Larry Bird's Legendary Moment in the Three Point Shootout

I gave him air in that deep position, all his balls were flattened, they hit the front room and I really put pressure on them and here the

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returns in a familiar position, so let's see if anyone can upset the world and that means. Dale Ellis let me explain the coin toss here, they will toss the coin and the winner of the coin toss can choose to toss first or second. A loser would have the option of him. Two baskets. Now he won the toss. Bob, so anyone who wants to do it, say. I'll get Dale Ellis won the toss, but he can choose to go first and he said he'll go first and Byrd chose the end opposite the direction they're walking to shoot, well he's been using this, in doubt, they'll come back. one

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until the final Dale Ellis we are not going to leave Dale Ellis is going to shoot right now one minute 25 balls a maximum of 30

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s the winner with $12,500 second place $7,500 this first rack is probably the most crucial for Ellis if he can get a good pace, you'll have a chance for him to have it, like you said, see four in a row, you know, I might mention here that he may have bowled that first ball before the siren went off and we'll be sure to see if that's actually a

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official Ellis He is a player that you know can feel a little pressure but he has very good results in a first Iraq now we have 30 seconds left and Ellis with nine and 11 with 2.4 all the balls up this time he still has to do well this record hurt Steve got a great ball there now he has to really go with some speed and precision from the corner ten seconds left 14 points Bareilles takes them all unofficially Ellis with 15 but we We're going to wait just a second to make sure the first shot can not be the actual

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when the defending champion, no one has beaten him, in the long distance

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, which will take place right after we take a look at Dale Ellis, there you see.

Dale shooting, he got off to a great start, like you said Stephen, I thought that would get him going, however even though he was shot while on his second rack, the third and fourth racks were really his undoing, he could only leave drop that brown. ball and a two-point shot on those two racks and that could prove very costly when facing defending champion Larry Bird, you know how the

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is, he feels that when the money runs out, no one is better than him. all those balls to be in the perfect position on that first grid.

I'm surprised he hasn't done it in all of them. He has 60 seconds, 25 balls, he has to overcome 15 points. A slow start, but it warms up as he comes. taking

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points off the first rack, he's all over the place on this rack, he usually comes back with that big money ball that keeps him close, he's hit both money balls, the 2 point ones and that gig on Justin, he's up. short and then suddenly he throws it a little long, he certainly doesn't have that normal bird pace going for him eleven has counted 13 rack, that time for the bird is still going to drop one here quickly 14 this is a tie for the money me Oh 17 distant crowd in the Chicago stadium ice water in his veins the man is truly spectacular he was everywhere too Steve pointed at the first

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shelves and when it came time for money this is what the man responded to need make a par in the straight he needed to make the last three to win and he's missing the last three there's one now he's tied and now he's the winner three times in a row he knew it when he let it go and he was We're heading to that checkpoint in the winner's circle .

Byrd came out ahead with the big fish. Okay, let's go back and have the trophy presentation in an interview with Larry Bird, who once was the three in long distance shooting. We're going to handicap this guy next year, we're going back to Chicago Stadium, so there you have the final standings from the 1988 long distance

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. Larry Bird, the 17-15 winner, was really interesting there at the end, in the court, right now. Mike Chamberland Director of Sports Sales at Sheraton Al Thomas Senior Vice President of Western Operations at Sheridan Tony McKenna and Vice President of Advertising and Marketing Programs at American Airlines and Adrian DeGroot President of NBA Properties presenting the check for $12,500 to Larry Bird, the winner for the third time in In a Row you can see they had a sticker to put their name on, but they should just write it down.

Larry early, the question is whether he will share with the rest of his teammates like Michael Jordan did in the dunk championship. My prediction is no. They say Larry, although it's not what you would call cheap watches, he has more money than most here is the trophy presentation, I wonder when they will retire, how many they will win, who will be next, a great outside shooter and talking about that. I'd be interested to know what you two have going on and if there are more 3 point shooters now because of high school and college. There are three points, but again, the difference is being able to shoot what is considered a man's shot. from the NBA range and being able to get kind of a bird's-eye pace, he's a set shooter and he's got technique down to a science.

I'm ready, thank you very much Bob. I guess it wasn't a surprise, but the dramatic way you wanted this. The third time is amazing, what were you thinking after the terrible start on that monitor? Well, I just found out that I get the two points after missing shots, but hey, you know, I knew he only had 15 points and I still have plenty of time once. I started thinking about the key. I knew he had to make some stars on the first two grids. The ball is everywhere. How did you get your rhythm back? You have to concentrate a little more and take your time, minutes, a lot of time to achieve it.

Up to 25 shots, I just took my time and with that I was just waiting for someone to start driving for me. Names like Al Capone and John Dillinger. Chicago had some memorable shootouts. Maybe not that good, but no one calms down under pressure. You really thrive in this well. It's a lot of fun, you know, the guys go out and it's a little harder than it looks. I came out and knew I had to score 15 points. I just took my time and made some shots at the end and then everything worked out for me. congratulations once again thank you