By Joël Pütz | Sports journalist
In addition to being a true basketball genius, Larry Bird was also a terrifying scoring war machine. His greatest adversaries still remember it, more than thirty years after his retirement… Dominique Wilkins was in the front row of a legendary heat stroke from the Celtics winger.
Yes, Larry Bird was one of the most complete players of all time, but it was above all in scoring that the Hall of Famer shocked the scorers during his career. We are still talking about an average of more than 24 points in 13 NBA seasons, or nearly 22,000 points in total. If he hadn’t been hampered by injuries late in his career, the three-time champion could have been even more prolific than that.
Larry Bird unstoppable in 1985 against Do Wilkins’ Hawks
Terribly clutch, capable of planting from far away as at mid-distance or under the circle, the Boston legend was a nightmare for opposing defenses. Dominique Wilkins remembers it, he who often crossed swords with number 33. It was also against the latter’s Hawks that the winger delivered one of his finest masterclasses… which he had also announced, as explained in the Human Highlight Film.
I remember that Kevin McHale had scored 56 points, I don’t remember who it was against (the Pistons, editor’s note). And Larry said, “I’m going to break your record against Atlanta.” » It was in public, he had it publicly. I said to myself: “Oh no, not against us!” Are you crazy ? » He gave us 60 points the next game. He was so hot that he started taking his three-pointers with his left hand.
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Our bench was celebrating every time he made a basket and we didn’t even talk about the 40 points that I had scored, he had scored 60. I remember that when I got back to Atlanta, I I said I was going to return the favor. I tried to score 60 points and ended up at 54 in the next match against them. But he was really special, man.
22/36 shooting, 15/16 free throws: Larry Legend literally did the total in Atlanta that evening in March 1985. Determined to keep his promise to his teammate Kevin McHale, he kept his word and with style… Face At such domination, even the Georgians could only bow and celebrate his monstrous success in scoring. The images are still as strong, almost 40 years later.
On March 12, 1985, Larry Bird dropped 60 Points. Watch the Atlanta Hawks bench reactions when Bird hits a shot. ☘️???? pic.twitter.com/XP1SwcfqnG
— Celtics Army☘️ (@Celticcs) March 12, 2018
Literally melting against the Hawks, Larry Bird was wandering around so much that he himself had launched secondary quests, including that of returning his shots with his left hand. That shows how well he walked on water that night… It should be noted, however, that he only hit one of his four winning shots.
2023-12-29 21:30:00
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