpha and the Omega, only their roles would flip back and forth at a moments notice. There was no rivalry like it before them and hasn't been one like it ever since. I will always be grateful that I was able to witness the Bird vs Magic rivalry in it's moment. Thank you both for the show and the memories. 🏀🏆❤️

@PoisonClan73 26 дней назад

Best Rivalry ever.

@MrWoodCy 23 дня назад

In the 80s…Boxing had Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard …. Basketball had Larry Bird and Magic Johnson … No wonder these periods are viewed as ‘Golden’ times in each sport.

@partypeoplesandiego Месяц назад

This is great. As a kid of the 80s I remember.

@marylou8449 Месяц назад

Greatest and best too Basketball players of all time JOHNSON AND BIRD Never Be Again

@bryanpage7206 Месяц назад

I like the fact that Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were two completely different persons. But became good friends and respected each other.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@brianhunt9614 Месяц назад

I admired both those gentlemen as we grew older together. This was one of the finest sports and relationship documentary I’ve ever seen. Both were portrayed with honesty and depth. Good work ladies and gentlemen. It was memorable.

@dembaf7569 Месяц назад

I really enjoyed watching this documentary thank you very from a non NBA basketball player. 🎉🎉I really love this basketball game!

@DanZiemba-ol4vr 22 дня назад

Great documentary!! Thank you for posting this for all of us to enjoy viewing.

@cuervosbc1518 2 года назад

After watching this, my perspective on Bird changed completely. He won my heart, he's was just a great competitor, not what I thought of him before.

@SlavaUkraini86 Месяц назад

What a great documentary. The final 20 minutes or so really hit hard.

@ValentinaRacing1 Месяц назад

Love em ... on court LETS GO!!! Off court brothers. I miss 1980s NBA

@MitchellGarrett-gh9ix 15 дней назад

@ValentinaRacing1 why are 27:21 you on every post?

@billystixxz9768 Месяц назад

Both guys are incredible.. God is good

@scoot1105 2 месяца назад

These 2 legends, literally and figuratively, saved the NBA! There would be no talk about Jordan or Lebron or Kobe being the GOAT if it weren't for Magic and Bird! PERIOD!!

@elwin38 Месяц назад

It was great to grow up as a basketball fan during the late 70's-entire 80's. I'll never forget that NCAA championship(i was 10 1/2)and the back and forth of the Celtics vs Showtime rivalry. I still miss the NBA on CBS🏀🏀

@his3033 Месяц назад

I’m sad that ended. The true GOATS. Still.

@craigj5069 2 года назад

Outstanding, two icons.

@TheGame-zd5cj Месяц назад

always played the game the way it should be played. rivals. storied franchises. it’s an amazing story because the race thing took a side exit somewhere during this time. and it showed that deep within our souls we will find each other.

@ToddHurney 7 дней назад

Totally agree with Bryant Gumbel. I watched and lived through this great rivalry, and it was terrific to see firsthand. They paved the way for the others that followed!

@ahappyimago 4 года назад

Great documentary. Larry bird had a tough life. He was too strong for his own good sometimes, but I guess that’s why people loved him.

@mikes3827 4 года назад

That's why he was tailor-made for the blue-collar types in Boston. On Larry's first visit to Boston, he was dressed in a flannel shirt, wearing a John Deere hat, and he decided to walk into a notoriously tough bar in a notoriously tough Boston neighborhood. Granted, this was pre-internet and cable, but the locals soon realized who this 6'9 blond kid was, and when someone from the Celtics' brass learned of where Bird had gone, he rushed over to "save" him...only to find Bird yucking it up with the locals. In other words, Bird was/is a working class guy, and those patrons in that bar were basically the same, and Larry felt comfortable among them.

@guyhall6592 3 года назад

Love Respect Loyalty - Thank you, for showing us how. GOD Bless you both!!

@jasonfinch1736 4 месяца назад

Back then they didn't load manage either it was the best era of basketball

@michaelharrington75 8 дней назад

I remember watching these Celtics vs Lakers games as a kid. My dad loved the Celtics, and thought there had never been a player like Larry Bird. He was right.

@tyronejones4837 5 лет назад

Magic and Bird transformed the game of basketball and paved the way for Jordan, Lebron, Allen Iverson and other great players that came after them.

@G9Classified9 Месяц назад

Say his name coward

@markbanks7960 4 дня назад

That was great to watch! Kudos to both Magic & Bird, two undeniable legends 👏 🙌 ❤️

@JamesTown-dm7th 12 дней назад

This is the best documentary I’ve ever watched and magic and share the same birthday ♌️ nation 🎊 8/14

@lonnielove6952 Месяц назад

PRICELESS!! 💪🏻💯🖤

@The-Dom 2 года назад

People will always look back at what a great basketball player MJ was, but people will always remember what great man Larry was.

