When the Game Was Ours
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]–[>], [>], [>], [>]– [>]
after 1984 Finals loss, [>]–[>], [>]– [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in 1984–85 season, [>]–[>]
and 1985 Finals, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and owner Buss, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and plans for NBA career, [>]
quarrels and criticism, [>]–[>]
and Riley, [>], [>], [>]
and Stern, [>]
and Isiah Thomas, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
VS. Worthy trade, [>]
HIV CONTRACTED BY, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
and All-Star Game (1992), [>]–[>]
and continued health, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
and gay community, [>]
LB notified, [>], [>]–[>]
medications for, [>], [>]
and MJ's educational efforts, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
and National Commission on AIDS, [>]–[>]
press conference announcing, [>]– [>], [>]
and reaction to comeback, [>]–[>]
and retirement of MJ's number, [>]– [>]
and suggestions of gay sex, [>]–[>]
and talk–show accusation of faking, [>]– [>]
and wife Cookie, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]– [>]
and workout after retirement, [>]–[>]
See also Bird-Magic relationship
Johnson, Earvin, Sr., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Johnson, Earvin "E.J.," III, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Johnson, Eddie, [>]
Johnson, Eddie "Fast Eddie," [>]
Johnson, Elisa (daughter), [>], [>]
Johnson, Kevin, [>], [>]
Johnson, Larry (brother), [>], [>], [>]
Johnson, Pearl (sister), [>]
Johnson, Quincy (brother), [>]
Johnson, Robert, [>]
Johnson, Vinnie "Microwave," [>], [>]
Jolesch, Bruce, [>]
Jones, Bobby, [>]
Jones, Caldwell, [>], [>]
Jones, Eddie, [>], [>]
Jones, Fred, [>]
Jones, Jim (coach), [>]
Jones, K. C., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Jones, Slab, [>]
Jordan, Michael, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Jukes, Ed, [>], [>]
Kelser, Gregory, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Kentucky basketball team, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Kerns, Amos, [>], [>]
Kerns, Lizzie, [>], [>]
Kerr, Steve, [>]
Kersey, Jess, [>], [>]
Killilea, John, [>]
King, Albert, [>]
King, Bernard, [>]
King, Bob, [>], [>]
Kite, Greg, [>]
Knight, Bob, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Krzyzewski, Mike, [>]
Kupchak, Mitch, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Lacerte, Ed, [>], [>], [>]
Laettner, Christian, [>], [>], [>]
Laimbeer, Bill, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Landsmark, Theodore, [>]
Lanier, Bob, [>], [>]
Lee, George, [>]
Lee, James, [>]
Leonard, Bob "Slick," [>]
Leone, Jill, vii
Lewis, Reggie, [>], [>]
Lindsey, Ben, [>]
Lister, Alton, [>]
Longaker, John, [>]
Los Angeles Lakers
in McDonald's Open, [>], [>]
and 1980 Finals, [>]–[>]
in 1981–82 season, [>]–[>], [>]
in 1982 Finals, [>]
in 1983 season and Finals, [>]
in 1983–84 season, [>]–[>], [>]
in 1984 Finals, [>], [>]–[>]
in 1984–85 season, [>], [>]
relentless training, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Riley's Career Best Effort, [>], [>], [>]
in 1985 Finals, [>]–[>]
in 1985–86 season, [>], [>], [>], [>]
in 1986–87 season, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in 1987 Finals, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in 1988 Finals, [>], [>]–[>]
in 1989 Finals, [>]
in 1989–90 season, [>]–[>]
2004 situation of, [>]–[>]
in 2007–08 season, [>]–[>]
Los Angeles Lakers–Boston Celtics rivalry, history of, [>]–[>]
Lucas, John, [>]
Lucas, Maurice, [>]
Lynch, George, [>], [>], [>]
Macy, Kyle, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Madden, Mike, [>]
Magic Johnson Enterprises, [>], [>]
Magic Johnson Foundation, [>]–[>], [>]
Mahorn, Rick, [>], [>], [>]
Majerle, Dan, [>]
Malone, Karl, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Malone, Moses, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mangurian, Harry, [>]
Maravich, "Pistol Pete," [>]
Marshall, Billy, [>]
Mashburn, Jamal, [>]
Matthews, Wes, [>]
Mattingly, Dinah (LB girlfriend and wife), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Maxwell, Cedric, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
May, Scott, [>]
