Larry Bird could do it all on the basketball court. The Boston Celtics legend is one of three players in NBA history to win three straight MVPs, and he helped the C’s win three championships in the 1980s. Bird, along with Los Angeles Lakers point guard Magic Johnson, helped take the NBA to another level.
The three-point shot was added to the NBA in the 1979-80 season, and the result was a high scoring and exciting decade through the 1980s
Bird and Erving were night and day on Nov. 9, 1984. Bird finished 17 of 23 from the field on his way to 42 points, adding seven rebounds and three assists. Erving shot just 3 of 13 and finished with six points in a 130-119 loss. Late in the game, officials whistled Bird for an offensive foul for appearing to throw an elbow at Erving. During the NBA’s 75th Anniversary, Skip Bayless named his 10 best NBA players and firmly put Bird in 8th place. By placing Bird in the top 10, the Undisputed co-host was able to redeem himself
Larry Bird is easily a top-10 player in NBA history. A case can certainly be made he’s top five. In no particular order, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, Bird, James, and Bill Russell are locks for the top seven spots. Then you have Shaquille O’Neal, Tim Duncan, Hakeem Olajuwon, Kobe Bryant, and maybe
Magic Johnson Says Larry Bird Is The Best Player He Ever Played Against Magic Johnson Revealed That Larry Bird Called Him After HIV Diagnosis: "You Can Almost Hear Both Of Us With Tears In Our Eyes. And I’m Choked Up Because He Did Call Me."
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And Larry Bird's admiration for Pete Maravich was far from one-sided. Pistol Pete himself dubbed Bird the best player in the NBA before his death in 1988. Greatness never dies though, and Pistol
In Game 1 of the best-of-five series, the Bulls went through Jordan on 90 percent of their offensive plays, and he dropped 49 points. “He is the most exciting, most awesome player in the game,” Bird told the Post. “I didn’t think anyone was capable of doing what Michael has done to us the past two games.”
A skilled scorer, passer, rebounder and clutch performer, Larry Bird is No. 7 on Nick Wright's list of the Top 50 NBA Players of the Last 50 Years. Bird was a three-time MVP, won a pair of Bird was a sensational player who carried a big load, but it wasn’t even remotely close to LeBron’s. Granted, Larry’s impressive offensive repertoire nearly puts him on an even footing with Vote up the best teammates Bird ever had. McHale was selected third overall in the 1980 NBA draft by the Celtics, and spent his first six seasons as a valuable bench player, backing up forwards Cedric Maxwell and Larry Bird, being twice named the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year. After Maxwell was traded Oscar Schmidt is one of the greatest international players of all time. “The Brazillian Larry Bird”, as he’s termed in his Basketball Hall of Fame bio, is the Olympic scoring leader with over 1,000 total points. One of the Olympics Schmidt starred in was in 1992 in Barcelona. The players who saved the league were Magic Johnson and Larry Bird. The latter became one of the greatest shooters and players the league has ever seen. Bird is still the last NBA player to win three consecutive MVPs, and he's tied with Craig Hodges for the most three-point contests won, with three. By Harvey Araton. June 8, 2022. When Bill Walton revived and concluded his N.B.A. career with the Boston Celtics, he devised a plan on game nights to beat the city’s notoriously gridlocked
Meanwhile Dennis Johnson, another great clutch player Bird called the best teammate he ever played with, was caught defending midway between Dumars, Laimbeer and Mahorn on the play in no man’s
Season Statistics: 28.7 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.2 BPG. Larry Bird had the highest MVP finish of his career to date in 1985 when he posted 28.7 PPG and 10.5 RPG to finish 1st in the MVP

Larry Bird (28.7 PPG, 10.5 RPG, 6.6 APG, 1.6 SPG, 1.2 BPG) was clearly the best player in the NBA during the 1985 regular season — the raw statistics as well as the MVP vote (73 of 78 first

Redick admits Bird is one of the best to ever play the game and is one of the best shooters ever. He just said Bird wasn’t one of the best three-point shooters. “There’s plenty of people that have shot more, made more, and — guess what — made more at a higher percentage than Larry Bird from three,” Redick told Russo. “I’m not

Try to choose the most pulsating game-winner Larry Bird ever took. You'll be exhausted sorting through the choices. For purists who revere storybook rivalries, it's Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals.

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