Dominique Wilkins and Larry Bird traded bucket for bucket in the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals until Boston escaped with a 118-116 victory. Wilkins finished ...

Larry Bird and Dominique Wilkins choose a Game 7 in Boston Garden to engage in perhaps the greatest individual duel in NBA playoff history.

From the documentary Classic Playoff Duels, we look back at the famous faceoff between Larry Bird and Dominique Wilkins in Game 7 of the 1988 Eastern Conference Semifinals, when Wilkins scored 47 ...

According to Wilkins ... "It was almost like a game of HORSE. Bird makes this shot, off the glass. Dominique comes down, off the glass. Larry goes down, all net. Dominique goes down, all net.

Larry Bird also ... was a big 7-foot-2 center from Russia," Judkins said. "He was a really good player, and I'm sitting on the bench with Larry, and he said, 'When I get in the game, I'm going ...

In Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals, he and Atlanta's Dominique Wilkins engaged in a classic duel. Though Wilkins outscored Bird 47-34, it was Bird who came out the winner. With Larry ...

He may not have a championship ring to show for it, but Dominique Wilkins was every bit the embodiment of old-school ...

The rivalry between Larry ... Dominique Wilkins, Joe Dumars, etc. Even if the Lakers and the Celtics account for eight championships in the decade, the '80s were a time when the game was exciting ...

Dominique Wilkins ... like Larry Bird, Julius Erving, Alex English, Mark Aguirre, Adrian Dantley, James Worthy, Terry Cummings, and Larry Nance, and he had to bring his A-game on defense as ...