Bird Leads Celtics over Rick Barry, Rockets
Bird Leads Celtics over Rick Barry, RocketsMarch 13, 1980The Celtics placed seven men in double figures and got a superb offensive game from Larry Bird as they snapped their brief losing streak with a...
View ArticlePhil Jackson’s Fumbled Pass Among Lowlights for Nets
Phil Jackson’s Fumbled Pass Among Lowlights for Net’sMarch 18, 1980CELTICS EXPLODE - NETS EXPIRE, 117-92A pretty good indication of the kind of game that was played here last night was the fact that...
View ArticleWe Have a Pistol Sighting
We Have a Pistol SightingMarch 19, 1980PISTOL SPARKS CELTICSSurviving the twin evils of a Rakel-Lembo officiating duo and their own penchant for self-destruction, the Boston Celtics came from behind in...
View ArticlePistol and Bird, Bird and Pistol
Pistol and Bird, Bird and PistolMarch 19, 1980PISTOL RIDDLES PACERSWait till they see this box score in Philadelphia.No Cedric Maxwell (sprained ankle). Only three field goals for Larry Bird ("He was...
View ArticleDon Cheney Turns 34
March 20, 1980DON CHANEY: OLDER, JUST AS CLASSYWhen it's your birthday, you somehow have the notion that, notwithstanding the fact that you're a year older, something good will happen on that day. Your...
View ArticleC’s Win Despite 8 Turnovers and Poor Shooting by Bird
C’s Win Despite 8 Turnovers and Poor Shooting by BirdMarch 21, 1980CELTICS SMOTHER PISTONS MAGIC NUMBER IS 3 FOR DIVISION TITLEThere were two, perhaps three stories emanating this week from the...
View ArticlePistol Keeps Firing
Pistol Keeps FiringMarch 21, 1980MARAVICH'S 20 HELP STAGGER PISTONSThe Celtics rolled up their fourth victory in six days last night as they blasted the Detroit Pistons, 124-106, at the Silverdome....
View ArticleBird 20-69 Over Last Four Games
Bird 20-69 Over Last Four GamesMarch 24, 1980CELTICS NOTEBOOK COLD SPELL BEFUDDLES BIRDTo Bill Fitch, Larry Bird's shooting slump was characterized by his final field-goal attempt yesterday, an awkward...
View ArticleRobey Knew He could Play
March 25, 1980ROBEY KNEW HE COULD PLAY - NOW OTHERS DORick Robey has a Teen Angel face, that certain Elvis Presley look of innocence that seems so strikingly incongruous in his rugged line of work. The...
View ArticleTiny (17 Dimes) & Pistol (17-Point 4th) Lead the Way
Tiny (17 Dimes) & Pistol (17-Point 4th) Lead the WayMarch 26, 1980MARAVICH RESCUES CELTICSM.L. Carr stood at the entrance of the Capitol Centre with a 2-by-4 board in his hand when the Celtics bus...
View ArticleDas Pistol is Smokin’
Das Pistol is Smokin’March 26, 1980PISTOL IS SMOKINGLike, wow, Pistol, did you really want to shoot a three- pointer?The Celtics were losing by two points, 95-93. A sequence begun when Pete Maravich...
View ArticleC's Win, But List of Walking Wounded Grows
March 27, 1980CELTICS OUTLAST KNICKS, BUT COWENS REINJUREDIn the aftermath, the walking wounded soaked in the solitude of the Celtic trainer's room and the survivors were left to talk not just about...
View ArticleThe Cowens’ Toe Situation
The Cowens’ Toe SituationMarch 27, 1980CELTICS NOTEBOOKThe news from the medical front is not good.Dave Cowens suffered another hyperextension of the left big toe with just about eight minutes to play...
View ArticleCowens Out, Bird Iffy
Cowens Out, Bird IffyMarch 29, 1980BIG GAME WON'T BEThings haven't worked out quite the way CBS intended.Instead of a climactic battle for the Atlantic Division championship between the Celtics and...
View ArticleFor Cornbread, Light at End of the Tunnel
For Cornbread, Finally Light at End of the TunnelMarch 29, 1980FOR MAXWELL, IT WAS ALL RAGS TO RICHES' HE CAME TO BOSTON STRAIGHT FROM THE FINAL FOUR OF THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ATLANTA, WHERE THE...
View ArticlePistol Dribbles Out the Clock for Emotional W
Pistol Dribbles Out the Clock for Emotional WMarch 29, 1980AT LONG LAST . . . CELTICS NAIL DOWN TITLEIt would have required the imagination of a basketball-oriented Fellini to have conjured up this...
View ArticleAtlantic is Green
March 29, 1980Atlantic is Green, 130-122It's a milestone that carries residual benefits beyond compare, and if anyone had told you in August that the Celtics would clinch the Atlantic Division...
View ArticleCeltics Win Chance for 7-4 Sampson
Celtics Win Chance for 7-4 SampsonApril 1, 1980CELTICS WIN COIN TOSSCeltic general manager Red Auerbach today proved that he still has the knack of winning the "big ones." Auerbach, the brilliant...
View ArticleRalph Sampson a Celtic?
April 1, 1980SAMPSON'S THE PRIZEEither way, heads or tails, Boston or Utah, the coin flip this afternoon at 1 in Comr. Larry O'Brien's office in New York is for the whispering rights to Ralph Sampson....
View Article1979-80 Boston Celtics: The Perfect Storm
1979-80 Boston Celtics: The Perfect StormApril 1, 1980THE TALE OF THE TRANSFORMATION FITCH, BIRD AND A PAIR OF COMEBACKS TURNED THE CELTICS AROUNDA year ago, as I recall, the Celtics were marked by...
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