Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird's All-Star weekend 3-point contest wins

boston celtics legend larry bird's all-star weekend 3-point contest wins

Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics takes a shot during a practice session at the Boston Garden, Saturday, May 16, 1987. The Celtics meet the Milwaukee Bucks in the seventh and deciding game of the Eastern Conference semi-finals on Sunday at the Boston Garden. (AP Photo/Carol Francavilla)

It probably should come as no surprise that a player who was on the court — making his NBA debut, no less — for the very first official 3-pointer in league history was particularly good at hitting treys.

But legendary Boston Celtics forward Larry Bird was a stone-cold assassin from beyond the arc, as he demonstrated more than once in the NBA’s 3-point shooting contest during the annual All-Star weekend proceedings. The Hick From French Lick would drain one after another, never lacking confidence in his shot and accuracy. While the dunk contest might have been the sexier contest in that year of the very first 3-point shootout in 1986, Bird had his eyes on the $10,000 prize — and, of course, won it.

To catch some of that historic event as well his other two wins in that event, check out the video short from the “NBA Highlights” YouTube channel embedded below.

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