@@anthonygraham8122 don’t mean I don’t know the game didn’t watch magic and bird play I was born in 1993 but I know how much they meant to the game especially magic
Pat Riley and Chuck Daly are the assistants. Matchup as head coaches 8 years later. Magic is listed as 6’8” and 200 at the draft Dr. Buss on the sideline with the eye candy Dr J can jump
Vivid memories. Much prefer to watch eighties or nineties NBA over today's games. There's no great team rivalries or individual match ups in today's NBA to rival those of that era.
This series already certified Magic as an All Time Great as a 20 year old rookie. His Game 6 title clinching performance was arguably the greatest play off performance for a rookie and a Top 5 Greatest Performances in play off history.
I remember watching this on CBS back in the day. I was 13 yrs old and a big Sixers fan. This was a great and very exciting series to watch especially at the time because it was the first time seeing the Showtime play from the Lakers , which made it all the more exciting. I really thought the Sixers were gonna take it but the Lakers were not to be denied. It was the beginning of the Showtime Laker era. Dawkins should have stepped up his rebounding game in this series especially when Kareem went out injured but he never did. Anyways what a fantastic time to be a basketball fan! Oh the 80's what a great decade! 🎈
I've been following the NBA (and being a Lakers'fan) since 1978.......those were the days......The (then 2) Texas teams were still in the Eastern Conference, while the Bucks and the Bulls were in the Western Conference: in the 1979-80 season Magic and Bird entered the league (Magic's very 1st NBA game was @ Clips - then in SD - and was a 103-102 W)
Most great players don't make teammates better. This is what sets Magic apart. He fully understood the psychology of teammates. He understood he not gonna win without them.
Agreed. In dynasties, there is at least one player who rises the level of those around him. Magic & Kobe did it for the Lakers in the 80's & 00's respectively. MJ brought it out of you in the 90's or you weren't playing on the Bulls. There must be that one guy on a dynasty team.
Magic's rivalry with Larry Bird was incredibly legendary back in the day. I remembered that day when Bird used to foul him alot. That's how I was introduced to the NBA by watching it on CBS.
People forget how dominant Kareem was . He was clearly going to win the playoff MVP until that performance by Magic .. if they don’t win that who knows .. glad Dr J got his NBA ring after this
Dr. J is my favorite player of all time. But he was only able to snatch a ring with Malone because the Lakers and the Celtics were injured that year. Four final appearances but never had another dominant player on his team, when he was in his prime, to help him get over the hump.
Y’all had to watch winning time to come here? I watched the 79-80 season and the championship that brought me here. The eighties were owned by Showrime Lakers.
Where it counted most, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ate Jack Sikma for lunch during the Western Conference Finals. I was so hoping for the Bucks to beat Seattle so I could see Kareem vs Lanier in the Conference Finals. Coming from a Los Angeles Lakers Fan.
after 43 years and 54 yrs since they started finals mvp Magic is still the only rookie to win fmvp wow my all time favorite I emulated my game after his in11 rec games in 1986 I had 4 triple doubles mt best game 25 points 13 reb 13 ast not bad for a 5'8" PG
I think it's funny how they say that today's athlete is so much more stronger, faster and bigger than the ones from the 80's and 90's. Most of today's NBA players look like twigs. Kevin Durant is not stronger or bigger than these guys, what I dip shit thing to say about today's athlete is stronger, bigger and faster, whatever. Shaq, Olajuwon, Barkley, Robinson, Malone, would mow right through a lot of the today's NBA players.
The average player is bigger, stronger and faster than those of this era. But the elite players are timeless, and would hang with anyone today. Keep in mind also, if the elite players of back then were here, in their prime, today, they too would have access to the modern technology today's athlete's do. Last, if there was a guy you didn't screw around with back then, today's players damn sure wouldn't be able to screw with them.
@@josephD32 The average super star in the NBA today isn't even close to the average size and strength of the elites in the 80's and 90's. The only one is Lebron. Durant, Harden, Curry, Anthony Davis, Chris Paul probably represent the average super star today and are basically the same size as Magic, Bird, Shaq, Perish etc. In fact they were bigger back then. It's been proven the league is getting smaller. A corn bread fed football player growing up on the farm is much stronger than these techlogical advanced athletes today. 20 years or so isn't a generational gap. Maybe if you compare to the 1800's but not 20-30 years. They are the same athletically. Kids today also are emotionally weaker as well growing up in a participation trophy era.
@@josephD32 the average basketball is not bigger now . The game is different they don’t call it like they did then .. and human beings have not evolved
SO I WAS WATCHING WINNING TIME ON HBO AND HELLA FUNNY THAT MAGIC COMES OUT WITH HIS DOC SERIES ON APPLE TV AND SO NOW IM CONFLICTED. I LIKED THE SHOW BUT KNEW IT HAD ALOT OF BS. AND MAGIC TELLING THE TRUTH CAUSE HE DONT WANA LOOK LIKE HOW HBO PROTRAYS HIM TO LOOK LIKE.
Actually the sixers were heavily favoured and odds makers were right in predicting a sixers victory over the celts. As for the FMVP Kareem should've won it, he was robbed!
