The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1979–80 NBA season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP. But midway through Game 5, the Laker center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the game in the 4th quarter to lead the Lakers to victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. But the Lakers still had to travel to Philadelphia for Game 6.

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  • The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1979–80 NBA season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP. But midway through Game 5, the Laker center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the game in the 4th quarter to lead the Lakers to victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. But the Lakers still had to travel to Philadelphia for Game 6. Abdul-Jabbar was listed as out of game 6, although 76er coach Billy Cunningham was quoted as saying "I won't believe he's not playing until their plane lands and he's not on it. " As it turned out, Kareem did not make the trip and was listed as doubtful if Game 7 had been needed. In game 6, Magic Johnson played what may have been the greatest game of his career. Playing on the road in Philadelphia, Magic (a 6'9" point guard) started the game at center and eventually played all 5 positions in a dominating performance. Scoring a game-high 42 points and grabbing a game-high 15 rebounds—and handing out 7 assists—Magic Johnson led the Lakers to the NBA crown. The Lakers also received strong performances from Jamaal Wilkes with 37 points, and Norm Nixon. Jim Chones played strong defense on 76er center Daryl Dawkins, while Mark Landsberger provided rebounding off the bench, and little used Brad Holland chipped in 8 key points. Magic Johnson's performance in game 6 and the series earned him the 1980 NBA Finals Most Valuable Player. What made Magic Johnson's performance even more remarkable was that he was an NBA rookie—and, indeed, one who had left college after only two years, and was only 20 years old. On a side note, here, in Game 4 of the 1980 Finals, Julius Erving executed the legendary Baseline Move, an incredible, behind-the-board reverse layup that seemed to defy gravity. Play-by-play announcer Brent Musberger has noted that Erving made such moves almost routinely in his ABA days—but the ABA had no national TV contract in those days. This Game 4 move, played to a national audience in a title game, has probably become Julius Erving's most famous move. The 76ers were the first of the four Philadelphia professional sports teams to play for their respective league's championships in a span of nine months. The Philadelphia Flyers succumbed in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals to the New York Islanders eight days after the 76ers fell to the Lakers in their Game 6, the Philadelphia Phillies won their first championship in the World Series in October over the Kansas City Royals, and the Philadelphia Eagles lost Super Bowl XV to the Oakland Raiders in January 1981. "A Magic Season", a season-ending documentary narrated by Brent Musburger, was the last 30-minute NBA championship documentary, recapping the 1980 NBA Playoffs. Later championship documentaries on NBA Entertainment will have 60 minutes of running time. The series-deciding Game 6 became the most notorious example of CBS's practice of showing even the most important NBA games on "tape delay" broadcasts. Because May 16, 1980 was a Friday, the network did not want to preempt new sweeps episodes of its two highest-rated shows, The Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas, so Game 6 was shown at 11:30 PM in all but a few U.S. markets. This was the first of nine straight NBA Finals that featured either the Boston Celtics or the Los Angeles Lakers. This was also the First NBA Finals to make use of the Three Point Line which debut that very season.
  • Las Finales de la NBA de 1980 fueron las series definitivas de los playoffs de 1980 y suponían la conclusión de la temporada 1979-80 de la NBA, con victoria de Los Angeles Lakers, campeón de la Conferencia Oeste, sobre Philadelphia 76ers, campeón de la Conferencia Este. En el partido se alinearon tres futuros miembros del Basketball Hall of Fame, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar y Magic Johnson por los Lakers, y Julius Erving por los Sixers, además del entrenador de éstos, Billy Cunningham, que fue incluido como jugador en 1986. Los 76ers fueron el primero de los cuatro equipos profesionales de Philadelphia en disputar el título de sus respectivas competiciones en el plazo de nueve meses. Los Philadelphia Flyers cayeron en el sexto partido de la Stanley Cup ante los New York Islanders ocho días después de que los Sixers perdieran ante los Lakers en su sexto partido, los Philadelphia Phillies ganaron su primer título en las World Series en octubre ante los Kansas City Royals, y los Philadelphia Eagles perdieron la Super Bowl contra Oakland Raiders en enero de 1981.
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  • The 1980 NBA World Championship Series was the championship round of the 1979–80 NBA season. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the league's MVP. But midway through Game 5, the Laker center suffered a severely sprained ankle. He managed to come back in the game in the 4th quarter to lead the Lakers to victory and a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. But the Lakers still had to travel to Philadelphia for Game 6.
  • Las Finales de la NBA de 1980 fueron las series definitivas de los playoffs de 1980 y suponían la conclusión de la temporada 1979-80 de la NBA, con victoria de Los Angeles Lakers, campeón de la Conferencia Oeste, sobre Philadelphia 76ers, campeón de la Conferencia Este.
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