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When the Game Was Ours - Larry Bird [159]

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–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Barry, Rick, [>], [>]

Baylor, Elgin, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Beard, Dale, [>]

Behnke, Bob, [>]

Belkin, Steve, [>]–[>]

Bender, Jonathan, [>]

Benner, David, [>]–[>]

Benson, Kent, [>]

Bertka, Bill, [>], [>], [>]

Best, Travis, [>]

Bias, Len, [>], [>]

Bing, Dave, [>]

Bird, Conner (son), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

Bird, Corrie (daughter), [>]

Bird, Dinah (wife). See Mattingly, Dinah

Bird, Georgia (mother), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

Bird, Joe (father), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Bird, Larry (LB), x, [>]–[>]

and Abdul-Jabbar, [>]

in All-Star Game (1982), [>]–[>]

basketball personality of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

playing through pain, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

on being "in the zone," [>]

childhood of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>]

endorsement requests of, [>]–[>] (see also Converse commercials)

injuries and disabilities of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

back condition, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

and spinal fusion surgery, [>]–[>], [>]

marital life of, [>]–[>] (see also Mattingly, Dinah)

on 1992 Olympic team, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

personal qualities of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

post-playing life of

in Celtics front office, [>]–[>]

as Pacers coach, [>]–[>]

as Pacers president, [>]–[>], [>]

purchase of expansion franchise bid, [>]–[>]

and substance abuse, [>]–[>]

COLLEGE CAREER OF

efforts to recruit, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

at Indiana State, vii, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]– [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]

and return for senior year, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

against Russian national team, [>]

and Sofia, Bulgaria, incident, [>]

as student teacher, [>]–[>]

and Indiana University, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

at Northwood Institute, [>], [>]

WITH BOSTON CELTICS, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

and approaches by other teams, [>]– [>]

and Auerbach, [>]–[>]

drafted and debut, [>]–[>], [>]

invited to join before tournament, [>]–[>]

and Ewing, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

free-throw percentage of, [>]

as "Great White Hope," [>], [>]

and Michael Jordan, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

and Laimbeer, [>]

and Maxwell, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

and McHale, [>]–[>] (see also McHale, Kevin)

MVP awards, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

in 1979–80 season, [>]

in 1980–81[>] season, [>]

in 1981 Finals, [>], [>]

in 1982 All-Star Game, [>], [>], [>]

1983 off-season conditioning by, [>], [>]–[>]

and 1984 Finals, x, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

after 1984 Finals win, [>]–[>], [>]

in 1985–86 season, [>]

perfectionist leadership, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

retirement, [>]–[>]

and Riley, [>]–[>]

60-point game of, [>]–[>]

skepticism about ability of, [>], [>]

steal against Pistons (1987), [>], [>]– [>], [>]

and Stern, [>], [>], [>]

and Thomas's racial belittlement, [>], [>], [>], [>]

Bird, Mariah (daughter), [>], [>]

Bird, Mark (brother), v, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

Bird, Mike (brother), v, [>]

Bird-Magic relationship, v–viii, ix–xi, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

as adversarial, vii, x, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

frustrated opportunities for, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

and conference call before 2008 Finals, [>]

in Converse commercials, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

and history of Celtics-Lakers rivalry, [>]

and LB as 1980 Rookie of the Year, [>]

and LB's retirement, [>], [>]

and LB's views of Magic, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

and MJ's enhanced 1986–87 role, [>]

and MJ's Hall of Fame induction, [>]–[>]

and MJ's HIV, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]

and MJ's views of Bird, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

and NBA, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

and news of MJ as coach,

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