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Title: First game of the Western Conference 1st Round series
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Ruebsamen, James
Date Created and/or Issued: 1987
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Photograph caption dated April 24, 1987 reads, "Magic Johnson is pressured by Nuggets' Alex English near the basket, but Denver couldn't defense his 86-footer to end first half." This was the first game of the Western Conference 1st Round between the Lakers and the Nuggets. The Lakers won all three games and went on to both the Western Conference Semifinals and the Western Conference Finals, then the NBA finals, and ultimately won the 1986-87 season championship title.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00084593
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Johnson, Earvin - "Magic Johnson"
CARL0002887327
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/26477
Subject: Johnson, Earvin,--1959-
English, Alex,--1954-
Los Angeles Lakers (Basketball team)
Denver Nuggets (Basketball team)
Forum (Inglewood, Calif.)
Basketball players--United States
Inglewood (Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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