Saw him play in high school schenley in pgh I was like 10 Me and my dad would go to random big games in the area Pittsburgh had a lot talent then We’d be one of few white people there
The announcers always feel obliged to say “I hate to see this type of thing happen”, but truth be told, they enjoy watching the fights just like everyone else.
Lucas had every right to defend his teammate and had to send Dawkins and the 76'ers a message that they weren't going to be bullied. The '77 Finals in my opinion, remains one of the best. After Philly won the first two, Portland clearly demonstrated that they were the superior team by winning four straight..
Lucas wasn't "defending" a teammate by throwing a sucker punch from behind. Besides, the only person Dawkins hit was Collins, his own guy. Had Lucas grabbed Dawkins, or something of the sort, you might have a point, but he didn't. You're right about the rest: his intent was to "send a message" -- which has nothing to do with defending a teammate. You need to get your story straight here with the explanation: was it to defend his teammate or send a message? You can't have it both ways. Contrary to popular belief, I don't really think the incident had much to do with the series result. The 76ers were a flawed team (the incident may have exposed this) in many ways. It should have been a 76ers sweep but Portland outcoached them and in many ways was the better team albeit with inferior talent. Who knows what went on in the 76ers locker room after this game. Whatever it was MAY have done them in.
@@scott1564 Sucker punched? Dawkins body slam Bob Gross, then sucker punch his own teammate Doug Collins, and then ran backward into Lucas' path, who finally leveled him with an elbow.
@@jcpenny3606 When you hit someone from behind, that is a sucker punch. Dawkins didn't body slam anyone. He held on to the ball, just like Gross did. Either of them could have let go at any point, but Dawkins was way stronger. I've seen this in hundreds of games over the years -- two players, both with a firm grip on the ball and one gets the better of the other by getting better control of the ball better. Don't want to be taken for a ride? No problem. Let go of the ball. Everyone wants the guy who gets control to suffer a penalty (usually a foul) without realizing that the guy that held on would have done exactly that had he either been stronger or in a more advantageous position -- in other words, he was trying to do the SAME THING, he just couldn't do it. Not defending Dawkins' actions after that -- he deserved to be thrown out. But thinking of Lucas as anything but a thug in this instance is absurd. I could have gotten a good punch on Dawkins had he not been looking. Essentially, you were wrong about most of what you wrote.
@@scott1564 Seems like you forgot Dawkins attempted sucker punch at Bob Gross and then cowardly ran backward right into Lucas' path. What you want Maurice to do, just stand there and get run over.
@@scott1564 When a dude is so out of control that he clocks his own teammate, you're a "thug" unless you use Marquess de Queensbury rules to engage the guy? Come on, man, that's feeble. This isn't all that complicated - Dawkins punched his own teammate and then was stupid enough to run backwards into a dude who saw an out of control lunatic who had just sucker punched someone coming his direction, so he put him on his ass. Any player that wasn't afraid of Dawkins (and Lucas wasn't afraid of anybody) would have done the same thing and they'd have been right to do it.
Dawkins body slams a Blazer, sucker punches his own teammate, and pisses of Maurice Lucas... Then Lucas mowed through the Sixers in the next 4 games to win the Blazers only NBA championship.
Back then you could have a full on fist fight and NOT get ejected😂😂 Today you can cuss too loud at the ref and he's giving you a technical foul and threatening to toss you.
This was one of the 41 fights from the 1976-77 season that had at least one ejection. There were plenty of others from that same season that had no ejections, including the Pistons' Bob Lanier going into the stands and fighting a fan who had slugged Detroit's M.L. Carr, and also Houston's Calvin Murphy putting a beatdown on Boston's Sidney Wicks for trying to rough Murphy up.
I wish every sport was like hockey man. Just give both of these homies about 3 minutes. Handles business. Sit out for 2 minutes of game time and let’s get back after it
No shit. They keep it 1 on 1, and let them work things out. No blindsided sucker punches, no weapons, no fans. Just 2 guys who have some things to work out
I don't think it's the best thing to tolerate fighting in sports that aren't about fighting. You'll get more dirty stuff happening because too many players won't know where the boundaries are.
All this changed after Kermit Washington punched Rudy T….. Rudy suffered tremendously and Washington’s career was never the same…. NBA started to crack down on it after that.
What's funny to me is after Lucas socked DD in the back of the head at around 0:11, Dawkins went all Fred Sanford bobbing and weaving at Lucas, but backed down when Lucas swung on him again in his face. Chocolate Thunder definitely didn't want Mo Smoke...LMBO!!!
That's what I saw. But a dude replied on my comment, talking about he knows DD. personally, and said he really wanted to fight Lucas. Shit, I couldn't tell. He didn't take one swing at him after being hit once in the back of the head and swung on when they were face to face.
