At Springs Valley High, Bird scored 1,125 career points, averaged 30.6 points and 20.5 rebounds. He was named an Indiana All-Star. But in that All-Star game, Benner watched Bird on the verge of The United States was the first team in history to score at least 100 points in every game and averaged 117.3, according to Olympics.com, winning by an average of 43.8 points. Bird — one of the team’s co-captains along with Johnson — led his team to a 117-85 win over Croatia in the Gold Medal Game. Bird scored almost 26 points per game in winning his third-straight MVP award. In the Finals, Bird dropped a triple-double on the Rockets in a series-clinching Game 6, giving the Celtics another ring. Bird averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds a game during the series, earning the Finals Most Valuable Player (MVP) honor. Bird was also named the league regular season MVP for that year. In 1985, however, the Lakers avenged the loss, defeating the Celtics in game six of the Finals in the Boston Garden. The 1979 championship game between Larry Bird’s Indiana State and Magic Johnson’s Michigan State has been the most watched game, averaging 35.1 million viewers. 17. 12. .586. 5.5. Larry Bird had his most three-point attempts in a game on March 4, 1991, on December 19, 1990 and on April 3, 1988, with 10 attempts. When one thinks of iconic Boston Celtics players in the 1980s, Larry Bird gets the spotlight, but we can't forget center Robert Parish. This guy was a crucial piece in three championship victories for the Celtics in the 1980s. In the decade, Parish averaged 17.9 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, with a 20.2 Player Efficiency Rating. Editor’s note: Saturday marks the 25th anniversary of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference finals between the Celtics and Pistons (May 26, 1987), remembered forever in Boston for Larry Bird’s last .

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