‘I couldn’t believe anybody could do that’ – Celtics icon Larry Bird threatened to retire if Michael Jordan scored 77 points on him
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. 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…