The first two weeks of May 1984 saw the New York Knicks and Boston Celtics face off seven times in the second round of the playoffs. The Celtics were the league’s best team that year, winning 62 games, the fourth season in five they won 60+, a feat they’d repeat the next two. Larry Bird was in year one of what would be an MVP three-peat, joining Bill Russell and Wilt Chamberlain as the only NBA players to do so. It wouldn’t be long before LJB was getting GOAT talk. In May of 1984, today’s consensus would be considered nonsense.
The Knicks and May
