🏀On May 5, 1981 Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics, anticipating that his jumper from the right of the key during Game 1 of the 1981 NBA Finals against Houston was going to be off target, raced to the right baseline, grabbed the rebound with his right hand, switched the ball into his left hand as his momentum was taking him out of bounds and somehow laid it in the basket. Red Auerbach called it the greatest play he had ever seen, both for Bird’s physical ability to make the shot and his basketbal

🏀On May 1, 1981 in a classic playoff matchup, the Boston Celtics beat the Philadelphia 76ers 100-98 at the Spectrum to even their Eastern Conference Finals series at 3 games apiece. One of the most memorable moments of the game came when Philadelphia’s Darryl Dawkins pushed Boston’s Cedric Maxwell out of bounds. While out of bounds, Maxwell went after 55-year-old 76ers fan Ray Kohl. Another memorable moment came when the Sixers’ Bobby Jones threw down a dunk on the Celtics’ Larry Bird. Bird led

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