Larry Bird Admits He Was in a Slump — "Max Pulled Us Through"

Larry Bird stood at center court on Larry Bird Night and admitted it: he was in a shooting slump during the 1981 Finals — and Cedric Maxwell "pulled us through." Bird credited Max's Finals MVP and his Game 7 clamps on James Worthy in 1984, in a clip that later vanished from the condensed DVD releases.

Cedric Maxwell watches it back and reacts — the 6-of-7 MVP vote, the mystery holdout voter, who really carried the '81 Finals against Houston, and why Jaylen Brown's exit hits him personally.

🍀 Watch the tape that started the debate: youtu.be/F0gk_COfa1Y
🍀 Bob Ryan's response: youtu.be/PeaA8en8eoc

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Chapters:

0:00 - Cedric Maxwell's Return to The Garden
0:43 - What Maxwell Said to Red Auerbach
1:45 - One of Boston's Most Beloved Athletes
6:08 - Larry Bird Praises Cedric Maxwell
8:02 - Reacting to Larry Bird's Comments
10:05 - The 1981 Finals MVP Debate

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