While he always wanted to be known as an all-around player, the Legend from French Lick was an unstoppable scoring machine. Larry Bird scored an astounding 21,791 points for Boston, the third-most in franchise history behind only Bob Cousy and Paul Pierce. Due to injuries, Bird played in far fewer games and, as such, his […]

Coming off a loss in the 1982 Eastern Conference Finals, the Celtics were determined to “get back” to their NBA World Championship-winning ways. The most important offseason move to meet that goal came by trading longtime franchise stalwart Dave Cowens to the Milwaukee Bucks for point guard Quinn Buckner. Though initially a starter, Buckner became […]