I agree with you in that Dennis Johnson was underrated. Sadly, he wasn't even elected to the Hall of Fame until after he died. Larry Bird said that he was the best player he ever played with.
DJ only made the Hall because of what Bird said. He doesn't get in on his stats. 14.1p 3.9e 5.0a FG% 44.5 The problem with DJ was he was inconsistent. But he understood the FLOW of the game and was there in the clutch and that's what Bird is talking about. Because if you look at production, Mchale and probably Parish were clearly better than DJ. DJ had accomplishments and then he would have stretches where he just was unprepared and didn't show up. Big games, he was ready. He was a 5 time all Star and multiple time All Defense. He won a championship with the Seattle Supersonics before he got to the Celtics and was FMVP. So big time player, but I seriously think if Bird didn't claim he was the best player he played with, DJ doesn't make the hall. but if you look at his Hall of Fame Probability it's only 50% McHale is at 98.6%. Parish is at 99.6%
I watched this game live. It was more incredible than I can describe. When that ball went off Sichting we all thought the game was over AND the series. The steal happened so fast it was hard to believe it happened. We were speechless! The crowd roared but didn’t charge the floor because it was still in shock the Celts had won! This is the kind of thing Bird did on a nightly basis. Even if he didn’t get 30 points, or hit a game-winner, he always did something special. You almost expected it.
@@MarcTheSparcTV Bird and DJ and a feel for each other and could create plays without speaking. The 80's Celtics basically played by principles and flow. The coach was not calling plays all the time and running the offense. There were two special plays that once you hear about them, you start to see them all the time DJ and Bird and his play were DJ would be at the top of the key and Bird would run through the line like he was heading to post up on the other side, but then he would stop right under the basketball and when the timing was right DJ would rifle a one hand pass right off the dribble to Bird for easy points. It definitely happened in this video at least once. The other play was with Bill Walton who was a great passing Big man, the Jokic of his day. he would post up, Bird would toss the ball into him and then run right at Walton and at the last second veer left or right and drag his man right into Walton and Walton could just lay off the pass on either side. It was like a top and bottom pick and roll, instead of a side to side pick and roll, it was basically unguardable.
This is probably the greatest singular play in playoff basketball history. And in my opinion, Bird's greatest pass. It wasn't flashy or jaw dropping, like you see him do on his passing videos, but the speed in which he calculated everything in less than two seconds was amazing. DJ was heady too. Those two clicked perfectly on the court. I remember watching this game all those years ago and was stunned watching this play. Great reaction bro.
Yeah, the Chief taking Laimbeer down may be my favorite Laimbeer moment. Two pieces of context here: Laimbeer tackled Bird (and I mean full bodyslam tackle - Bird wasn't even holding the ball anymore) two games before this. And if you take a good look just before Parrish finally had enough, you'll see Laimbeer move his foot while the Chief is jumping. He was trying to slide his foot under Parrish' landing and twist his ankle - he'd done it to multiple others before and after. Bird still dislikes Laimbeer: "He had to do what he had to do and I understand that, but you take like (former Piston) Ricky Mahorn, he’d hit you and you knew you were going to get hit. He didn’t try to maim you. Bill tried to hurt you." And yes, despite all that, as you saw... Bill Laimbeer was talented. As Rodman wrote down later about Laimbeer: "He was more than a thug, but that’s what he’ll be remembered for."
I love that you're digging into old games and not just high lights. This was a lot of fun. I sort of remember watching this as a kid mostly from my parents reactions, but I was only 6 years old.
Parish clocked Laimbeer in game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. But, already in game 3, Laimbeer took down Bird in an obvious effort to injure him outta the series. Bird and Laimbeer got in a fight then Rodman tried to square off w/Bird. (Which was cute! Bird twirled Rodman off without even needing to use both hands. lol) When that went down, Parish was in the locker room with an injured ankle. The ankle kept him out of game 4 too. This was his first game back in the series since Laimbeer played dirty with Larry. Laimbeer gave Parish plenty of excuses to get physical in this game, but everybody knew Parish took Laimbeer all the way down as retaliation for what happened in game 3. See, you have to listen to your elders when we talk about how soft the league is today compared to how it was back then. It's easy to tell which one of those 80's/90's guys could excel in today's league, but it's a lot harder to tell which of today's players could have made it back then. Back then, you had to be able to go at it, and carry on. It's not always about who's biggest either. A truism in life is that sometimes big guys can't fight because they've never had to because they're big. Smaller guys may be scrappier with more fighting experience!
@@MarcTheSparcTV Yeah, I think the only reason Parish wasn't thrown out of the game was the refs knew this was payback for this play ruclips.net/video/oCu5rO2ETvs/видео.html
I agree with you about DJ. He was a phenomenal player. Larry said he was the best player he ever played with. Watching them together was a thing of beauty. How I miss those days!
