Drive Larry Bird Analysis

In the biography Drive: The Story of My Life, the subject, Larry Bird, has numerous notable achievements. First of all, while he was playing in the NBA, he won three championships with the Celtics. One playoff series in 1981 was against the 76ers. The seventh game in that series was one of the most emotional games he’s ever played in, according to Larry. According to the text, the author states, “I’ve played in a lot of playoff games, but there is no doubt in my mind that the most emotional one of them all was that seventh game. This was Philly and not even L.A. could get the Boston fans riled up the way the 76ers could in those days. My mother seldom comes out to Boston, but even she felt she had to come to the Garden for this game. The 76ers weren’t

With five minutes to go, they were up by nine. That’s when Jake O’Donnell and Darell Garreston--two good veteran officials--put the whistles away. When you’re talking about refs just ‘letting them play,’ you should get out the videotape of that game. It was going to take a real hatchet job for someone to get called for a foul in those last five minutes.” This shows that the last five minutes of that game were all-out war. The Celtics won that game by one point. Everyone--players, fans, and coaches--were all incredibly excited. This first playoff victory against Philly was a very notable achievement for Larry, especially because the Celtics played against Houston in the championship. Houston was a team that was no match for the mighty Celtics. They were able to win that championship easily. The next championship win was in 1984 against the Los Angeles Lakers. The Celtics had to win this last seventh game to pull off a championship win against the Lakers. On page 135, the author states, “We were up by thirteen after three quarters, but they got it down to three with under a minute to play. I