SportsChannel: NBA 1985- Portland Blazers @ Boston Celtics: Larry Bird Highlights

Source:SportsChannel Boston or New England, with this 1985 Blazers-Celtics game.

"Larry Bird - 48 pts vs. Blazers (Famous Buzzerbeater) From 1985. Bird also hit another buzzerbeater vs. Pistons the next night." 

From FISH

This was one of several, great, Blazers-Celtics games that they played against each other in the mid and late 1980s. Not sure a lot of people who aren't NBA history junkies (such as myself) are aware of this, but those Blazers teams in the 1980s, were really good, especially on offense. They had so many people who could score a lot of points and who played very well together. 

The Blazers back then weren't just Kiki Vandeweigh, Clyde Drexler, Sam Bowie when he was healthy. But Calvin Natt, Terry Porter, Jerome Kersey, Steve Johnson, Mychal Thompson, before he was traded to the Los Angeles Lakers in 1987. And they had several great games against the Celtics in 1985, 86, 87, and 88. Lost all of them, but they were really good team back then, even before Rick Adelman became their head coach. But were a few steps behind the Celtics, Lakers, 76ers with Moses and Dr. J. and the other great NBA clubs from that era.

As far as Larry Bird's buzzer beater: think about Jerry West and Rick Barry, when you are thinking about how good and talented Larry Bird was. But add about 6 inches and 50-60 pounds of muscle and you get Larry Bird. He was a man who could defend and rebound like a power forward, or perhaps even center, but could shoot, pass, and handle the ball like a great point guard.

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