May 23, 1987 - During Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals between the Boston Celtics and Detroit Pistons, Larry Bird and Bill Laimbeer got into a fight underneath the basket. The fight, initiated by Laimbeer, saw both players tossed and ejected from the game after Bird threw the ball at Laimbeer in a fit of rage, accusing the Pistons center of intentionally trying to hurt him. | NBC Sports Boston

🐦 Interesting fact: Angry Birds Movie (2016) — The main character, Red (voiced by Jason Sudeikis), is an outcast on Bird Island due to his extreme anger issues, a core personality trait that the writers used to make him the only bird to immediately suspect the pigs’ malicious intentions. Sudeikis’s voice performance focused on a perpetually simmering frustration, making Red’s eventual acceptance of his own rage the source of his heroism. | Clips