They Got Game

In the last 58 years, the Philadelphia 76ers have won exactly one NBA Championship. That was in 1983, when two forces of nature—center Moses Malone and small forward Julius Erving—converged, finally delivering a title to a starving fan base embittered by previous playoff heartbreaks to the legendary Boston Celtics, led by Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson's "Showtime" Los Angeles Lakers. The Bird-Magic rivalry would go on to dominate most of 1980s basketball, their cross-coastal rivalry bringing in unprecedented television deals and millions of new fans.

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