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Larry Bird Called His Steal Before It Happened. The Film Shows Something Else
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Larry Bird Called His Steal Before It Happened. The Film Shows Something Else
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Bird didn't just make a play at the end of this game, he solved it. Doug Collins had his young Bulls running the same set over and over, and Bird clocked it well before that final possession.
Watch him get into his stance and steer a hole at the ball, giving Rory Sparrow just enough space to think the pass to Brad Sellers is actually open. It's not. Bird's already three steps ahead, and he closes with the outside hand for the steal that ends the game early.
This is the difference between guarding a spot and guarding a read. Bird was always doing the latter. #shorts
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