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Message: <blockquote data-quote="shakespeare" data-source="post: 3398112" data-attributes="member: 134752">1980s: Magic vs. Bird The league added the ABA's innovative <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-point_field_goal" target="_blank">three-point field goal</a> beginning in 1979 to open up the game. That same year, rookies <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Bird" target="_blank">Larry Bird</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earvin_%22Magic%22_Johnson" target="_blank">Earvin "Magic" Johnson</a> joined the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Celtics" target="_blank">Boston Celtics</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Lakers" target="_blank">Los Angeles Lakers</a> respectively, initiating a period of significant growth in fan interest in the NBA throughout the country and the world. Bird went on to lead the Celtics to three titles, and Johnson went on to lead the Lakers to five. Also in the early '80s, the NBA added one more expansion franchise, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas_Mavericks" target="_blank">Dallas Mavericks</a>, bringing the total to 23 teams.</blockquote>

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