Larry Bird on playing his first game after Magic Johnson announced his HIV diagnosis and retirement I didn't want to be there that night First time ever For the rest of the season I didn't check the papers anymore It didn't matter I still wanted to compete but it wasn't the same

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

NBA on ESPN The moment Charles Barkley and the crew found out that Dallas dismissed Jason Kidd as head coach

Mike Brown is questionable with calf soreness after trying to call timeout at the end of regulation last night but says he's good to go for Game 2 I would've blown my Achilles out if I didn't have on my PF Flyers

Inside the NBA Kenny tells a story about Hakeem watching David Robinson win the MVP

Inside The NBA While discussing Jason Collins' passing Charles Barkley We live in a homophobic society anybody who think we ain't got a bunch of gay players in all sports they're just stupid

20 Years Ago Today LeBron psyches out Gilbert Arenas at the FT line Arenas misses both FT Damon Jones hits the GW and LeBron wins his first ever playoff series