Sad confession 💔 as Larry bird said….. I should have quit right there

Larry Bird knows a thing or two about closing out an NBA Finals.

On Monday night, the 2024 version of the Boston Celtics completed a gentleman’s sweep of the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA Finals to win the franchise’s 18th championship banner.

Larry Bird’s rivalry with Magic Johnson paved the way for the modern NBA to flourish

Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and co were excellent, and only had to look at Larry Legend’s example for exactly what to do in a pivotal closeout game.

In 1986, Bird and the Celtics came up against the Houston Rockets and a young Hakeem Olajuwon in the NBA Finals.

Olajuwon was yet to flourish into the dominant center he’d later become while Bird and the Celtics were at the peak of their powers.

Bird had won the 1981 Finals – against the Rockets -and led Boston over bitter rivals Magic Johnson and the Los Angeles Lakers in 1984.