3:48 Only Bird, in a fit of rage, could laser the ball past 3 people who were in the line-of-sight between him and Laimbeer and nail him with precision.
I was thinking the same thing.... But when I realize these guys hands make the ball like a baseball to us normals I can see it being a simple thing for him.
When Laimbeer hit Jordan, Oakley immediately went after Laimbeer. Oakley always had Jordans back and that’s why Jordan and Oakley are still friends today.
Jordan was mad for years when they traded Oakley for Cartwright, he treated Cartwright like crap until Cartwright finally had enough and punked Jordan lol
@@billblaski9523 ...... Bill Blaski? That sounds like the name of a guy I worked with by the name of Bill Brasky.....You know he goes about 7'10" 590 lbs. I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury.... He’ll eat a homeless person if you dare him.... Heres a Brasky story, one time I ask Brasky to dress up like Santa for a Christmas party I was throwing for my children. Well Brasky shows up as Santa, reaches into his bag, and says, I’ve got goodies for you kids. He proceeds to hand out scrap metal and cigarettes to ’em. Then he takes off his beard and says, There’s no Santa ’cause I ate him. BILL BRASKY!!! You know Brasky goes about 9’8” 780 pounds.... He sheds his skin once a year..... Brasky jumped off the Empire State Building one time and only sprained his ankle!! Like an alligator, he can fully digest a turtle shell. I tell you one thing: Bill Brasky is a son of a bitch!! Best damn salesman in the office. BILL BRASKY!!!!
Hey, you talkin about Bill Brasky? Do you know Brasky? He’s a big fella, goes about 6’10″, 380. He loves his Scotch! One time Bill Brasky showed up at my daughter’s wedding at the downtown Hilton.... So Brasky shows up... Well, he’s standing right between me and my daughter at the ceremony. He’s got no right to be there, but he’s drunk and he’s Brasky! Well, long story short: the priest accidentally marries me and Brasky! So Brasky grabs me with one of his giant hands- you know he’s a large bastard, goes about 7’8″, 530- the wedding cake with the other, throws me in the trunk of a stolen Mazda and drives us to the Poconos for the weekend - he loved me like I’ve never been loved before!!! BILL BRASKY!!! Best damn salesman in the office!! I hate Bill Brasky.... but I respect him! You know Brasky served three tours in ‘Nam? Well, I’m in Corpus Christi on business, and I had this eight-foot tall 650 lbs Asian waiter.... which made me a little curious, so I asked him his name, and sure enough it’s Ho Tran Brasky!!! BILL BRASKY!!! I once saw him eat 3 whole live chickens! Brasky once gave me a videotape of him having sex with my wife.....it was the most beautiful damn thing I ever saw! Bill Brasky goes 7'8" 655 lbs. He could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast to the face standing!! Hell of a salesman!!! TO WILLIAM ROBERT BRASKY!!!
I love Larry Bird for that game. I thought we were beat. Me and my Grandpa and Uncle Norman start jumping up and down. When Larry stole the ball from Lambeir and past it to Dennis Johnson to beat the Pistons.
90s kept it going pretty well also, the Jordan/Pippin, Stockton/Malone, Kemp/Payton days. But yea if you had to pick a single decade it would be the 80s for sure, followed by the 90s then the 70s.
The world is a lesser place without hearing Johnny Most calling a Celtics basketball game screaming about "Counterfeit Bill", his nickname for Bill Laimbeer.
People not from Boston, (or New England) never got to hear the greatest and yes the most biased broadcaster in NBA history. Magic "Crybaby Johnson" Mahorn and Jeff Ruland "Mcfilthy and Mcnasty" The 76'ers "The hatchet brothers" Bill Laimbeer "Counter Bill" and the list of nicknames goes on! The Celtics never, ever did wrong. And if you were a Celtics fanatic like me, it was just the greatest and most fun time.
I well remember the play where Bird stole the inbounds pass. I leaped out of my recliner at home, and shot my fist in the air as I screamed at the top of my lungs.....and knocked a hole in my living room ceiling. True Story. I really did that. I mean _I_ had always said it was the greatest basketball play of Bird's career and the best one I'd ever seen....but it's nice to hear it said here on this video clip.
I agree that this was one of Larry's most important plays and it was a beautiful steal but I really love the play where he was falling out of bounds and made that shot from behind the backboard.
My uncle in Jacksonville went to the same little bar to have a beer. My Unk got him to sign a dollar bill and I bought a can of Skoal with it. I need my ass kicked.
One of the things that sets Larry apart (and Kobe did this too) was not just be individually great at playing the game, but great at playing against the other players. If an opponent had a weak spot he was going to find it and take advantage of it
Laimbeer wasn't very athletic or naturally skilled so he did what he had to to be successful. He was a major part of those 2 time champion Pistons teams. He's the type of guy you want to go to war with.
Man was the 80's something else. It was the greatest era of basketball. It was the golden age of the NBA. Players really hated each other. There's no hugs or exchanges of jerseys after games. No one hanging with the opposition after the game. NOTHING. It was time where players actually cared about winning and losing. And losing was a death sentence. Fights broke out all the time. Bird had his face broken in one game. And the famous fight between Dr. J and Bird was remarkable. And the great Bird was the king of the 80's which showed the world that he is the GOAT.
Nobody slapped fives with u if u missed a free throw back then! Now these babies need reassurance after every miss. Buncha gen. Z softies. Hugging and Laffin with the guy who just kicked your butt! I RARELY WATCH AN ENTIRE NBA GAME FROM START TO FINISH EVEN MY HOME SQUAD.
