VLVL2 (15): '83 - '84 NBA Playoffs

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371.2:  "'There's the Movie at Nine,' Justin said, looking at the listings, '_Magnificent Disaster_, TV movie about about the '83-'84 NBA playoffs -- wasn't that just back in the summer?  Pretty quick movie.'

'They've been getting quicker over the years, from what I remember,' Prairie said."


[...] "Phoenix upset Portland and Utah in the playoffs before falling to Los Angeles in the Western Finals. In the East, Boston survived a seven-game series with New York, then disposed of Milwaukee in five games. Then the Lakers and Celtics squared off for the first time since the days of Bill Russell. In addition, it was the first confrontation between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird since the 1979 NCAA championship game. The Lakers won the first and third games easily, but lost the second and fourth, both in overtime. Boston took the next one, but the Lakers came back to force a seventh game. The largest television audience in NBA history watched as the Celtics scratched out a 111-102 win. Bird, the playoff MVP, led everyone with 27 points and 11 rebounds per game, providing a taste of what was to come in dle next few years."

http://www.hoophall.com/history/nba_198384.htm


"Before one can fondly recall the championship season of 1983-84, the way the 1983 season ended had tremendous impact on the preceding campaign. The Milwaukee Bucks, led by a fiery young mentor (who proudly wore his famous fish ties) and former Boston Celtics star Don Nelson, had polished off the Green and White in four straight games in the 1983 NBA Eastern Conference Semifinals. "   [...]

http://www.nba.com/celtics/history/TheYear198384_121203.html


Perhaps a few Bean-Towners can shed light on this as well.