McAdoo, Bob, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
McCloskey, Jack, [>]
McCray, Rodney, [>]–[>]
McDonough, Will, [>]
McGuire, Al, [>]
McHale, Kevin, vii, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rambis clotheslined by, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
McKinney, Jack, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
McNelly, Rod, [>]
Melchiorre, Ray, [>]–[>]
Mellman, Michael, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Michigan State basketball, [>], [>]
Miley, Brad, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Miller, Reggie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mills, Steve, [>]
Ming, Yao, [>]
Moncrief, Sidney, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Montross, Eric, [>]
Morgan, Harry, [>]
Most, Johnny, [>]
Mudge, Gilbert, [>]
Mullin, Chris, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Mutombo, Dikembe, [>]
Nagy, Lou, [>], [>]
Nance, Larry, [>]
Nater, Sven, [>]
National Enquirer, and MJ's HIV, [>], [>]–[>]
NBA (National Basketball Association)
and Bird-Magic rivalry, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
draft rules of, [>]
greatest team and player of argued, [>]–[>]
and investigations on draft choices, [>]–[>]
and Pacers-Pistons brawl with fans, [>]–[>]
racial climate of (Stern's efforts), [>]
revenue-sharing agreement for, [>]
and Stern, [>], [>]–[>] (see also Stern, David)
substance abuse in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
troubled future for (1980s), [>]
Magic and Bird as remedy for, [>]– [>]
NBA All-Star Games, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
NBA All-Star weekend, [>], [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1980), [>]–[>]
NBA Championship Finals (1981), [>], [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1982), [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1983), [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1984), x, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
McHale clotheslines Rambis, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1985), [>]– [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1986), [>]– [>]
NBA Championship Finals (1987), [>]– [>], [>]–[>]
NBA Championship Finals (1988), [>], [>]–[>]
NBA Championship Finals (1989), [>]
NBA Championship Finals (2008), viii, xi
NCAA, and NBA, [>]
NCAA championship (1979), vi, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
NCAA guidelines, and MJ's recruitment, [>]
Nelson, Don, [>]
Nemcek, Rich, [>]
Newell, Pete, [>]
Nicholson, Jack, [>]
Nicks, Carl, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
NIT tournament (1978), [>]
Nixon, Norm, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Northwood Institute, [>], [>]
O'Brien, Larry, [>], [>], [>]
Odom, Lamar, [>], [>]
O'Koren, Michael, [>]
Olajuwon, Akeem (later Hakeem), [>], [>], [>]
Olympic basketball team, U.S. (1988), [>]
Olympic basketball team, U.S. (1992), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]– [>], [>]–[>]
in argument about greatests, [>]–[>]
and Isiah Thomas, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
and LB's escape to streets, [>]–[>]
in Tournament of the Americas, [>]– [>], [>]–[>]
Olympic basketball team, U.S. (1996), [>]
Olympic basketball team, U.S. (2008), [>]
O'Neal, Jermaine, [>], [>], [>], [>]
O'Neal, Shaquille, [>], [>], [>]
Orr, Johnny, [>]
Osborne, Jeffrey, [>]
Ovitz, Michael, [>]
Parish, Robert, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Payne, Vernon, [>]
Payton, Gary, [>]
Pediatric AIDS Foundation, [>]
Perry, Langdon, [>]
Person, Chuck, [>]
Pfund, Randy, [>]
Philadelphia 76ers, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Pierce, Paul, [>], [>], [>]
Pippen, Scottie, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Posey, James, [>]
Powe, Leon, [>]
Price, Mark, [>]
Price, Tony, [>]
Qatato, Joe "Corky," [>]
Race
and Bird-Magic relationship, [>]– [>], [>]–[>]
Boston conflicts over, [>]–[>]
and MJ childhood conflicts, [>], [>]
and Thomas's belittling LB, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Radford, Wayne, [>]
Radja, Dino, [>]–[>]
Rambis, Kurt, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Rashad, Ahmad, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Raveling, George, [>]–[>]
