Larry Bird Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the key pieces of the greatest rivalry the NBA has seen: the 80's version of the Celtics vs. Lakers. They dominated an era with at least one of those teams in the Finals from 1980 to 1989. They met in the Finals 3 times.

Full Name: Lawrence Joseph Bird

Nicknames: Larry, Larry Legend, The Hick from French Lick

Position: Small Forward

Jersey Number: 33

Birth date: December 7, 1956

Place of Birth: West Baden, Indiana, USA

Teams: Boston Celtics (1979-80 to 1991-92)

NBA Seasons: 13

Team Titles won:

NBA Championships: 3 - 1980-81, 1983-84 and 1985-86
Olympic Medals: 1 - Barcelona 1992

Personal Titles and Awards:

Inducted into Hall of Fame as Player in 1998
NBA Season MVP: 3 - 1983-84, 1984-85, 1985-86
NBA Finals MVP: 2 - 1983-84, 1985-86
NBA All-Star Game MVP: 1 - 1982
All NBA First Team: 9 - 1979-80 to 1987-88
All NBA Second Team: 1 - 1989-90
NBA All-Defensive Second Team: 3 - 1981-82 to 1983-84
NBA Rookie of the Year: 1980
Selected for the All-Star Game: 12 - 1980 to 1988, 1990 to 1992
One of 50 Greatest Players in NBA History (1996).

Career highlights:
- Larry Bird was a member of the Original Dream Team that won the Gold in the Barcelona 1992.

- Larry Bird's Celtics arrived to the NBA Finals 5 times, winning three of them.

- Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were the key pieces of the greatest rivalry the NBA has seen: the 80's version of the Celtics vs. Lakers. They dominated an era with at least one of those teams in the Finals from 1980 to 1989. They met in the Finals 3 times.

Career Stats:

Year	Team	G	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	OFF	DEF	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PF	PPG
1979-80	Boston	82	82	36.0	.474	.406	.836	2.6	7.8	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.21	3.40	21.3
1980-81	Boston	82	82	39.5	.478	.270	.863	2.3	8.6	10.9	5.5	2.0	0.8	3.52	2.90	21.2
1981-82	Boston	77	58	38.0	.503	.212	.863	2.6	8.3	10.9	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.30	3.20	22.9
1982-83	Boston	79	79	37.7	.504	.286	.840	2.4	8.6	11.0	5.8	1.9	0.9	3.04	2.50	23.6
1983-84	Boston	79	77	38.3	.492	.247	.888	2.3	7.8	10.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	3.00	2.50	24.2
1984-85	Boston	80	77	39.5	.522	.427	.882	2.1	8.5	10.5	6.6	1.6	1.2	3.10	2.60	28.7
1985-86	Boston	82	81	38.0	.496	.423	.896	2.3	7.5	9.8	6.8	2.0	0.6	3.24	2.20	25.8
1986-87	Boston	74	73	40.6	.525	.400	.910	1.7	7.5	9.2	7.6	1.8	1.0	3.24	2.50	28.1
1987-88	Boston	76	75	39.0	.527	.414	.916	1.4	7.8	9.3	6.1	1.6	0.8	2.80	2.10	29.9
1988-89	Boston	6	6	31.5	.471	.000	.947	0.2	6.0	6.2	4.8	1.0	0.8	1.83	3.00	19.3
1989-90	Boston	75	75	39.3	.473	.333	.930	1.2	8.3	9.5	7.5	1.4	0.8	3.24	2.30	24.3
1990-91	Boston	60	60	38.0	.454	.389	.891	0.9	7.6	8.5	7.2	1.8	1.0	3.12	2.00	19.4
1991-92	Boston	45	45	36.9	.466	.406	.926	1.0	8.6	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.78	1.80	20.2
Career		897	870	38.4	.496	.376	.886	2.0	8.0	10.0	6.3	1.7	0.8	3.14	2.50	24.3
All-Star		10	9	28.7	.423	.231	.844	1.9	6.0	7.9	4.1	2.3	0.3	3.10	2.80	13.4

Best Websites:, Larry Bird Profile and his official website is www.larrybird.com

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