re: 30 years ago today, the shot that defined an NBA generation

Just to get back to Magics...baby sky-hook...

The play was designed to go to Kareem...but for some reason, the Celtics had McHale guard Magic and that was a gift to take someone off the dribble.

That game altered the series and is one of the best games ever played.

The last 30 seconds of that game were amazing. Lakers were down 1 and Magic alley-oops to Kareem for the lead...

The Bird put the Celtics up with a huge 3 with 12 seconds left, Kareem gets fouled at the other end with 7 seconds left and misses his 2nd free throw but the ball goes out of bounds off the Celtics...

Then Magic does his baby sky-hook to go up by one and then with 2 seconds left Bird almost nails a 3 from the corner for the win.