I was an L.A. kid and fan too but I agree. It was the one time I didn't mind seeing the Lakers lose because Dr. J finally got his ring. They say Magic and Bird saved the NBA, but nobody did more to keep it on life support than Dr. J. If you were a young basketball fan in the 70s, Julius Erving was your hero... period!
This was the greatest year in NBA history and the Sixers and Malone were the greatest to ever step foot on the court. I just had gotten cable and was able to watch a lot of games this year...it was awesome.
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq wow, neither did I. (and that's a stat I would've grabbed and held onto all these years... love Moses, may God rest his amazing soul.
I was born in 1957, I used to be one of the world's biggest bball fans. So many great players in my youth. I actually think the three pt line has hurt the game. I love defense, blocked shots, I like watching the stars go to the floor for a loose ball and even end up in the lap of a court side fan. It seems it's turned in to a glorified game of HORSE. Spread out and pass until someone gets a 3 pt shot. If someone drives to the basket the defense just watches the dunk. But refs call a foul for nothing now. Used to require some blood to get a foul called. I suppose the way they carry the ball now while dribbling adds to the entertainment value. But I miss this kind of basketball.
2023 MAKES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS AMAZING CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WHERE THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS GAVE DR.J HIS FIRST AND ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP RING.THOUGH I LIVED IN NEW YORK,I WAS A DIE HARD PHILADELPHIA 76ERS FAN THANKS TO DR.J-I FELT HIS PAIN WHEN THEY LOST TO THE LAKERS BACK IN 1980 AND WHEN THEY LOST TO THE LAKERS AGAIN IN THE NBA FINALS IN 1982.SO IT WAS SWEET VINDICATION WHEN THE LAKERS GOT SWEPT BY THE 76ERS IN 1983 TO WIN THE NBA FINALS.I WAS SO HAPPY FOR DR.J AND THE SIXERS.I REMEBER JUMPING UP AND DOWN WATCHING THAT GAME LATE NIGHT ON CBS.
As we know, there are a lot of teams in the running for the greatest teams of all time in the NBA. I’m not saying this Sixers team deserves that title. But I do think it kind of flies under the radar compared to some of the others. This Sixers team might be the best team no one ever talks about very much.
@@Amick44 Yeah that’s definitely good context to explain the dynamic I was describing. Its a shame about Andrew Toney’s foot issues. He was an assassin. . As an aside, for my money, Toney had one of the 20 greatest nicknames of all time. The Boston Strangler.
Lol this was the best team ever assembled, they beat EVERYONE, they beat Birds Celtics at their prime and Magics Lakers at their prime. No other team beats this team in a series as they were this season, they had it all, and please note that I am not a fan of Philly sports AT ALL , I think Philly fans are obnoxious sometimes, and I am not a fan of the cities teams in any way , other than recognizing and understanding that this Sixers team is the best ever. Only maybe Jordan could will his team to a series victory over these guys, but they are the only team that would make me go against a prime Micheal Jordan, lol
@@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 He sure was. Barkley and Bird rave about how tough he was. Charles said even with Moses and Doc there, Andrew was the guy who usually got the ball when they really needed a hoop. Bird said he was the main guy the Celts feared.
@@mariusloveless7880 Very tough for that 1 season. I do believe some (not that many) teams were a tad more powerful (offensively) top to bottom because Iavaroni wasn't a scoring threat. But ... They didn't need him to be. He certainly did the dirty work and blended in well. And off the bench, Bobby Jones contributed on both ends, so I guess you can say it wasn't an issue. It has certainly been proven an abundance of guys who need the ball can be a detriment. The mid 70s Sixers and last years Lakers fit the case.
Great time to be a 76ers & Hoops fan as a kid. * Dr J stroking Earl Cureton after his big game was the best. Doc was the coolest & classiest player ever. Earl felt like a Million Bucks.
Funny you mentioned Eric Cureton because him Vinnie Johnson, David Therkeil and a friend of mine Joe Washington whom we both knew David from St Louis and whom all where at least with the exception of myself and Vinnie were at 6'6"or taller hung out in Kansas City when the Detroit Pistons was playing the KC Kings riding in my 2dr Honda Prelude coup....how they got in that car still amazes me today..😳😇😅 40yrs later
" Moses Gonna Take Us To The Promised Land" The 1983 76ers were the most dominant team I ever saw. As a Lifelong Laker fan, even I was Happy for Dr.J.😊
I love this documentary and I am a Lakers fan since I was 5 years old I'm 45 now and Pat Riley is the GM of the Heat I hope he wins it this year he showed tremendous class after defeat.
