"Our defense was the main problem" - Larry Bird blasted the Celtics after Game 6 loss in 1984 Finals vs. Lakers originally appeared on Basketball Network. In the 1984 Finals between the Boston Celtics ...
The same is true for players. Not a day passes by that they don’t think about their playing days, especially against their ...
Robert Parish had his battles with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar back in the 80s, each time the Boston Celtics and the Los Angeles Lakers met. He had to step up his game, and a poor showing would have been ...
In Game 5 of the 1984 NBA Finals at Boston Garden, the sweltering heat and lack of air conditioning forced Kareem ...
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 ...