Celtics Have a Date with the So-Called Great Eight

Five Months Before Getting Swept in the Finals,
the Lakers Top Eight Were Considered the Best Ever
January 30, 1983

On the Left Coast, fans have taken to calling these Lakers the Great Eight. This is in reference, of course, to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Norm Nixon, Jamaal Wilkes, Kurt Rambis, Bob McAdoo, Michael Cooper and James Worthy - arguably the greatest collection of basketball talent ever assembled.

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