lakers Magic Johnson INTRODUCTION POWERFUL POINT GUARDS The Los Angeles Lakers victory in Game 5 of the 1980 National Basketball Association NBA Finals put them one win away from a championship But their captain center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar injured his ankle during Game 5 Rookie point guard Earvin Fast Facts Magic Johnson won a gold medal with Team USA at the 1992 Olympic Games in 2002 Johnson joined the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Stephen Curry is the all-time NBA leader in three-pointers Curry is the son of former NBA player Dell Curry
wilson warriors 30 state golden rakuten 6 Magic Johnson had to fill in at center It’s unusual for a guard to play a position where 7-foot 2.1 m players dominate But Johnson was up for the challenge Game 6 against the Philadelphia 76ers was a close contest The teams were tied going into the second half But Johnson led Los Angeles LA on a 12 0 scoring run The rookie scored 20 points in the second half as the Lakers grabbed a big lead Stephen Curry
In the final minutes Johnson made a slam dunk to seal the 123 107 win for LA For the game Johnson scored 42 points The win marked the first of five NBA titles Johnson and the Lakers won in the 1980s In 2015 another team’s NBA title run began Point guard Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors faced the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5 of the NBA Finals During the fourth quarter Cleveland’s Tristan Thompson scored and put the Cavaliers one point behind the Warriors Then Curry took over the game Curry led Golden State on an 11 2 run He finished with a game-clinching three-pointer For the game Curry finished with 37 points including 17 in the fourth quarter Two nights later Golden State captured their first championship win in 40 years It was the first of four championships that Curry and the Warriors would win over the next seven seasons Magic Johnson and Stephen Curry are two all-time great point guards who led their teams to multiple championships But who is better Let the smackdown begin
golden 6 Curry scores with a layup close to the basket Fans know him for his long shots from behind the three point line but he can score from anywhere on the court WARrior W Rakuten STATE
