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The night Larry Bird peaked

Chuck - Red's Army September 29, 2015 Larry Bird, Videos 5 Comments

Bill Simmons and Bob Ryan both look at June 8, 1986 as the night Larry Bird peaked. Hell, even Larry admits it.

The Celtics cruised to victory in Game 6 in the NBA Finals against the Houston Rockets. Legend cranked out 29 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and 3 steals in 46 minutes.

Watch the video and admire the skill and basketball intellect. Shooting, passing, rebounding, boxing out, jump balls, steals… you name it, Bird did it. No histrionics (ahem LeBron), just heart and hustle.

Bird was a legitimate basketball Terminator that night.

Poor Rodney McCray. He probably still sees that pump fake in his dreams.

Curt Hays

GOAT. Suck it.
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Curly blonde awesomeness with nuthuggers.
wil

Last playoffs, people went crazy with how Lebrons stats were off the chards (even though he shot poorly). But Lebron never played game changing defense on the warriors. He usually slacked off.
Frank Aziza

I remember that day in 1986 like it was yesterday. Great year