BOSTON - 1983: Dominique Wilkins #21 of the Atlanta Hawks and Larry Bird #33 of the Boston Celtics stand on the court during a game played in 1983 at the Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.
Yet even in defeat, Jordan earned Bird’s ultimate respect. “I think he’s God disguised as Michael Jordan,” Larry said after the game. “Today in Boston Garden, on national TV, in the ...
Larry Bird, who called himself "a hick from French ... three championships in the eighties and brought the fans back to Boston Garden. His duels with Magic Johnson were legendary.
Complex's Adam Caparell on Bird: "Boston’s had more ... through the old Boston Garden, but nobody was as lethal a scorer or as clutch at the end of games like Larry Legend.