Larry Bird robs Kiki Vandeweghe and makes an incredible pass to McHale

That play was made during the fourth quarter of a game played on february 13, 1987 in Portland. Bird finished with a near triple-double (22 points, 9 rebounds, 13 assists) as Kevin McHale was truly unstoppable, as always, with 37 points, hitting 14 of 19 shots and all 9 of his free throws.

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• 1987

[kwab]

@kentotzz Sorry, but do you think that McHale and Parish would be Hall of fame players if they weren't Bird's teammates? Sure, they'd probably be GOOD, but they wouldn't even be close to being in the Top 50 all-time like they were chosen.

In 1988-89 Bird missed 76 games due to injury. The Celtics record the previous two years were 59-23 and 57-25. That year they were 42-40. The years afterwards, they went 52-30 and 56-26. Surely a team with hall of famers would be better than a .500 team, no??

[JimenezLeon]

Bird reminds me of the older YMCA guy who knows all the tricks and schools the younger more athletic players with his experience.

[esTebanLRD]

@kentotzz you right, the other user is retard.

[NightcruiserMA]

@kwab There is no question that McHale and Parish were made better by Bird's presence, BUT, Bird was also made better by theirs. It's a little like the current Miami Heat. Take LeBron away, and they would not fare as well, record wise. Doesn't mean that Dwanye Wade and Chris Bosh aren't great players on their own. I always felt McHale was the most underrated player on the Celtics. He was AMAZING to watch day in, day out... and some of that came from Bird getting him the ball, but not much.

[badpdx]

@kentotzz: I'm not sure I agree that the Celtics were already a good team before Bird got there. They won 29 games in 1979. After Bird got there, they won 62 in 1980. That's a 32 game single season improvement, largest in NBA history at the time. And that was a year BEFORE McHale and Parrish arrived, and 4 years before DJ. That's right: the 1980 Celtics did not have McHale, Parrish, DJ or Ainge. And yet they won 32 more games largely because of Larry Bird.

[kentotzz]

@svvmichael1 "ewing n barkley i meant'

[kentotzz]

@svvmichael1 what a dumbass . you keep comparing them.. they played on different era. MJ make that shitty team better with a shitty coach on his early career. magic n bird start their career on a great team with a great coach. big difference heh.ball hog? this prove that you dont know shit bout basketball.he had atleast 50%fg 5+ast pg his a playmaker and a pure scorer. and no one can defend him. dont hate his the greatest of all time. i still cant belive u said malone is overrated, what an idiot

[svvmichael1]

@kentotzz you are wrong on every point. Bird and Magic made their teammates good. Jordan was a ball-hog who couldn't ever beat Magic and Bird until they were older and injured. That is the proof.

[kentotzz]

@svvmichael1 mchale is already good +parish+bird+johnson+great coach= great team same thing to magic with great coach, jordan has 3 different coach in his early career and still manage to get rookie, defensive award and score 25+pg with less help..

magic n bird is a great player started their career on a solid team + great coach ,. jordan started on a shitty team and make it better..

[svvmichael1]

@kentotzz mchale=good player, needed bird to make him very good, parish=avg player at best, needed bird to make him much better, johnson=good def player with no offensive skills, walton= WAYYYYYY over the hill injured player who let bird give him a good season, carlisle+Really?, ainge= good 3pt guy who needed bird.

jabbar was old and over the hill, worthy was a 15-7 guy w/o magic, scott was ok player only, etc,etc,etc.

Jordan had just as good of a team as magic and bird. learn fool.

[kentotzz]

@svvmichael1 are you kidding me?? you comparing young jordan to a prime magic and bird and their rosters?

bird= mchale parish johnson walton carlile ainge (nba champ)

magic= jabbar worthy scott lucas cooper green

jordan=woolridge(overated) gervin. young jordan scored 63 vs nba champs is a ball hog and overrated?your out of your mind. go research and tell me how many % jordan beat this guys in early 90s.

[svvmichael1]

@kentotzz all the players you mentioned were over-rated. malone was best of that bunch. but Bird beat Jordan 70% of the games they played vs each other. 70% !!! means he dominated him. when Jordan scored 63, Bird won the game with a line of 43-19-12. A much better game than jordan's ball-hog 63. Magic replace Jabbar in Game 6 vs Moses Malone and put up a 40-16-12 line as a CENTER. Jordan is nowhere near those 2 guys.