This was "healthy-back" Bird (i.e. before he permanently injured his back during the summer of 1985). In a much later interview, Jabbar said Bird was "ridiculous" and "wore us out". Kareem also said Bird may have been the best player he ever played against.
@robinrahmani4705
Жыл бұрын
Loved BB in the 80’s. These two teams just made it a joy to watch. Bird did everything needed to win
@Michael-dd6hl
7 ай бұрын
Larry Joe Bird..the Lakers greatest nightmare, rival, and despite having Magic,Kareem, Worthy... Bird was the best basketball 🏀 player on the court from 1984-86. I grew up on Magic's Lakers vs Bird's Celtics no doubt the greatest rival of my lifetime.
@holycow7195
6 ай бұрын
Best series I've ever seen..
@GaryBrowder-kw2iq
Жыл бұрын
21 yes 21 rebounds in a championship game people by a small forward bird was and still is the mold for basketball players
@GaryBrowder-kw2iq
Жыл бұрын
That dark green 33 was the baddest man ever
@donmorton7282
Жыл бұрын
Larry Legend
@GaryBrowder-kw2iq
Жыл бұрын
21 boards with Kareem breathing down his back UNREAL
@kahnny23
Жыл бұрын
Was that crowd chanting "Boston Sucks" after the Rambis takedown? That's awesome
@chieffranco5421
Жыл бұрын
Larry was a beast on the boards!! He grabbed a few over Kareem.
@deancafe4739
Жыл бұрын
I'm just in awe of larry's hustle and tenacity.
@dazdavis7896
Жыл бұрын
20-20 games in the finals by a swingman. Not even a PF or a center. Yeah, he’s crazy.
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
Yeah baby!!!!!!
@FlipTrojan
Жыл бұрын
As a Lakers fan, when I saw Larry and Kareem start jawing at each other and in each other's faces ... I suddenly became really worried of the remainder of this game. I knew Kareem didn't play well when he was angry and emotional while, at the same time, was scared of what a vengeful Bird would do.
@noelharris5488
Жыл бұрын
Kareem said,n I quote Whiteboy I will kick yer ass, among other things.n He would kill Bird in any bigger stronger n martial artist
@FlipTrojan
Жыл бұрын
@@noelharris5488 Barely comprehended your atrocious grammar, but I think I gotta handle on it. You DO realize KAJ's martial arts display was performative and in a fictional movie, right? Otherwise, Dennis Awtrey, Danny Schayes, and Maurice Lucas handled Kareem pretty well without being victimized by his alleged martial arts expertise.
@noelharris5488
Жыл бұрын
@@FlipTrojan Hahaha! I was drinking.But that's exactly what Kareem said.As for the rest of my comment I don't understand it either.lol
@FlipTrojan
Жыл бұрын
@@noelharris5488 😂 you funny, dude.
@noelharris5488
Жыл бұрын
@@FlipTrojan Funny how,the way I talk?What the hell's so funny about me?
@EulissBenoit
2 ай бұрын
Dick Stockton greatest sports voice of all time
@GaryBrowder-kw2iq
Жыл бұрын
That fade away jumper sweeeet
@acornsucks2111
Жыл бұрын
This game was Bird's best in the finals. Nothing in 86 because the Celts were heavy favorites then.
@mrho4speed
8 ай бұрын
Actually it was the very next game = game 5 where despite the 97 degree heat, Bird shot 15 of 20 for 34 points and grabbed 17 rebounds and you could feel that LA was on their heels after game 5.
@GaryBrowder-kw2iq
Жыл бұрын
You know bird is the man when he steals from Superman
@oneadvocate9517
9 ай бұрын
A lot of emphasis I see on 1984, but everyone wants to ignore 1985, how 38 year old Kareem dominated and the Lakers won the title in Boston.
@elroz1675
8 ай бұрын
ignore? no! It's just this youtube vid is for 1984 game 4. Kareem was great in 1985 - though I;m not sure he was 38. 35 I think? That was the first time ever Lakers beat Celtics in the finals, and did it in Boston.
