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1983-84 · NBA Finals Game 7 · Jun 12, 1984

#1 Los Angeles Lakers vs #1 Boston Celtics

Boston and Los Angeles closed a punishing Finals series in a Game 7 between Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

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Verified starters

Home starting five
Boston Celtics
StarterCCCarlos Clark
StarterCMCedric Maxwell
StarterDADanny Ainge
StarterDJDennis Johnson

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The first Magic Johnson–Larry Bird Finals revived a Lakers–Celtics matchup that had been dormant since 1969. Los Angeles often looked like the faster and more talented team, but Boston repeatedly punished late mistakes and forced the series back to the Garden.

  • The series was tied 3–3, with the defining rivalry of the decade receiving an immediate winner-take-all chapter.
  • The Lakers had lost all seven prior Finals series against Boston.

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Starter
GHGerald Henderson
Away starting five
Los Angeles Lakers
StarterBSByron Scott
StarterJWJamaal Wilkes
StarterJWJames Worthy
StarterKAKareem Abdul-Jabbar
StarterKRKurt Rambis

The five starters come from each team’s saved NBA box-score order. Exact positions are omitted because this archive does not reliably provide them.