092060 03: Basketball player Larry Bird sits during a basketball game February 15, 1991 in Chicago, IL. Bird played for the Boston Celtics, helped them to win three championships, scored 21,791 points and was named Most Valuable Player three times.
Try to choose the most pulsating game-winner Larry Bird ever took. You'll be exhausted sorting through the choices. For purists who revere storybook rivalries, it's Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals.
2. Luka Doncic - 46.6% FG, 33.8% 3-PT FG, 73.9% FT. Larry Bird's shooting percentages are impressive across the board because he is one of the greatest shooters ever. He boasts a field goal
Bird led the NBA in made 3-pointers in 1985-86 and 1986-87, ranked in the top five in three other seasons and spent seven seasons ranked among the league's 10 best for 3-point field goal percentage.
Bird got his 3rd 2nd team all defense in 84, it’s not like he was slouch on that end, even if Lebron was the better defender. Bird won 3 MVPs in a row, 2 rings, and 2 finals MVPs in that stretch, plus was 2nd and 3rd in MVP voting in the 2 years he didn’t win MVP in that stretch. LeBron was definitely a better player.
So The best Player in the 60’s Wilt Chamberlain, best Player in the 70’s Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, best Players in 80’s Magic Johnson & Larry Bird, best Player in 90’s Michael Jordan, best Players in 2000 – 2005 Shaquille O’Neal, best Player in 2006 – 2011 Kobe Bryant, best Player 2012 – 2016 LeBron James, best Player 2017
Two of the greatest players in NBA history are Earvin "Magic" Johnson and Larry Bird.They also played for the most storied franchises in the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics.
Larry Bird and Craig Hodges are inextricably linked by their NBA Three-Point Contest success and by a funny bit of Bird trash talk. The only two players to win three consecutive All-Star weekend shootouts had a great back and forth after the 1990 event where Bird said he could find Hodges on the Bulls bench.
Tim Duncan. Tim Duncan, Chris Bosh, NBA Finals 2014. Tim Duncan (right) of the San Antonio Spurs stretches to block a shot by Chris Bosh of the Miami Heat on June 12, 2014, in game two of the NBA finals. The Spurs dominated the finals to beat the defending champion Heat four games to one. Lynne Sladky/AP Images.
Meanwhile Dennis Johnson, another great clutch player Bird called the best teammate he ever played with, was caught defending midway between Dumars, Laimbeer and Mahorn on the play in no man’s
Prime Larry might have been the single most all around fundamentally talented player the league has ever seen. He was absolutely toying with guys every single night. Obviously guys have gotten way more athletic but his fundamentals were A+ and would translate. He’d be an easy 1st team all NBA every year.
Both players then upped their games in the playoffs: Johnson’s 20.7/7.5/13.5 to Bird’s 25.3/11.1/4.6. The Lakers won 11 of the 19 Finals games for a 2-1 edge in rings.
He is arguably the best passing forward in the NBA, and he was one of the most clutch players ever. Before injuries got to him in the 1988-89 season, Bird put together one of the greatest nine-year runs in NBA history. Bird, a 12-time All-Star, was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 1998.
Michael Jordan says Larry Bird's comment is the biggest he's ever received. [Photo: Sports Retriever] he managed to draw high praise from opposition players, including the great Larry Bird.
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