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Russell Westbrook posted 25 points, 20 assists, and 11 rebounds against the Los Angeles Clippers. The first game with such a stat line since his childhood hoops idol Magic Johnson did so in 1988 finishing with 25, 20, and 10.

A long time ago some dude penned a song about receiving gifts over the twelve days of Christmas.  All the gifts are lame, but they didn’t have Xbox’s or iPad’s back in the day. One gift that keeps on giving is ‘March Madness...

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.