{"id":1387754,"date":"2021-07-20T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1387754"},"modified":"2021-07-20T07:16:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-20T11:16:01","slug":"larry-bird-told-qdefender-how-going-hit-game-winning-shot-then-apologized-i-didnt-mean-to-leave-two-seconds-on-the-clock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/larry-bird-told-qdefender-how-going-hit-game-winning-shot-then-apologized-i-didnt-mean-to-leave-two-seconds-on-the-clock\/","title":{"rendered":"Larry Bird Told His Defender How He Was Going to Hit His Game-Winning Shot, Then Apologized: \u2018I Didn\u2019t Mean to Leave Two Seconds on the Clock\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Boston Celtics icon\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/tag\/larry-bird\/\">Larry Bird<\/a>\u00a0could talk a big game, but he could back it up too. Whether it was calling his shot \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-trash-talked-future-into-existence-during-60-point-game\/\">from the trainer\u2019s lap<\/a>\u201d or calling his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-perfect-comeback-craig-hodges-tried-talk-trash-nba-three-point-contest\/\">Three-Point Contest rival a benchwarmer<\/a>, the Bird trash talk stories are legendary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best Bird calling his shot stories comes from 12 year NBA vet Xavier McDaniel. The play happened at the end of a tight game in 1986 between the Celtics and the Seattle Supersonics. Bird told the X-Man exactly what he was going to do and then did it. However, unlike many of Bird\u2019s insane moments, this one didn\u2019t go perfectly to plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bird-had-a-great-1986-87-season-but-the-celtics-came-up-short\"><strong>Bird had a great 1986-87 season, but the Celtics came up short<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1250\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=1024&#038;h=682&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics playing against the Washington Bullets during a regular season game circa 1987 at the Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland.\" class=\"wp-image-1387756\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=300&amp;h=200 300w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=768&amp;h=512 768w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=1024&amp;h=682 1024w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800 1200w, https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Larry-Bird-3.jpg?w=90&amp;h=60 90w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1250px) 100vw, 1250px\" \/><figcaption>Larry Bird | Photo by Jerry Wachter\/Sports Imagery\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1986-87 season was another excellent season for Bird in a long line of great seasons. He was coming off three consecutive NBA MVP Awards and once again dominated the league. He led the NBA in minutes (40.6), 3-pointers made (90), and free throw percentage (91.0%). Bird also averaged 28.1 points, 7.6 assists, and 9.2 rebounds per game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After back-to-back-to-back MVPs, though, he lost that season\u2019s award to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-did-larry-bird-feel-like-he-stacked-up-against-magic-johnson\/\">his rival out west, Magic Johnson<\/a>. Johnson also got the better of Bird in the NBA Finals. It was the third time in four years the Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers faced off in the Finals and the rubber match series between the two famous franchises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Johnson and the Lakers took the series four games to two, and Magic won the Finals MVP Award. It was the last Finals appearance for Bird. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/dominating-easter-performance-michael-jordan-led-bad-boys-detroit-pistons-create-jordan-rules\/\">\u201cBad Boy\u201d Detroit Pistons<\/a>\u00a0came out of the East the next three seasons, and Michael Jordan\u2019s Chicago Bulls made and won the Finals the three seasons after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bird-called-his-shot-against-xavier-mcdaniel-and-the-seattle-supersonics\"><strong>Bird called his shot against Xavier McDaniel and the Seattle Supersonics<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Larry Bird Diss on Xavier Mcdaniels\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F6sLMupoQLQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Injuries would start to take a toll on Bird in the following years, but Larry Legend was still at the top of his game in 1986. It was that Larry Bird who schooled McDaniel with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F6sLMupoQLQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a moment<\/a>\u00a0that would become part of Bird\u2019s lore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of a close game in December,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-received-death-threat-mid-game-k-c-jones-found-humor\/\">Celtics coach K.C. Jones<\/a>\u00a0went to diagram a play. \u201cAbout that time Larry steps in and says, \u2018Coach, why don\u2019t you just give me the ball and tell everybody to get out of the way?\u2019\u201d Bird told Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once Jones decided to give Bird what he wanted, the Hick from French Lick shared his plan with McDaniel, the player assigned to guard him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bird told McDaniel that he was getting the ball. \u201cI know,\u201d said McDaniel, \u201cAnd I\u2019m gonna be waiting.\u201d Bird continued to point out the exact spot he was headed to and told McDaniel he was \u201cgonna shoot it right in your face.\u201d McDaniel tells the rest of the story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He came out at about that exact spot and shot a shot right in my face, and he was like, \u2018I didn\u2019t mean to leave two seconds on the clock.\u2019 He wanted to shoot it with zero seconds on the clock, and I go back to the sidelines like, \u2018damn.\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As impressive as this feat of trash talk and execution was, it wasn\u2019t the only time Bird did it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-bird-called-his-shot-against-the-lakers-as-well\"><strong>Bird called his shot against the Lakers as well<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Byron Scott shares Larry Bird story (5\/20\/16)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h2iyF5dgiIo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Calling a game-winning shot wasn\u2019t a one-time deal for Bird. It was something he did more than once in his storied NBA career. Byron Scott, a Lakers guard in the 80s and 90s, told Dan Patrick an eerily similar story about a completely different game on <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h2iyF5dgiIo\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>The Dan Patrick Show<\/em><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>On the last play, he says to James Worthy, \u2018You guys don\u2019t have to worry about it. I\u2019m gonna go right over there to that corner, they\u2019re going to set a screen for me, we\u2019re taking the ball out, I\u2019m gonna curl right over\u2019 \u2013 and he\u2019s telling us the play! He\u2019s telling us the play before they even take it out. He\u2019s saying, \u2018I\u2019m gonna go right over to that corner and I\u2019m gonna catch the ball, and I\u2019m gonna shoot it and tie the game (or win the game)\u2019 whatever the case may be.<\/p><p>They take the ball out, and I think it was either Danny (Ainge) or the late, great DJ (Dennis Johnson). Take the ball out, and the man curls right to the corner, cocks a shot, shot a 3, game over. I\u2019m just like, \u2018are you f\u2019in kidding me?\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>It is stories like these that make Bird one of the greatest of all time. It's what elevates him to another level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/lebron-james-message-haters-i-love-you-guys\/\">LeBron James<\/a>\u00a0and Kevin Durant and all the small forwards who came before and since Bird may have impressive stats and unforgettable moments. However, until you hear a story about those greats telling their defenders exactly what they are going to do and then doing it, Larry Bird is still the greatest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All stats courtesy of <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Basketball Reference<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/larry-bird-schooled-young-dennis-rodman-with-some-signature-trash-talk\/\"><strong>Larry Bird \u2018Schooled\u2019 a Young Dennis Rodman With Some of His Signature Trash Talk: \u2018Dennis, Are You Guarding Me?\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Larry Bird was a trash-talking master who told defenders exactly how he was going to hit game-winning shots then hit them in their faces. He did it once to Xavier McDaniel of the Seattle Supersonics and another time to Byron Scott, James Worthy, and the Los Angeles Lakers. 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