Larry Bird and the 1988 Three-Point Shootout

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Three Point Shoot Out The telecast started with Steve Jones recalling how Larry Bird defeated Detlef Schrempf in the previous year's finals. He credited Bird's following strategy: Opt to shoot first in the finals Keep his warm up jersey on for a psychological edge. Bury a ton of early shots. Was there some bonus footage of an awkward high five between Bird and Danny Ainge? Hell yeah. ... [link]

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Fiddlin' and Diddlin' - Daily Links 2/15
Published 2/15/2008 by FLCeltsFan at LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog
... lavish advice and praise on ex-UK star Yahoo.com NBA expects Kobe to play on Sunday League to look into Stackhouse's comments FL's Take: Good to have other teams getting scrutinized. Last year, it was the Celtics getting scrutinized for Danny sitting by Durant's mom and then Gomes for his comments about tanking. ProJo Celtics look to mend during the All Star break Green Bandwagon Larry Bird and the 1988 3 point shootout USA Today ...

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