@@millionsinlife Daryl Dawkins was far too big for Lucas Lucas hit DD from behind quite forcefully and couldn't even knock him to the ground. DD was 6'11" and 250. ML was 6'9" and 215. Dawkins' strength was unmatched back then. DD would have wiped the floor with Lucas.
@@sugarfoot2271you’re absolutely right. Lucas was badass but 215 is lightweight compared to a 250 all muscle frame. When I think of Evans high school DD always comes to mind
The only punch he landed was a sucker punch from behind. When he faced him straight up, it looked like those sock-em robots of the 70s. I don't think either one of them could fight their way out of a jr. high class but in fairness to both, neither would want the business end of clean punch to the jaw from the other. Of course, Kermit Washington found out what happens to people who deliver punches like that, so its probably better that neither Lucas nor Dawkins knew how to fight. Bottom line: this so-called fight was laughable.
It was a cheap shot for sure. But that's how Dawkins played. If Dawkins' brain ever matched his physical abilities he would have been in the GOAT talk. He had that much talent.
I remember this clearly. Philadelphia was a heavy favorite to win the championship. Before this happened, I actually liked Dawkins and Lucas. Dawkins threw Gross down hard on the floor and I believe should have received a technical foul. I cannot blame Gross for being mad. I already had respect for Lucas but gained even more respect for him when he came to his teammate's defense. Mo Lucas was tough as was Dawkins - and I am glad this fight never materialized. May both DD and Mo RIP. Too bad Walton had problems and a bad relationship between the Trailblazers and him developed in 1978 because Portland had the capability of winning multiple championships.
Big difference between the two men is Dawkins might be playing but Mr. Lucas never played around. If he showed you his fists, he was going to use them.
Doug Collins has had all kinds of bad luck. He was apart of the USA team involved in the ‘72 Olympics controversy, getting punched by his own teammate in the 77 NBA Finals that turned the series and getting g fired by the Bulls right before they won their championships
Dawkins and Gross contesting a rebound, and Dawkins uses his size to rip not only the ball away from Gross, but since gross arm was still on the ball, the move brought Gross right over the top and down on the court hard. If anyone was going to pissed about that, it's Gross, (and he did) so Dawkins tried insult on injury so to speak, and throws a running punch at Gross, who's being attended to by Dawkins' teammate Doug Collins, and the punch lands on Collins. Talk about being ignorant.
The thing that actually made this moment legendary, though, was what happened in the following game. Before the game even started, Lucas walked over to the Philly bench and everyone was thinking “uh oh, what’s gonna happen?” Lucas stuck his hand out and shook guys’ hands to say all’s good so let’s just play. That seemed to create a psychological advantage because Portland then ran the table the next 4 games to take the series after being down 0-2. Phenomenal!
Maybe. In Stand up, Lucas would be the favorite, unless Dawkins would land some haymaker. Who knows what kind of ground game either had. I would still pick Lucas, about 4 to 2 odds, in an MMA fight.
Maurice Lucas, Anthony Mason, Bill Laimbeer, Charles Oakley, Otis Gilmore, Ben Wallace, and a host of other big men, would never see the second half of an NBA game today. They'd collect their six fouls before halftime.
@@globalfunseeker6733 No, they would adjust their games to the current acceptable climate and play mostly within the rules. They weren't just thugs -- they were exceptionally talented players, and remember Ben Wallace didn't play that long ago. The only true thug in that group was Laimbeer -- he was just a flat-out dirty player who liked to hurt people and then hide behind his power forward. And Artis Gilmore was never a fighter, just a very talented big man who was huge, much like Nate Thurmond.
the Doc just chillin.. didn't realize that this moment would feed the Blazer players so much they would pull off 4 straight wins and win the Title!! ENFORCER!
Mo Lucas... that has to be the first and last time I've seen a basketball player actually throw a decent punch. Most of them just flail or helicopter. Dawkins was a big dude, but his fighting stance was a little comical. Would have been an interesting fight if they let 'em go.
Maurice Lucas was an all-time tough guy. He’d be on the Mount Rushmore of enforcers. When Dawkins turned around to see who he was going to square up against I’m sure he regretted his decision to start something.
Now this is one I remember. I remember thinking as a 10 year old how great this was. I don't condone fighting in a playoff game. But if there's going to be a fight, I hope it includes the enforcer. And I hated the TrailBlazers LOL
Portland Trail Blazers 89 at Philadelphia 76ers 107 F (May 26 1977) Game 2 1977 NBA Finals 6'9 Maurice Lucas played for Coach Al McGuire at Marquette Warriors !!!!
Wrong. I knew Darryl Dawkins personally. He said that he wanted to go at Maurice Lucas because not only did he get sucker-punched, but also rabbit punched by the master of cheap shots back then, Maurice Lucas. Rest assured, as big and as strong as Dawkins is, the last thing he needs is "people to get in-between."
