NBA Throwback Thursday: Larry Bird's 60, 30 years ago today

On March 12, 1985 Larry Legend put on one of his greatest performances on the hardcourt. It was a home away from home game for the Atlanta Hawks as the game was played in New Orleans, a great place for hardcore Celtics fans to congregate to watch their amazing team. And boy were they in for a treat that night. Bird scored 32 points in just over 14 minutes during the second half beat-down on route to the 126-115 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The 60 points broke the Celtics single game scoring record that Kevin McHale dropped on the Detroit Pistons only nine days prior. Larry Bird's 1984-85 season was one of his best as he averaged 28.7 points and 10.5 rebounds while shooting 52.2 from the field and 42.7 from beyond the arc. Larry also led the league in minutes per game and earned his second of three straight MVP awards in one of the greatest seasons of his hall of fame career. 

NBA Throwback Thursday: Rodman grabs all the boards

This 34 rebound spectacle was a career high for Rodman as it should be cause 34 boards is nuts. Rodman was the master of tipping a rebound up to himself and pulling it down on his second or third jump. 

NBA Throwback Thursday: David Robinson's Quadruple Double

This weeks nbatbt comes courtesy of the Admiral, David Robinson. A quadruple double was not possible in the NBA until the 1973-1974 season since before then they didn't record blocks and steals. Since then only 4 instances of a quadruple double has occurred. Robinson had the most recent quadruple double and did so on Feb 17, 1994. The other 3 guys were Hakeem Olajuwon, Alvin Robertson and Nate Thurmond. Robinson finished the game with 34pts 10rebs 10ast and 10blks in the 115-96 win over the Detroit Pistons. The Admiral spent his entire 14 year career playing for the San Antonio Spurs and won two championships (1999, 2003). Robinson was apart of the 1992 dream team and was inducted into the Naismith memorial basketball hall of fame in 2009 along with Michael Jordan and John Stockton. Over 20 years is a very long time to go without seeing a quadruple double but I have a feeling that if anybody in the league today were to accomplish this feat it would be The Brow, Anthony Davis. Davis didn't get his growth spurt until late in his high-school career so he spent most of his time playing as a point guard. This in combination with his fantastic scoring, rebounding and blocking skills gives me enough reason to believe AD will have the next quadruple double although it probably won't happen for another few years when he is in his prime. 

If you're interested in watching the almost full (part of the 1st q is missing) quadruple double game here it is below.