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How Luka Doncic stole a bit of Boston legend Larry Bird’s trash-talking in his own 60-point game

There are more reasons people have compared Hall of Fame Boston Celtics small forward Larry Bird and Luka Doncic besides the fact both are NBA superstars seen as among the greatest players in the game during their eras of play and both of these players have had a 60-point game as their career-best scoring tilts.

It turns out that the Slovenian superstar also took a page from The Hick From French Lick’s approach to using psychology via strategic deployment of soul-snatching trash talk as well.

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Larry Legend was known for telling his opponents not only how much better he was than them, but exactly how he was going to score on them as they watched him follow it up with perfect execution.

To hear more about this interesting wrinkle tying the two star forwards together across generations of NBA players, check out the clip embedded below put together by the “Nick Smith NBA” YouTube channel.

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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