It was great! It all came together for them in 83' with the arrival of Moses. Dr. J is one of my all-time favorites, and for them to sweep the Lakers was icing on the cake! Glad he got his ring! The Lakers were the team of the decade, but watching them lose to Philly, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago was very satisfying.
Love this team more than any other. So true that we build character through loss. So many great players never get to the pinnacle but their extraordinary talent won’t be forgotten: Bob Lanier, Artis Gilmore, Bernard King, George Gervin, Sidney Moncrief; just to name a few.
At 29:40 when the music starts to play for the 76ers, I can hear the Philly sound. It reminded me of when the 2004 Detroit Pistons beat the Lakers 4-1. I remember that series Detroit had Anita Baker and Aretha Franklin singing their national anthem's in The Palace. The music really makes a difference!
One of the four immensely powerful NBA superteams of the 1980s. These four teams were destroyers. They demolished everything in their path. 1982/83 Philadelphia 76ers 1985/86 Boston Celtics 1986/87 Los Angeles Lakers 1988/89 Detroit Pistons
you know who was super tough, just a rung below the 3 elite eastern teams, the 83 Bucks who swept Larry Legend and would take Philly or Boston to game 6 or 7 year after year in the 80s. First off Marques Johnson was one smooth mfer, he was a star, he was getting his against Doc, Bird, anyone and put him with angry Lanier, Lister, Moncrief, Pressey with Winters, Bridgeman, Cowens, Ford, Catchings all coming off the bench, that was a super high IQ team with athleticism at every position and coached by a real innovator, Don Nelson, I saw it as avid Philly 76er fan back in the day, those Bucks were dangerous, it was a battle
Dr.J was my Basketball Idol when i was like 12 or 13 in Philly in the Summer of 1978 the Sports Camp we was attending Daily the Late John Chaney Director took the Camp to the Palestra to meet Dr.J in Person that was Amazing 👊🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
Fantastic documentary. Loved the special nod to the great players like Lanier, Pistol Pete, Hudson, Bing, etc. who were great but tragically cold not win the big one. Doctor J was in danger of becoming an even more tragic figure as he actually won just three years into his career but his ABA titles and stats were ignored. So he would have joined the list in an ironic sense.
Earl Cureton sat on the bench all season. Clemon Johnson was the back up center. But when Cureton hit that hook shot over Kareem 41:04, we knew something special was happening
the Bucks were just a slice below Boston and Philly in the 80s, an excellent, deep, athletic team with the great Don Nelson coaching and Marques Johnson was a flat out star (forgotten by many)
The Bucks beat the Sixers twice in that era. Swept the Celtics in 1983 but couldn't beat the Sixers & Celtics both in the same playoffs to reach the finals
The first all world, with his first shoe finally had the help to get over the hump,MJ my goat but doc my hero forever.He saved Pittsburgh and the league.Rockstar that flys and had airbreaks .#6 All World.
I remember seeing those playoffs! They were great like all the NBA Playoffs are today! The 76ers with Dr. J. and Moses Malone were the far superior team that year! This is when the NBA was catching up to the NFL and starting to pass MLB as the best popular major sport!😄
The 82/83 76ers had the Boston Celtics fans chanting for them! They went on to destroy the Lakers in the Finals after Beat LA in Boston. Doc gets a well deserved ring 💍 🏆
At that time, i don't think there was any one player that deserved to finally get a ring more than Dr. J! It would've been a shame if he had went his whole brilliant career and didn't get one!
Imagine if Doc and Moses played the majority of their careers together. Basketball history would be totally different. They dominated 1983 with a Dr J that was past his prime, Moses was at the end of his prime and a healthy Andrew Toney.
