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The Celtics and Lakers played three riveting NBA Finals in a four-year span during the mid-1980s that fueled the popularity of the league and set the stage for the tremendous growth and heightened profile the NBA has enjoyed since.
The Celtics and Lakers played three riveting NBA Finals in a four-year span during the mid-1980s that fueled the popularity of the league and set the stage for the tremendous growth and heightened profile the NBA has enjoyed since.
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S3, EP18 "Celtics/Lakers: Part 3"When the Celtics and Lakers meet again in the 1985 and 1987 NBA Finals, the teams' disdain and animosity for each other gradually turns to mutual respect -- led by superstars Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.
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S1, EP16 "The Two Escobars"Investigating the relationship between crime and sport and the connections between the murders of soccer star Andrés Escobar and drug baron Pablo Escobar in Colombia.
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S3, EP8 "This Magic Moment"The Orlando Magic are considered the fairytale team of the mid-'90s whose popularity grew, in part, due to players like Shaquille O'Neal and Penny Hardaway.
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S4, EP2 "The Greatest Mixtape Ever"This documentary examines how 1990s streetball and the And1 Mixtape transformed basketball culture at large.
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S3, EP40 "Long Gone Summer"In the summer of 1998, the St. Louis Cardinals' Mark McGwire and the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa embark on a chase of one of the game's most hallowed records, igniting the passion and imagination of fans and non-fans everywhere.
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S3, EP30 "Dominican Dream"The incredible journey of retired professional basketball player Felipe Lopez.
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S3, EP26 "The Last Days of Knight"Examining Bob Knight's fall from grace at Indiana University.
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S3, EP17 "Celtics/Lakers: Part 2"Boston's Larry Bird and LA's Magic Johnson headline rosters full of charisma and talent as their teams collide in the epic 1984 NBA Finals. The two had previously met in the 1979 NCAA Championship Game, and now welcomed a second title clash.
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