''Bro, Bill Laimbeer is killing y'all. I'm telling you." is just one of the countless lines that cracked me up. Respect to your ball knowledge and enthusiasm
@@MarcTheSparcTV one of the great playoff games. Pistons were on their rise to NBA champions. The steal is real time was crazy. Rodman was the tripleteam block and everybody thinks it's Boston's ball. It was UNREAL when it happened. It was like Bird was Superman and someone was falling off a building and he flies in and saves her. The last two minutes of this game are worth watching. and Laimbeer was not stiff he was a 4 time All Star including this year.
Laimbeer was known for throwing elbows and stepping under your feet as you came down so you would twist your ankle, cant remember what happened here but everyone even the pistons knew Laimbeer had been asking for it for some time so when Parish took him down even the ref's didnt call it. Parish was not one to start trouble and he'd had plenty of dirty shots from Laimbeer and this was one time he had enough. I never understood why Laimbeer had to play dirty cause he was actually a strong player without the dirty stuff.
Can't say enough as to how much I appreciate you bring all the historical content back. My dad wasn't big into anything but football and he controlled our only TV so I seldom got to watch games. So this is both education (you 'baller' on how much you know) and fun as hell to watch. Thanks man!
Bird famously said DJ was the best baller he ever played with and now he's in the HOF. So now Ainge, that scrappy little pain in the ass who lead the league in 3 pointers one year, is the most underrated
😁 That was fun to watch. Larry Legend for sure. That whole team. And right after that basket, 1 second left, DJ is ON defense and Bird too. As much as people question Isaiah's throw, Laimbeer didn't move toward it to actively catch it either tho. Did you notice where Bird was on the floor when Isaiah stepped out of bounds to inbound the ball? On his butt on the far side of the court. No wonder Isaiah didn't realize he was even around, being SO sure they had all but won on HIS basket. It must have felt like "hero to zero" in a split second for him. Enjoying these reaction videos. Thanks for sharing.
That was fun to watch on my end as well… DJ was always ready for the moment… Isaiah Thomas just rushed it for no reason… smh had the game locked up too
As Isiah said, "The Celtics taught us to play a full 48 minute game." With even a few seconds left and the game all but decided, Bird and Johnson were still Playing...I read somewhere that even with Johnson's basket and only one second left on the clock, both Bird and Johnson were moving towards the other end of the court...
@@MarcTheSparcTV Yup! Parish said later that he'd had enough. Hard to see Lambeer's elbows because he was an expert at using them. But players felt them. It took a lot for Parish, the strong, silent type, to lose his cool. So, Lambeer was asking for it. Maybe the refs agreed and that's why they didn't make call! "That's what you get Lambo!" they probably said.
@@michaelmccaffery8327 Yep, Parish retaliated for what Laimbeer did to Bird. Chief wasn't to be messed with. In the off season, he would not touch a basketball, but would be immersed in marshal arts training. to keep him limber and mentally tough.
I just wanted to say that your perspective on this decade is spot on. Not only am I crying hysterically in laughter with your banter, but you see the game back then, exactly how is was. A blood bath
The no call foul by Parish is the funniest event in the history of the NBA. I was almost crying from laughing so hard. In 2022 that is a manditory 3 game suspension.
Also. Larry Bird quote. “Dennis Johnson was the best player I EVER played with.” Just so you know. You will find it in multiple videos and I believe in his retirement ceremony. Check it out. One more thing. I watched almost all these games growing up as a young boy. The late, great, DJ, not only was an MVP on the Supersonics, but almost a great as Magic. Just my memories. Keeping it real
Watch Bird get knocked on his ass and slide back at 20:29 when that shot was blocked. I bet that pissed him off royally enough for him to probably say... "Naw, F that shiz! You ain't winning this!" He gets up, circles around, runs up and blocks and steals the shot. DJ was a savior. Bird said he was his favorite teammate on the court.
DJ is in the HoF. He's only underrated by those who tend to overrate all the wrong things...The Darren Daye behind the back play would draw whistles up and down the floor today....The Parrish play would draw an FBI Terrorism Investigation . Laimbeer jumped into Parrish with his left shoulder/elbow shoving high, and after the Bird attack the game before, the Chief was having none of it....Man, it was fun watching all this happen...The announcers are too polite to outright say the asshole got what he deserved, but the refs said it loud and clear....and yes, Laimbeer was a productive player except for his seeming intent to maim people....Parrish had bad ankles, and was out there on guts a lot of the time. When he was healthy, no big man ran the floor as well....On the last play, Bird deked covering Dumars just long enough for Isaiah to see him and then Laimbeer "wide open", and of course, DJ wasn't even a little surprised by any of it and slid down like it was a called inbounds play....
