Over a dozen seasons, the original Big Three of Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish helped deliver three NBA World Championship titles, two more trips to the NBA Finals and nine Atlantic Division titles. All good things must come to an end, and the 1991-92 season would be the final run for the trio. […]

Boston’s original Big Three – Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale – added three banners to the rafters at Boston Garden. The trio of Hall-of-Famers all remain in the franchise’s top 10 for games played, points, rebounds and blocked shots.

Celtics Head Coach Chris Ford led the East team in the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. He signed this hat along with Assistant Coaches Jon Jennings and Don Casey. The game marked the fifth and final time that the Big Three would all be named All-Stars. Known for their dominance throughout the 1980s, Larry Bird, Kevin […]

Larry Bird was the “most heralded collegian since Bill Walton,” proclaimed the 1979-80 Celtics media guide. The Indiana State product would have better seasons, but his rookie campaign more than lived up to the hype as he was named an All-Star, NBA Rookie of the Year and All-NBA First Team member. Bird wasn’t by himself […]

Celtics legend Larry Bird wiped the bottom of his Converse Star Conquest shoes during a game in 1991, the year before he hung up his jersey for the last time. Teammate Kevin McHale offered this on Bird’s impending retirement: “Something’s really going to go out of this franchise when Larry leaves…[The Celtics are] really going […]

Three-inch inseam shorts were the style of the day for some of the most legendary names in Celtics history including Bob Cousy, Bill Russell, John Havlicek and Larry Bird. This pair has the No. 17 in the waistband, suggesting it could be an old pair from Hondo himself.

There will never be another Dream Team, a once-in-a-lifetime collection of basketball talent that overwhelmed Olympic competition at the 1992 Barcelona Games. Celtics legend Larry Bird was one of the first players chosen for the team and played as co-captain along with his former Los Angeles Lakers rival Magic Johnson. While Bird only played two […]

Led by All-Star Larry Bird, the Celtics posted 56 wins and the league’s third-best record in the 1982-83 season. The highlight of his season came on March 30 when Bird scored a then franchise single-game record of 53 points against his home state Indiana Pacers. Even with their win total, the Celtics came in second […]

For the Celtics, the 1980s can be summed up in one word: dominance. The original Big Three rose to power with superstars Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish. Celtics legend K.C. Jones made his triumphant return to Boston as the team’s head coach. And the Celtics made the playoffs every season of the decade, […]

Memories of Boston Garden came back to the Celtics as they said goodbye to their home of 49 years. Team patriarch Red Auerbach and a galaxy of Celtics stars including Bill Russell, Bob Cousy and Larry Bird closed out the Garden with one last “fast break.” Said a sentimental Cousy, “I may be the only […]