Been a Celtics fan since 75. The game being played in this footage is what I came up on. The current, flop-filled, shoot 50 3's a game, trade superstars every single year, allow 5 "eurosteps" w/no travel, game just doesn't do it for me anymore. And that sucks because I'm a huge sports fan, and b-ball is my favorite sport... Saw a story recently about the league possibly calling fouls and giving FTs to the opposing team for flopping... 🤔🤔🤔 It's definitely a start👍🏼 Awesome video Never be another Larry Legend!💚
No doubt, in hockey they call flopping "embellishment" and it's a penalty. I'd love to see that implemented in basketball. Also like in hockey, I'd love to see teams lose a player for 2 minutes and be forced to play short-handed. Free throws are incredibly dull.
Yup. I've been a Celtics fan since 1960 when Bill Russell played, and now it's all about the 3-point shot the NBA took from the old ABA. All they need now is the red, white, and blue basketball.
There is one commonly replayed highlight of Michael Jordan where I bet Laimbeer was going for a flagrant on Jordan, then Jordan did a 180 and Laimbeer missed him, then Jordan scored. I never grow tired of watching that play, as much for thwarting Laimbeer as the coolness of the score.
This is on par with the Celtics playing the Lakers at the Forum. Kurt Rambis kept agitating McHale up & down the court. McHale & Cedric Maxwell gave Rambis a combined clothes hanger. Pat Riley said it was the dirtiest play he'd ever seen. McHale got the blame for the flagrant foul, but Rambis kept his hands to himself after that. It was a thing of beauty.😂
@@user-wf3qy1pz4g McHale closelined Rambis because ML Carr (who was a former prison guard) was telling him he was playing like a 🐈 and he needs to kick someone’s @$$. Look at McHale’s reaction afterwards. His reaction is basically “ML CARR MADE ME DO IT!!!”
Hated Laimbeer when he played. Dirty and a bully but he knew the rules and used the NBA's tolerance to his advantage. Loved Bird and he used his trash talk and talent to his advantage. Greatest era in NBA history. I don't even watch now.
He played dirty and not within the rules. Its why he wasn't considered one of the greatest of all time, just one of the dirtiest. There is no greatest every team he would even be considered for.
@@TheLuminousOne No. Players hate guys like that. Even if he's on your team and he doesn't break teammates ribs in practice he still makes the other team want to hurt you.
Laimbeer is a sociopath. Attacking his own teammate? That's more than being a jerk. The NBA protected him far too long beccause the fights made for good ratings.
Exactly. Other teams tried to emulate the “Bad Boys” because they otherwise couldn’t play worth a shit but nobody won with it. That stuff may have made for ratings and drama but it wasn’t good for the game at all
@@tomjones3194Agree!! I feel so lucky- Dr. J, Magic, Bird, Isaiah, then going into Jordan, Ewing… and on and on. All the big men Kareem, Parish, Barkley. Just unbelievable. Never missed a game when I was a kid.
I love watching these videos...I couldn't help but think today's NBA players wouldn't be able to handle the level of physicality there was in the 80s and 90s...the good ol' days of great basketball
Rumor has it that in the 1977 NBA Finals, towards the end of game 2 when Dawkins and Lucas got into a fist fight, was the turning point of that series. Philly went on to win that game, and were dominating the Blazers through 2 games. But then Portland won 4 straight, and many people attribute it to the bullied becoming the bully, and Philly wilting. Bird in . . . 1984 I think and then McHale decking Kurt Rambis was literally Bird encouraging the Bad Boys style. But that was how the league was. Today, many players would have a hard time playing that style.
You gotta' hand it to Larry, he was always among the most professional players in the game. Every new opponent a strategy. Awareness of placement, movement and position of his team mates. If he didn't play basketball, he would've made an excellent strategic officer in the military. Just watch some of his old games, but don't focus on him. Watch his team, where they're moving and how he reacts to constantly take advantage of opponent positional weaknesses. It's impressive.
@@BBAKER22 Ever read Sun Tzu's Art of War? If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him. Psychological warfare is part of the professional's repertoire. If your opponent is east to irritate, exploit it. That's why you see trash talk in almost every competition.
Nice commentary bro! And Your are right that steal is tops on my list by any player! So glad that Im old enough to have seen & lived that moment! I went from Agony to ecstasy in 5 seconds!
@@StandStrong614 I love me the raycism... Its it? IF not, then I want to share that I mispell on purpose and use baaaad grammer for tish posting. Karens get all butthurt. Works. You are to kind, I was learning a rd3.
dj was awesome, I watch a game against the houston rockets. western semis, when he played for Seattle super sonics, 4th qtr, seconds left Houston ahead by 2 or so, Houston with the ball, dj steals the ball and makes a 3 point shot to win the game, fuc*ing awesome! Sadly the lakers kick Seattle's as* in he Western finals... Magic's rookie year,
I liked Dantley too and felt so bad for him when they traded him the year they finally won after he had played for them so for long. Other than Dumars, couldn't stand the rest of them but I did respect Isiah.
@@gretchendietz1599 Adrian only played for them for three years. He had to go because Thomas was so jealous of him. Pistons lost a championship to the Lakers because rather than pass the ball to an open 54% career shooter Thomas tried to be mister hero and drive to the basket against a triple team and got stuffed. Thomas showed how much class he had while the gm of the Knicks. His jerkiness was not noticed as a player because of the two world class jerks he played with, laimbeer an rodman.