Stop the footage where bird has the ball (3 secs left) and bird's heels were above the line NOT TOUCHING as he passed it to DJ FOR THE LAY-UP WIN, you want to talk about balance!
Your reaction to no call on Chiefs forearm to Laimbeer is funniest thing I've seen in months ! I watch it just for a laugh at least once a week and Bird steel and pass to DJ classic as well.
The Celtics were really tore up with injuries this year. Mchale had already been playing on a broken foot for weeks by the time this series started, Parish kept going down on a weak ankle throughout the entire playoffs, and Walton's bad ankles meant he only played in like 4 games all year for a total of like 10 minutes.
4:54 Dude bounces the ball a few times picks the thing up off the court for a hour then puts it back down on the floor and doesn't get called for double-dribbling
These 80s games are so amazing to watch especially not knowing how it goes. Never knew Lambeer was that good wtf. Also Mchale was actually a pretty good shooter. Short pull ups and fade aways all day. And not super skilled but dude finished going to the basket.
@@MarcTheSparcTV You know what would be a great reaction. Bill Walton's championship year with Portland playing against Jabbar in the playoffs, epic. Watched that one , just amazing.
Walton and Wedman were both injured. This was one of the most beat-up great teams of all time. In addition to Bird's various injuries, McHale played this series on a hairline fracture in his foot, and Parish kept getting his ankles sprained by Laimbeer sticking his feet (intentionally) into Parish's landing area. The fact that the Celtics won this series (BTW, they were -26 in the series, since Detroit won their games by blowouts and the Celtics kept winning games like this one), and then took the 1987 Lakers to 6 games, is one of the most amazing runs in sports history. They were just wrecked by injuries and kept finding ways to win. I believe that Parish was suspended for Game 6 (the league office reviewed the incident), even though he wasn't punished at all in real time.
The 80s was SO much better basketball than today's just jacking up 3s, your reaction to Chief forearm to Laimbeer was highlight of video watched it twice-hehe.
Parish had problems with sprained ankles when playing around Laimbeer. Laimbeer slid his foot under players making jump shots to injure them when they came down. He punched Laimbeer because of the take down on Larry two games prior.
Dj always seems to be in the right spot for larry to use him as a secret weapon. Dj is so underrated god rest his soul. He was as loyal to boston as the big 3 were. That team was just so devoted to each other. Red made no mistakes putting this team together for the 80’s.
The dude standing next to Walton at the end of the game is Pistol Pete. One of the greatest players of all time. He average 44 points/gm for his CAREER in college. You should check out some of his stuff if you haven't already.
@@MarcTheSparcTV Bird's Dad talked some trash about Pistol Pete. Pete Maravich's dad played pro ball in the 1940's and then became a college coach and coached Pete when he got 44ppg in college. Bird's Dad said maybe I should become your coach and let you take every shot and we'll see what you score. and if you look, Bird shot a much higher percentage than Maravich and if he took as many shots, would have averaged more than Maravich. As it was Bird was probably one of the top 5 college players ever with Kareem, Walton, Russell, Oscar Robertson, OK maybe top 10.
Was Bird purposefully melding into -- camouflaging himself in -- a Piston -- Vinnie Johnson? -- player, waiting for Isiah to make the lazy inbounds pass? Look again. Appears so.
Btw. Everyone can see, how in the hell was this badass able to tiptoe & stay inbounds?! Unreal. Nobody like him, and no one will ever be like him again.
That Robert Parish play against Laimbeer shows you the difference in when the NBA was a man's game and how it is now. We shouldn't be asking if 80's players could play now, we should be asking who could survive in the 80's game.
I've seen that Parish/Laimbeer clip a thousand times and I never knew until now that was a no call.. imagine what would happen in today's NBA...lol..out of this world
Bird / DJ the gruesome two some, they both said they were always aware where the other one was at ,DJ showed some love to bird after that best play in history of professional Basketball ball
Bird had a flair for the dramatic!!! He topped himself here!!! He lived for the clutch shot with 3 seconds left. He said in an interview, that's what it's all about. It's what separates the men from the boys" lol He would tell the team to start waving towels to the crowd to excite!
Growing up, I was a Detroit Piston fan. I remember watching this game and was absolutely gutted they lost. Detroit had a lot of talent on the team and everyone always remembers their dirty play on defense, but they had an awful lot of offensive skill as well.
Chuck Daly was an amazing coach and changed NBA defenses forever. With the Rise of Bird and Magic and Michael, you had these hyper offensive starting and you had to come up with new ideas if you wanted to win.
