{"id":146271,"date":"2025-05-30T12:25:44","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/?p=146271"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:28:13","slug":"when-larry-birds-celtics-got-swept-challenges-of-80s-nba-champs-repeating-w-cedric-maxwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clnsmedia.com\/when-larry-birds-celtics-got-swept-challenges-of-80s-nba-champs-repeating-w-cedric-maxwell\/","title":{"rendered":"When Larry Bird\u2019s Celtics Got Swept + Challenges of 80\u2019s NBA Champs Repeating w Cedric Maxwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"114\" data-end=\"246\">Celtics legend Cedric Maxwell looks back at what went wrong with the 1982 Celtics and the full-blown mutiny that followed in 1983.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"248\" data-end=\"599\">Max and CLNS Media\u2019s John Zannis also discuss the NBA\u2019s push to kill the super team era \u2014 and how it may be hurting the product. 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