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Larry Bird threatened to retire if Michael Jordan scored 77 points on Celtics

Summary by talkSPORT
Larry Bird had seen it all — that is, until Michael Jordan came around. The Boston Celtics legend faced Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, ‘Dr. J’, and Moses Malone, but nobody impressed upon him quite like ‘His Airness’ did. Jordan scored a record 63 points against Bird’s Celtics in 1986Getty Bird got to witness a 23-year-old MJ’s greatness first-hand when his loaded C’s — boasting four other future Hall-of-Famers including Kevin McHale, Denni…
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talkSPORT broke the news in United Kingdom on Friday, May 30, 2025.
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