@@busterkeaton1001 If you watch the Making the Case for the '89 Pistons video, he brings out the fact that the Pistons became the "villains" to get a psychological advantage over their opponents. Bird had his trash talking to get you off your game; Jordan had his physical ability to make him unstoppable. However, the Pistons realized that a simple reach in foul was counted the same as hard foul. Some took it too far with intent to injure, but it did serve the purpose. Their opponents weren't playing the game as they should because they were distracted psychologically. ruclips.net/video/CAK8_dOW1Sk/видео.html
The mistake at the end was Isiah's. He never took the ball out of bounds. It was always either Mahorn or Salley. For some reason Isiah walked over and took the ball and Mahorn was looking at him weird like "hey that's my job". But since Isiah was the team captain he didn't say anything. Isiah later admitted he had a brain freeze at that moment.
I'm 67 years old, I was watching these games in the day. Back then the NBA was almost as physical as the NFL. And in the playoffs, refs then were like NFL playoff refs today- "They're grown men, let them play it out"
Imagine a 7' getting less than 13 ppg in front court era, less than 10 rpg,, and only .9 bpg. Larry had him beat in everything except bpg, where he average .8, .1 below the 7'
I am more for baseball so I'm not into Ball but with sitting in thBall. And you in the same room, I could start to like Bball. You have a infectious energy. Eye jammy, 👍👍👍👍
Parish routinely hurts his ankles, because Bill Lambert deliberately puts his foot in the position for the chief to land on it, and twist his ankle…. That’s one of the reasons he elbow the shit out of him on that rebound.🥴🥴🤪😂❤️
With all these classics that you watch, a couple questions: 1. Do you think the classic era was better than the current? 2. Do you wish they'd mix some of the classic style of with today's?
Classic era was definitely better strictly because of the intensity and actual rivalries... everybody is too friendly for me now... and the lost art of post play would be great if it made a resurgence
I miss the 80’s. Real basketball. Current basketball is chucking threes and flopping for fouls (Harden). In todays soft NBA, that hit by Parish would have been a technical with an ejection, a game suspension and a fine. In the 80’s was…just keep playing!!
Larry Bird Hits Game Winner In Michael Jordan’s Face:
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It would be great to hear what they're saying.
I agree with you in that Dennis Johnson was underrated. Sadly, he wasn't even elected to the Hall of Fame until after he died. Larry Bird said that he was the best player he ever played with.
DJ only made the Hall because of what Bird said. He doesn't get in on his stats.
14.1p
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The problem with DJ was he was inconsistent.
But he understood the FLOW of the game and was there in the clutch and that's what Bird is talking about. Because if you look at production, Mchale and probably Parish were clearly better than DJ.
DJ had accomplishments and then he would have stretches where he just was unprepared and didn't show up. Big games, he was ready.
He was a 5 time all Star and multiple time All Defense. He won a championship with the Seattle Supersonics before he got to the Celtics and was FMVP. So big time player, but I seriously think if Bird didn't claim he was the best player he played with, DJ doesn't make the hall.
but if you look at his Hall of Fame Probability it's only 50%
McHale is at 98.6%. Parish is at 99.6%
I think Bird said he was the best teammate he ever played with, not the best player. Subtle difference.
I watched this game live. It was more incredible than I can describe. When that ball went off Sichting we all thought the game was over AND the series. The steal happened so fast it was hard to believe it happened. We were speechless! The crowd roared but didn’t charge the floor because it was still in shock the Celts had won! This is the kind of thing Bird did on a nightly basis. Even if he didn’t get 30 points, or hit a game-winner, he always did something special. You almost expected it.
Dennis and Larry did that bounce pass off the backboard a lot! They had worked on that play in practice to perfection!
That’s next level type of stuff… wonder why people don’t do that today🤔
@@MarcTheSparcTV Bird and DJ and a feel for each other and could create plays without speaking. The 80's Celtics basically played by principles and flow. The coach was not calling plays all the time and running the offense. There were two special plays that once you hear about them, you start to see them all the time
DJ and Bird and his play were DJ would be at the top of the key and Bird would run through the line like he was heading to post up on the other side, but then he would stop right under the basketball and when the timing was right DJ would rifle a one hand pass right off the dribble to Bird for easy points. It definitely happened in this video at least once.
The other play was with Bill Walton who was a great passing Big man, the Jokic of his day. he would post up, Bird would toss the ball into him and then run right at Walton and at the last second veer left or right and drag his man right into Walton and Walton could just lay off the pass on either side. It was like a top and bottom pick and roll, instead of a side to side pick and roll, it was basically unguardable.
@@MarcTheSparcTV Hard to get a bounce of the board to go out to the 3pt🤔 line
This is probably the greatest singular play in playoff basketball history. And in my opinion, Bird's greatest pass. It wasn't flashy or jaw dropping, like you see him do on his passing videos, but the speed in which he calculated everything in less than two seconds was amazing. DJ was heady too. Those two clicked perfectly on the court. I remember watching this game all those years ago and was stunned watching this play. Great reaction bro.
