The Boston Celtics are currently number one in the Eastern Conference and rightfully so. They have won 21 games in the season so far and lost just five. The Celtics recently played against the Phoenix Suns and obliterated them with a final score of 125-98. While the NBA world celebrated the win, so did Los Angeles Lakers legend, Magic Johnson. However, it did not go down so well with Lakers fans.

Magic Johnson wrote on his Twitter feed that the Boston Celtics are “undeniably the best team in the NBA“.

He was amused that the team had a 45-point lead over the second-placed Suns, who have dominated the Western Conference so far with a 16-9 record.

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However, it was Magic’s first statement that grabbed a lot of eyeballs. One user wrote, “Lakers fans are throwing up“. Many fans came forward and questioned Magic’s loyalty. He also coincidentally happened to make that comment on Celtics legend Larry Bird’s 66th birthday.

Here are some of the reactions from NBA Twitter:

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Magic Johnson also posted a birthday message for his “enemy-turned-great friend” Larry Bird.

Bird and Magic were fierce rivals?back in the day. So, Magic’s admission that Bird’s team, the Boston Celtics, is the best in the league would undoubtedly come as a shock to the NBA world. The Los Angeles Lakers and the Boston Celtics were dominant dynasties for a long time. And these two proteges quickly became NBA champions and MVP winners.

Magic Johnson and Larry Bird transformed the NBA

ESPN said that their chemistry even changed the course of the league. It changed from a “minor” pro sport to the business it is today. It was also possibly because of them, that basketball became a well-rounded team game.

The Celtics and the Lakers already had a long-standing enmity toward each other. Add Bird and Johnson to the mix, and you have got two legendary players who often locked horns.

During an episode of ‘Club Shay Shay’, Magic Johnson said that their bond was fractured. “See, we hated them and they hated us. So we could never be friends,” Johnson explained.

Has Magic Johnson turned over a new leaf? Does his loyalty and allegiance lay elsewhere? The Lakers fans are certainly having none of it.

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Furthermore, the?Celtics, now?led by Jayson Tatum did a phenomenal job against the Phoenix Suns, and Celtics fans will be expecting another trip to the Finals this season.