Word: shots
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There are his shots. How about Bird's stake-in-the-heart three-pointer in Game 6 against Houston that sealed the 1981 NBA championship? Or that stop-and-pop bank shot that completed the stirring comeback in the Philly series the same year...
...athleticism. Athleticism? Yeah, that's not Larry's forte, but there's that unforgettable play in the '81 Championship Series against the Rockets when he threw up a shot, ran to grab the rebound along the baseline, then shot the ball lefty to avoid hitting the backboard as he fell out of bounds--all in one motion. "Greatest play I ever saw," Red Auerbach said...
Shooter's touch? There's the shot that made those NBA "Fantastic" commercials. The one where he's on the baseline and shoots it over the top of the backboard...
...what about that infamous Bird confidence? Or is it arrogance? For that, there's my personal favorite. In an NBA All-Star Game three-point shooting contest, he needed to make his last shot to win. After he released it, he raised his arms in victory and walked away. Before the ball ripped through the cords...
...look where Dartmouth took its shots (see accompaning chart). Not one shot taken from in front of the net was on target. And the Green took six shots from either the blue line or the neutral zone...