Regardless, Bird would recall his shooting form in Game 6 to lead the Celtics to a 102-91 win over the Rockets. It was the perfect ending for Larry and the Cs, shaming critics for doubting they ...

However, DiGregorio suffered a major knee injury in 1974-75 and was never able to regain his pre-injury form, with the exciting ... to cite is Boston’s Larry Bird. Bird, by virtue of a $5.6 ...

Dort had a hot shooting night, shooting 66.7 percent of his nine shots from deep. In the process, he surpassed Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird in the all-time 3-pointers list. Dort, contracted ...

However, back in the day, even Boston legend Larry Bird was considered to be one of the NBA’s best shooters. Even though he was never really considered a three-point specialist, shooting from ...

Boston Celtics great Larry Bird is one of the greatest players in ... At the time, he possessed rare size (6-foot-9), shooting and playmaking ability. It was cutting edge back then.

He felt something was obviously wrong with his shooting mechanics ... It looks a little like how all-time great Larry Bird used to shoot. It’s worked. Jokić has been a more willing 3-point ...

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 ...

Throwback to when Larry Bird won his 3rd consecutive 3-point shooting contest while still wearing his warm-up jacket, 34 years ago today Watch: "Who's coming in second?" - Throwback to when Larry ...

When he entered the league, Bird was given a five-year, $3.25M deal and with that, he became the highest-paid rookie not only in the history of the NBA but also in sports in general.

Rotation regular or forgotten piece, with shots falling or going awry, against big defenders or small, at forward or centre, Boucher is engaged and going a hundred miles an hour trying to make ...

In his second season, he averaged 29.7 minutes per game. Bird, meanwhile, averaged 36.0 minutes per game as a rookie and 39.5 minutes per game in his second season. In his first two NBA seasons ...