PHILADELPHIA, Pa.PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Rookie Earvin “Magic” Johnson steps in and plays center for the injured Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game 6 of the NBA Finals with his Los Angeles Lakers holding a 3-2 ...
The NBA started in the late 1940’s, so if you take the league’s official starting point as 1946, with the BAA which merged with the NBL to make the NBA, it is 79 now and will hit 80 later in the year, ...