Oh yeah… that play is iconic
That backboard pass was a somewhat common play especially between Larry and DJ, more than once they passed to each other off the backboard.
Yeah, the Chief taking Laimbeer down may be my favorite Laimbeer moment. Two pieces of context here: Laimbeer tackled Bird (and I mean full bodyslam tackle - Bird wasn't even holding the ball anymore) two games before this. And if you take a good look just before Parrish finally had enough, you'll see Laimbeer move his foot while the Chief is jumping. He was trying to slide his foot under Parrish' landing and twist his ankle - he'd done it to multiple others before and after.
Bird still dislikes Laimbeer: "He had to do what he had to do and I understand that, but you take like (former Piston) Ricky Mahorn, he’d hit you and you knew you were going to get hit. He didn’t try to maim you. Bill tried to hurt you."
And yes, despite all that, as you saw... Bill Laimbeer was talented. As Rodman wrote down later about Laimbeer: "He was more than a thug, but that’s what he’ll be remembered for."
He also elbowed Parish in the neck right before he got punched. The whole crowd was on its feet and cheering when the Chief knocked his punk ass down.
The game was so good back then. You do a great job with your reactions.
Thank you... i try
The Chief knocked Laimbeer's teeth out during a game and didn't even get called for the foul. The 80's was tough. lmao
I love that you're digging into old games and not just high lights. This was a lot of fun. I sort of remember watching this as a kid mostly from my parents reactions, but I was only 6 years old.
Bird had a sense of where everyone was at clutch time, including the other team!
At all times*
Parish clocked Laimbeer in game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals. But, already in game 3, Laimbeer took down Bird in an obvious effort to injure him outta the series. Bird and Laimbeer got in a fight then Rodman tried to square off w/Bird. (Which was cute! Bird twirled Rodman off without even needing to use both hands. lol) When that went down, Parish was in the locker room with an injured ankle. The ankle kept him out of game 4 too. This was his first game back in the series since Laimbeer played dirty with Larry. Laimbeer gave Parish plenty of excuses to get physical in this game, but everybody knew Parish took Laimbeer all the way down as retaliation for what happened in game 3. See, you have to listen to your elders when we talk about how soft the league is today compared to how it was back then. It's easy to tell which one of those 80's/90's guys could excel in today's league, but it's a lot harder to tell which of today's players could have made it back then. Back then, you had to be able to go at it, and carry on. It's not always about who's biggest either. A truism in life is that sometimes big guys can't fight because they've never had to because they're big. Smaller guys may be scrappier with more fighting experience!
Wow… that’s a great history lesson… and wise words about who can actually fight and who only looks the part
@@MarcTheSparcTV Yeah, I think the only reason Parish wasn't thrown out of the game was the refs knew this was payback for this play
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Yeah like Shaq & Barkley 😂
I agree with you about DJ. He was a phenomenal player. Larry said he was the best player he ever played with. Watching them together was a thing of beauty. How I miss those days!
''Bro, Bill Laimbeer is killing y'all. I'm telling you." is just one of the countless lines that cracked me up. Respect to your ball knowledge and enthusiasm
😅 thanks… I just say what’s on my mind
@@MarcTheSparcTV one of the great playoff games. Pistons were on their rise to NBA champions.
The steal is real time was crazy. Rodman was the tripleteam block and everybody thinks it's Boston's ball. It was UNREAL when it happened. It was like Bird was Superman and someone was falling off a building and he flies in and saves her.
The last two minutes of this game are worth watching.
and Laimbeer was not stiff he was a 4 time All Star including this year.
Bird is the word…love these videos brings me back to the days I was watching Bird play. Miss those days
Glad you like them
Laimbeer was known for throwing elbows and stepping under your feet as you came down so you would twist your ankle, cant remember what happened here but everyone even the pistons knew Laimbeer had been asking for it for some time so when Parish took him down even the ref's didnt call it. Parish was not one to start trouble and he'd had plenty of dirty shots from Laimbeer and this was one time he had enough. I never understood why Laimbeer had to play dirty cause he was actually a strong player without the dirty stuff.
From game three
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If you view the play right before Parish floored Bill you'll see that Bill had elbowed Parish in the Adam's apple.
Can't say enough as to how much I appreciate you bring all the historical content back. My dad wasn't big into anything but football and he controlled our only TV so I seldom got to watch games. So this is both education (you 'baller' on how much you know) and fun as hell to watch. Thanks man!
No problem… it’s always fun for me too
Marc The Sparc People forget about the 7th game of this series. The Celtics won by 3 and Bird had like 37, 9,and 9. It was a great game.
Bird famously said DJ was the best baller he ever played with and now he's in the HOF. So now Ainge, that scrappy little pain in the ass who lead the league in 3 pointers one year, is the most underrated
Don't see hard nosed games like this anymore, so glad I was around then
😁 That was fun to watch. Larry Legend for sure. That whole team. And right after that basket, 1 second left, DJ is ON defense and Bird too.
