LeBron James leads Larry Bird in points per game in both regular season as well as playoffs. Larry is a better rebounder than James as he averages 3.7 rebounds more. James has more assists than
Larry Bird won the NBA Most Valuable Player award for three straight seasons in 1984, 1985, and 1986. That just shows you how dominant Bird was in his prime. 9) Larry scored 60 points during a game back in 1985, which was his career-high. Which team was this against? Bird dropped 60 points against the Atlanta Hawks on March 12th, 1985.
That being said, Larry's harsh message served as a catalyst for Parish, who not only bounced back to peak shape but logged 18.9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game to earn his first All-Star selection.
Share this article. On this day in 1979, the Boston Celtics debuted their highly-regarded new prospect drafted the summer prior out of Indiana State, a Hick from French Lick, Indiana — Larry Bird. Larry Legend’s first game in the NBA came against the Houston Rockets, and fittingly happened to also be the night of the first-ever recorded 3
Larry Bird averaged 27.0 points, 9.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists in 8 games in game sevens in his career.
Former Boston Celtics big man and current Celtics broadcaster Brian Scalabrine recently sat down with Landon Buford of “Inside The Suns” for an interview that touched on whether star Boston wing Jayson Tatum could score 80 points in a game amid the league’s offensive revolution. The pair also touched on last season’s chatter about