@@ash27slick74 Well, with all that said, we're looking at the video, and if he wanted to, as big and strong as he was, no one would've been able to keep him off of Lucas if that's what he really wanted to do. This wasn't a high school fight where people were going to just circle around and watch them go toe to toe. So knowing him personally or not, it doesn't change what everyone sees in the video, which is him taking a couple steps and 11 steps backwards.I've seen much smaller men who actually wanted to get at someone have to be tackled to the floor to stop them. It wasn't needed here. So again you knowing him personally is irrelevant to what it looks like in view of everyone. He didn't even throw a punch at Lucas. Lucas hit him in the back of the head and the swung at him when they were squared up. Dawkins never swung once at him. But he managed to hit his own teammate before that part and that was while he was still backing away. So you can say "WRONG" but you can't show anything different from what we see. I understand you defending him because you say you know him but you can't change history because you say you know him "personally". lol
@@ash27slick74 Sure looked like Dawkins was the "master of cheap shots" as he took a shot at Gross while Collins was holding him. Then he quickly backpedaled away, which is why Lucas hit him from behind. Watch the film again. Dawkins quickly backs up, and after throwing that cheap shot thoroughly deserved the one from behind he got from Lucas. Then when they square up Lucas throws a quick punch and again Dawkins backpedals away as fast as he can and hopes people will jump in between them, which they do. Dawkins can say whatever he wants about "wanting to go at Lucas," but I saw it live -- and I wasn't a fan of either team -- and the first thing I thought was that Dawkins was flat-out afraid of Maurice Lucas.
Darryl Dawkins used live down on the Jersey Shore. Red Bank Middletown area. I would see him driving north on the Parkway in a red Porsche. A sight to be seen!
There were fights constantly in the NBA in this era. Rudy Tomjonavich damn near got killed by Kermit Washington this same year. Rudy was sprinting to go help break up a fight, and Kermit hit him squarely in the face with Rudy on a dead run. Rudy needed facial reconstruction surgery, his face was detached from his skull and he was leaking spinal fluid into his brain cavity.
Mo Lucas head cased Dswkins at the player introductions of game 3 in Portland. The Sixers starters were introduced first, then the Blazer starters. They saved Mo for last. Instead of going to his fellow Blazer starters, he went straight to Dawkins and shook his hand. The Blazers won the next four games to take the series. Dawkins was not a factor the rest of the series.
There was a Sports Illustrated article after this about the "NBA Enforcers" of the time. Lucas, Dawkins, Bob Lanier, Kermit Washington, Calvin Murphy, and some others were mentioned. You can find it on-line.
It's interesting how even just 10-15 years later, when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, I never saw 2 dudes fighting like so old school like this with "their dukes up". Not the Bad Boy Pistons or Charles Barkley, MJ, nobody did this style of fighting from the 70s. Nobody! Imagine if we transported these guys from 1977 to 2024, they are still young and prime players but when a fight happens they assume their boxing stance. I just figure current NBA players would fall down laughing at these dudes, especially if they say something like "Come on SUCKA!"
Luke was one bad M-F. Maurice even fought Coach Al McGuire in practice. Lucas once said after a McGuire technical, "Thanks Coach, for losing another game for us." McGuire retorted, "That makes up for all the games I won for you Maurice."
Dawkins was a giant dude, but Maurice was just as big. That's what amazed me. And how crazy must the fans have been to come on down for some of that smoke. I'm not sure if Lucas got ejected either. Didn't see Dr. J or Bill Walton getting into that mess though. They were smart...
I saw this game live and at the time was hoping that they they would have given Lucas time to clean chocolate thunders clock. Lucas could handle his dukes very well, and could have been a heavy weight contender instead of a b-ball player. Dawkins was just a loose cannon, and very lucky they broke it up before Lucas would have finished him
Coach Jack Ramsey pushing Dawkins, hilarious. Some idiot Philly fan tried to join in, Blazer assistant head coach socked him down. Dawkins missed Bobby Gross and clobbered his own teammate, Doug Collins, what a goof. Homer announcer says, "no foul, that was just good hustle by Dawkins". What wasn't said was Bob Gross actually had the rebound while Dawkins was determined to rip it out of his hands and flipped him hard to the floor. That was a foul. Maurice Lucas punching Dawkins in the back of the head, that woke the kid up. Today's NBA is sanitized and boring compared to the 60's and 70's. Now all the players are tatted-up, trying to look like gangbangers, pathetic.
That jive Turkey hit me in the back of the head
-Dawkins
😂
😂😂😂
That jive turkey sucker punched me from behind and then ran away.
-Doug Collins
😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
Speaking of 'jive turkey's" Dawkins, you punched your own man- he's out of the game and so are you....jive turkey. ("if He only had a brain")
Lucas always had his teammates back, nice guy and tough guy.
I can back ML up i met him in Astoria Oregon where i worked in 1978 GREAT PERSON PERIOD
Saw him play in high school schenley in pgh I was like 10
Me and my dad would go to random big games in the area
Pittsburgh had a lot talent then
We’d be one of few white people there
I was fortunate to meet Luke on a couple occasions. Nicest guy you could meet.
