We’ve all heard about the time Larry Bird injured his hand throwing a punch during a bar fight back in 1985. Dan Shaughnessy expounds on that story with a tale involving himself and Larry Legend shortly after that incident:
SHAUGHNESSY: He had his hand taped like a fist, like a boxing glove almost, and he was just shoving the ball off that hand like a shot put. And he made 6 out of 10, first round. I made 6 out of 10, so we’re even. And then the second round, I was rebounding for him and he said ‘Oh, I’ve got this figured out.