@@gretchendietz1599I personally didn’t like Dantley, who was a ballhog who didn’t play defense or get along with his coaches but I thought he got a raw deal, and it was Isiah’s doing. That was a real slap in the face
I’m thinking baseball… they fight like a bunch of girls! HOCKEY IS THE MAN’S GAME… REAL FIGHTS … watch and see. Get some videos before the stupid instigator’s rule and be entertained as benches cleared and mayhem ensued! 😆
I just discovered this channel and I really love the editing and the narrator's pacing and voice is so good! You might have gotten me interested in basketball 😂
I’m more of a NFL guy but that steal by bird is absolutely the greatest play in Sports. No steal,no ring. “ brought to u by the fundamental ( call time out !!!) miscue by Isaiah “
I loved Larry Bird and Bill Lambeer lol Pistons vs Celtics was a bloodthirsty rivalry. The NBA in the 80s was so awesome!! Every game was heated and a brawl could break at any time and nobody was getting tossed out for the pitiful things they do today.
Excellent video! I was a huge Celtics fan in those days and there is no measuring the hatred I and my dad had for Laimbeer. I truly believe the guy needed serious psychological counseling. Playing rough is one thing. Trying to end opponents' careers is something different altogether. The SOB should have been arrested for some of the crap he pulled on the court.
I remember watching the Pistons and had respect for other players, even Rodman the freak. But I never liked Laimbeer. He was the main reason for my hate of the "Bad Boy" Pistons.
@@natamyer1500 Man, that is such an interesting observation, LOL. When Rodman gets a pass because another teammate is over the line says a LOT about what a piece of $hit Laimbeer really was!
Rob thank you for all you have done from my wife and myself. We l9ve your show. You, Sarah and the family have showed us how to enjoy the outdoors even more. God bless you and let the blood of Jesus cover you with healing.
I still watch video of the Chief almost taking Laimbeer’s head off when I’m feeling down. It cheers me up every time. Bird had no problems with Laimbeer after that.
As a child watching Lambeer I always thought to myself: “what’s his problem? Is he really such an a**hole or is he doing this all on purpose?” Turns out…he was doing it on purpose😏
I've seen videos that do. They say that Larry stealing the ball would have been nothing without DJ being there for the lay-up. But then those two had a psychic connection.
Heard about Laimbeer behaving the same way on the court while in college, and everyone knew it. Didn’t matter if you were a fellow college player or a visiting potential recruit
An ex-girlfriend's ex-husband ran a pool hall in South Bend where college student Lambeer ran up a debt playing poker. His father was called in order to pay off the debt.
I remember seeing some Notre Dame games with Laimbeir. He was a bruiser then too. I thought this guy is going to hurt someone. He was "Hatchet man" like Kent Benson was at Indiana and in the NBA.
When you have to injure another player and take him out of the game to win, then you’ll never know if you beat them in your mind if you are a true competitor and not afraid of the challenge. Bird and magic & Jordan knew this and always took the challenge on & gave the fans the thrills of watching it.
Wow, this video really took me back, lmao. When I turned a Detroit game on almost knew it was gonna be some drama...A.K.A. The Bad Boys, I remember Isiah getting stitch's above his eye one time for fighting in a game. The league was hella exciting back then not just from fights but pure basketball, I feel so so blessed and thankful to be able to watch these live games and live through the time.
1:36 ... I DID watch one those games to check & DID see Robert twist his ankle against the Pistons! ( He step'd on Larry's foot going for a board , lol ). Not even kidd'n...crack'd me up.
In the 80's...If I hadda choice to which person I hate more... My X , Stalin , Judas Iscariot or Lamebier...tuff call. I dont hate anyone anymore...but with Lamo... it's still tuff to say something nice. He , umm , looked good in sunglasses...how's that?
No, Lambeer twisted Parish's ankle by sliding his foot under where he knew Parish would land from his jump. Just another example of why Lambeer should have been kicked out of the NBA.
There were lots of great centers in the 80s - Moses Malone, Kareem, Olajawan, Patrick Ewing, Robert Parish. I'd much rather that my team had a big man other than Laimbeer than being a hypocrite rooting for him.
" I tried to throw the ball at the ref. Laimbeer's face got in the way". 🙂 Only Larry Bird could come up with such a line.
That sounds like something Barkley might also say😂
LOL!....thats classic!
Larry was an Idiot tbh
@@joeyjo-joshabadu9636Nah, Chuck in his playing days would say “I targeted that mf, and the only thing I regret is that I haven’t done it since”
@@antoniotrivelloni8191 hahaha very true
3:48 Only Bird, in a fit of rage, could laser the ball past 3 people who were in the line-of-sight between him and Laimbeer and nail him with precision.
Yeah - "Wow - Nice shot, Larry!" :)
BEST COMMENT HERE DESERVED MOST LIKES. I RESPECT BIRD BUT NOT RED BECAUSE WHAT PISTONS TRY TO DO WITH OTHERS , RED ORDER TEAM TO DO TO GOAT WILT.
I was thinking the same thing.... But when I realize these guys hands make the ball like a baseball to us normals I can see it being a simple thing for him.
So true😂
Beautiful!
I love when Bird nails Lambeer square in the face with the Ball . They never even called fouls . 80's hoops was rough
It was a whole nother game. Frankly, a much better game.
When Laimbeer hit Jordan, Oakley immediately went after Laimbeer. Oakley always had Jordans back and that’s why Jordan and Oakley are still friends today.
