Worthy vs. Bird. Worthy wasn't the only Laker who expressed admiration — and a tad of frustration — for Bird's trash-talking.
Yet while Bird's greatness is well documented, few fans truly know the story behind his surprising leap from player to coach.
Larry Bird wasn't one for sugarcoating. After the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 1984 Finals, Larry Legend delivered one of the harshest locker-room messages in ...
If you ask him about the otherworldly scoring performance he put on vs. the Atlanta Hawks, it was not even his favorite game...that season.