Las Vegas Sun

April 18, 2024

The greatest game never played in Las Vegas

Michael Jordan and Magic Johnson

Kevork Djansezian / AP

The Chicago Bulls’ Michael Jordan, left, exchanges greetings with the Los Angeles Lakers’ Earvin “Magic” Johnson at halftime at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 2, 1996.

The made-for-TV court at Caesars Palace could have been empty except for one basketball and two of the game's most illustrious players ever. They would've been free of teammates, facing each other head-on in The King of the Court, to finally answer a question that remained unanswered for so long: Who's better—Michael Jordan or Magic Johnson?

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