“When The Game Was Ours” by Larry Bird and Magic Johnson with Jackie MacMullan is an engaging jaunt through the careers of Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and the National Basketball Association of the 80s and early 90s. These were two of my five favorite players while growing up, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the highlights of their careers and learning more about what was behind the two basketball superstars.

The book chronicles their journeys from the classic college match-up through their seasons with the Lakers and Celtics and the intense rivalry between the players and teams, to the Olympics, Johnson’s HIV, both of their coaching and involvement with teams after playing. You learn how similar the two players destined for the hall of fame (and both elected, Bird in 1998 and Johnson in 2002) were, yet equally how different, and how they brought out the best in each other.

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