Larry Bird's Legendary Moment in the Three Point Shootout
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Larry led the league in defensive win shares 4 different years... he wasn't known for his 1 on 1 defense, but he was certainly no slouch at any moment.
His first 3-point contest appearance was amazing. He went like 2 racks without missing.
Larry is the GOAT
Larry said most of the 3pt shooters at this time were bench warmers. The 3pt shot was almost like a gimmick the adopted from the ABA. He felt confident going into the contests with 💯 confidence in his ability to win.
I had the luxury of seeing Larry Bird live at the Boston Garden during his rookie year. Even in his first year, he was unbelievable. I also had tickets to his 60-point game in New Orleans and was called away for business, which really sucked. I am convinced Larry Bird, in his prime, was the greatest player in the history of the NBA, and I've been watching since 1963. I was lucky to have seen him play in person in his brief but amazing career.
I love Bird I grew up in the era of magic and Bird I loved them both. It was hard when they played to decide who to pull for. Bird played good defense people just never talked about it. 🇺🇸
When Craig Hodges won in 1990 he was asked if his win was worth less because Larry didn't compete. Hodges said, "He knows where to find me." Bird answered, "Yeah, at the end of the Bulls bench."
If you didn't follow the 3 pt contest you might not have any idea who Craig Hodges is.
Larry Bird actually made All-Defensive teams and has one of the highest DWS's in the game. There's a vid that showcases his defense. Great vid.
He was on three All-defense 2nd teams but that was before he injured his back. He was noticeably quicker and more agile before the injury.
Larry Legend. He was phenomenal and was able to follow him throughout the 80s. The reports are all true, he was absolutely amazing.
Larry Legend= Clutch period
GOAT"S GOAT
Ellis dressed for a game.. ready to shoot.. Bird.. still in the warmup jacket; hits the last three when it Counted.. Legend for a reason
Larry won the first THREE 3-point contests: 1986-87-88. This was the third.
I’m a retired elementary school teacher. I got tired of the students telling me who were the best basketball players. I asked them if they ever heard of Larry Bird. (I knew they didn’t. They were too young.) I was a computer teacher and I told them to look at their computer screens. First they laughed at the very short basketball shorts. But after they watched Larry Bird play, they couldn’t believe it. 🤣 They thought it was the best basketball shooting they ever saw. The kids couldn’t stop talking about it.
Bird is my man, he's the G.O.A.T. The Celtics were my team growing up as well.
And stayed in his warm up jacket the entire shoot out in this year.
Two great things about this: Larry walking into the locker room (maybe) and saying "ok, which of you guys is gonna be second?" I'm not sure of the exact way that he put it. The second thing is that he does even bother taking off his warm-up top. He's wearing his actual jersey underneath.
Larry IS the best SF in the game.
Legend!
He didn't even take off his warm up jacket!
Larry Legend
I was about 13-15 when Bird and Majid were the best. Year after year Celtics vs Lakers. Awesome.
Speaking of announcers, over in college football there was none better than Larry Munson. He made every game sound exciting no matter what was going on on the field! And when things really were exciting... He was the best.
The GOAT in my opinion
Love me some Larry Bird and who he is as a man. The documentary with him and magic on Netflex was so good I won’t tell you how many times I watched it. Lol ❤
The man was just born to play BB 👍🏼
first 50-40-90 player ever- did it two yrs in a row- averaged it for four years straight GOAT
I grew up watching the NBA in the 80s, I still love the game today.
Let's all remember that the 3pt shot didn't come into the NBA until 1979 which not many players practiced that shot like today.
Polo I missed this whole reaction watching that contraption going behind you.😂😂😂😂😂
This is Larry’s final 3 point shoot out.
As a sonics fan Dale Ellis was the truth. Even when he was older his swoosh was the sweetest I ever seen.
I'm an Englishman and I only started getting interested in b-ball after watching, "Last Dance" (sad I know). As a non-biased viewer I have to say Larry B had it all and the comparisons with MJ as the greatest are easy to see. Will to win, clutch play, playing injured, skillz, oh man....the skillz of the Bird. He won three MVP's on the trot. Not even MJ did that. 5 finals in a row. MJ feared him to the point that he said to team mates, "No one talks to Larry, no one". Just like MJ, Bird used trash to motivate him. MJ knew....he knew. Also, not known maybe, Bird has like a 23 - 11 record or something like that against MJ. Yes, Chicago were not good for a few years when "La-Bir" was about but there are games when Bird and MJ faced off and Bird was the man! For me Jordan 1st, and then very, very, very, very close Bird and Johnson with very good cases as to why each on his own, out of those three, could be the GOAT....the rest...well in the words of "La-Bir"...."Who's coming 2nd today?"
Lakers fan here, I have no reason to like Larry Bird. My teen years were the 80's, so I saw the rise of Magic and Larry, both of who put the NBA on the map*, followed by Jordan. The game was different back then, Larry was already great, if you put him in today's wussified, hand-checking foul littered game, he would absolutely destroy the scoring boards, and especially Jordan. The only thing that eventually slowed Bird down was his chronic back injuries.
