Bob Ryan Knew Larry Bird Was Done After His Final Game 🥹

Bob Ryan was at Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland for Larry Bird's final game, a Sunday-afternoon Game 7, and he had a feeling after the game that Bird was done. Bob and Gary Tanguay look back at the fall of the Celtics dynasty: the 57-win 1988 team, the Bird-Dominique Wilkins Game 7 duel (Bird scored 34, 20 of them in the fourth quarter; Wilkins scored 47; Celtics 118, Hawks 116), Kevin McHale's greatness (.604 from the field and .797 from the line in 1987-88), the Ainge trade, Reggie Lewis's emergence and the end of the Big Three.

Plus: is Jayson Tatum a legitimate MVP candidate? Mitchell Robinson and the Celtics' frontcourt questions, the 76ers' hot start with LeBron James as the "Swiss Army knife," and Jaylen Brown saying it's Tyrese Maxey's team.

🍀 Why 1988 Was The Beginning of the End for the Celtics Dynasty (the video Bob and Gary mention)
youtu.be/2Lt5WREpqwE
🍀 Larry Bird vs. Patrick Ewing, 1988: Two No. 33s, Four Games 😳
youtu.be/vX7jl70CAQk

0:00 Intro
0:51 Celtics Outlook & Tatum's MVP Case
5:19 Mitchell Robinson & Celtics Frontcourt
8:53 76ers Hot Start & Jaylen Brown
12:07 PrizePicks
17:40 The Fall of the Celtics Dynasty
23:55 Kevin McHale's Legacy
26:22 Bird vs. Dominique
29:16 Larry Bird's Final Years & Reggie Lewis
35:55 NBA Stars Shine

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