Soccer tips Magic Johnson: Bird and I couldn`t be friends because of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry

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Lakers legend Magic Johnson admitted that the Lakers-Celtics rivalry was hurting his friendship with Larry Bird.


Bird and I couldn`t be friends because of the Lakers-Celtics rivalry. We hated them and they hated us. Pat Riley emphasized this. He said that if a Celtics player fell on the floor, it was better not to help him up. We had to hate them to win.


It wasn`t until `87 that Converse wanted to do a commercial with both of us. I flew to French Lick, Indiana, where Larry was from. We were about halfway through the commercial and it was time for lunch. I went to the trailer and suddenly I heard: Magic, I would like you to have lunch at my house. My mother prepared dinner. He mentioned mom, so I had to go.


His mother brings out the dishes, hits him and says: Have you already told him? He answers: No, mom, tell him yourself. "She says, 'Magic, you`re my favorite basketball player, `" Johnson said.



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