#4-5-4 The Philadelphia 76ers bought in Moses Malone he said 444 but it was 4 5 4 as the sixers went on to win the NBA title helping Dr J get their his first NBA title while he carry the team on his back and to bring Moses Malone the pardon the Red Sea to an NBA title 👍
I had just moved to Philly from South Georgia two years previously and I was the only person in my 6th grade class to not skip school for the parade 🤦🏾♂️
@@tonygajate5780 it was a marvelous day to be in twelfth grade. We skipped school and went downtown. The best of all of the Philly team championship parades, in my opinion. What a memory!
Still remember this like last week I was like 10 years old still can't believe that bucks team ran over the Celtics like they did a lot of people have forgotten about that
LOL. I love Moses as much as the next Sixers fan but Moses was 37 years old in 1992. His best years were waaay behind him by that point. I still liked your hot take tho lol
The only team that beat them in the playoffs that season was the Milwaukee Bucks in game 3. Moses' greatest comment, " thall shall not beat Philly again or no more "
I think for a single season best team this was it...4 of there top 6 players are hall of farmers and if not for injurys 1 other would have been...throw in other rotation al pieces Richardson, Clemons Johnson, earl current on. They were vets but still in there physical prime and stayed healthy
53:03 Who the hell started narrating there?? “Though hurt by injuries, they have played VIOLENTLY??” Not sure how violent the Lakers were back then, but they probably played VALIANTLY.
ESPN would show this about once a week when I was a little kid. I seem to remember "What a Feeling" playing in the background as Billy Cunningham kissed everybody he could find.
The Sixers from around 1977-1984 was as great an NBA team as there ever was. Won about 60 games a year. Doc, Cheeks, Toney, Bobby Jones, Malone. That was my team with Billy C as Coach. Harold Katz destroyed the team with horrible trades. 😡
Only think I regret is that they seemed content with just that one championship I was so disappointed that they didn’t go far to defend their championship get bounced by the lowly nets 83-84
1982-83 76ers went 12 and 1 ( only loss game 3 in Milwaukee) beating their opponents by an average of 14 ppg including the 4 game blowout of the defending champion Lakers
@13:22 Players have been worried about how they'd be perceived without a ring all the way back then. This is why the players are no longer waiting on the front offices to surround them with talent anymore.
shouldn't be the Bucks were stacked and hungry, Philly and Boston played them year after year to 6,7 game playoff series, the Bucks were for real in the 80s, prime Marques Johnson got his against Doc, Bird, anyone
Bucks just lacked a low post scorer. Lanier was playing with bad kness that hurt his game aftrt 10 12 yrsrs. Marquis Johnson. Junior Bridgeman. Brian Winters. Sidney Moncrief. Great team that had philly and celtics to deal with.
What won Philly this Series was their depth especially in lieu Lakers were down Jamaal Wilkes, Bob McAdoo, and James Worthy. Lakers had decent leads in a couple games but by 4th Quarter were worn down
Rest easy Bob Lanier & Moses Malone.
Even though I've always been a Lakers fan I was glad to see Dr J win that year. Everyone was a Dr J fan.
That's true . I was in 10th grade I think ...everyone loved Dr. J
I was an L.A. kid and fan too but I agree. It was the one time I didn't mind seeing the Lakers lose because Dr. J finally got his ring. They say Magic and Bird saved the NBA, but nobody did more to keep it on life support than Dr. J. If you were a young basketball fan in the 70s, Julius Erving was your hero... period!
@@ContrarianCorner You are correct. Everyone loved him. He was the greatest ambassador for the league I have ever seen.
@@john26660 ....A world class athlete, and a world class person...
The 'Doctor', Julius Erving 👍
Wow what a line....." L.A might have the Magician but we have the Physician "😂🤣DAMN!!
That’s awesome!
My favorite team of all time!I waited 20 years for it.Dr.J and Big Mo.
Kareem such a spiritual man. That fire burned all his trophies, etc.
These docs are great, there's so much history and great stories in basketball 💪
After 85 86 season when th doc was retiring visiting fans was given Dr J cheers interdose the starting line up teams they play twice a yr that is
MOSES is underRated inthe Best Center of all time He was Unstoppable
This was the greatest year in NBA history and the Sixers and Malone were the greatest to ever step foot on the court. I just had gotten cable and was able to watch a lot of games this year...it was awesome.
Moses Malone is the only player who played in the finals who lead in rebounds and points in every game.
