Fans of the Boston Celtics are have long caught on to the team’s self-produced podcast “View From the Rafters: Behind the Scenes with the Boston Celtics” to catch the exclusive stories told by the players and coaches themselves.
And there are few stories more iconic in team lore than the tale of legendary forward Larry Bird’s infamous “left-handed” game, where he played the majority of the contest with his off hand on a whim. In the third episode of the new podcast, champion Celtics center Bill Walton regaled listeners with his account of that night told from a first-person perspective.
“Larry was well-known for predicting what he was going to do on the road trips,” began Walton.