Larry Bird - 35 pts vs. Pistons (1987 ECF G6)

Had 35 pts, 9 rebs and 2 asts on 14/20 shooting. Bird had to look to score a bit more than he normally would as Celtics were playing without Parish and many of the players who were playing were dealing with their own ailments. Bird would put up 37/9/9 in the game 7 to lead them to the finals.

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[chiladin]

I've seen great shooters like Ray Allen, Craig Hodges, Steve Kerr, Dirk, Mark Price, Reggie Miller, Kobe Bryant, Glen Rice, Allah Houston, Steve Nash, Chris Mullin, Pistol Pete, Mitch Richmond,Carmelo, Dennis Scott, etc...but NOBODY in NBA history ever had the shooting touch like Larry bird. When he swished the ball thru the nets it was like an explosion back then. With his fundamentals and heart he would totally obliterated the NBA today.

[Flipper79able]

It's funny because Danny Ainge was like Boston's enforcer. Like in Hockey how every team has an enforcer to protect their best player. If someone goes after their leading scorer the enforcer will throw his gloves off and start pounding the guy. Danny Ainge didn't mind having the bad reputation as long as he helped his team...and especially Bird. Of course it seemed like everyone on the Pistons was an enforcer. They were all mean and had a bad reputation. Ha ha ha.

[FavreianVengeance]

This doesn't include a ton of and ones that should've been called either.

[Flipper79able]

@netcap001 I think the East had a reputation in general of being a tough league. Boston was tough.....Philly was tough.....New York could be tough.....Milwaukee could be tough.....and then Detroit took all the lessons of the East and took it beyond tough into just smacking people.

[Defender80s]

Schooling 7`0 plus Salley in the Post

[FavreianVengeance]

@MerkinMuffly Nah. 91 the Celts were better. The Pistons had a sharp drop off from 90 to 91. All of that rough play in the 80s had made its toll. I really think it came down to injuries and even still poor officiating. I mean watch all the crap the Pistons are getting away with. Stern wanted the Pistons and Celts to beat each other up in the hopes of getting Jordan in a Finals.

[MerkinMuffly]

@FavreianVengeance I was pissed off they lost at the time, but looking back, I can see why, Bird looks horrible, he's passing up shots and slow as hell. McHale was still coming off the bench with his injuries. Pistons had Dumars to back up Isiah, but there's no one to back up Bird, he was there point guard, really wasn't a good point guard on Boston, Shaw was more of a shooting guard.

[MerkinMuffly]

@mikenotnumberone1 Yeah, Worthy broke his leg and McAdoo missed 7 games of the playoffs. I'm not saying they beat Philly, because that Philly team was a monster, but they put up a better fight. I don't even bring Bias up any more, I've wiped that from my memory. Bad player moves after 88 didn't give BOS much of a chance, but they would have had a great team in 91 if not for Bird & McHale being injured. Brad Lohaus, Mark Acres, Michael Smith, Fred Roberts, need I say more?

[FavreianVengeance]

@MerkinMuffly 91 like most of the Bulls championships was a gift. A healthy C's and Pistons were better than the Bulls. In the West there were 3 or 4 teams better than the Bulls. It sucked that the Lakers caught fire and reached the Finals.

[FavreianVengeance]

@MerkinMuffly To me. I was shocked when the C's lost this series in 91. The Pistons really had lost their athletic edge and the skills of the C's should have prevailed. I think the combination of injuries and the refs not calling brutal fouls allowed the Pistons to win this series. 87 I'd take a healthy Pisons over the Lakers but it couldve went either way esp. since the Lakers had more exp. But 88 went to closing seconds in LA even with Thomas's ankle f'd up.