Yeah didn't know that
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq wow, neither did I. (and that's a stat I would've grabbed and held onto all these years... love Moses, may God rest his amazing soul.
Moses Malone finals avg 25/18/2
Kareem finals average. 23/7/3
What a wonderful doc and flashback to an epic time in basketball history!
I ❤️ the 80’s
Mo Cheeks on his teammate about the skyhook against Kareem was hilarious 😂
❤️ 1982/ 1983 philadepia 76er basketball NBA : dr.j & the gang
I was born in 1957, I used to be one of the world's biggest bball fans. So many great players in my youth. I actually think the three pt line has hurt the game. I love defense, blocked shots, I like watching the stars go to the floor for a loose ball and even end up in the lap of a court side fan. It seems it's turned in to a glorified game of HORSE. Spread out and pass until someone gets a 3 pt shot. If someone drives to the basket the defense just watches the dunk. But refs call a foul for nothing now. Used to require some blood to get a foul called. I suppose the way they carry the ball now while dribbling adds to the entertainment value. But I miss this kind of basketball.
2023 MAKES THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS AMAZING CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON WHERE THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS GAVE DR.J HIS FIRST AND ONLY CHAMPIONSHIP RING.THOUGH I LIVED IN NEW YORK,I WAS A DIE HARD PHILADELPHIA 76ERS FAN THANKS TO DR.J-I FELT HIS PAIN WHEN THEY LOST TO THE LAKERS BACK IN 1980 AND WHEN THEY LOST TO THE LAKERS AGAIN IN THE NBA FINALS IN 1982.SO IT WAS SWEET VINDICATION WHEN THE LAKERS GOT SWEPT BY THE 76ERS IN 1983 TO WIN THE NBA FINALS.I WAS SO HAPPY FOR DR.J AND THE SIXERS.I REMEBER JUMPING UP AND DOWN WATCHING THAT GAME LATE NIGHT ON CBS.
One of the greatest teams in NBA history 1983 76ers NBA Champions
True!!!!
What people sometimes forget is that every team in the NBA Atlantic finished above .500 that year.
As we know, there are a lot of teams in the running for the greatest teams of all time in the NBA. I’m not saying this Sixers team deserves that title. But I do think it kind of flies under the radar compared to some of the others. This Sixers team might be the best team no one ever talks about very much.
1 season didn't help. Big issues were Toney's foot problems and owner Dixon dumping Moses a bit too soon in frustration over early playoff exits.
@@Amick44 Yeah that’s definitely good context to explain the dynamic I was describing. Its a shame about Andrew Toney’s foot issues. He was an assassin. .
As an aside, for my money, Toney had one of the 20 greatest nicknames of all time. The Boston Strangler.
Lol this was the best team ever assembled, they beat EVERYONE, they beat Birds Celtics at their prime and Magics Lakers at their prime. No other team beats this team in a series as they were this season, they had it all, and please note that I am not a fan of Philly sports AT ALL , I think Philly fans are obnoxious sometimes, and I am not a fan of the cities teams in any way , other than recognizing and understanding that this Sixers team is the best ever. Only maybe Jordan could will his team to a series victory over these guys, but they are the only team that would make me go against a prime Micheal Jordan, lol
@@alexandriaocasio-smollett5078 He sure was. Barkley and Bird rave about how tough he was. Charles said even with Moses and Doc there, Andrew was the guy who usually got the ball when they really needed a hoop.
Bird said he was the main guy the Celts feared.
@@mariusloveless7880 Very tough for that 1 season. I do believe some (not that many) teams were a tad more powerful (offensively) top to bottom because Iavaroni wasn't a scoring threat. But ... They didn't need him to be. He certainly did the dirty work and blended in well. And off the bench, Bobby Jones contributed on both ends, so I guess you can say it wasn't an issue.
It has certainly been proven an abundance of guys who need the ball can be a detriment. The mid 70s Sixers and last years Lakers fit the case.
RIP Moses Malone ❤️
76ers and lakers in early 80s big rivals great athmosphere
Great time to be a 76ers & Hoops fan as a kid.
* Dr J stroking Earl Cureton after his big game was the best. Doc was the coolest & classiest player ever. Earl felt like a Million Bucks.
