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"My Achilles are killing me" - The painful secret Larry Bird revealed to Danny Ainge before his legendary Game 7 performance

Larry Bird famously guaranteed a win for the Boston Celtics against the Atlanta Hawks in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern ...
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"That's fine with me. I can move on" - Larry Bird on possibly losing his job after 1998 ECF loss vs. Chicago Bulls

Larry Bird and the Indiana Pacers wanted to capitalize on the opportunity to retire Michael Jordan in the 1998 playoffs. They ...

Larry Bird once named the five favorite players he ever had to face

According to Bird, his all-time favorite former opponents were Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Moses Malone and Karl Malone, via The New York Post. Bird's favorite former opponents were ...
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How Larry Bird welcomed Bill Walton to the Boston Celtics: "You wanna stay on this team, you throw the ball to me"

Guiding an NBA team often means helping new players adjust as quickly as possible. One of many occasions Larry Bird faced that task was when the late Bill Walton joined the Boston Celtics ahead of the ...
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Larry Legend: Bird loves today's wide-open, 3-heavy style

Larry Bird is regarded as one of the best shooters in the history of basketball. Bird averaged 24.3 points, 10 rebounds and 6.3 assists in his 13-season Larry Bird is regarded as one of the best ...