Michael Cooper on why Larry Bird was tougher to guard than Jordan, Gervin and Dr. J: "When those players ... 11.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists against Michael. But no one made it harder for Bird ...

It was Game 3 of the 1985 Eastern Conference finals ... the home crowd jeered the dwindling "Dr. J" with resounding boos. Larry Bird, who engaged in an ugly fight with Erving earlier in the ...

Boston Celtics icon Larry Bird competed against both Hall of Famers. "Dr. J" during the twilight of ... possession after possession, with no 3-point crutch. "Michael has the whole package ...

Larry’s just killing him, and Doc just had enough.” November 9, 1984: That Larry Bird/Dr. J fight at the Boston Garden. No suspensions. Bird and Erving were fined $7,500 each, which ...

Celtics Hall of Fame center Robert Parish is acknowledging he harbored bad feelings toward legendary teammate Larry ... to Bird’s defense in a dustup that started with the great Dr. J.

NBA.com's Todd Spehr on Bird: "This is the thing that is most difficult to work out about the way Larry Bird played basketball: He often made the simple play, the play that, if you watched Bird ...

In Episode 3 of HBO’s hit series “Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,” viewers get a snapshot of Larry Bird’s background as a kid from French Lick, Indiana, and Red Auerbach ...

Conservatively, Larry Bird is a top-10 player in the history of basketball. Many would put the Celtics legend in the top-five. So before we go any further into this growing comparison, it's ...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Mostly what Dale Ellis remembers is how badly he wanted to put Larry Bird in his place. How when Ellis won the coin toss before the final round of the 3-point contest in 1988 ...

Here's how heated things were between NBA legends Julius Erving and Larry Bird Nov. 9, 1984: Charles Barkley actually had to walk away. That's how epic the Erving-Bird fistfight was at the ...

NBA rivalries die hard, and Dennis Rodman kept the rivalry between the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics alive in late June, when he said three-time MVP Larry Bird would not make the NBA in ...