Jordan was mad for years when they traded Oakley for Cartwright, he treated Cartwright like crap until Cartwright finally had enough and punked Jordan lol
@@billblaski9523 ...... Bill Blaski? That sounds like the name of a guy I worked with by the name of Bill Brasky.....You know he goes about 7'10" 590 lbs. I once saw him scissor kick Angela Landsbury.... He’ll eat a homeless person if you dare him.... Heres a Brasky story, one time I ask Brasky to dress up like Santa for a Christmas party I was throwing for my children. Well Brasky shows up as Santa, reaches into his bag, and says, I’ve got goodies for you kids. He proceeds to hand out scrap metal and cigarettes to ’em. Then he takes off his beard and says, There’s no Santa ’cause I ate him. BILL BRASKY!!! You know Brasky goes about 9’8” 780 pounds.... He sheds his skin once a year..... Brasky jumped off the Empire State Building one time and only sprained his ankle!! Like an alligator, he can fully digest a turtle shell. I tell you one thing: Bill Brasky is a son of a bitch!! Best damn salesman in the office. BILL BRASKY!!!!
Hey, you talkin about Bill Brasky? Do you know Brasky? He’s a big fella, goes about 6’10″, 380. He loves his Scotch! One time Bill Brasky showed up at my daughter’s wedding at the downtown Hilton.... So Brasky shows up... Well, he’s standing right between me and my daughter at the ceremony. He’s got no right to be there, but he’s drunk and he’s Brasky! Well, long story short: the priest accidentally marries me and Brasky! So Brasky grabs me with one of his giant hands- you know he’s a large bastard, goes about 7’8″, 530- the wedding cake with the other, throws me in the trunk of a stolen Mazda and drives us to the Poconos for the weekend - he loved me like I’ve never been loved before!!! BILL BRASKY!!! Best damn salesman in the office!! I hate Bill Brasky.... but I respect him! You know Brasky served three tours in ‘Nam? Well, I’m in Corpus Christi on business, and I had this eight-foot tall 650 lbs Asian waiter.... which made me a little curious, so I asked him his name, and sure enough it’s Ho Tran Brasky!!! BILL BRASKY!!! I once saw him eat 3 whole live chickens! Brasky once gave me a videotape of him having sex with my wife.....it was the most beautiful damn thing I ever saw! Bill Brasky goes 7'8" 655 lbs. He could eat a hammer and take a shotgun blast to the face standing!! Hell of a salesman!!! TO WILLIAM ROBERT BRASKY!!!
@@billblaski9523Oakley was a badass in his own right. He took less shit than any 2 other players anywhere in the era.
@@mt3311 NOPE HE WAS FAKE . MJ PAY OAKLEY THATS WHY HE IS FRIENED. PIPPEN HAVE EVERY TEAJM MATE FOR FRIEND NOT PAY BECAUSE THEY LOVE THEM.
I remember when McHale was on Cheers and they had an x-ray. McHale said, "That's not mine, it says adult male gorilla ..... must be Laimbeer" :)
Great episode. They whooped Gary with McHale as their ringer, but Gary managed to win as he almost always did.
Now that’s funny !!!
Today, I’m not sure you could even call a white guy an adult make gorilla.
Times definitely change
I remember that episode. I’m a Pistons fan, but McHale’s line about Laimbeer was funny as heck! 😂
Yeah I wonder what Mcfail thought about Rambis 😂….?..
Throwing the ball at the referee!! Bills face got in the way
When you mention the name Larry Bird, make sure you always say Larry THE LEGEND Bird. The best Small Forward to ever play the game.
Hah, maybe before 1990
He's one of many
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pq Nope...THE best. And that's from other basketball superstars; not me.
@@munkustrap2 bird is one of many greats that are in the hall of fame for st Billy Cunningham Jerry Lucas Rick Berry and others 👍😃
I love Larry Bird for that game. I thought we were beat. Me and my Grandpa and Uncle Norman start jumping up and down. When Larry stole the ball from Lambeir and past it to Dennis Johnson to beat the Pistons.
This was absolutely the BEST era in NBA History!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
it sucks now
@@jasras5003 no thanks. Cant stand any politics from either side, sick of it all. I dont know Ja and dont care to.
90s kept it going pretty well also, the Jordan/Pippin, Stockton/Malone, Kemp/Payton days. But yea if you had to pick a single decade it would be the 80s for sure, followed by the 90s then the 70s.
It wasn't basketball! smh
@@jasras5003 now adjust for inflation. Secondly that don’t mean squat I bet his ass ends up broke and or in jail . 😂
Bird channeled his energy into excellence, Laimbeer dissipated his in ignoble and classless behavior.
A world of difference.
But still a huge part of the NBA lore of the hay day.
He was a dick….. but was a winner
Don't act like Parish and McHale didn't do dirty shit to defend Bird.
It's all on tape.
@@ianmichelson768 When the Celtics played that way, it was blue collar. When the Pistons played that way, it was dirty.
Wow are you jealous
@jmedin81, don't act like you wouldn't have loved to have Laimbeer on the celts... he'd fit right in with McHale and Parrish.
The world is a lesser place without hearing Johnny Most calling a Celtics basketball game screaming about "Counterfeit Bill", his nickname for Bill Laimbeer.
People not from Boston, (or New England) never got to hear the greatest and yes the most biased broadcaster in NBA history.
Magic "Crybaby Johnson"
Mahorn and Jeff Ruland "Mcfilthy and Mcnasty"
The 76'ers "The hatchet brothers"
Bill Laimbeer "Counter Bill"
and the list of nicknames goes on! The Celtics never, ever did wrong. And if you were a Celtics fanatic like me, it was just the greatest and most fun time.
Couldn't agree more. I would turn volume down on tv and listen to Johnny Most. broadcast..