@dlsneadduffy 6 месяцев назад

Well said. Insightful point.

@KeithFroehlich07 8 месяцев назад

6th and 7th grade. And he's playing against the older, black waiters in the hotel. LOL That's like at 15 when Mario Lemieux was playing against NHL-ers in pick up games during the summer three years before he was drafted. Just two unbelievable talents.

@pdxxx1 2 дня назад

This is the first time ive seen this, two great competitors with huge hearts ! They bring home what humanity should always be about

@Pavelvondra66 11 лет назад

Největší rivalé a přitom dobří přátelé :) Úžasnej dokument

@user-mu1by8tc8o Месяц назад

As much as I didn't like Boston the Celtics and the Lakers bought out the best in each team as I've gotten older I nothing but respect for what the Lakers and Magic and Bird bought the the game of Basketball

@twirajuda 3 года назад

Bryant Gumbel was so spot on in 1:25:00 when he said Magic and Bird, not Michael Jordan, saved the NBA. Those two showed how sports and sportsmanship should be, namely bitter yet chivalrous rivals. MJ, Kobe, LeBron monopolizing the game and brooking no rivals is more about cult of personality and reeks more of Stalin and Kim Jong Un instead of Magic and Larry

@truckerkevthepaidtourist Год назад

Magic and b Bird save the game yes Mike elevated it

@chrisanderson7984 2 месяца назад

Yes Larry and Magic saved it. Jordan took it to the next level.

@user-sv9fo7do9x Месяц назад

@@chrisanderson7984No, the NBA will never be seen the way it was in the 80’s. The 90’s was the beginning of the end for the NBA! Too selfish and individualized! MJ just a ball hog til Phil Jackson and Scottie Pippen came to help MJ! He wasn’t good enough to win with just gunning all game!

@richardrocha702 4 дня назад

This was just EXCELLENT! Awesome documentary...just awesome.

@javiermillan23 11 лет назад

I love it!! There shud be a love button instead of juz like

@TSUKNIDA 2 месяца назад

❤

@rasempress9724 10 дней назад

Fabulous documentary…absolutely

@lastcall4111 6 дней назад

this doc is FIRE.

@jerryfranks7359 Месяц назад

I’m 73 grew up in Boston, watched all the greats Russell, Chamberlin,Big O, but Larry Legend was the greatest of all.

@maa7332 Месяц назад

Greatest Celtic maybe

@youtuber3328 17 дней назад

i'll PROBABLY PERMANENTLY EQUALLY LOVE wilt chamberlain and bill russell

@notoriodtc День назад

the mentality of these guys is beyond what kids are prepared to accept today. Larry jordan pretty much making stuff up in their head pre game to get them riled up. Love it. And god bless these two for saving the game and pushing a golden age where the game was fantastic to watch.

@thedarkhorse100 10 дней назад

That was great, thanks

@williammunoz2342 4 дня назад

Thank you two

@user-jj4dz6tr1t Месяц назад

Magic was so fortunate to see a positive male role model. His father was a hard working man who instilled a work ethic in Magic that served him well. You could say Ervin’s father was more involved in Magic’s upbringing than Larry’s father was involved with him. Larry learned about hard work and toughness from his dad, but his dad had many personal demons.

@maosaytounge49 11 лет назад

This is pretty much brilliantly done

@FyahAlex 7 дней назад

Excellent doc. A real tear-jerker.

@joshg2350 4 года назад

17:36 Bird is a savage 😂

@mikebledsoe2315 Месяц назад

Awesome documentary

@edwardlapierre1620 Месяц назад

IT WAS THE BEST SPORTING EVENTS WATCHING BIRD AND BIG THREE. ALWAYS PLANNED GAME DAY GET TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS EVERY GAME

@RenegadeGunn 2 года назад

Each time I watch this I would play 2K playing the Lakers vs Celtics

@MichaelChang-z3p Месяц назад

They were what the NBA needed at that time. Can't he understated that Bird is routinely overlooked as one of the greatest of all time. Grew up watching them play and I'm thankful for them and Jordan

@Cowboys30 2 года назад

46:54 Bird just plowing through everyone. 🤣🤣 Today, that would easily be about 20 different law suits.

@aes9639 2 года назад

Lmao omg he was shoving ppl left and right to get the f outta there!! 🤣

@aarondigby5054 2 месяца назад

@1:11:40 child turned out to be a big ol fa##ot, smdh. Cookie strong armed married his arse while pregnant, what we call a shotgun wedding without the shotgun.

