larry bird

We started with a loaded field of 24, which featured some of the best Celtics ever to wear the Green.  We boiled it down the two best scoring threats in C's history, Larry Bird and Paul Pierce.  And while Pierce actually stormed out to an early lead, the sheer will of Larry Bird (and the [...]

Bill Russell's run in this tourney came to an abrupt halt last week when he ran up against Larry Bird.  Now, we have the matchup we anticipated.  #1 overall seed Larry Bird vs. #2 overall seed Paul Pierce.  This is an intense matchup.  Their names sit next to each other in many of the Celtics' [...]

Paul Pierce cruised past Kevin McHale to move into the finals.  The question is, who will he face in the ultimate 1-on-1 showdown?  Will it be top overall seed Larry Bird?  Or will it be upstart Bill Russell?  We'll find out today as those two face off for the right to face The Truth. (1) [...]

We're down to our Ultimate Final 4 after Larry Bird's dismissal of Kevin Garnett.  LB took almost 70% of the vote to sent KG home.  He'll move on to face Bill Russell, but first, Paul Pierce faces Kevin McHale to see who'll be the first to the Finals.   (2) Paul Pierce1-on-1 Advantage: Scoring, shooting, [...]

I thought the Paul Pierce/Ray Allen matchup would be closer, but it was a runaway for The Truth.  Pierce took 75% of the vote to move into the semifinals against Kevin McHale.  On the other side of the bracket, Larry Bird will face Kevin Garnett today for the right to go up against Bill Russell [...]

Bill Russell continues an improbable run in our Ultimate 1-on-1 tourney.  After taking out Green Bracket 3rd seed Reggie Lewis, he moved on to eliminate 2nd seed Tommy Heinsohn in our last matchup.  He'll now take on the Larry Bird/Kevin Garnett winner later this week.  For now, we move on to the White Bracket, and [...]

Larry Bird made short work of Dave Cowens yesterday, taking all but three votes to easily move on to the quarterfinals.  And with that, the quarters are set.  Here's how they look: Those are some legendary names squaring off.  We'll start in the bottom right, where John Havlicek squares off against Kevin McHale.  Let's get [...]

Paul Pierce had almost zero problem with Tiny Archibald yesterday.  He got all but two of the votes in the matchup, meaning Paul is now off to face Ray Allen next week in quarterfinals.   Today, our top overall seed, Larry Bird, steps into the fray against Dave Cowens.  Here's the tale of the tape: [...]

John Havlicek had no problem with Rajon Rondo yesterday, taking 72% of the votes. He'll move on to face Kevin McHale in a few days.  It's our first completed quarterfinal bracket.  The next completed quarterfinal bracket will come once this matchup is settled.  Next week, our top seeds, Larry Bird and Paul Pierce will enter [...]

Kevin Garnett had no problem with Bob Cousy yesterday, taking nearly 90% of the voting.  In a few days, KG will take on the winner of the Larry Bird/Dave Cowens matchup.  Today we go over to the other side of the bracket for our 4/5 matchup of Ray Allen vs. Sam Jones.  Ray is our [...]