As much as people question Isaiah's throw, Laimbeer didn't move toward it to actively catch it either tho.
Did you notice where Bird was on the floor when Isaiah stepped out of bounds to inbound the ball? On his butt on the far side of the court. No wonder Isaiah didn't realize he was even around, being SO sure they had all but won on HIS basket. It must have felt like "hero to zero" in a split second for him.
Enjoying these reaction videos. Thanks for sharing.
That was fun to watch on my end as well… DJ was always ready for the moment… Isaiah Thomas just rushed it for no reason… smh had the game locked up too
As Isiah said, "The Celtics taught us to play a full 48 minute game." With even a few seconds left and the game all but decided, Bird and Johnson were still Playing...I read somewhere that even with Johnson's basket and only one second left on the clock, both Bird and Johnson were moving towards the other end of the court...
That hit to Lambier by Parish was payback for the game before when they tried to take Bird out. And the ensuing fight
I grew up in this era. I watched almost every Celtics game in the 80's. When it came to winning time, Dennis Johnson never missed a shot. Never!
Fun fact: Twitter’s mascot (the bird) is named Larry the Bird after Larry Legend. Makes sense considering how big of a trash talker he is 😂
😂 Makes perfect sense
@6:28 😂 you see DJ & Larry’s telepathy in action! 👍
Lamebeer was throwing elbows all night on Chief 5:30 6:24 6:36 8:11 8:27 8:35.
😧Goodness gracious
@@MarcTheSparcTV Yup! Parish said later that he'd had enough. Hard to see Lambeer's elbows because he was an expert at using them. But players felt them. It took a lot for Parish, the strong, silent type, to lose his cool. So, Lambeer was asking for it. Maybe the refs agreed and that's why they didn't make call! "That's what you get Lambo!" they probably said.
@@michaelmccaffery8327 Yep, Parish retaliated for what Laimbeer did to Bird. Chief wasn't to be messed with. In the off season, he would not touch a basketball, but would be immersed in marshal arts training. to keep him limber and mentally tough.
I just wanted to say that your perspective on this decade is spot on. Not only am I crying hysterically in laughter with your banter, but you see the game back then, exactly how is was. A blood bath
The no call foul by Parish is the funniest event in the history of the NBA. I was almost crying from laughing so hard. In 2022 that is a manditory 3 game suspension.
Best moment was your reaction to the Chief clocking Laimbeer. Hahah.
Also. Larry Bird quote. “Dennis Johnson was the best player I EVER played with.” Just so you know. You will find it in multiple videos and I believe in his retirement ceremony. Check it out. One more thing. I watched almost all these games growing up as a young boy. The late, great, DJ, not only was an MVP on the Supersonics, but almost a great as Magic. Just my memories. Keeping it real
Larry legend at his best, Mr. Clutch. Bird said DJ was the best player he ever played with.
Watch Bird get knocked on his ass and slide back at 20:29 when that shot was blocked. I bet that pissed him off royally enough for him to probably say... "Naw, F that shiz! You ain't winning this!" He gets up, circles around, runs up and blocks and steals the shot. DJ was a savior. Bird said he was his favorite teammate on the court.
And it all happened so fast... that's rare instinct
DJ is in the HoF. He's only underrated by those who tend to overrate all the wrong things...The Darren Daye behind the back play would draw whistles up and down the floor today....The Parrish play would draw an FBI Terrorism Investigation . Laimbeer jumped into Parrish with his left shoulder/elbow shoving high, and after the Bird attack the game before, the Chief was having none of it....Man, it was fun watching all this happen...The announcers are too polite to outright say the asshole got what he deserved, but the refs said it loud and clear....and yes, Laimbeer was a productive player except for his seeming intent to maim people....Parrish had bad ankles, and was out there on guts a lot of the time. When he was healthy, no big man ran the floor as well....On the last play, Bird deked covering Dumars just long enough for Isaiah to see him and then Laimbeer "wide open", and of course, DJ wasn't even a little surprised by any of it and slid down like it was a called inbounds play....
Stop the footage where bird has the ball (3 secs left) and bird's heels were above the line NOT TOUCHING as he passed it to DJ FOR THE LAY-UP WIN, you want to talk about balance!
Your reaction to no call on Chiefs forearm to Laimbeer is funniest thing I've seen in months ! I watch it just for a laugh at least once a week and Bird steel and pass to DJ classic as well.
Great reaction, I love these old games.
Thank you… I’ll try to keep them cooking then
No one messes with the chief
Lol chief wasn’t playing any games with him
The Celtics were really tore up with injuries this year. Mchale had already been playing on a broken foot for weeks by the time this series started, Parish kept going down on a weak ankle throughout the entire playoffs, and Walton's bad ankles meant he only played in like 4 games all year for a total of like 10 minutes.