@MrHugeSoul 11 лет назад

RESPECT

@clifflong1203 Месяц назад

Larry was the goat… period!!!

@maa7332 Месяц назад

@torrenjames7366 9 дней назад

Outstanding

@aarondigby5054 2 месяца назад

One thing I loked about Bird there were many ganes he couldve scored 50 possibly 60 points but Bird just scored enough to win when he saw the game was long decided in his favor, he didn't pad his stats, he just played to win

@aarondigby5054 2 месяца назад

Me personally, I enjoyed the mid-late 70s nba, the Bullets/Sonics back to back appearanced with the bukkets being the only nba franchise to make the playoffs every year ofcthe 70s decade

@capitanfuturo594 4 года назад

Larry Bird is the best all-around player in the NBA history.

@lsufan4624 3 года назад

no kobe is

@73Trident 3 года назад

@@lsufan4624 no Kobe is not, Larry is.

@KeithFroehlich07 8 месяцев назад

In no particular order one is 1 and the other is 1A You can make a case for both and you wouldn't be wrong

@aarondigby5054 2 месяца назад

@@KeithFroehlich07Larry was front court and Kobe was backcourt a nonsensical comparison

@mikee702 Месяц назад

@@lsufan4624you silly goose

@discwizard1258 6 дней назад

I don't usually comment, your an inspiration to all who follow you including me😊 keep up the great vids buddy, surely one day Fingersoft will recognise your great work are they blind

@SpookySkeletonDD Месяц назад

Larry legend

@lastcall4111 6 дней назад

magic and bird saved the nba but jordan made sure it would never have issues ever again.

@jamesturner5994 10 дней назад

Great documentary…

@emersonmcleod07 17 часов назад

Best thing ever when they done that tv commercial. Sport aside. Hatred aside. Just 2 dudes relaxing on a farm.

@Godsrocker1970 11 дней назад

I am 54 never heard either name, never watched basketball. I do not know basketball skill, but after watching this I understand why God put them on different teams, so other teams have a chance for championship. These two men on the same team mmmmm

@AHMAD-2324 Месяц назад

Two of the best to ever do it...The Greatest PG of All-time-Magic. The Greatest SF of All-time-Bird. LEGENDS 🏀🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

@AphrooneRichardson 23 дня назад

Greeting from CHI-TOWN CHICAGO, IL, USA! THANKS for sharing another of your very informative and enlightening video~ AMEN-ASE!

@caballodelcampo3540 5 лет назад

10:54 thats a lot of pain on birds face

@BDM7 3 дня назад

For those of you not around back then. It might be helpful to understand, HIV/AIDS was a death sentence. NOONE lived. This was a very sad time. To have him say he was going to beat it seemed like it was just a way for him to stay positive for everyone. I was 8 and I'll never forget that press conference. I was crying my eyes out.

@ThatGirl-ku5dq День назад

Great documentary.

@rcwilson9510 2 года назад

This is a great video about two great players who saved the NBA. Just thought it was a little strange that there is no mention of Johnson coming out of retirement to play 32 games in the '95-'96 season. They also could have made it more family-friendly and more professional by editing out, or at least bleeping out, the profanity. Both players did a remarkably good job handling their fame and their rivalry. Overall, a very good video.

@robwagnon6578 17 минут назад

1:32 This rivalry between Bird and magic if it doesn't put a tear in your eye than apparently you have no tears 🤔

@RodeoBack Месяц назад

It's really sad that Magic's dad won an award for never missing a day or being late, but it took his son to be one of the greatest NBA players in history in order to be rich. 🤔

@maa7332 Месяц назад

Ahsmwm The mother should have won an award too because she kept the family consistent so that the father and the kids could do their best... *and in Magic's case, to be the greatest pg ever.*

@chatgptchess Месяц назад

Caitlin Clark.....Angel Reese Saga. Aint nothin new under the sun.

@richardrocha702 4 дня назад

Not even close....Reese should not even be mentioned in the same breath as CC....Clark is the REAL DEAL....reese is just a mouth and a ghetto bully stat padder.

@JoshuaTraffanstedt Месяц назад

Segregation might seem like a distant memory today, but if you know where to look, you can still see remnants of it in the South today. In my hometown i went to kindergarten at a school that used to be k-12 for blacks back in the day. Across the street from the big park for the white kids was a small park with a merry go round, swing set, and single bbq grill for the blacks. I met a lot of older people that were alive during this time, both blacks and whites. Mustve been crazy to be alive during desegregation. For both sides.

@notoriodtc День назад

this was very well written

@marmalade6681 6 дней назад

People seem to be obsessed with who is the GOAT. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.. To me.. There will only ever be 1 Magician.. Magic! and only 1 Legend! Larry Nothing else matters.