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Larry Bird, Boston Celtics counted among 20 craziest NBA Finals plays

The Boston Celtics have won an NBA-record 17 banners over the course of their nearly eight decades of existence, and they have had to pull off the seemingly impossible a handful of times to do it.

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That means its a safe bet at least one play from a Celtics player would make it onto a list of the top plays in NBA Finals history. The folks behind the Hoops Flix YouTube channel compiled their greatest such moments.

In fact, the play in question is a last-second redux of a rare broken shot from the “Hick From French Lick,” as Boston legend Larry Bird was sometimes known.

Check it out for yourself in the video embedded above.

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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