4:54 Dude bounces the ball a few times picks the thing up off the court for a hour then puts it back down on the floor and doesn't get called for double-dribbling
Yea Chief! That was revenge for Lambeer mugging Bird in the game before. I'm sure you've seen that clip
They didn't even call a foul. The refs hated Lambeer too
These 80s games are so amazing to watch especially not knowing how it goes. Never knew Lambeer was that good wtf. Also Mchale was actually a pretty good shooter. Short pull ups and fade aways all day. And not super skilled but dude finished going to the basket.
New sub here!! I LOVE your enthusiasm, love and knowledge of the game!!
" I guess he da Ben Simmons of their day!" Bwahahaaaaaaa. You fricken hilarious🤣
That’s the first thing that came to my head 😅
@@MarcTheSparcTV You know what would be a great reaction. Bill Walton's championship year with Portland playing against Jabbar in the playoffs, epic. Watched that one , just amazing.
Don't mess with The Chief. 🤣😂
Lol for real... he did not care at all about Bill Laimbeer's face
Awesome commentary, Marc the Sparc, I learned a lot! Thank you!
Walton and Wedman were both injured. This was one of the most beat-up great teams of all time. In addition to Bird's various injuries, McHale played this series on a hairline fracture in his foot, and Parish kept getting his ankles sprained by Laimbeer sticking his feet (intentionally) into Parish's landing area. The fact that the Celtics won this series (BTW, they were -26 in the series, since Detroit won their games by blowouts and the Celtics kept winning games like this one), and then took the 1987 Lakers to 6 games, is one of the most amazing runs in sports history. They were just wrecked by injuries and kept finding ways to win.
I believe that Parish was suspended for Game 6 (the league office reviewed the incident), even though he wasn't punished at all in real time.
I really enjoyed reliving this game with you! I love your comments.
😇 thanks… I really enjoyed watching it
Great reaction man, stay safe and God bless always, watching from the Phillipines
The Philippines?! Wow, shout-out to you
All Hail The Chief.
The 80s was SO much better basketball than today's just jacking up 3s, your reaction to Chief forearm to Laimbeer was highlight of video watched it twice-hehe.
Crying shame they didn't elect DJ to HOF till after he passed away !
"Imagine a seven foot Pat Beverly" that got me laughing!! 😂
Lol! Love your commentary man!
You really need to watch the 1979 NCAA Final- Michigan St. @ Indiana St.- Magic vs Bird with the Box scores. Yes the game is on YT
McHale has the broken foot here.
Parish had problems with sprained ankles when playing around Laimbeer. Laimbeer slid his foot under players making jump shots to injure them when they came down. He punched Laimbeer because of the take down on Larry two games prior.
a retaliation from 2 days later... that's crazy
Dj always seems to be in the right spot for larry to use him as a secret weapon. Dj is so underrated god rest his soul. He was as loyal to boston as the big 3 were. That team was just so devoted to each other. Red made no mistakes putting this team together for the 80’s.
Larry said DJ was the smartest player that he ever played with.
No wonder Bird said that he was his favorite teammate
Laimbeer had it coming!
That 3 piece on Laimbeer was retaliation for his actions against Bird the last time they played....
Yes sir Chief 🐐☘️🏀
The dude standing next to Walton at the end of the game is Pistol Pete. One of the greatest players of all time. He average 44 points/gm for his CAREER in college. You should check out some of his stuff if you haven't already.
Yeah I need to put that on my list
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Bird's Dad talked some trash about Pistol Pete. Pete Maravich's dad played pro ball in the 1940's and then became a college coach and coached Pete when he got 44ppg in college.
Bird's Dad said maybe I should become your coach and let you take every shot and we'll see what you score.
and if you look, Bird shot a much higher percentage than Maravich and if he took as many shots, would have averaged more than Maravich. As it was Bird was probably one of the top 5 college players ever with Kareem, Walton, Russell, Oscar Robertson, OK maybe top 10.
Not Pistol there but Greg Kite......Pistol got cut before the 1981 title
Was Bird purposefully melding into -- camouflaging himself in -- a Piston -- Vinnie Johnson? -- player, waiting for Isiah to make the lazy inbounds pass? Look again. Appears so.
Yep. You got mugged back in the day. In ‘81 I got my legs taken out from under me during a lay up. Results were a broken pelvic bone. Yeah. It hurt.