Cracked up when Darrell went into his rockem sockem routine 😂
Darryl. His name is in the title and you still got it wrong
at least back them they put their hands up like real fighters today they just flop
And he never took a swing once he did that.
@@acornsucks2111 he knew better. Lucas would have destroyed him.
That was his other brother Darryl
Slams Gross to the floor then acts all indignant as if he's been wronged. Good for Lucas for popping him one.
Reminded me of when Kareem was swinging his elbows in 84 finals and hit Bird in the face. Kareem became indignant that Bird would say anything.
@@acornsucks2111 Kareem also hit Hapy Hairston when he was down. Wilt ran up. Kareem didn't want ANY part of Wilt.
If the refs had let it go, I would take Lucas in a heartbeat.
@@acornsucks2111what about McHale's dirty play before that?
The announcers always feel obliged to say “I hate to see this type of thing happen”, but truth be told, they enjoy watching the fights just like everyone else.
🤣
I love how the referee starts to run in between them and then says "oh hayell naw"
WOW 77
Jack Madden.
Love that Lucas didn’t pop him and run, like Dawkins did on the white fella. Lucas is badass!
Lucas punched Dawkins from behind
@@TL2354Dawkins threw a cheap shot so he deserved one back.
Lucas didn’t start fights, he finished them!!!!
I met Mr M Luckus in Astoria Oregon IN 1978 great time Fantastic man
kylemc8851:. Darryl was only 20 years old at the time. He still had some maturing to do.
Lucas the best enforcer ever!
Black.people are funny 😁
@@mattveteska8559 Whys that? I met M L IN Astoria Oregon In 1978 Great man and Gentle man
I was joking . I remember this fight ,I was worried that someone was gonna get hurt
Lucas had every right to defend his teammate and had to send Dawkins and the 76'ers a message that they weren't going to be bullied. The '77 Finals in my opinion, remains one of the best. After Philly won the first two, Portland clearly demonstrated that they were the superior team by winning four straight..
Lucas wasn't "defending" a teammate by throwing a sucker punch from behind. Besides, the only person Dawkins hit was Collins, his own guy. Had Lucas grabbed Dawkins, or something of the sort, you might have a point, but he didn't. You're right about the rest: his intent was to "send a message" -- which has nothing to do with defending a teammate. You need to get your story straight here with the explanation: was it to defend his teammate or send a message? You can't have it both ways. Contrary to popular belief, I don't really think the incident had much to do with the series result. The 76ers were a flawed team (the incident may have exposed this) in many ways. It should have been a 76ers sweep but Portland outcoached them and in many ways was the better team albeit with inferior talent. Who knows what went on in the 76ers locker room after this game. Whatever it was MAY have done them in.
@@scott1564 Sucker punched? Dawkins body slam Bob Gross, then sucker punch his own teammate Doug Collins, and then ran backward into Lucas' path, who finally leveled him with an elbow.
@@jcpenny3606 When you hit someone from behind, that is a sucker punch. Dawkins didn't body slam anyone. He held on to the ball, just like Gross did. Either of them could have let go at any point, but Dawkins was way stronger. I've seen this in hundreds of games over the years -- two players, both with a firm grip on the ball and one gets the better of the other by getting better control of the ball better. Don't want to be taken for a ride? No problem. Let go of the ball. Everyone wants the guy who gets control to suffer a penalty (usually a foul) without realizing that the guy that held on would have done exactly that had he either been stronger or in a more advantageous position -- in other words, he was trying to do the SAME THING, he just couldn't do it. Not defending Dawkins' actions after that -- he deserved to be thrown out. But thinking of Lucas as anything but a thug in this instance is absurd. I could have gotten a good punch on Dawkins had he not been looking. Essentially, you were wrong about most of what you wrote.
@@scott1564 Seems like you forgot Dawkins attempted sucker punch at Bob Gross and then cowardly ran backward right into Lucas' path. What you want Maurice to do, just stand there and get run over.
@@scott1564 When a dude is so out of control that he clocks his own teammate, you're a "thug" unless you use Marquess de Queensbury rules to engage the guy? Come on, man, that's feeble.
This isn't all that complicated - Dawkins punched his own teammate and then was stupid enough to run backwards into a dude who saw an out of control lunatic who had just sucker punched someone coming his direction, so he put him on his ass. Any player that wasn't afraid of Dawkins (and Lucas wasn't afraid of anybody) would have done the same thing and they'd have been right to do it.
THAT WAS GROWN MAN BASKETBALL AT IT'S BEST. 1970s NBA.
And it was also when half of the league we're crack heads and the NBA was losing money
@@endonectendo
Crack wasn't even around in 1977. You could freebase but that was not common in the NBA.
