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Old Friends, New Uniforms
Date: April 2, 1993
Kevin McHale and Robert Parish welcomed back former teammate Danny Ainge and his new Phoenix Suns cohort Charles Barkley before a 1993 game. The trio had helped power Boston’s dominance in the 1980s and led the team to NBA World Championship titles in 1984 and 1986. McHale and Ainge had a playful relationship over the years. During the 1986 NBA Finals, Ainge joked that McHale’s passing game had improved from times when his passing was like throwing the ball “into a black hole – it never comes back.” Countered McHale about Ainge, “I had to become a passer because Danny’s man was always leaving him to guard me.”
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