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75/100Critics
37/100Scholars
Author:
Dan Shaughnessy
Publisher:
Scribner
Date:
November 16, 2021
A Boston Globe sports reporter who covered the Celtics in the team's heyday takes readers inside the legendary Larry Bird-led juggernaut, capturing players' camaraderie and rise to dominate the NBA.
What The Reviewers Say
... it’s an up-close-and-personal look at a time that simply doesn’t exist anymore. It’s a book packed with the sorts of stories that could never happen today.
... colorful, fast-paced.
Despite telling it like it was, Shaughnessy isn't interested in settling old scores here, and thereby holds up his place as a part of the team.
... a surprisingly detailed, candid, ultimately affectionate behind-the-scenes account of one of the greatest NBA teams of any era. While his focus is on team leader Larry Bird and his relationships with his teammates, his opponents, and even the press, including Shaughnessy himself, the author gives ample space to how master architect Red Auerbach built the team.
