Before the scoring explosions, before the bravado and the highlight reels, there was Larry Bird — stoic, surgical and maddeningly precise. He cut through ... still carving out his place in ...

"He plays the game the way I liked to play," Bird said in a 1998 edition of SLAM Magazine. "He knows when to pass and when to shoot and when to cut ... he was to get out of Golden State at ...

While Indiana State, who trailed by as many as 11 points, was able to cut ... out of it and that’s why I’ve had success.” Carl Nicks: The forgotten ISU basketball phenom overshadowed by ...

Larry Bird was a tireless trash-talker ... He spoke with quiet confidence, throwing out lines that cut deep but didn't beg for attention. For example, in the 1984-85 season, he averaged 28.7 ...

Wednesday night could close out two branches of the bracket ... It’s ultimately a matter of preference — purple or tie-dye? 1981 — Larry Bird dropped 27 points as his Celtics beat the ...

As of Tuesday night, Tatum had appeared in 121 out of 122 career postseason games ... since the 1981 Eastern Conference Finals, when Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parish reeled off three ...