One thing to notice when watching Bird's release, notice he uses two hands for the push-off, creating a stronger release and in return creates more distance. Dale Ellis was a pure shooter and how most shooters are taught, Dale was great, but watch Bird's release, you'll notice a major difference.
* Some fun facts for those out there that weren't born yet or too young. The NBA received very little air time during the 70's and into the early 80's. Games were shown at 11:30pm at night, not live, but tape delayed. The playoffs, most of those were aired in similar fashion until the Eastern and Western Conference Finals, then obviously the NBA Finals, those three rounds were shown at normal times. The rivalry between Magic and Larry, going as far back as college, is what helped to catapult the game, Michael Jordan was the icing the cake. It was finally during the mid 80's that the NBA finally found a home on WTBS, then eventually TNT and now it's all over the place.
Jordan, Bird, Drexler, Dominque Wilkins, the list goes on and on, would destroy scoring records in today's game. Players back then got beat up, see the Detroit Pistons 'bad boy' teams, or the NY Knicks teams, you go into the paint, you get mugged and fouls were rarely called and hand checking fouls didn't exist.
Anyway, great reaction as always, keep up the fun.
His streak ended in '89 when he got hurt and missed most of the season (played 6 games) after bone spur surgery in both heels.
I just remembered something. I don't know who said it but here it goes. "Larry's playing chess and everyone else is playing checkers".
Bird doesn't get enough hype today. He's in my top 5 for sure
Larry walked in the locker room before the 3 point tournament started. And said OK who's coming in second?
there are those, including Danny Ainge, that believe Bird missed some of the early shots deliberately in order to make it more dramatic and interesting. Bird made winning this competition look easy in the previous two 3 point competitions he competed in. It would not surprise me if he did deliberately miss his shots in the beginning to make it more challenging and interesting at the end.
I was in high school in the Harrisburg area of Pennsylvania from 1978 to 1982.....so I'm CLEARLY a hardcore Dr. J & Sixers fan. My friends & I always hated Larry Bird back in those days and talked all kinds of trash about him. It took us YEARS to openly admit we were all secretly in AWE of him. Larry Bird was the greatest player ever and Julius Erving was unquestionably the Funky-Fly-Freshest man to ever handle a basketball. Many have tried to eclipse Bird & Erving in their status & reputation and ALL have failed, including Michael Jordan. DR. J LIVES....!!! 😃
Need to watch Birds game video. He was the biggest trash talker. I loved him and Magic competed each other but best friend
Danny Ainge said Bird missed the early shots to make the contest more dramatic and fun
Tommy Heinsohn was one of my fav Sports Announcer, any sport.
As I recall, Bird famously went into the locker room before the start, and asked "OK, which one of y'all are finishing second?"
If I'm not mistaken, he posed that particular question before the first 3 pt shootout
Bird once made a 3 pointer from the right elbow, with a guy draped all over him. But, the coach, which I think was K.C. Jones at the time, had called timeout right before the shot. During the timeout, a play was drawn up for someone else to take the shot, and Bird was animate that it wasn't for him. As the team was going back on the court, Bird told everyone that he wanted the ball right where he had just hit that shot. He told the other team that he was going to get the ball right there again, and he was going to make the shot, again. He did it just like he said.
larry got the sweetest shot ever
Oh, yeah! I'm not a big basketball fan, but who doesn't get excited about a 3-pointer? It's amazing.
after driving into bird videos he is easy underrated. the left handed game is wild, plus go watch the stories with the shit talking. it's incredible. and i agree w everything you say about then vs now w the game. the competition back then was more fierce and he was doing this to dudes. it's amazing to watch.
My Son was in his basketball club when he was little… My Son is now 37 years old!! 😂 All my Sons family is from French Lick In (Birdville)
My brother patterned his shot after Bird.
He was taller than me and with that form, it was hard to stop.
It may not be pretty but it was effective.
Larry was on several all defensive teams brother
Very few people had a reliable 3-pt shot back then, a few guards and certainly not a forward who can play no problem in the paint.
He didn't take his warm up jacket off😅😅
Larry Legend definitely played D. Bird put up 30 points, 12 rebounds, 10 assists and 9 steals in one game in 1985 in Utah, but since it was a blowout he sat the entire 4th quarter. when asked to sub back in, Bird said, “I’ve done enough damage.”
You're the only one that thinks Bird's form is "goofy." I love his form, and so did most NBA players...
Bird was named to three All-Defensive Second Teams.
He was great on D
"The greatest game I ever played, I should have quit right there". He shows some great defense.
Watch, the Case for Larry Bird as the greatest of all time,
You notice the finger went up before the ball went in
Never even took off his warm up jacket 😂
I think like a shrieking guitar in the background while you’re trying to make your shot.
