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Revisiting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rookie showdown at Boston Garden
Revisiting Magic Johnson and Larry Bird's rookie showdown at Boston Garden originally appeared on Basketball Network.
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"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy
"It would be a different game for me if he were gone," Johnson admitted in 1987 via the New York Times. "He's my measuring ...
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"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights
"Larry had told the world he was not coming out" - Former Boston GM reveals how Boston outsmarted the NBA to secure Larry Bird's draft rights originally appeared on Basketball Network. In 1978, the ...
"It also helped the opposing teams shoot out there" - Larry Bird on the one thing he always disliked about the old Boston Garden
"It also helped the opposing teams shoot out there" - Larry Bird on the one thing he always disliked about the old Boston ...
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"Without Dennis Johnson, we'd be a mediocre team" - Larry Bird says there'd be no dynasty in Boston without D.J.
When the thought of the Boston Celtics dynasty comes up, the Big Three are always the first to surface — Larry Bird, Kevin ...
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"I'm not trying to take your minutes, I'm just trying to give you a break" - Larry Bird revealed what Bill Walton did before he became a Celtic
"He went to Robert Parish's house and said, 'I'm not trying to take your minutes. I'm just trying to give you a break," said ...
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Larry Bird Says Boston Grew on Him Over Time - MSN
Larry Bird admitted that he didn’t immediately feel at home in Boston when he first joined the Celtics. Coming from French Lick, Indiana, he initially struggled with the city’s fast-paced ...
"I don't like all this publicity, but I knew this day was gonna come" - Larry Bird wanted no part of a retirement tour before leaving the NBA
Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird reflects on why he wanted to avoid a retirement tour, preferring substance over spectacle ...
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"You couldn't ask for a greater individual coming into your league" - Larry Bird on why he felt no jealousy handing the mantle over to Michael Jordan - MSN
And for Larry Bird, his couldn't have come at a much better time. There was no rivalry in that handoff because when the Boston Celtics icon watched Michael Jordan's rise in the late '80s, he saw ...