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"My Achilles are killing me" - The painful secret Larry Bird revealed to Danny Ainge before his legendary Game 7 performance

Larry Bird famously guaranteed a win for the Boston Celtics against the Atlanta Hawks in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern ...
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"Talked more stuff than the man in the moon but backed it up" - Gervin talks about how special Bird was

"Talked more stuff than the man on the moon but backed it up," said Gervin to Matt Barnes. "I love Larry, man. Larry, he used ...

"Don't take this butt-whooping personally, but I've been eating hot dogs all day" - Kevin McHale recalls savage Larry Bird trash-talking story after getting stranded at a…

Kevin McHale remembered how Larry Bird talked trash to Nets forward Albert King even without a proper meal because of a ...
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Danny Ainge on Larry Bird dropping 47 points with his left hand: "I mean, Larry was… left-handed"

Every player from Larry Bird's era agrees that the Boston Celtics legend could talk trash with the best of them. But that wasn't his only talent—Bird was a true powerhouse throughout the 1980s. He ...
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Today in Boston Celtics history: Boston sees the Grateful Dead; Shaw, Hunter debut

Today in Boston Celtics history, several players from the team went to see the Grateful Dead live in concert in Worcester, ...