@@donarthiazi2443 A quick Google search reveals that the Cocaine Era was 1977-1986.
@@endonectendoCrack is Whack!
@@donarthiazi2443free base was around. Same thing basically. And most of the league was coked up addicts. Stop.
I love how Dr J is just sitting at half court, watching everybody fight 😂. Man just wanted to ball
Then six years later he jumped Larry Bird 😂
@@G9Classified9yeah bird had it coming.
@@G9Classified9jumped? They went face to face and The Good Dr gave Bird medicine LOL
Before the "Malice in the Palace," there was this. And it was a better fight.
And thanks to Malice in the Palice, there are no more good fights that we can see!
The palace changed the nba forever
Sorry but nothing tops Jermaine O'neals knee sliding punch onto that fans face.
nah malice >>
malice was way better shit idk what u were watching
Dawkins body slams a Blazer, sucker punches his own teammate, and pisses of Maurice Lucas... Then Lucas mowed through the Sixers in the next 4 games to win the Blazers only NBA championship.
Could it be that fight woke up the Blazers.
THANK U FOR THE MOTIVASION DD.GOOOOO BLAZERS 77 WORLD CHAMPS WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD QUEEN
Back then you could have a full on fist fight and NOT get ejected😂😂 Today you can cuss too loud at the ref and he's giving you a technical foul and threatening to toss you.
don't get it twisted, They got ejected from this game. Don't get carried away now.. LOL
Back then you could say two players didn't get ejected for fighting when, in fact, they actually did get ejected for fighting.
This was one of the 41 fights from the 1976-77 season that had at least one ejection. There were plenty of others from that same season that had no ejections, including the Pistons' Bob Lanier going into the stands and fighting a fan who had slugged Detroit's M.L. Carr, and also Houston's Calvin Murphy putting a beatdown on Boston's Sidney Wicks for trying to rough Murphy up.
I wish every sport was like hockey man. Just give both of these homies about 3 minutes. Handles business. Sit out for 2 minutes of game time and let’s get back after it
Such a stupid comment.
Just like wrestling, hockey is nonsense.
No shit. They keep it 1 on 1, and let them work things out. No blindsided sucker punches, no weapons, no fans. Just 2 guys who have some things to work out
I don't think it's the best thing to tolerate fighting in sports that aren't about fighting. You'll get more dirty stuff happening because too many players won't know where the boundaries are.
All this changed after Kermit Washington punched Rudy T….. Rudy suffered tremendously and Washington’s career was never the same…. NBA started to crack down on it after that.
But yet these Neanderthals fans still want them to play like this🤦🏽
That happened the very next season right after this
This is the NBA, I love.
70s NBA the REAL NBA
You don't like today's NBA where if you look at Luka Doncic the wrong way you will be hit with a variety of technicals?
Lucas was a badazz
I met M,L In Astoria Oregon in 1978 Where i worked Very much a very decent G,M
What's funny to me is after Lucas socked DD in the back of the head at around 0:11, Dawkins went all Fred Sanford bobbing and weaving at Lucas, but backed down when Lucas swung on him again in his face. Chocolate Thunder definitely didn't want Mo Smoke...LMBO!!!
U dumb n prob can’t fight too.
That's what I saw. But a dude replied on my comment, talking about he knows DD. personally, and said he really wanted to fight Lucas. Shit, I couldn't tell. He didn't take one swing at him after being hit once in the back of the head and swung on when they were face to face.
DD didn’t want none of Lucas once he saw Lucas stand up to him.
@@millionsinlife Daryl Dawkins was far too big for Lucas Lucas hit DD from behind quite forcefully and couldn't even knock him to the ground. DD was 6'11" and 250. ML was 6'9" and 215. Dawkins' strength was unmatched back then. DD would have wiped the floor with Lucas.
@@sugarfoot2271you’re absolutely right. Lucas was badass but 215 is lightweight compared to a 250 all muscle frame. When I think of Evans high school DD always comes to mind
I remember watching this game. I think Lucas would've wiped the floor with Dawkins.
To be fair, Lucas would have wiped the floor with most people. He was tough as nails.
Shut your mouth 😊
Yup
Did Lucas sucker punch Dawkins
The only punch he landed was a sucker punch from behind. When he faced him straight up, it looked like those sock-em robots of the 70s. I don't think either one of them could fight their way out of a jr. high class but in fairness to both, neither would want the business end of clean punch to the jaw from the other. Of course, Kermit Washington found out what happens to people who deliver punches like that, so its probably better that neither Lucas nor Dawkins knew how to fight. Bottom line: this so-called fight was laughable.
Punk move by Dawkins, great job by Lucas coming in to clock him.
It was a cheap shot for sure. But that's how Dawkins played. If Dawkins' brain ever matched his physical abilities he would have been in the GOAT talk. He had that much talent.
This fight flipped the series. Fired Portland up....Dawkins was a fake tough guy...maurice was a real tough guy.
