Huge plays down the stretch by Larry Bird and Bill Walton catapult the Celtics to a commanding 3-1 series lead over Houston.
As the Massachusetts native explained, what Jokic is to Westbrook is what Bird was to Bill Walton, Jerry Sichting and Gerald Henderson in 1986. At that time, "Larry Legend" led his Boston Celtics ...
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 ...