A quirk in Larry Bird's game is that he loved inbounding the ball He even told his teammates to let him do all the inbounding if possible This led to an insane amount of beautiful full court plays

39 years ago Larry Bird steals the inbound pass and finds Dennis Johnson for the game winning layup

Lu Dort shows great hustle for the loose ball and wins the jump ball after two early jump attempts with replays

Jalen Brunson receives the 'Larry Bird MVP trophy' for the Eastern Conference FinalsIncluding the interview after winning it

SNY It's been a long time Carrying on the tradition passing it down to Jalen He's the guy now that has to carry it You got to capitalize when you get there so we're gonna stay on him Clyde Frazier on giving Jalen Brunson the Larry Bird Trophy alongside Patrick Ewing

Mike Brown When I was in GS and we played Houston we counted James Hardens dribbles We told our guys he's dribbling close to 1000 times a game Keep picking him up full court and making him dribble At the end of the game it would wear him down

JB Bickerstaff on James Harden He has an unbelievable ability to manipulate what the rules are We would play 1 on 1 when I coached in Houston and he would foul bait me