Tag: 3-pointer

On this day: Celtics icon Larry Bird’s debut; first-ever NBA 3-pointer

On this day, Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird played his first game with the team in 1979, which also happened to be the debut of the first 3-pointer.

On this day in Boston Celtics history, the storied franchise debuted their highly-regarded new prospect drafted the summer prior out of Indiana State, a Hick from French Lick, Indiana — Larry Bird. Larry Legend’s first game in the NBA came against the Houston Rockets, and fittingly happened to also be the night of the first-ever recorded 3-point field goal in league history as Celtics shooting guard Chris Ford connected from deep in Bird’s debut.

Bird, a native of West Baden Springs, Indiana, grew up in nearby French Lick (thus the nickname), and played collegiately briefly at Indiana University before transferring to Indiana State.

This wrinkle made him draft-eligible in what was his junior season at Indiana State.

Are the Boston Celtics shooting too many 3-pointers?

We all know the age-old NBA adage of “live by the 3, die by the 3.”

We all know the age-old NBA adage of “live by the 3, die by the 3.”

For the most part, the Boston Celtics have been living quite well with their reliance on the shot from beyond the arc. But at times the trey-heavy shot diet has caused the Celtics the basketball version of indigestion — something that could easily doom them in a tight playoff series.

Such was the concern among fans and analysts in the worst such example of this 3-point shooting drought that has hit Boston thus far this season. The Celtics connected on 21% of their treys against the New York Knicks in late February.

This begs the simple question of whether the Boston Celtics are shooting too many 3-point shots.

And that was asked by the hosts of the CLNS Media “Garden Report” podcast; take a look at the clip embedded above to hear what they had to say.

Listen to the “Celtics Lab” podcast on:

Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3zBKQY6

Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3GfUPFi

YouTube: https://bit.ly/3F9DvjQ

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