So Bill was no racist.. He was just a prime S.O.B. 😅
I well remember the play where Bird stole the inbounds pass. I leaped out of my recliner at home, and shot my fist in the air as I screamed at the top of my lungs.....and knocked a hole in my living room ceiling. True Story. I really did that. I mean _I_ had always said it was the greatest basketball play of Bird's career and the best one I'd ever seen....but it's nice to hear it said here on this video clip.
So it was also the greatest play of your recliner career?
I hope you left the hole. Could even highlight the edges and add a plaque.
I agree that this was one of Larry's most important plays and it was a beautiful steal but I really love the play where he was falling out of bounds and made that shot from behind the backboard.
Id like to imagine that you were in the leaned back position in the recliner and then somehow managed to leap up from there lol.
I did something similar, but I was trying to emphasize, she's still pissed!
Man, I love your channel. Larry Bird is the gift that keeps on giving 🙂
My uncle in Jacksonville went to the same little bar to have a beer. My Unk got him to sign a dollar bill and I bought a can of Skoal with it. I need my ass kicked.
Bird....best clutch player I've ever seen.
Jerry West Robert horry also
Yea he was👍
@@AnthonyRobinson-dc3pqnobody is better than Bird in the clutch, MJ was damn good also
@@johnsobey4261 Jerry West Mr clutch Robert horry Ray Allen
John havcheck Sam Jones Kareem
NEVER GET TIRED OF LARRY LEGEND#33 NBA 🏀STORIES ..
Man I love the 80's NBA!!!
@@thegrisakgroup The 80s were such a good time to be a kid.
I think Laimbeer may legitimately be a psychopath. He really does not care about anyone but himself.
He played the enforcer and he's playing it after retirement. Its his legacy. You don't know the guy behind the persona
@@systemlfo Intentionally trying to injure people and having no regrets about it makes you a psycho, regardless of what "role" you're trying to play.
@@TrueThanny - sure, have your villian.
Enjoy the show
@@TrueThanny who did he injure? When? What game? How Often?
I love a sore loser 😁
How Bill Laimbeer didn't get shot and killed by the opponent, their fans, and anyone else is a fucking miracle.
Exactly
There is still a chance. He is still alive!
One of the things that sets Larry apart (and Kobe did this too) was not just be individually great at playing the game, but great at playing against the other players. If an opponent had a weak spot he was going to find it and take advantage of it
Laimbeer was always a jerk. What's amazing is that he didn't get hurt more often than he did.
Laimbeer was a jerk.... A tough ass mofo....Respect!
Like Mike wasn't a jerk?
Shit... 90% of his teammates hated Jordan.
Laimbeer is loved by his teammates.
That says a lot.
Laimbeer wasn't very athletic or naturally skilled so he did what he had to to be successful. He was a major part of those 2 time champion Pistons teams. He's the type of guy you want to go to war with.
@@steveoshei1819 Basketball is a game, not war. Laimbeer was a dirty player that tried to hurt opponents.
@c.f.sedgwick1885 the Celtics, 76rs, Lakers, etc, weren't trying to hurt anyone, dude? Gtfoh!
They all brawled back then.
Man was the 80's something else. It was the greatest era of basketball. It was the golden age of the NBA. Players really hated each other. There's no hugs or exchanges of jerseys after games. No one hanging with the opposition after the game. NOTHING. It was time where players actually cared about winning and losing. And losing was a death sentence. Fights broke out all the time. Bird had his face broken in one game. And the famous fight between Dr. J and Bird was remarkable. And the great Bird was the king of the 80's which showed the world that he is the GOAT.
80s NBA was great
Bird and Magic (3 and 5 rings, respectively )saved the NBA
80s through 90s. Fell off a cliff after the Jordan Era ended.
'80's NBA was arena football on hardcourt, with a round ball.
Nutty take. Surely you're a SOUTHY BOY?
Nobody slapped fives with u if u missed a free throw back then! Now these babies need reassurance after every miss. Buncha gen. Z softies. Hugging and Laffin with the guy who just kicked your butt! I RARELY WATCH AN ENTIRE NBA GAME FROM START TO FINISH EVEN MY HOME SQUAD.
Bird is a Hall of Famer and recognized as one of the all time greats! Laimbeer is just a footnote in NBA history!
Not really. He won 2 championships with the team that revolutionized the game.
@@AthosRacDetroit, most hated team ever. Cheap shot artist. Revolutionized the NBA? lol. That would be Boston and LA in the 80’s.
@@AthosRacAre you high lol
@@AthosRac Can I have some of what you're smoking? It's legal here.
Been a Celtics fan since 75.
The game being played in this footage is what I came up on. The current, flop-filled, shoot 50 3's a game, trade superstars every single year, allow 5 "eurosteps" w/no travel, game just doesn't do it for me anymore. And that sucks because I'm a huge sports fan, and b-ball is my favorite sport...
Saw a story recently about the league possibly calling fouls and giving FTs to the opposing team for flopping...
🤔🤔🤔
It's definitely a start👍🏼
Awesome video
Never be another Larry Legend!💚
No doubt, in hockey they call flopping "embellishment" and it's a penalty. I'd love to see that implemented in basketball. Also like in hockey, I'd love to see teams lose a player for 2 minutes and be forced to play short-handed. Free throws are incredibly dull.
Wow. You summed it up perfectly. Truth
Your speak the truth 👏
Yup. I've been a Celtics fan since 1960 when Bill Russell played, and now it's all about the 3-point shot the NBA took from the old ABA. All they need now is the red, white, and blue basketball.
