Kevin McHale shares the most interesting Larry Bird story:

       Reporter: “Every time we have someone who played against Bird, we ask them to share their favourite trash talking story. You were there every single night with him, do you have a favourite Bird trash talk story?

      Kevin: ‘Oh my Gosh, probably my favourite one is playing down there in Phoenix and we were giving it to them. We were way up, like +15 and all of a sudden we are having the worst 4th quarter in our history.

      Larry is missing shots, throwing the ball to the other team, throwing it in the third row. Phoenix somehow managed to come back and they go up two with less than a minute to go. 

       So at the time-out we are designing a play to score a two, and take the game in overtime. As we leaving the T.O Larry says to me, forget about that, I am going to hit a 3 and we are going home.

       I’m like, Larry don’t do that, let’s shoot a two please. Go to the rim, get the bucket and let’s try to win it in overtime. Larry looks at me and says: Nah man, I am going to bust the 3 on them.

      Oh my God and you think it ends here? It doesn’t, he goes to the Phoenix bench and tells their coaches, yeah dudes, I am busting a 3 on you guys and let’s all go home because I am tired.

      So the very next moment, he gets the ball, forgets the play we had in mind, shoots the ball from the 3, and I swear, the ball was still in the air when he turnes to the Phoenix bench and says: … 

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