Funny you mentioned Eric Cureton because him Vinnie Johnson, David Therkeil and a friend of mine Joe Washington whom we both knew David from St Louis and whom all where at least with the exception of myself and Vinnie were at 6'6"or taller hung out in Kansas City when the Detroit Pistons was playing the KC Kings riding in my 2dr Honda Prelude coup....how they got in that car still amazes me today..😳😇😅 40yrs later
" Moses Gonna Take Us To The Promised Land" The 1983 76ers were the most dominant team I ever saw. As a Lifelong Laker fan, even I was Happy for Dr.J.😊
I love this documentary and I am a Lakers fan since I was 5 years old I'm 45 now and Pat Riley is the GM of the Heat I hope he wins it this year he showed tremendous class after defeat.
To finally see Doc .J get his NBA championship ring was great and to beat the Lakers was how it should've been.
True that.
As a Lakers fan I agree, Dr J my favorite non Laker. Good for him
And a 'sweep' at that.
@@martyemmons3100 Fo, Fo, Fo!!!!!!!
It was great! It all came together for them in 83' with the arrival of Moses. Dr. J is one of my all-time favorites, and for them to sweep the Lakers was icing on the cake! Glad he got his ring! The Lakers were the team of the decade, but watching them lose to Philly, Boston, Detroit, and Chicago was very satisfying.
A sixers fan watching winning time brought me here
Love this team more than any other. So true that we build character through loss. So many great players never get to the pinnacle but their extraordinary talent won’t be forgotten: Bob Lanier, Artis Gilmore, Bernard King, George Gervin, Sidney Moncrief; just to name a few.
At 29:40 when the music starts to play for the 76ers, I can hear the Philly sound. It reminded me of when the 2004 Detroit Pistons beat the Lakers 4-1. I remember that series Detroit had Anita Baker and Aretha Franklin singing their national anthem's in The Palace. The music really makes a difference!
TSOP
I almost forgot this is 2022 cuz I felt like I was in the ‘83 season. Great job on this. 🔥
dr j.... one of the best.
Love the Doctor and Kareem face off with Refs in middle explaining game.
The are and will always be my greatest team of all time!!!!❤ Loved that year!
This is good I am here watching this in the year 2023 and wow so many great players
One of the four immensely powerful NBA superteams of the 1980s. These four teams were destroyers. They demolished everything in their path.
1982/83 Philadelphia 76ers 1985/86 Boston Celtics 1986/87 Los Angeles Lakers 1988/89 Detroit Pistons
83' Sixers don't count as much, they only had to play 3 rounds instead of 4.
you know who was super tough, just a rung below the 3 elite eastern teams, the 83 Bucks who swept Larry Legend and would take Philly or Boston to game 6 or 7 year after year in the 80s. First off Marques Johnson was one smooth mfer, he was a star, he was getting his against Doc, Bird, anyone and put him with angry Lanier, Lister, Moncrief, Pressey with Winters, Bridgeman, Cowens, Ford, Catchings all coming off the bench, that was a super high IQ team with athleticism at every position and coached by a real innovator, Don Nelson, I saw it as avid Philly 76er fan back in the day, those Bucks were dangerous, it was a battle
yes 5 big teams in 80s
@@KP-wt8qrDoesn't matter , would still dominate on any court in any city.
@@gabeeskridge8291 Lol no they wouldn't, most 80's champs would get demolished by any 21st century NBA championship team.
Dr.J was my Basketball Idol when i was like 12 or 13 in Philly in the Summer of 1978 the Sports Camp we was attending Daily the Late John Chaney Director took the Camp to the Palestra to meet Dr.J in Person that was Amazing 👊🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀
In 1983, I was a baby. It's really nice to see this NBA historical footage
Fantastic documentary. Loved the special nod to the great players like Lanier, Pistol Pete, Hudson, Bing, etc. who were great but tragically cold not win the big one. Doctor J was in danger of becoming an even more tragic figure as he actually won just three years into his career but his ABA titles and stats were ignored. So he would have joined the list in an ironic sense.
Such great basketball 🏀 to watch back in those days.
