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Larry Bird once named the five favorite players he ever had to face

According to Bird, his all-time favorite former opponents were Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Julius Erving, Moses Malone and Karl Malone, via The New York Post. Bird's favorite former opponents were ...

Isiah Thomas thought Larry Bird was better than him, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan: "Probably be the guy who walks out of the room at the end of the day"

There are a lot of ways to describe how great Larry Bird really was as a player. Perhaps his fellow Hall of Famer and former ...
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Larry Bird on how '80s Celtics would adapt to the modern game: "We probably wouldn't have played as big. We might have gone smaller"

Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics were one of the most successful teams in the 1980s. The legendary franchise secured three titles in five finals appearances. But could Bird and the rest of his gang ...

James Harden makes NBA history, passes Larry Bird in win vs. Mavericks

The LA Clippers needed a win on Friday night, and James Harden delivered in a big way against the Dallas Mavericks.
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Larry Bird: 'I knew I wasn't going to last long'

The image echoes through basketball's eternity -- confidence, accuracy and excellence all epitomized by a single finger aimed at the heavens. The multicolored ball hung in the middle of its arc, en ...