Showing posts with label #33. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #33. Show all posts
11.16.2020

Auerbach Dreaming of Bird, Maravich Combo

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January   5, 1979 Picture the Boston Celtics with Pete Maravich at guard and   Larry Bird   at forward. Picture the Celts rising from t...
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11.04.2020

Nobody is Watching the NBA

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February   13, 1979 Every national survey that has crossed Larry O'Brien's desk since he was named commissioner of the Nationa...
10.07.2020

Bird and McHale Showing Some Early Signs of Chemistry

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Larry Bird and rookie Kevin   McHale   combined for some last-minute magic last night to lift the Boston   Celtics   to a gutty 101-99 vic...
9.30.2020

C's Beat Bulls as Bird Goes for 30, 10, & 10

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  1983-84 Boston Celtics April 9, 1984 First, it was a rainy, blah Sunday. Second, the Celtics already were assured of the NBA's best...
4.21.2017

Bird Named Player of the Month

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February 3, 1982 Well, you know, he was kinda hard to ignore. Larry Bird played 14 games in January, not including the All-Star Game, ...
4.04.2017

Rookie Bird Making an Impact

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November   1, 1979 The   Bird   is the word in Boston this year. Larry   Bird,   the most publicized National Basketball Association...
4.03.2017

Bird Follows Russell and Cowens in Transforming Celtics

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December   5, 1979 Here by the filthy train trestles of North Station stands basketball's sweet Garden of sweat. This is the hom...
4.01.2017

Rookie Bird Goes for 18, 12, 4, and 4

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November   4, 1979 The charismatic Boston   Celtics   humiliated the struggling Washington Bullets for the second time in 2 1/2 week...
3.20.2017

Pacers Pass on Bird, Take Robey Instead

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June   10, 1978 The rich, in this case the Portland Trail Blazers, got richer in yesterday's National Basketball Association draft...
3.19.2017

Pacers Hope Bird Forgoes Senior Year

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April   14, 1978 The Kansas CIty Kings Have lost another coin toss for first dibs in the NBA draft, this time to the Indiana Pacers - ...
2.03.2017

Bird Reups

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September   28, 1983 BIRD   SAID TO GET A $15 MILLION PACT Larry   Bird,   Boston's all-star forward, is apparently on the verge...
1.19.2017

First Forward in NBA History to win Consecutive MVPs

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He's a certified local treasure, like Sam Adams, James Michael Curley and Arthur Fiedler. It's conceivable that you might someday...
1.18.2017

Unlike Magic, Bird is Carrying his Team

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February 25, 1980 It is becoming difficult to exaggerate the effect that Larry Bird has had on the Celtics. As the club travels around...
1.16.2017

Celtics Big Three Outscore Pistons Frontline 74-18, Outrebound them 38-11

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Celtics Big Three Outscore Pistons Frontline 74-18, Outrebound them 38-11 April 29, 1985 After the Boston Celtics had struggled to eli...
1.06.2017

Bird Turning Heads

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February   9, 1979 Indiana Stater Master of All He Surveys One Look at Bird's Act Starts Heads Shaking Larry Bird   plays the No. ...
4.27.2016

Bird Rebounds from Bad Texas Trip

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1990-91 Boston Celtics There was nothing magical or mystical about Larry Bird's offensive rejuvenation last night at Boston Garden,...
4.24.2016

The Mchale-Ainge-Bird Dynamic

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  Jackie Mac During the time I covered Ainge in the '80s, I always saw him as a little brother to Bird and McHale. (He was two year...