how many times did larry bird get to the nba final

Larry Bird played 31 games in the NBA Finals in his career.

	NAME	DATE	GP	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/5/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	44	18	21	9	1	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		0	0		52.9	7	14	5	1
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/7/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	45	19	21	3	5	0	8	18	44.4	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	49.2	4	17	5	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/9/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	44	8	13	10	5	2	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	31.3	2	11	3	3
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/10/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	43	8	12	7	2	0	3	11	27.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	33.7	0	12	3	3
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/12/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	38	12	12	8	0	1	5	16	31.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	35.5	1	11	2	3
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/14/1981	1	1980-81	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	43	27	13	5	1	0	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	4	5	80.0	60.8	2	11	1	3
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/27/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	42	24	14	5	3	0	7	17	41.2	1	1	100.0	9	11	81.8	54.9	4	10	6	4
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/31/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	49	27	13	3	1	2	8	22	36.4	0	0		11	15	73.3	47.2	4	9	3	4
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/3/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	38	30	7	2	3	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		12	15	80.0	66.4	1	6	2	3
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/6/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	49	29	21	2	3	0	9	24	37.5	1	3	33.3	10	10	100.0	51.1	9	12	3	4
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/8/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	42	34	17	2	2	1	15	20	75.0	2	2	100.0	2	4	50.0	78.1	2	15	5	4
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/10/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	47	28	14	8	1	3	8	11	72.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	83.7	3	11	4	4
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/12/1984	1	1983-84	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	38	20	12	3	2	1	6	18	33.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	46.5	3	9	2	1
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/27/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	31	19	6	9	3	0	8	14	57.1	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	63.8	0	6	3	1
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/30/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	41	30	12	3	2	2	9	21	42.9	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	58.0	2	10	5	2
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/2/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	35	20	7	3	1	0	8	21	38.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	43.1	3	4	2	1
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/5/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	43	26	11	5	3	1	8	16	50.0	0	0		10	12	83.3	61.1	3	8	1	4
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/7/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	44	20	7	7	1	1	8	17	47.1	1	2	50.0	3	5	60.0	52.1	1	6	0	3
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/9/1985	1	1984-85	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	LAL	47	28	10	3	1	0	12	29	41.4	0	2	0.0	4	5	80.0	44.9	7	3	2	3
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/26/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	44	21	8	13	4	0	8	18	44.4	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.9	1	7	4	4
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	5/29/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	44	31	8	7	4	2	12	19	63.2	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.7	2	6	3	0
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/1/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	45	25	15	11	4	0	10	26	38.5	0	3	0.0	5	5	100.0	44.3	4	11	3	5
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/3/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	47	21	9	10	1	0	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	58.7	0	9	2	2
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/5/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	@	HOU	43	17	7	4	0	0	6	13	46.2	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	57.6	1	6	2	3
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	6/8/1986	1	1985-86	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	HOU	46	29	11	12	3	0	8	17	47.1	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	65.1	2	9	2	3
	Average		1.0						42.8	23.1	11.6	6.0	2.0	0.8	8.4	18.3	45.8	0.6	1.5	42.2	5.7	6.5	87.2	54.5	2.5	9.1	2.9	2.6
	Total		31						1,326	716	361	187	63	24	260	568	45.8	19	45	42.2	177	203	87.2	54.5	79	282	91	80