@ezsmith3765
2 ай бұрын
Also everyone wants to ignore how LA had a ABSOLUTE CAKEWALK through the WEAK Western Conf bracket year after year after year sweeping teams with 33-49 records like the Nuggets, Clippers, Kings etc and YET STILL couldn’t get past a young, inexperienced Rockets team. Boston would’ve swept LA in ‘86 but LA ducked out. LA lost in the FIRST RD to a totally different and much weaker Rocket team in ‘81. The two years in the 80’s that an Eastern team made it to the finals (VS Lakers) without getting caught up in the “Beatdown in the East” grueling 6-7 game series was... -The 1983 Sixers (8-1 in EC bracket with a RD1 bye) -The 1989 Pistons (11-2 in EC bracket) What happened in both of these NBA finals series??? Both the’83 Sixers and the ‘89 Pistons SWEPT🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹the LA Lakers. The TWO times in the 1980s that an Eastern Conf team had a similar CAKEWALK thru their conference bracket like LA had nearly EVERY year and in each case the Lakers got straight up SWEPT in the finals. If LA could’ve made it past Houston in ‘86 they’d have been swept that season too by the 1986 Celtics (one of the top 5 greatest NBA teams of all time). LA was great in the 80s, but I swear that consistently WEAKASS West Conf bracket helped them out tremendously. The Eastern champs were too often banged up, exhausted, injured starters by the time they got to the finals where LA was always well rested, injury free... basically they had one big bye straight to the finals year after year. Put it this way... start in 1980 and have the Celtics and Lakers switch conferences every year to 1989. Instead of it being LA 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 BOS 🏆🏆🏆 It’d look more like... BOS🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 LA 🏆 maybe 🏆 In the East there was much tougher competition. EAST -76ers (early 80s) -Pistons (late 80s) -Hawks -Bucks -Knicks -Bulls(very late 80s) WEST -Rockets (81 & 86) -Blazers (89) 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗 Crickets^^^^^
@williamshereef2755
Жыл бұрын
This was real basketball before my BULLS took over in the '90s
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
Your Bulls had it so easy, yes, they were very good, but by the time they started their dynasty run, the Lakers and Celtics were in re-building mode and the NBA had like six expansion team's, if the Celtic/Laker teams of the eighties had started in the nineties with your Bulls they ain't winning no 6 ring's, they'd win one , maybe two but that's stretching it home boy, those Laker/Celtic 80's teams were the greatest ever in NBA history, motherfucker's just pounced on their opponent's and you have to take into consideration the Celtics #1 draft pick Len Bias died and then years later rising superstar Reggie Lewis also dies and they were still the best team in the East,,, what a shame,,,, 😟
@elroz1675
8 ай бұрын
and the best of Pistons (1988-1990) were also spent. But I'd give more respect to the 1990s Bulls than that! The 1992, 1996, 1997 Bulls were among the best. And 6-0 in the finals is very very good at least.@@Gregory-sm9pf
@robertweir5313
Жыл бұрын
Anyone here from Boston or thereabouts who was more popular Larry Bird in the 80s or Tom Brady in the first twenty years of the new millennial? I love them both but Brady is my all time favorite sports player of all time!!!!
@natureboy1313
Жыл бұрын
Loved Bird, but gotta go with Brady
@CS-np2oo
Жыл бұрын
I'm going to be that guy........ Actual BBall skills on both sides besides jacking 3's.......
@HeartsforJesus25
11 ай бұрын
When people tell you they didn't play zone back in the day, take a look at the Celtics D that last Lakers' possession in regulation (5:49)
@andrewbaroch2141
Жыл бұрын
And his FT's.
@armandop9082
11 ай бұрын
Bird playing today would he like watching a video game, he'd score 60 or 70 points easy lol
@robertjohnson8938
Жыл бұрын
Great times
@kasperinos007
Жыл бұрын
Damn magic, that sure was tragic as hell
@peytonlucy5947
Жыл бұрын
I'm a Bird fan but remember 29/21 is less than Wilt's CAREER average plus add about 8 blocks per game.
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
Wgaf about Wilt, we're talking about Bird chump
@marksheppard6498
11 ай бұрын
Why is this a Celtics highlight reel?