Dawkins was a kid. He was just an immature 20 year old.
I remember this clearly. Philadelphia was a heavy favorite to win the championship. Before this happened, I actually liked Dawkins and Lucas. Dawkins threw Gross down hard on the floor and I believe should have received a technical foul. I cannot blame Gross for being mad. I already had respect for Lucas but gained even more respect for him when he came to his teammate's defense. Mo Lucas was tough as was Dawkins - and I am glad this fight never materialized. May both DD and Mo RIP. Too bad Walton had problems and a bad relationship between the Trailblazers and him developed in 1978 because Portland had the capability of winning multiple championships.
4 STRAIT IM SURE
When Lucas was still in the ABA, he knocked out Aris Gilmore with one punch. Blazers wouldn't have beaten Philly without "Luke".
Big difference between the two men is Dawkins might be playing but Mr. Lucas never played around. If he showed you his fists, he was going to use them.
LOL YEPPERZ
Dawkins was pretty much still a kid of 20 years of age.
Don't mess with Mo. Lucas
Coward move tho but once he squared up I see some boxing in his stance compar3d to Dawkins lmaoo
@@leemavel6167 The right he threw was horrible, lol.
@@leemavel6167 Looked like an open hand slap from above.
What a beauty by Maurice Lucas just baaang
Just like being at a Flyers game, back when the Broad Street Bullies terrorized the NHL
Doug Collins has had all kinds of bad luck. He was apart of the USA team involved in the ‘72 Olympics controversy, getting punched by his own teammate in the 77 NBA Finals that turned the series and getting g fired by the Bulls right before they won their championships
Dawkins ran from Lucas but tried to play it off.
that's what i saw. He didn't swing at him once even though Lucas hit him twice.
Once he noticed Lucas stood up to him he didn’t want none😂😂
False...
Moe should be in the HOF...May he RIP 🙏
Darryl Dawkins body slammed a grown man and they called it a jump ball. Bring this back.
Punched your own boy tryna cheap shot and then got put in place by an equal. That's crazy 🤣
Boy this could of been worse than the Malice in the Palace !
Dawkins throwing the smaller guy to the floor then bitches out against lucas
Smaller guy could have let go of the ball.That's on HIM.
Dawkins and Gross contesting a rebound, and Dawkins uses his size to rip not only the ball away from Gross, but since gross arm was still on the ball, the move brought Gross right over the top and down on the court hard. If anyone was going to pissed about that, it's Gross, (and he did) so Dawkins tried insult on injury so to speak, and throws a running punch at Gross, who's being attended to by Dawkins' teammate Doug Collins, and the punch lands on Collins. Talk about being ignorant.
@@birmingham0613 dawkins still bitched against lucas is the point
@@remmymafia3889 dawkins bitched against lucas is the point
Didn’t want none after he noticed Lucas stood up to him😂
The thing that actually made this moment legendary, though, was what happened in the following game. Before the game even started, Lucas walked over to the Philly bench and everyone was thinking “uh oh, what’s gonna happen?” Lucas stuck his hand out and shook guys’ hands to say all’s good so let’s just play. That seemed to create a psychological advantage because Portland then ran the table the next 4 games to take the series after being down 0-2. Phenomenal!
Wow ! Maurice Lucas threw up those hands 😂 ✌🏾👊🏾
Once it would have gotten into a clinch which a lot of fights do, I think Dawkins would have been too close strong for Lukas.
Uh, no. Lucas saw much tougher and meaner than Dawkins.
@@gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258 Uh, no.
Maybe. In Stand up, Lucas would be the favorite, unless Dawkins would land some haymaker. Who knows what kind of ground game either had. I would still pick Lucas, about 4 to 2 odds, in an MMA fight.
Maurice Lucas, Anthony Mason, Bill Laimbeer, Charles Oakley, Otis Gilmore, Ben Wallace, and a host of other big men, would never see the second half of an NBA game today. They'd collect their six fouls before halftime.
Artis Gilmore you mean.
@@jonasnight Yes, sorry for the misspelling.
@@globalfunseeker6733 What did Artis Gilmore do?
@@catcountry0099 My point was that they were so big, strong, and physical that they wouldn't last in today's NBA. They would foul out too quickly.
@@globalfunseeker6733 No, they would adjust their games to the current acceptable climate and play mostly within the rules. They weren't just thugs -- they were exceptionally talented players, and remember Ben Wallace didn't play that long ago. The only true thug in that group was Laimbeer -- he was just a flat-out dirty player who liked to hurt people and then hide behind his power forward. And Artis Gilmore was never a fighter, just a very talented big man who was huge, much like Nate Thurmond.
the Doc just chillin.. didn't realize that this moment would feed the Blazer players so much they would pull off 4 straight wins and win the Title!! ENFORCER!
Thank u D,D
Imagine bein front row for this shit was lit 🔥
Now show Lucas in game 3 intros in Portland walking over to shake Dawkins hand. A complete psych job...it was great.
