February 22, 1985. Rookie Jordan and the Bulls go against Bird and the Celtics. The Bulls are the visiting team here . The game is played at Hartford Center instead of Boston Garden. Jordan is quiet in the first three quarters and rarely shoots the ball. Then comes alive in the 4th. He finishes with 26 pts and 15 of those come in the final quarter. He also have 7 asts, 4rbs, 3 stls. Bird is red hot from the beginning and has 30 pts at the end of third. Finishes with 34. Towards the end of the game they missed a Jordan layup while they were showing a Bird replay. They never showed the replay of that Jordan basket. Red Auerbach briefly talks about Jordan at halftime. Post game quotes are not available for this one, but there are a few notes from the game. ========================= HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)Larry Bird scored a game-high 34 points, Kevin McHale had 24 and Robert Parish added 23 Friday night as the Boston Celtics held off Chicago in the fourth quarter and sent the Bulls to their 11th straight road defeat, 115-105. The Celtics, who held on to their half-game lead over the Philadelphia 76ers in the Atlantic Division, led by 16 entering the fourth quarter. But, with rookie sensation Michael Jordan scoring 15 of his 26 points in the period, Chicago cut the lead to four with 1:25 remaining. Jordan leads the Bulls in every statistical category this season. The Celtics, who have not lost this season when they've gone into the fourth quarter with a lead, did not let their record get tarnished. ===========================

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