Reagan, Ronald, Celtics' visit with, [>]
Reed, Steve, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Reid, Robert, [>], [>]
"Remember the Time" (video), [>]
Richardson, Micheal Ray, [>]
Riley, Pat, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Riley, Steve, [>]
Rivers, Doc, [>]
Robey, Rick, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Robinson, David, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rodgers, Jimmy, [>]
Rodis, Dick, [>]
Rodman, Dennis, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Rogers, Rodney, [>]
Rose, Jalen, [>], [>]
Rosen, Lon, vii, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Roundfield, Dan, [>]
Rupp, Adolph, [>]
Russell, Bill, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Russell, Cazzie, [>]
Russian national basketball team, [>]–[>]
Ryan, Bob, [>], [>]
Sabonis, Arvydas, [>]
Salley, John, [>]
Sampson, Ralph, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Saunders, Mike, [>]
Scheller, Arnold, [>]
Schmidt, Oscar, [>]
Schultz, Howard, [>]
Scott, Byron, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Seikaly, Rony, [>]–[>]
Selvy, Franklin Delano, [>], [>], [>]
Sharman, Bill, [>]–[>]
Shaughnessy, Dan, [>]
Shidler, Jay, [>]
Shumway, Randy, [>]
Sichting, Jerry, [>], [>], [>]
Silas, Paul, [>]
Silva, Thomas, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Simpson, Ralph, [>]
Sloan, Jerry, [>]
Smith, Tony, [>]
Smits, Rik, [>]–[>], [>]
Sofia, Bulgaria, fan incident in, [>]
Space Jam (movie), [>]
Spirits of St. Louis, [>]
Sports Illustrated, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Staley, Leroy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Stark, Jayson, [>]
Stennis, Michael, [>]
Sterling, Donald, [>]
Stern, David, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Steroids, and LB in Olympics, [>]
Stockton, John, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Stojakovic, Peja, [>]
Tanenbaum, Larry, [>]
Tarpley, Roy, [>]
Television, and NBA, [>], [>]
Theus, Reggie, [>]
Thomas, Isiah, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Thompson, David, [>]
Thompson, Mychal, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Thorn, Rod, [>]
Thorpe, Otis, [>], [>]
Tomjanovich, Rudy, [>], [>]
Tournament of the Americas, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Tripucka, Kelly, [>]
Tubbs, Billy, [>]
Tucker, Charles, [>], [>], [>], [>]
Twiss, Jeff, [>]
UCLA basketball, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Urban Coffee Opportunities, [>]
Valentine, Darnell, [>]
Van Exel, Nick, [>], [>], [>]
Vecsey, Peter, [>]
Versace, Dick, [>]
Vincent, Jay, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Vitale, Dick, [>]
Vitti, Gary, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Volk, Jan, [>]
Walker, Clarence, [>]
Wallace, Ben, [>], [>]
Wallace, Rasheed, [>]
Walsh, Donnie, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Walton, Bill, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Walton, Luke, [>]
Washington, Kermit, [>]
Webb, Greg, [>], [>]
Webber, Chris, [>]
Wedman, Scott, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Welts, Rick, [>], [>]
Wertheim, L. Jon, [>]
West, Jerry, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
West, Mark, [>]
West Baden, Indiana, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Westhead, Paul, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Westphal, Paul, [>]
White, Jo Jo, [>]
Wilkens, Lenny, [>], [>], [>]
Wilkes, Bobby, [>]
Wilkes, Jamaal, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Wilkins, Dominique, [>], [>]
Williams, Gus, [>]
Williams, Sly, [>]
Willis, Kevin, [>]
Wisman, Jim, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Wooden, John, [>]–[>], [>]
Woolf, Bob, [>], [>]
Woolridge, Orlando, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
World Invitational Tournament (college all-stars), ix, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Worthy, James, x, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Front
1. APRIL 9, 1978
2. MARCH 25, 1979
3. MAY 16, 1980
4. JANUARY 31, 1982
5. JUNE 12, 1984
6. SEPTEMBER 26, 1984
7. SEPTEMBER 12, 1985
8. JUNE 9, 1987
9. NOVEMBER 7, 1991
10. AUGUST 7, 1992
11. AUGUST 18, 1992
12. SEPTEMBER 27, 2002
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