Posted by Sabrina B. @gametimegirl

A play about the relationship between basketball Hall of Fame members Magic Johnson andLarry Bird is being created for Broadway.

“Magic/Bird” is being developed by the producers and writer of the current Broadway show “Lombardi,” and is scheduled to debut in 2012, according to a news release.

The two National Basketball Association All-Stars, whose rivalry eventually became a close relationship, battled each other throughout their careers. Johnson’s Michigan State University topped Bird’s Indiana State in the 1979 college basketball championship game and the two met in the NBA Finals three times in four years, with Bird’s Boston Celtics claiming the championship in 1984 and Johnson’s Los Angeles Lakers taking the title in 1985 and 1987.

Bird was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998, four years before Johnson. Both played 13 seasons in the NBA, with Johnson missing 1991-95 after disclosing that he had contracted HIV. He returned for 32 games in 1996.

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