All that build up for literally nothing 😆
Lucas fight for real while Dawkins all dancing
Mo Lucas... that has to be the first and last time I've seen a basketball player actually throw a decent punch. Most of them just flail or helicopter. Dawkins was a big dude, but his fighting stance was a little comical. Would have been an interesting fight if they let 'em go.
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Maurice Lucas was an all-time tough guy. He’d be on the Mount Rushmore of enforcers. When Dawkins turned around to see who he was going to square up against I’m sure he regretted his decision to start something.
I like your comment. Who else would you put on Mt Rushmore? Off the top of my head, I'd pick: Mahorn, Oak, and Ruland. Maybe Anthony Mason.
I remember that as a 16 yr old kid... great series
Now this is one I remember. I remember thinking as a 10 year old how great this was. I don't condone fighting in a playoff game. But if there's going to be a fight, I hope it includes the enforcer. And I hated the TrailBlazers LOL
Portland Trail Blazers 89 at Philadelphia 76ers 107 F (May 26 1977)
Game 2 1977 NBA Finals
6'9 Maurice Lucas played for Coach Al McGuire at Marquette Warriors !!!!
It really wasn't a fight between Dawkins and Lucas. Dawkins just got hit, He didn't hit him back. Just danced and waited on people to get in between.
Wrong. I knew Darryl Dawkins personally. He said that he wanted to go at Maurice Lucas because not only did he get sucker-punched, but also rabbit punched by the master of cheap shots back then, Maurice Lucas. Rest assured, as big and as strong as Dawkins is, the last thing he needs is "people to get in-between."
@@ash27slick74 Well, with all that said, we're looking at the video, and if he wanted to, as big and strong as he was, no one would've been able to keep him off of Lucas if that's what he really wanted to do. This wasn't a high school fight where people were going to just circle around and watch them go toe to toe. So knowing him personally or not, it doesn't change what everyone sees in the video, which is him taking a couple steps and 11 steps backwards.I've seen much smaller men who actually wanted to get at someone have to be tackled to the floor to stop them. It wasn't needed here. So again you knowing him personally is irrelevant to what it looks like in view of everyone. He didn't even throw a punch at Lucas. Lucas hit him in the back of the head and the swung at him when they were squared up. Dawkins never swung once at him. But he managed to hit his own teammate before that part and that was while he was still backing away. So you can say "WRONG" but you can't show anything different from what we see. I understand you defending him because you say you know him but you can't change history because you say you know him "personally". lol
@@millionsinlife Thank you for your reply.
@@ash27slick74 Sure looked like Dawkins was the "master of cheap shots" as he took a shot at Gross while Collins was holding him. Then he quickly backpedaled away, which is why Lucas hit him from behind. Watch the film again. Dawkins quickly backs up, and after throwing that cheap shot thoroughly deserved the one from behind he got from Lucas. Then when they square up Lucas throws a quick punch and again Dawkins backpedals away as fast as he can and hopes people will jump in between them, which they do. Dawkins can say whatever he wants about "wanting to go at Lucas," but I saw it live -- and I wasn't a fan of either team -- and the first thing I thought was that Dawkins was flat-out afraid of Maurice Lucas.
Maurice Lucas was the epitome of a tough guy. Forget those 80's Pistons players many of whom were phony tough, Maurice Lucas was the real deal.
This was Game 5. Changed the dynamic of the whole series where Portland won game 5 and 6 to win the championship.
Darryl Dawkins used live down on the Jersey Shore. Red Bank Middletown area. I would see him driving north on the Parkway in a red Porsche. A sight to be seen!
Dawkins & Lucas…Brent Musburger had his Howard Costell moment right there 😂
Boy, I remember that. Lucas was known for being crazy back then. Thunder didn’t want none of Lucas!
"What kind of Thunder would you like?"
"Chocolate, please."
Murice Knukles with Ketsup
I saw this game on TV. I was big fan of "Chocolate Thunder" Dawkins. Dr. J was just chilling on the floor.
There were fights constantly in the NBA in this era. Rudy Tomjonavich damn near got killed by Kermit Washington this same year. Rudy was sprinting to go help break up a fight, and Kermit hit him squarely in the face with Rudy on a dead run. Rudy needed facial reconstruction surgery, his face was detached from his skull and he was leaking spinal fluid into his brain cavity.
thank you for posting
Very much so HUGE BLAZERS Fan here In Seaside Oregon 2024.
RIP Maurice Lucas and Darryl Dawkins! Gone too soon.
Lucas changed the entire tone of the series.
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I’d take Lucas for that one I think he would’ve been a lil too much for Dawkins
When basketball was tough I remember this
Dawkins was a pain in the ass. I was rooting for Maurice Lucas.
This is a classic fight.
Bobby Gross and Darryl Choco Thunder Dawkins were battling for the rebounds obviously.
