"It would be a different game for me if he was gone" - Magic Johnson opens up about Larry Bird rivalry and legacy originally ...

Dominique Wilkins and Larry Bird were two of the most electric forwards of the 1980s. They locked horns like rival kings, but ...

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"He may be the best shooter I've ever seen" -Julius Erving believes Larry Bird still has a case for being the greatest ...

However, it remained that their best players wouldn't be around forever. Aside from Bird, most of their top stars, such as Parish, McHale, Ainge, and Johnson, also struggled to stay healthy.

"I remember the time when Larry got on a roll, started shooting the ball, every shot was going in," Carr remembered via ESPN Classic. "He run by the bench and goes 'that's a heat check to see how hot ...