"My heart was pounding so fast I thought I was having a heart attack" - Larry Bird on why Finals against Houston was the most intense series of his career originally appeared on Basketball Network.

Bird felt so fulfilled that, as he said, retiring right there and then would have been a perfect farewell, without a trace of regret.

The 22-year championship drought the Boston Celtics endured after 1986 would have been unfathomable in the 1980s. After the ...

The two met in the 1982 NCAA Championship game, where Jordan hit the game-winning shot to give the Tarheels the national title over Ewing's Hoyas. That game just marked the beginning of what would be ...

One of the most celebrated teams in the NBA, the Boston Celtics, enjoys a global following. Home to legends like Bill Russell, Larry Bird, Kevin McHale, Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, the Cs have ...