CBS Sports: NBA 1987- Eastern Conference Finals - Game 7: Larry Bird Highlights

Source:CBS Sports- talk about your NBA gladiators: Bill Laimbeer and Larry Bird.

Source:Real Life Journal 

"Larry Bird (37 pts, 9 reb, 9 ast) vs Detroit Pistons 1987 Game 7 ECF" 

From Merkin Muffly 

"Larry Bird sends the Celtics to the 1987 NBA Finals" 

Source:CBS Sports- Larry Bird didn't win game 7 all by himself. He just came closer to anyone else, perhaps in NBA Playoff history.

From Jean Sebastian Blondell 

The Pistons had to play the 4th quarter without their leading scorer Adrian Dantley and their third-guard Vinnie Johnson, who gave them a lot of points off the bench. Two players that the Celtics didn’t really have anyone who could matchup with them, other than Dennis Johnson. And even the great Dennis Johnson, who (should be in the Hall of Fame by the way) can only cover one player at a time. And Dantley wouldn’t have been much help defensively against either Larry Bird or Kevin McHale, or been much of a help on the boards, against Larry Legend. 

The Pistons still scored 114 points in this game without two of their best scorers. But they got whipped on the boards in the fourth quarter and had no one to defend Legend. They had the players for that, but Legend was still either hitting his shots, creating points for other people and getting big rebounds. Like he always did in big games.