Mo Lucas head cased Dswkins at the player introductions of game 3 in Portland. The Sixers starters were introduced first, then the Blazer starters. They saved Mo for last. Instead of going to his fellow Blazer starters, he went straight to Dawkins and shook his hand. The Blazers won the next four games to take the series. Dawkins was not a factor the rest of the series.
That's why the Sixers lost the series they lost Doug Collins who got hit by his own man
I sure did loved Darryl Dawkins in those days.
1977 NBA World Championship Goes to the Portland Trail Blazers RIIIIIIP Ciiiiiiity
Dr j looking like damn
cold
Thank u D,D rrrrriiiipppp CCCCIIIITTTYYY
Lucas sucker punched him from behind, was backing up when Daryl turned & came after him.
There was a Sports Illustrated article after this about the "NBA Enforcers" of the time. Lucas, Dawkins, Bob Lanier, Kermit Washington, Calvin Murphy, and some others were mentioned. You can find it on-line.
Back when NBA players actually knew how to hold they hands 😆
Stephen A Smith brought me here, for talking about one of the top enforcers, Maurice Lucas! 😎
Before the NBA pansies today this was regular back then.
Pansies? LOL you couldn't compete with them back then or today. At the end of the day both eras were still better than you.
It's interesting how even just 10-15 years later, when I was growing up in the 80s and 90s, I never saw 2 dudes fighting like so old school like this with "their dukes up". Not the Bad Boy Pistons or Charles Barkley, MJ, nobody did this style of fighting from the 70s. Nobody! Imagine if we transported these guys from 1977 to 2024, they are still young and prime players but when a fight happens they assume their boxing stance. I just figure current NBA players would fall down laughing at these dudes, especially if they say something like "Come on SUCKA!"
The Game was probably on Tape Delay too.
Maurice Lucas was out there looking like
Sagat 😆
I was about ten years old when I watched this game! Lol
I was 16 Living in Warrenton Oregon with my brother and sisters WAS A,FANTASTIC GAME
Luke was one bad M-F. Maurice even fought Coach Al McGuire in practice. Lucas once said after a McGuire technical, "Thanks Coach, for losing another game for us." McGuire retorted, "That makes up for all the games I won for you Maurice."
Dawkins looked unsure and scared of Lucas... Lucas was tough...
I remember that play and that game!
THEY SAY IT TURNED THE SERIES IN FAVOR OF THE PORTLAND TRAILBLAZERS!
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This is real basketball !!
Cheap shot by Dawk cheaper shot by Luke BUT he was defending his teammate 👏🏾
I actually think fighting is cool and that nobody did anything wrong 👍
I don’t blame the referee for not getting in the middle of those two
Dawkins was a giant dude, but Maurice was just as big. That's what amazed me. And how crazy must the fans have been to come on down for some of that smoke. I'm not sure if Lucas got ejected either. Didn't see Dr. J or Bill Walton getting into that mess though. They were smart...
I MET M,L in Astoria Oregon in 1978 where i worked Very nice man
If I’m picking a team today, I believe I’d pick Maurice Lucas as my power forward!! He was great!!!!!’
@Sonnyboy8957...I'd choose George McGinnis for my Power Forward. 😎💯
This my 2nd favorite fight in nba history, first one is when they jumped larry bird 😂😂😂
WHO DID?
@@theodoreritola7641 dr j and them😂
LOL O OK
Maurice LUCAS THE ENFORCER
The Enfocer.Maurice Lucas. Luke Walton is named after him.
I saw this game live and at the time was hoping that they they would have given Lucas time to clean chocolate thunders clock. Lucas could handle his dukes very well, and could have been a heavy weight contender instead of a b-ball player. Dawkins was just a loose cannon, and very lucky they broke it up before Lucas would have finished him
Coach Jack Ramsey pushing Dawkins, hilarious. Some idiot Philly fan tried to join in, Blazer assistant head coach socked him down. Dawkins missed Bobby Gross and clobbered his own teammate, Doug Collins, what a goof. Homer announcer says, "no foul, that was just good hustle by Dawkins". What wasn't said was Bob Gross actually had the rebound while Dawkins was determined to rip it out of his hands and flipped him hard to the floor. That was a foul. Maurice Lucas punching Dawkins in the back of the head, that woke the kid up.
Today's NBA is sanitized and boring compared to the 60's and 70's. Now all the players are tatted-up, trying to look like gangbangers, pathetic.
..."nothing intentional, just good hustle." Please.
It’s sad that both men are gone rip was it worth it?
Back when fisticuffs happened almost EVERY NIGHT in the NBA.
70s NBA BEST JUST LIKE MUSIC.
choco could take anyone else 1 handed, but soon as he saw ML standing there he reared into fight stance
Somebody can’t fight
City of Brotherly Love……….
I Remember DD with OLIMPIAMILANO shirt!!