He made it look so easy, but the second game of the Lakers’ brief Magic-as-a-sixth-man era came against the mighty Bulls, who were a tidy 40-3 en route to 72-10. I was calling him ‘Magic Mountain’ in print because Magic actually came back as a power forward and had to duel against Dennis Rodman. Michael and Scottie Pippen were determined to show Magic just how far away from title contention those exciting but young Lakers were—and I will remember it as the biggest single game that I had ever personally covered to that point in my career. In terms of regular-season games, after all these years, it still falls somewhere in the top five.”