@@felixmadison5736that's right
Bird the Best watched him so many times in College in the 80s
We use to sneak in the garden it was the BEST
There is one commonly replayed highlight of Michael Jordan where I bet Laimbeer was going for a flagrant on Jordan, then Jordan did a 180 and Laimbeer missed him, then Jordan scored. I never grow tired of watching that play, as much for thwarting Laimbeer as the coolness of the score.
Yer awesome play that's iconic asf
this animosity between these two never really goes away after all these years, you can tell by the way Larry speaks of Bill Laimbeer
This is on par with the Celtics playing the Lakers at the Forum. Kurt Rambis kept agitating McHale up & down the court. McHale & Cedric Maxwell gave Rambis a combined clothes hanger. Pat Riley said it was the dirtiest play he'd ever seen. McHale got the blame for the flagrant foul, but Rambis kept his hands to himself after that. It was a thing of beauty.😂
Jesus says forgive, and Larry does.. Bill he goes to Hell.
@@user-wf3qy1pz4g McHale closelined Rambis because ML Carr (who was a former prison guard) was telling him he was playing like a 🐈 and he needs to kick someone’s @$$.
Look at McHale’s reaction afterwards. His reaction is basically “ML CARR MADE ME DO IT!!!”
@@user-wf3qy1pz4g So a dirty play is a thing of beauty, as long as it is your team playing dirty. Yep, Celtics fans are hypocrites.
Laimbeer (heavy on the 'Laim') never apologized for his dirty play. I would think there was not a single opponent who respected him.
Rule 1: Lakers and Celtics fans will always hate each other.
Rule 2: They will always hate Laimbeer more.
Chief thank you, I hated lambier. No blood, no foul.
Hated Laimbeer when he played. Dirty and a bully but he knew the rules and used the NBA's tolerance to his advantage.
Loved Bird and he used his trash talk and talent to his advantage. Greatest era in NBA history. I don't even watch now.
Same here.. I agree with ALL that.
He played dirty and not within the rules. Its why he wasn't considered one of the greatest of all time, just one of the dirtiest. There is no greatest every team he would even be considered for.
Any basketball player would love to have a player like Laimbeer in their basketball team.
Same
@@TheLuminousOne No. Players hate guys like that. Even if he's on your team and he doesn't break teammates ribs in practice he still makes the other team want to hurt you.
You couldn't have started this video any better. Your content rules. It brings back memories as a kid. Thanks
Laimbeer getting it from Parish and Isiah’s face being introduced to Malone’s elbow are the best plays in the history of the Bad Boys era.
“Hang him up there with my number!” Yes!!!
Laimbeer is the kind of guy that throws heaters at 10yo. little leaguers.
Total Ahole. Bill didn't have to be an ahole. But he is an ahole.
Dude could bust a three in your face and then knock you tf out.
Weak ass Celtics.
That's a good one!
We're talking basketball here, boy.
Lol!!
Watched a bunch of these Prime Larry Bird videos. Loved each one.
“I was trying to throw it at the referee his face just got in the way”
LMAOOOOO
did Bird really say that?
Larry didn't throw the ball at Lambeer, It was a bad catch🤣
Laimbeer is a sociopath. Attacking his own teammate? That's more than being a jerk. The NBA protected him far too long beccause the fights made for good ratings.
Exactly. Other teams tried to emulate the “Bad Boys” because they otherwise couldn’t play worth a shit but nobody won with it. That stuff may have made for ratings and drama but it wasn’t good for the game at all
I know a guy attacking his teammate in training and doesnt get nearly enough hate
Just like the raiders and the NFL every show has to have a bad guy
I think the NBA playoffs in that era was the greatest show on earth .
@@tomjones3194Agree!! I feel so lucky- Dr. J, Magic, Bird, Isaiah, then going into Jordan, Ewing… and on and on. All the big men Kareem, Parish, Barkley. Just unbelievable. Never missed a game when I was a kid.
I love watching these videos...I couldn't help but think today's NBA players wouldn't be able to handle the level of physicality there was in the 80s and 90s...the good ol' days of great basketball
The exact same thing goes for football; after the 90's sports devolved into a bunch of pussies crying that they were touched.
ESPECIALLY Lebron's crying ass for calls, he'd make himself look like the QUEEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
2000s era NBA was great too.
Rumor has it that in the 1977 NBA Finals, towards the end of game 2 when Dawkins and Lucas got into a fist fight, was the turning point of that series. Philly went on to win that game, and were dominating the Blazers through 2 games. But then Portland won 4 straight, and many people attribute it to the bullied becoming the bully, and Philly wilting.
Bird in . . . 1984 I think and then McHale decking Kurt Rambis was literally Bird encouraging the Bad Boys style. But that was how the league was.
Today, many players would have a hard time playing that style.
or the 60's or 70's a lot of those players would not have put up with it. Bill or Rick against Al Attles for one thing
Complete with Johnny Most!
Thanks so much for this gem.
You gotta' hand it to Larry, he was always among the most professional players in the game. Every new opponent a strategy. Awareness of placement, movement and position of his team mates. If he didn't play basketball, he would've made an excellent strategic officer in the military. Just watch some of his old games, but don't focus on him. Watch his team, where they're moving and how he reacts to constantly take advantage of opponent positional weaknesses. It's impressive.
Constantly trash talking and cussing is in NO way professional
@@BBAKER22 Ever read Sun Tzu's Art of War? If your opponent is of choleric temper, irritate him.
Psychological warfare is part of the professional's repertoire.