Earl Cureton sat on the bench all season. Clemon Johnson was the back up center. But when Cureton hit that hook shot over Kareem 41:04, we knew something special was happening
Gosh, those Bucks teams were really something. But the Sixers put together a legendary run in 1983. Moses called it.
the Bucks were just a slice below Boston and Philly in the 80s, an excellent, deep, athletic team with the great Don Nelson coaching and Marques Johnson was a flat out star (forgotten by many)
The Bucks beat the Sixers twice in that era. Swept the Celtics in 1983 but couldn't beat the Sixers & Celtics both in the same playoffs to reach the finals
Wow I’ve been watching all these documentaries on every nba team since the 80s and I just noticed till now it’s Squadawkins who uploaded them
The first all world, with his first shoe finally had the help to get over the hump,MJ my goat but doc my hero forever.He saved Pittsburgh and the league.Rockstar that flys and had airbreaks .#6 All World.
That when I was start coming a young fan of the NBA the 76ers was the team I was rooting for them and the nuggets
I remember seeing those playoffs! They were great like all the NBA Playoffs are today! The 76ers with Dr. J. and Moses Malone were the far superior team that year! This is when the NBA was catching up to the NFL and starting to pass MLB as the best popular major sport!😄
The 82/83 76ers had the Boston Celtics fans chanting for them! They went on to destroy the Lakers in the Finals after Beat LA in Boston. Doc gets a well deserved ring 💍 🏆
I loved this team. They were phenomenal at defense. And Maurice Cheeks!
Little Mo
Big Mo
The Doctor
Andrew Toney
& Iavaroni
No bologna
Sixers all the way.
Fo' Fi' Fo'
Star a every position
Moses
I'm a Lakers fan but that line was slick and the they have the Magician but we have the Physician.
@@damionbranscomb9556 how about pat riley ?? Who boston celtic coach chris ford ;; m.l carr ;; boston celtic should rehire tommy heinlson
@@lloydkline1518 I love it LOL.
R.I.P Bob Lanier
Ill never forget that team!!
At that time, i don't think there was any one player that deserved to finally get a ring more than Dr. J! It would've been a shame if he had went his whole brilliant career and didn't get one!
Thanks for this legendary championship
Imagine if Doc and Moses played the majority of their careers together. Basketball history would be totally different. They dominated 1983 with a Dr J that was past his prime, Moses was at the end of his prime and a healthy Andrew Toney.
In the 1980 finals Doug Collins was out for the Sixers. He was arguably one of the best guards at that time.
The best team I EVER SEEN IN MY LIFETIME
#4-5-4 The Philadelphia 76ers bought in Moses Malone he said 444 but it was 4 5 4 as the sixers went on to win the NBA title helping Dr J get their his first NBA title while he carry the team on his back and to bring Moses Malone the pardon the Red Sea to an NBA title 👍
I had just moved to Philly from South Georgia two years previously and I was the only person in my 6th grade class to not skip school for the parade 🤦🏾♂️
damn that sucks, I was there on Broad street celebrating and in the Vet that awesome day, still got the newspapers
@@tonygajate5780 it was a marvelous day to be in twelfth grade. We skipped school and went downtown. The best of all of the Philly team championship parades, in my opinion. What a memory!
Peter Falk and Elliot Gould at the Knicks game…Classic.
48:32 "We want to end it in four. We want someone to remember this team." Damn. That's gangster.
You guys are remembered, Billy. No doubt about that.
The best team of all time. 🙏🇺🇲
SPECIAL SPECIAL RIP to moses " fo, fo, fo," malone
Damm When Kareem said it’s Great but lonely at the top I was thinking 💭 well know you got company …Jordan/Bron/Kobe
To go in and beat the showtime Lakers in LA and sweep them is just crazy.
I was so happy for Philly
One of the best teams ever
Agreed!!!!
11:32 - Little Mo, Big Mo, The Doctor, Andrew Toney and Iavaroni. No baloney. Sixers all the way!
11:46 in game 4 bucks fans hold up a sign said "NOT TODAY" in game 5 76ers fans hold up a sign said "Yes Today!"
so many good players the real basket !
Bobby Jones plays with the same effort and talks with the same cadence as Dennis Rodman. Strange.
Why would they ever get rid of the Mecca hardwood floors??? It was beautiful and nostalgic too.
exactly, WTF or Yankee stadium, the Boston Garden, MSG, the Spectrum.....a foookin tragedy to kill the history and tradition.
