To this day, Larry Legend still thinks Rambis did a great job selling McHale's hard foul, but it was supposed to be just another physical play. "Well, that's where all the flopping started," Bird ...

"It's funny how it works, I used to get very nervous and a little sick before each game," Bird said. "But once I stepped on the parquet, it was all over with, now it's time to battle." ...

He averaged 22.6 points in six games during the 1986-87 season but the Knicks released him because they felt he was done. King averaged 26.3 and 32.9 points the previous two seasons before the injury.