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Watch: The Doctor is Out
Date: May 3, 1981
Take a look at Larry Bird’s bank shot for the lead late in Game 7 of the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics squared off against NBA MVP Julius “Dr. J” Erving and the Philadelphia 76ers. Said Bird, “I wanted the ball in my hands. That’s the only place in the world I wanted it.”
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