Red Auerbach took a big chance when he drafted Larry Bird No. 6 overall in 1978, not because there was any question about Bird’s talent, but because he made a promise to his mother to play his senior season at Indiana State University. The negotiations to bring Bird to Boston went on for months before […]

There was never a basketball rivalry like Larry Bird and his Boston Celtics against Earvin “Magic” Johnson and his Los Angeles Lakers. The rivalry between Bird and Johnson began with an NCAA men’s basketball championship game, then played out over three NBA Finals in four seasons and in popular culture with TV ads, video games, […]

The pride of French Lick, Indiana, Larry Bird spent his entire professional career with the team that selected him sixth overall in the 1978 NBA Draft. He won three NBA World Championship titles in 1981, 1984 and 1986, and was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player in 1984 and 1986. Legendary Celtics Coach Red Auerbach […]

As good as Bill Russell was at collecting NBA World Championship titles, he also excelled at collecting individual hardware. He earned the NBA Most Valuable Player Award in the 1957-58, 1960-61, 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1964-65 seasons. Russell became the first player to win NBA MVP in three straight seasons – a feat matched only by […]

Hall-of-Famers Kevin McHale, Robert Parish and Larry Bird looked at home on the parquet floor at Boston Garden. The legendary trio brought dominance to Boston in the 1980s. Indiana State phenom Bird got his start in 1979. One year later, Red Auerbach traded two first-round draft picks to the Golden State Warriors for Parish and […]

The Boston Celtics-Los Angeles Lakers rivalry was the highlight of the NBA and arguably all professional sports during the 1980s. It featured the “Showtime” Lakers of Pat Riley, Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar against the more workman-like Celtics of K.C. Jones, Larry Bird, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale. Boston fans reveled in their team’s blue-collar […]

Jayson Tatum is someone you want on your team when the going gets tough. The All-Star forward exploded for 60 points, tying a franchise record with Larry Bird, and rallied the Celtics for an incredible 143-140 comeback win in overtime over the San Antonio Spurs. Boston trailed by as many as 32 points and surrendered […]

Larry Bird and the Celtics weren’t going to be intimidated by the “Bad Boy” Detroit Pistons. Watch what happened after notorious Pistons center Bill Laimbeer tackled Bird in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals!

Watch Larry Bird steal the ball from Detroit Pistons legend Isiah Thomas, feed Dennis Johnson and steal a win from the Pistons in the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals.

Watch as Larry Bird and the Celtics close out Game 7 of the 1984 NBA Finals against the Los Angeles Lakers, and see how fans reacted to the franchise’s 15th NBA World Championship title.