Relive Celtics legend Larry Bird’s NBA debut vs. Rockets originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston On Oct. 12, 1979, the Boston Celtics franchise and the NBA as a whole were changed forever. C’s legend Larry Bird made his much-anticipated debut that Friday afternoon at Boston Garden. The former Indiana State star helped his new team
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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 traffic: He rode the subway to work. Picture a towering, unmistakable redhead, 6-foot-11, boarding the T, as it is known in Boston, at the Harvard station. Walton lived nearby
The Boston Celtics are on their way to their first NBA Finals since 2010 after the C’s beat the Miami Heat, 100-96, on the road in Game 7. The Celtics’ Eastern Conference Finals series win was largely thanks to their efforts of inaugural Larry Bird winner, Jayson Tatum. Tatum finally helped the Celtics get over
It’s no coincidence that in the same year the NBA is celebrating its 75th anniversary, the league is unveiling an ensemble of trophies and awards that will feature new designs and will honor iconic players such as Larry Bird, Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Bob Cousy and Oscar Robertson. During the conference finals, which could begin Sunday
NEW YORK, May 12, 2022 – The National Basketball Association (NBA) today unveiled a lineup of reimagined trophies for the NBA postseason, including an evolution of the Larry O’Brien Trophy, awarded annually to the NBA champions. The six trophies, designed in collaboration with artist Victor Solomon and Tiffany & Co., are named after NBA legends who have helped shape
When you think of the best players in the 80s, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, and Isiah Thomas. The best player of that generation was potentially Larry Bird. When it came to some of the noteworthy legends from this time, Bird found a way to not just win these games, but dominate for a long period
By Jamie Thomas Repeating the feat of last season, Cheshire Phoenix have bounced back emphatically from a slow start to the campaign and are now the form team in the BBL with six wins in their last six outings in all competitions. Key to that success has been the unselfishness of a very talented roster,
An MRI completed last night showed no significant damage to the right knee of Trail Blazers forward Larry Nance Jr., the team announced today. Nance injured the knee in the third quarter of Portland’s game against Miami on Wednesday, January 5. He will be reevaluated in one week. Through 37 games for the Trail Blazers