Chapter 64 Soul Swap

The unexpected loss to the Pacers caused the Trail Blazers to gradually fall behind the Los Angeles Lakers in the race for first place in the Western Conference.

On February 15, the Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics at home, with Magic Johnson scoring 39 points, dishing out 10 assists, grabbing 7 rebounds, and getting 2 steals, completely overshadowing Larry Bird's 20 points, 7 assists, and 5 rebounds.

Before 1987, the Lakers often won games against the Celtics, but Bird would win on stats because the core of the Lakers was Jabbar.

At the start of this season, both Johnson's team victories and personal stats had to win, and the scales between the black and white giants were gradually tilting towards Johnson.

After all, Johnson was three years younger than Bird, and Larry Bird seemed very tired from the start of the regular season, with the Celtics further plagued by bench depth issues and injuries.