Man, I miss watching Bird. The dude was cold blooded. He would tell you exactly what he was going to do to you and then back it up!
My favorite Larry Bird story...
In 1985, an injured Larry Bird missed Game 3 of the Cavs/Celtics 1st round matchup because of a sore elbow. During the game, Cavs fans taunted him with "We want Bird" chants.
Prior to Game 4, Larry Bird unloaded:
"Yeah, I heard. They want me, they're gonna get me. I'm gonna give 'em both barrels tomorrow night. That's what happens when you're used to getting only 3000 people and all of a sudden, 17,000 show up. They don't know much about basketball. They don't want me. They don't want no part of me.
Larry Bird would go on to close out the series with 34/14/7 on 67% FG.
Larry Legend remains 1 of 1.