If your opponent is east to irritate, exploit it.
That's why you see trash talk in almost every competition.
@@mentalhealthnetwork You're both right. Being unprofessional (unsportsmanlike, I would say) is very effective in sports.
I heard that Bird considered Dennis Johnson to be one of the most intelligent players he ever played with...
So in sync with one another...
@@BBAKER22 ok keep crying
The GOAT is back 🍀
Where's Wilt? lol, jk.
Nice commentary bro! And Your are right that steal is tops on my list by any player! So glad that Im old enough to have seen & lived that moment! I went from Agony to ecstasy in 5 seconds!
I loves Lambier, and it was brutal. The Basketball was physical
So is English your fourth or fifth language?
@@StandStrong614 I love me the raycism... Its it? IF not, then I want to share that I mispell on purpose and use baaaad grammer for tish posting. Karens get all butthurt. Works. You are to kind, I was learning a rd3.
@@TheGuerillapatriot Suuuuuuuure it's intentional 🙄👍... 😂😂😂😂
Every great story has a great villain. 😂
DJ is the smoothest and consistent NBA player I know of.
dj was awesome, I watch a game against the houston rockets. western semis, when he played for Seattle super sonics, 4th qtr, seconds left Houston ahead by 2 or so, Houston with the ball, dj steals the ball and makes a 3 point shot to win the game, fuc*ing awesome! Sadly the lakers kick Seattle's as* in he Western finals... Magic's rookie year,
i love this video every time i watch it brings me such a joy. was so blessed growing up watching him play
“They didn’t even call a foul” 😂😂😂
How good of a guy did Joe Dumars have to be, to have played for that team, and people still like him.
I liked Dantley too and felt so bad for him when they traded him the year they finally won after he had played for them so for long. Other than Dumars, couldn't stand the rest of them but I did respect Isiah.
Joe was class.
You never hear a bad word said about Joe.
Only Pistons player that I've ever respected.
Also, Vinnie Microwave Johnson was cool, but I hated that team. Loved when the Bulls swept them out of the playoffs and ended them.
@@gretchendietz1599 Adrian only played for them for three years. He had to go because Thomas was so jealous of him. Pistons lost a championship to the Lakers because rather than pass the ball to an open 54% career shooter Thomas tried to be mister hero and drive to the basket against a triple team and got stuffed.
Thomas showed how much class he had while the gm of the Knicks. His jerkiness was not noticed as a player because of the two world class jerks he played with, laimbeer an rodman.
@@gretchendietz1599I personally didn’t like Dantley,
who was a ballhog who didn’t play defense or get along with his coaches but I thought he got a raw deal, and it was Isiah’s doing. That was a real slap in the face
Gotta love the Chief!
There was a special affection between Laimbeer and Barkley.
So special.
Basketball players fighting is the funniest thing ever. Always.
I’m thinking baseball… they fight like a bunch of girls! HOCKEY IS THE MAN’S GAME… REAL FIGHTS … watch and see. Get some videos before the stupid instigator’s rule and be entertained as benches cleared and mayhem ensued! 😆
It was a war out there..
Best basketball ever…
I feel honored to have seen the 80s Bird play.. it is also true with Messi
what's a Messi?
@@devo076 MESSI IS ISOME WAGON IN SUPERTEAM.I WAS BLESS TO ALAIN SHEARER REAL CHAMPION AND SCORER.
I just discovered this channel and I really love the editing and the narrator's pacing and voice is so good! You might have gotten me interested in basketball 😂
the greatest sports moments of my life... Lakers (yay!) vs. Celtics (boo!) ... God bless them all today! Thanks for the memories!
I’m more of a NFL guy but that steal by bird is absolutely the greatest play in Sports. No steal,no ring. “ brought to u by the fundamental ( call time out !!!) miscue by Isaiah “
Laimbeer in practice intentionally hurting your star player Thomas, says a lot about him. Laimbeer was a bully not a bad boy, big difference.
no he didn't, stop with the lies
Pretty good basketball player though.
@@jongamber6985 mostly average
Laumbeer is an icon. Every NBA fan from the Day knows who he is. He was a beast at the end of the day. Check the ring
I am from Detroit been following teams and reading papers, never heard of the Laimbeer Thomas thing.
Love BOTH of these guys. NBA will never be this fun to watch again.
Thank you for the upload of this Video.
Thank G^d there was only 1 Larry Bird.
I loved Larry Bird and Bill Lambeer lol Pistons vs Celtics was a bloodthirsty rivalry. The NBA in the 80s was so awesome!! Every game was heated and a brawl could break at any time and nobody was getting tossed out for the pitiful things they do today.
That's the difference between a bad boy and a bad man.
I LOVE THIS SUPER HIGH DEF 8K VIDEO, KEEP THEM COMING!!!!!
The Good Old Days! Love It!
Laimbeer was playing football on the court while everyone else was playing basketball.
He was a like a hockey team's goon.
There's playing tough and then there is just being a dirty thug. Bill was definitely the later.
The whole league was doing it at the time. The NBA allowed it.
Excellent video! I was a huge Celtics fan in those days and there is no measuring the hatred I and my dad had for Laimbeer. I truly believe the guy needed serious psychological counseling. Playing rough is one thing. Trying to end opponents' careers is something different altogether. The SOB should have been arrested for some of the crap he pulled on the court.
I remember watching the Pistons and had respect for other players, even Rodman the freak. But I never liked Laimbeer. He was the main reason for my hate of the "Bad Boy" Pistons.
I think he would get arrested today. Certainly suspended for many games....
