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Bird and Magic recall a magical night

By Dana O'Neil

Monday, April 6, 2009

DETROIT -- The game is remembered as the one that changed the complexion of college basketball, but one of the lead actors in the epic 1979 national championship game between Michigan State and Indiana State thinks history might have been twisted had the results been different. "I always tell people if Indiana State had won that game, no one would ever bring it again,'' Larry Bird said. Bird and Magic Johnson held a pregame press conference before the national championship game and then prese ...

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