Still remember this like last week I was like 10 years old still can't believe that bucks team ran over the Celtics like they did a lot of people have forgotten about that
Originally the opening song was the Pointer Sisters "I'M SO EXCITED"
I might get brow beaten for this but I feel Moses should've been on the DREAM TEAM
LOL. I love Moses as much as the next Sixers fan but Moses was 37 years old in 1992. His best years were waaay behind him by that point.
I still liked your hot take tho lol
❤️ mose malone he used to own NBA mvp awards
If the Pros were allowed in '84, Moses probably would have been on the team
@@Mmacrossfirekenai or 88'
@@MmacrossfirekenaiMoses definitely would've been on the 1984 team. He was the best center in the league and a 3x MVP
🤔Awesome Good Ole Basketball Memories when N.B.A. was alive.😎🏀💣💥🇺🇲
I was 1 now I’m about to be 40 and we been getting our ass kicked ever since
The only team that beat them in the playoffs that season was the Milwaukee Bucks in game 3. Moses' greatest comment, " thall shall not beat Philly again or no more "
80s style was cool man.
Dr J finally won and Moses Malone was the factor
Like every one else they had a problem with Kareem this Moses Malone
I think for a single season best team this was it...4 of there top 6 players are hall of farmers and if not for injurys 1 other would have been...throw in other rotation al pieces Richardson, Clemons Johnson, earl current on. They were vets but still in there physical prime and stayed healthy
This doc is so sick!!! This doc needs a docta!!!
53:03 Who the hell started narrating there?? “Though hurt by injuries, they have played VIOLENTLY??” Not sure how violent the Lakers were back then, but they probably played VALIANTLY.
33:33 an head on collision... unique in basketball history
The 83 Sixers probably the best team ever
ESPN would show this about once a week when I was a little kid. I seem to remember "What a Feeling" playing in the background as Billy Cunningham kissed everybody he could find.
"the burning sensation of Earvin Magic Johnson" that's an interesting way to describe it lol
Pieces of a Dream Fo Fi Fo. Dedicated there song to the 1983 76ers. Grover Washington Jr di Flight time to the team as well
most likely the last championship the Sixers will ever win.
49:51 thats a perfect quote right there.
Yeah glad he got a ring in the NBA
Ahhh Man I forgotten of how good these teams were All of them
The Sixers from around 1977-1984 was as great an NBA team as there ever was. Won about 60 games a year. Doc, Cheeks, Toney, Bobby Jones, Malone. That was my team with Billy C as Coach. Harold Katz destroyed the team with horrible trades. 😡
Moses was great, but Dr. J was that dude.
yeah but in 1983 Doc was the third option, he was the third dude
Una bellissima fiaba diventata verità. W il basket 🏀❤!🇮🇪
Lakers griped about injuries but the loss of andrew toney almost cost the series.. He was never the same player!
Only think I regret is that they seemed content with just that one championship I was so disappointed that they didn’t go far to defend their championship get bounced by the lowly nets 83-84
That's when the Sixers' organization cared about their fans
1982-83 76ers went 12 and 1 ( only loss game 3 in Milwaukee) beating their opponents by an average of 14 ppg including the 4 game blowout of the defending champion Lakers
The bucks had a nice team
oh yes spurs too
Now it's 40 seasons since there last ring
@13:22 Players have been worried about how they'd be perceived without a ring all the way back then. This is why the players are no longer waiting on the front offices to surround them with talent anymore.
Shocked that a great Boston team got swept by Milwaukee
shouldn't be the Bucks were stacked and hungry, Philly and Boston played them year after year to 6,7 game playoff series, the Bucks were for real in the 80s, prime Marques Johnson got his against Doc, Bird, anyone
Bucks just lacked a low post scorer. Lanier was playing with bad kness that hurt his game aftrt 10 12 yrsrs. Marquis Johnson. Junior Bridgeman. Brian Winters. Sidney Moncrief. Great team that had philly and celtics to deal with.
What won Philly this Series was their depth especially in lieu Lakers were down Jamaal Wilkes, Bob McAdoo, and James Worthy. Lakers had decent leads in a couple games but by 4th Quarter were worn down
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remember Bill Campbell on channel 48? Great times
Little known fact…Magic Johnson was actually a 49 year old woman from Illinois in the witness protection program.
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