For more on the 1980s Celtics and Larry Bird, check out NBC Sports Boston’s exclusive footage and interviews below: The 1985-86 Celtics are the greatest team in NBA history.

The Boston Celtics were not a team known for their guard play during the years of Larry Bird and his three championship seasons with the team, yet there are a fair share of guards who were big ...

Boston Celtics legendary forward Larry Bird was a superstar in his day for what he did on the parquet. But he was also renowned for what he said on the court -- at least by his opponents and peers ...

As the Boston Celtics gear up for the 2024 NBA Finals, ... “Larry Bird played during an era where if you was talking [expletive], a fight might come with that [expletive].

The 1985-86 season, which saw the Celtics go 67-15 and win the title, was the high-water mark for the franchise in the 1980s, led by Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, and Robert Parrish.

The late 1980s were not exactly a golden age of Boston Celtics basketball. But even after Hall of Fame Boston icon Larry Joe Bird hurt his back and effectively ended the Celtics’ era of ...

When we think of the all-time greats who played for the Boston Celtics, two names quickly jump to the top of the list — Larry Bird and Bill Russell. Both hold prominent places in Celtics ...

Rodman’s Detroit Pistons and Bird’s Boston Celtics were engaged in an intense rivalry during the 1980s, as they met in the 1987 and 1988 Eastern Conference Finals.

Larry Bird is a three-time NBA champion, 12-time All-Star, and is one of just three players to have multiple seasons shooting 50 percent from the field, 40 percent from 3-point range, and 90 ...

"If Larry Bird played in this era, I think he'd be in Europe," he said. "He'd be somewhere over there. His game was fit for Boston at that time in the '80s and stuff like that.

Larry Bird is one of the players in NBA (and Boston Celtics) history. On Saturday, the legendary forward is celebrating his 68th birthday. The Celtics sent ou ...

Larry Bird helped restore the Celtics' winning tradition in the 1980s. Check out our recap of Episode 4 of HBO's docuseries "Celtics City".