Larry Bird and Dr. J fought it out at the Garden, 35 years ago today

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The Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers rival is pretty heated now as the two vie for Eastern Conference supremacy and the Sixers, who poached Al Horford from the C's in free agency, are responsible for Boston's lone loss so far early in the NBA season. Still, it's got nothing on its '80s heyday when in order to reach the NBA Finals, Boston had to go through Philly or vice versa. Things got very heated 35 years ago today when the defending champion Celtics hosted the Sixers at the old Boston Garden.

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