@@natamyer1500 Man, that is such an interesting observation, LOL. When Rodman gets a pass because another teammate is over the line says a LOT about what a piece of $hit Laimbeer really was!
Don't be a puss. It's basketball.
Detroit fan here ... yeah I got to agree laimbeer was a d**k and like everyone else nothing but respect for Larry Bird..
I freaking love hearing legends tell stories
Rob thank you for all you have done from my wife and myself. We l9ve your show. You, Sarah and the family have showed us how to enjoy the outdoors even more. God bless you and let the blood of Jesus cover you with healing.
I saw that game live. If parish would have been ejected, the crowd would have problems stormed the floor. Isaiah lost that game for them. Awesomeness
Yep, total choke by Thomas.
FOOLISH
I still watch video of the Chief almost taking Laimbeer’s head off when I’m feeling down.
It cheers me up every time.
Bird had no problems with Laimbeer after that.
Wasn't Parrish a blackbelt? I shook his hand once. His fingers ran past my wrist.
Bill laimbeer makes the game excited love him or hate him u know u going to get basketball/boxing when he comes to town.
That's the NBA I grew up on. Tough guys.
The shot bird made from behind the basket was the best shot ever
the best era in basketball 1980s - 1998
When Parish stood up and was about to go, Laimbeer was wanting none of it.
Parish was so underrated.
Great channel, amazing work
Chuck just went up sky high for me for that letter 😂😂😂😂.
Savage!!!
That was funny. Miss the 80’s B Ball!
Prime Larry bird, is just like the man himself on making these videos. Well done.
Guys like Laimbeer remind us and show us who the good guys are and why we admire them so much.
LMAO
FOOLISH
@@BBAKER22 sit down dufus
Lambier is a clown.
That’s why we like the bad guys 😎
I was watching that game 5.
It was an unbelievable ending.
Bird was phenomenal .
Spectacular performance!
As a child watching Lambeer I always thought to myself: “what’s his problem? Is he really such an a**hole or is he doing this all on purpose?” Turns out…he was doing it on purpose😏
No one gives credit to DJ for making that catch and lay-up under that pressure!
I've seen videos that do. They say that Larry stealing the ball would have been nothing without DJ being there for the lay-up. But then those two had a psychic connection.
I loved it when Parrish got that rascal
I watch no pro sports these days, but if they brought this type of ball back, I'd love it.
Heard about Laimbeer behaving the same way on the court while in college, and everyone knew it. Didn’t matter if you were a fellow college player or a visiting potential recruit
An ex-girlfriend's ex-husband ran a pool hall in South Bend where college student Lambeer ran up a debt playing poker. His father was called in order to pay off the debt.
Lamebeer is a panzy always was and always will be! 14:52
I remember seeing some Notre Dame games with Laimbeir. He was a bruiser then too. I thought this guy is going to hurt someone.
He was "Hatchet man" like Kent Benson was at Indiana and in the NBA.
80's and 90's basketball was the absolute best. Now I don't even watch it.
When you have to injure another player and take him out of the game to win, then you’ll never know if you beat them in your mind if you are a true competitor and not afraid of the challenge. Bird and magic & Jordan knew this and always took the challenge on & gave the fans the thrills of watching it.
I love those days 😁 from Detroit ❤
Wow, this video really took me back, lmao. When I turned a Detroit game on almost knew it was gonna be some drama...A.K.A. The Bad Boys, I remember Isiah getting stitch's above his eye one time for fighting in a game. The league was hella exciting back then not just from fights but pure basketball, I feel so so blessed and thankful to be able to watch these live games and live through the time.
Nothing like 80's .. NBA .... Legends roamed the courts then!
It was a great time to watch basketball. Haven’t watch any in almost 20 yrs because That’s how bad it is now.
@@TC-dw6wg Do you understand why what you said is insanely ignorant?
God damn those fight clips are so hard to watch now that the world knows what fighting with competence looks like.
Dame I miss these good old days
1:36 ... I DID watch one those games to check & DID see Robert twist his ankle against the Pistons! ( He step'd on Larry's foot going for a board , lol ). Not even kidd'n...crack'd me up.
In the 80's...If I hadda choice to which person I hate more... My X , Stalin , Judas Iscariot or Lamebier...tuff call.
I dont hate anyone anymore...but with Lamo... it's still tuff to say something nice. He , umm , looked good in sunglasses...how's that?
No, Lambeer twisted Parish's ankle by sliding his foot under where he knew Parish would land from his jump. Just another example of why Lambeer should have been kicked out of the NBA.
6:55. You've got to be joking! Dj sees that Larry has position and this was on purpose? Wow!, I loved watching those two guys play!
DJ was one of those guys who always showed up in the biggest games. Generally not a great shooter, but was money when a playoff game was on the line.
holy shit, i totally missed that the first time. crazy play.
****Thomas after hearing it would be 8 weeks for punching Lame-beer****
"Worth it."
Larry Bird good player great shots
Love Bill or hate him, it’s a positive to have him on your team.
There were lots of great centers in the 80s - Moses Malone, Kareem, Olajawan, Patrick Ewing, Robert Parish. I'd much rather that my team had a big man other than Laimbeer than being a hypocrite rooting for him.
Could you see Lababy playing in these games. He wouldn't even come out of the locker room !!
Red said it best. Couldn’t have happened to a nicer guy.
"The animosity was not for show" 👏
Nobody liked Laimbeer not even Isiah Thomas his on teammate.
Yeah, but deep down all those who watched the NBA from 79-98 loved him. He was a fucking monster. Lore
Lam was, and is, a lying punk