I grew up in Indiana during the Larry the legend years! Lifelong fan! Hope you check out all of his highlights. ✌️♥️
I worked in French Lick, IN…. Now I live about 40 minutes south of there!!
Never even took off his warmup.
Im assuming you popped up in my feed because all the basketball content I watch. I enjoyed your video man. Lets see some more sports reactions!
Great watching legends like Larry.
Love the show !!
Hubie Brown was the coach/announcer you were talking about! "In the painted area..."
Check out his passing video. Unbelievable.
This does remind me of NBA Live
Hi...love your reactions-- in particular, and among other things, your honesty, fair-mindedness (you're even honest about your biases, which is rare and, to me, admirable), your serious consideration and thoughtfulness about things, and your voice.
Re: Bird-- not sure if you know this, but he had 1,556 career steals, which seems to me ought to give him some kind of credit as a defender. Also. In recognition of his defensive abilities, Bird was named to three All-Defensive Second Teams. I'm not sure if you already know this, and all the rest of the arguments in favor of his getting respect as a defender (his b-ball IQ was a huge asset in his defending, since he was eerily able to anticipate the other teams'/guys' moves, which certainly gave him a defending leg up) and still don't rank him all that highly in defense, or if you (like many who are just beginning to learn, i depth, about his game) just haven't yet run into all the material about his abilities/stats/credits as a defender.
Either way, watching you learn about Bird is an interesting ride. I went through the same thing...all my assumptions got shot to hell when I started really watching him.
Thanks, as always, for the great reactions...and now I'm going back to watching the vid, since I only got to 1:18 when I felt the need to bring up these points about Bird's defensive abilities.
How about some rugby? The World Cup is at the semi-final stage this weekend. Love your channel.
No, noone had defeated him. Bird won the first 3 shootouts that they held. --edit -- ok, they told you that at the end...
Larry's best racks were always on the left side. Every time you see him shoot
Note that he shot the whole thing while still wearing his warmup jacket.
your background vibes are amazing
Hot Rod Hundley. 👍
Legend... Polo
Never took his jacket off.
Just trying to win in dramatic fashion. 😅
If you haven't watched the NBA Legends opinions on Larry Bird or his trash talking highlights yet, you definitely should! Earned a new sub, brotha.
If you really want to know how good Larry was you should check out his video on how he played with injuries and how he messed up his shooting hand just before he went to the NBA.
You should check out his trash talking. The players gave their experiences
goofy form my ass- best pure shot ever
What up Polo!
They Shoot 2 OR 3 Rounds Before It's Gets Down To The Last 2, So this Wasn't His 1st Round Before He Won It. Also This Is Larry's 3rd. Year In A Row That He Won This & His Last Year That He Signed Up To Do It Anymore. He Won It In 1986, 1987 & 1988. The First One Is Exciting To Watch; In One Of Those Rounds In 1986 He Hit 11 In A Row Before He Missed. There Is a Video On Here Somewhere That Shows All 3 Years. And Your Right Basketball Is Boring Now Days.
Pat Riley once said, ‘If the game were on the line and I had to pick someone to take the last shot, I’d go with Michael Jordan. But if my life were on the line and I had to pick someone to take the last shot, I’d go with Larry Bird.’
Hubie Brown the old guy u were thinking about
All the legends call him Larry Legend because they know. You hated the Celtics because everyone who wasn't a Celtics fan HATED that group at that time.
POLO, who's the Goat 🐐 of Basketball 🏀??? Just a suggestion, here are 8 great videos that make suggestions to who is the greatest. Of course everyone is going to have their opinion/favorite. So that you don't have to track them down.
All 8 of these videos are great and about 3 years old. Lebron has the most views and Larry Bird is 2nd out of the list👇.
I personally enjoyed Larry Birds the most. Not only is he in the conversation of who's the goat 🐐. He won Gold 🥇 *(with his NBA Rivals like Magic and MJ)* at the Olympics, became a Head Coach, then went upstairs to the Head Office.... running everything!! Larry's GENUINE friendship with Magic Johnson was awesome to see, on and off the court. Oh yeah, Larry also had *Rookie of the Year* as well 😎
"Making the Case" by Clayton Crowley
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Beat him while wearing his warmup shirt too
agree on the 3 point contest ....when are you going to play Rush 2112 !!!!
I think you are talking about Hubie Brown in regards to old announcer
You should checkout Craig Hodges, I think he made 18 in a row in a round, he was automatic with the Bulls..
3 point contest is skill and the dunk is style. As of a cerain size any baller can dunk, but that 3 pointer doesn't care about your size or style.
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Didn't even take off the warm up
You should react to the Larry Bird Greatest Ever Passer re-edit .
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Did you know that Steph Curry lost the 3 point contest 4 times and Larry won it 3 years in a row. Who’s the 3 point king. I know Steph Curry is considered the best but I beg the differ. Larry Bird didn’t shoot 3’s in HS or college so he learned to shoot the 3 when he got to the NBA and you have to compare players to their era. And Larry Bird was better. Just a though lol
What year, did all this occur?