April 7, 2022 Edition
"Hey, where are you going?" "I'm done, I've had enough. It’s been fun, but I'm exhausted." “Don't do it! Don’t do it, Kevin. You know If I get that hot, I'm not coming out!" On this particular night of NBA history in early March of 1985, Larry Bird and Kevin McHale discuss McHale's exit of the game against the Detroit Pistons with time still remaining. Even though Larry had a big triple-double performance (30 pts, 15 rebs, 10 ast), the star of the night was McHale who accumulated 56 points and 16 rebounds! Even though McHale surpassed Bird’s prior single game Celtic scoring record of 53 points, Bird cherished the fact that McHale was torturing one of his past nemeses – a prior teammate during Bird’s early college days at Indiana University – Kent Benson. Supposedly, Benson was a consistent bully towards Bird during their time in Bloomington. During this particular Celtics versus Pistons clash at the Boston Garden, B