600 ESPN EL PASO » latrell sprewell http://krod.com ESPN and 600 ESPN El Paso, the leaders in sports in El Paso and the world! Mon, 20 May 2013 01:51:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Star Power Back in NBA Finals http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/ http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 19:25:46 +0000 Andy Lee http://krod.com/?p=3801 Any gen-xer (1964-1982) will tell you the 80s and 90s were the golden era of the NBA.  Things got so bleak in the 70s that the Finals were aired on a tape delay.  Like the deus ex machina from ancient Greek tragedies, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird came in from college to save the drug riddled NBA.  Bird and Magic first met in the finals in 1982, and it was must see TV.

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]]> http://krod.com/star-power-back-in-nba-finals/feed/ 0 American Airlines Arena in Miami will be the site of game one of the 2011 NBA Finals between the Heat and Mavericks. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images)