Awesome game. Rodman D Bird greatness
Laimbeer deserved that! If you watch that steal in slow motion, Larry is a blur🏃🏼💨😂
It’s a heady play… and he’s going faster than you’d think
I think it was payback from when Larry got smoked
Here comes Larry Blurred 😄
Btw. Everyone can see, how in the hell was this badass able to tiptoe & stay inbounds?! Unreal. Nobody like him, and no one will ever be like him again.
rodman was off celebrating victory at the club when bird did his thing
That beat down that Parrish gave Laimbeer was in retaliation for a cheap shot on Bird in the previous game.
That Robert Parish play against Laimbeer shows you the difference in when the NBA was a man's game and how it is now. We shouldn't be asking if 80's players could play now, we should be asking who could survive in the 80's game.
I've seen that Parish/Laimbeer clip a thousand times and I never knew until now that was a no call.. imagine what would happen in today's NBA...lol..out of this world
Larry said DJ was the best player he ever played with 🐐🐐☘️🏀
Bird / DJ the gruesome two some, they both said they were always aware where the other one was at ,DJ showed some love to bird after that best play in history of professional Basketball ball
Bird had a flair for the dramatic!!! He topped himself here!!! He lived for the clutch shot with 3 seconds left. He said in an interview, that's what it's all about. It's what separates the men from the boys" lol He would tell the team to start waving towels to the crowd to excite!
Growing up, I was a Detroit Piston fan. I remember watching this game and was absolutely gutted they lost. Detroit had a lot of talent on the team and everyone always remembers their dirty play on defense, but they had an awful lot of offensive skill as well.
Chuck Daly was an amazing coach and changed NBA defenses forever. With the Rise of Bird and Magic and Michael, you had these hyper offensive starting and you had to come up with new ideas if you wanted to win.
@@busterkeaton1001 If you watch the Making the Case for the '89 Pistons video, he brings out the fact that the Pistons became the "villains" to get a psychological advantage over their opponents. Bird had his trash talking to get you off your game; Jordan had his physical ability to make him unstoppable. However, the Pistons realized that a simple reach in foul was counted the same as hard foul. Some took it too far with intent to injure, but it did serve the purpose. Their opponents weren't playing the game as they should because they were distracted psychologically.
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Bird always said DJ was his favorite player he ever played with....
The mistake at the end was Isiah's. He never took the ball out of bounds. It was always either Mahorn or Salley. For some reason Isiah walked over and took the ball and Mahorn was looking at him weird like "hey that's my job". But since Isiah was the team captain he didn't say anything. Isiah later admitted he had a brain freeze at that moment.
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WHEN are you going to admit you’re a Celtics/Larry Bird convert??
The greatest NBA steal I have witnessed...Than you!
People were getting tired of the pistons antics. I remember Malone busting Thomas head open and Thomas needing 40 stitches.
when isiah came out after the time out he looked at Bird and Bird Winked at him
When you played against the Pistons it wasn't a game, it was a fight.
I'm 67 years old, I was watching these games in the day. Back then the NBA was almost as physical as the NFL. And in the playoffs, refs then were like NFL playoff refs today- "They're grown men, let them play it out"
Larry Legend
Imagine a 7' getting less than 13 ppg in front court era, less than 10 rpg,, and only .9 bpg. Larry had him beat in everything except bpg, where he average .8, .1 below the 7'
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You are realy one of the best "react to" on youtube 👉 I like all your videos 🔥
I am more for baseball so I'm not into Ball but with sitting in thBall. And you in the same room, I could start to like Bball. You have a infectious energy. Eye jammy, 👍👍👍👍
Rick Mahorn was a mean dude!
What about Jordan’s steal in the finals on Karl Malone? He went on to hit the most famous shot in history directly afterwards.
Parish routinely hurts his ankles, because Bill Lambert deliberately puts his foot in the position for the chief to land on it, and twist his ankle…. That’s one of the reasons he elbow the shit out of him on that rebound.🥴🥴🤪😂❤️
With all these classics that you watch, a couple questions:
1. Do you think the classic era was better than the current?
2. Do you wish they'd mix some of the classic style of with today's?
Classic era was definitely better strictly because of the intensity and actual rivalries... everybody is too friendly for me now... and the lost art of post play would be great if it made a resurgence
I miss the 80’s. Real basketball. Current basketball is chucking threes and flopping for fouls (Harden). In todays soft NBA, that hit by Parish would have been a technical with an ejection, a game suspension and a fine. In the 80’s was…just keep playing!!
Bird played ever click of the clock.
Dang it! I missed this….but I have an excuse, my kitty died the day you posted & I’ve been in a funk since 😔
Sorry to hear that… but glad to see you back 😇
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I love your running commentary!
I watch this game with my father and they both flew out of our seats from the Celtics won
And you thing Leflop can play in this area 😂
Larry had an enormous BB I.Q.
17:40
- what happened.?
- McHale hit him with a baseball bat and stabbed 4 times…. No call
Fuck I love your shit! So good!
I really felt that passion in that comment… 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Put some respect on Larry Legends name 🐐