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"I guarantee you 55 points tomorrow night" - When MJ torched the Bird-led Celtics with an injured hand in 1987

Jordan and company met the Celtics again in the 1987 NBA Playoffs. Whereas MJ dealt with a leg injury the year before, this ...

Rare Larry Bird game-worn jersey's on the market, going for the price of a modest house

That, along with a high-tech photo game-matching process, authenticate this is a rare, game-worn jersey donned by Bird during ...

Larry Bird jersey from last NBA Finals run up for auction

Johnny Most's famous call from Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference finals ranks in Boston Celtics lore and symbolizes one of the last gasps of the Larry Bird-led dynasty of the 1980s. Just when it ...

In fact, Bird’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers met only

In fact, Bird’s Celtics and Magic’s Lakers met only three times in the NBA Finals: back-to-back in 1984 and ’85, and again in 1987. And when it comes to drama, the Celtics in seven games the first ...