# Reliving the Celtics-76ers 80s rivalry: Larry Bird vs Marc Iavaroni, Maurice Cheeks, and Bobby Jones

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Podcast: [Bob Ryan & Jeff Goodman NBA Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/bob-ryan-jeff-goodman-nba-podcast-207844)
Published: 2026-04-27T19:48:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1260

## Resource

In this episode, Bob Ryan and Gary Tanguay relive the heated rivalry between two NBA titans: the Boston Celtics and the Philadelphia 76ers. Larry Bird and Julius Erving were the main characters of this feud in the 1980s, but Bob and Gary remember and recognize some of the forgotten faces of the rivalry, including Bobby Jones and Maurice Cheeks. They also tell the iconic tale of Larry Bird’s preseason fight with Marc Iavaroni. The Bob Ryan and Jeff Goodman NBA Podcast on CLNS is Powered by: 💰 Prize Picks - Sign up at http://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/CLNS & Download the app today and use code CLNS to get $50 in lineups after you play your first $5 lineup! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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