@geert574
5 ай бұрын
He beat the refs and the Lakers, Lebron joined em 😂
@lenintrejo9630
6 ай бұрын
what the fuck went wrong with the NBA, used to be a great sport, now every player just want to shoot from their homes, the NBA sucks
@LoydKline-uw4no
7 ай бұрын
Larry bird against 1970s jabber skyhook shot,, larry bird say your prayers 🙏, trying to stop jabber skyhook shots
@ezsmith3765
2 ай бұрын
Jabber ?? Like Larry Holmes ?? 🤦🏼♂️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻😖😫😩 You’re not too bright are you son ??
@rafikz77
Жыл бұрын
😂 Magic
@holycow7195
6 ай бұрын
Today's NBA is sissy ball.
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
Best 7 games of basketball you ever saw, nothing after that or today's NBA even comes close to showcasing so many HOF player's and displaying the fundamentals of basketball and unselfish play where today it's who can hit the most and longest three's, it's a hey look at me hit the three playground junk ball today, fucking joke!
@CoreyT127
Ай бұрын
81 ECF is pretty good?
@Gregory-sm9pf
Ай бұрын
@@CoreyT127 You know Corey, that's right up there, definitely. It's definitely the best ECF ever in the NBA, Celtics came back from a 3 games to 1 deficit winning it,,, the 84 finals gets the edge slightly because it was the finals, but 81 was unbelievably good,, good pick Corey my man!
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
Tragic Johnson, misses two crucial free throws, and has his down low pass stolen by Robert Parish , he lost the game for the Lakers and the series, he also let the clock run out which was another tragic moment, tsk, tsk!!!!!
@LeoWhalen1933
Жыл бұрын
Things Larry Bird would never, ever do.
@Gregory-sm9pf
Жыл бұрын
@@LeoWhalen1933 your absolutely right, Bird never missed a crucial foul shot ever or messed up in a way that lost a game for the Celtics
@CoreyT127
Ай бұрын
@@Gregory-sm9pf Yeah, He never had to? Learn how to win! Like everyone else!
@ulyssesipan-bn4ls
Жыл бұрын
walang tumitira sa labas hahaha
@howdoicancel6760
Жыл бұрын
Bird Goat
@brgreg8725
Жыл бұрын
Bird-29/21 Magic-20/11/17 That’s what superstars do when it’s big time!
@elroz1675
8 ай бұрын
nah, they didn't flex or did "too short" gestures even once.
@krisharkleroad8
8 ай бұрын
Magic T.O. to Parrish and missed two big FT's.
@Gregory-sm9pf
4 ай бұрын
@@krisharkleroad8Also in the final minutes, I forget what game of the series it was but he let the 24 second clock run out at a crucial moment, he said later in interviews that he had messed up badly and that summer worked on his game the hardest he ever had in his life to come back and win it all the next season and that's exactly what he did, that's what superstars do, they don't roll over and die, they come back stronger than ever
@fredball8240
3 ай бұрын
Kareem and Bird going at it jaw to jaw prompted this from Tommy Heinsohn: "I can tell you one thing - neither one of these players are getting bounced out of the game." 😄Understatement.
@garrison6863
Жыл бұрын
Jabbar said that Bird was the best player he ever faced.
@GrowthruGod
7 ай бұрын
i use to hate kareem and kobe until they showed so much respect for celtics
@jmtims1
Жыл бұрын
Dick Stockton the greatest announcer of all time.
@broaddusmarines
Жыл бұрын
ML Carr was the one that got McHale all hyped up to take down Rambis. 😂😂😂
@ammiraglio50
Жыл бұрын
Simply the Trophy was a Trophy ..... Finals Bird Magic Jabbar Worthy McHale Cooper Parish , on the bench Pat Riley and KC Jhones . And they are there After battles VS others grestest Champions and Legends as MICHAEL JORDAN , Julius Erving , Moses Malone . Top of the Top and people go Crazy. When you see Battle of Giants .... A Trophy is IMPORTANT. Today 2023 4-5 good players , 1-2 Old Legends and people that make selfie. Where Is the NBA?😔
@bobbenbrown123
7 ай бұрын
Magic Johnson missing two free throws was critical. Cost them the game and a chance at a 3-1 series lead 😢😢
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