INDIANAPOLIS -- Mostly what Dale Ellis remembers is how badly he wanted to put Larry Bird in his place. How when Ellis won the coin toss before the final round of the 3-point contest in 1988, he was ...

Larry Bird struggled in the first three games of the 1988 Eastern Conference Finals against the Detroit Pistons. Still, Chuck Daly knew the Boston Celtics legend could turn things around at any given ...

One of the best Larry Bird trash talk stories comes from the 1988 three-point contest. Minutes before the shootout, the Boston Celtics legend entered the locker room filled with all the best ...

"I'd like to see them win it" - Larry Bird surprisingly backed the Lakers in the 1988 NBA Finals originally appeared on Basketball Network. For most of his playing career, Larry Bird of the Boston ...

As the saying goes, "History is written by the victors." In the 1988 3-point shootout, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird sealed his place in history as one of the greats when he started celebrating ...

Dale Ellis spoke with IndyStar sports reporter Dana Benbow about his loss to Larry Bird in the 1988 NBA All-Star 3-point contest. Insider Dustin Dopirak discusses the Pacers' 128-108 loss to the Hawks ...

NBA legend Dale Ellis once shared how he felt after losing to NBA legend Larry Bird in the 1988 3-point contest! Eli Manning explains why the Giants never let him take the subway: ‘It was in my ...