Huge plays down the stretch by Larry Bird and Bill Walton catapult the Celtics to a commanding 3-1 series lead over Houston.
For obvious reasons, Larry Bird grew quite a fan base, and one of his staunchest admirers was his former Boston Celtics ...
[Walton] called the starting five 'Stat Rats.' Always concerned about stats," Parish revealed. "So that was Bill's nickname for Larry [Bird], Kevin [McHale], DJ [Dennis Johnson], Danny Ainge ...