The best basketball team of all time is the 1987 Championship Lakers team ; They completely dominated a very formidable Celtics team in the NBA finals ! I I rest my case .
Kareem was the clear cut Finals MVP. They gave it to Magic because Kareem was still in Los Angeles with his ankle injury and the TV execs wanted to give the award to someone on air
I remember watching this as a 6 year old and hearing “Stomp” by The Brothers Johnson during one of their profile videos. The music back then was so awesome! ❤
Kareem man, playing hurt. If that was today's game, that player would be out until the 2nd half of the next season. And will require a therapist to work on his mental health.
the passing from the legendary magic johnson didn't equal the scoring from the legendary kareem abdul-jabbar so the 1980 1982 and 1987 finals mvp's should've been awarded to kareem abdul-jabbar
This isnt a Laker Documentary. This is a 1979-80 NBA Playoff/Championship review. Why do ppl repost videos and rename them for credit? Make your own video and take your own credit!!!! Smgdh
please tell me how you all feel about me asking what if jeff van gundy lenny wilkens larry brown don nelson phil jackson and/or red auerbach were the head coaches of the legendary kareem abdul-jabbar
Thanks for posting these video's SQUADawkins. They are so nostalgic for me as they not only provide memories of the games themselves, but of who I was and where I was at during these moments in time.
I respectfully disagree ,the element of the 3 pointer elevates the options available for offenses to exploit slower ,less athletic defenders who cannot adequately manuver quick enough to defend beyond the paint ,the increase of the shot as a validated weapon isn't the problem ,it's opposing coaches not countering the strategy with proficient low post and mid range attacks that are a natural higher pct shot that literally forces predominant 3 point shouting teams to alter it's scheme because they can't manufacture enough points to over come the far higher pct scoring if the mud to low post scoring opponent . The last two NBA champs actually weren't highly proficient from the 3 arc but were strong below the 3 point line . Great athleticism is still rampant inthe NBA despite the fancy of 3 point shooting , low post participation is also still a active option that's utilized ,the 3 has actually improved the fundamental shooting skills of abundance of players moreso.then.any other decade , which is a far better sight then watching guys clunking wide open ten footers ,no lead is practically safe ,which makes for far more entertaining contests from a competitive and NBA market stand point .I concur too this extent i dislike the disdainment of bigs not going down low when matchups dictate a obvious size advantage at various times , as oppose to them going out to the arc are launching misses ,but overall.the game has evolved quite well with exception.to.players taking notion of exploiting size and deficient defensive abilities of opponents inthe post a little more then present ,but a throw back exsclusively to the Knicks Heat ,era when behemoths banged 4 ft from the rim and guys got pummeled if they dated venture inside the paint off the dribble isn't a declaration of elite defensive skill or offensive personel illustrating multifaceted skill to buffer such tactics ,and I'm a old 80's Bad Boy Pistons fan stating this .
@@haroldmccoy6748 man your answer was absolutely fantastic. I will review my ideas on that. I am Brazilian,.perhaps you will remember in 1987 when Brazil won against the USA at the pan games. We got it because of 3 point shooting. Btw, that is considered the greatest victory in our history even more than our two world championships won so long ago.
Was larry bird bettter passer than pist pete maravich ?? Laugh laugh pistol pete maravich wouldve put on passing ; drobbling clinic for larry bird ;; larry bird wouldve teach pete maravich how to be a truck driver
Winning Time brought me here.
Lol me too
Same here lol
Same here lmao
@moabite sounds
Pat Riley also wrote a book about The 1979-80 Los Angeles Lakers?
😂😂😂
Wining Time is 🔥
Just saw the seasons finale and I’m pumped for season 2
Check "Legacy: The true story of LA Lakers".
@@maciekjoker9095great documentary
The 80's Lakers were the most entertaining to watch for me.
Up to now, 2022, there is no player that can pass the ball like Magic.. Greatest PG ever.
Lebron, luka doncic, lamelo ball I mean he ain’t the only one but he definitely changed the game
@@chrisayo8687 🎯💯
You caught up in nostalgia
@@chrisayo8687 you must be young
@@anthonygraham8122 don’t mean I don’t know the game didn’t watch magic and bird play I was born in 1993 but I know how much they meant to the game especially magic
Pat Riley and Chuck Daly are the assistants. Matchup as head coaches 8 years later.
Magic is listed as 6’8” and 200 at the draft
Dr. Buss on the sideline with the eye candy
Dr J can jump
Vivid memories. Much prefer to watch eighties or nineties NBA over today's games. There's no great team rivalries or individual match ups in today's NBA to rival those of that era.
The old school NBA from the 80’s & 90’s is the best
@@jamesbrowne7601 Damn straight
I love looking at replays of the 1980s showtime Los Angeles Lakers. They're the Harlem Globetrotters of the NBA. They had that swag about them.
Also, how about the air time and smoothness of Dr J around the basket in this playoff video.
That reverse by Doc J never gets old .
I agree but man that was terrible defense by Kareem. He had the angle and length to destroy that shot 😆
❤️ dr.j fancy scoring moves toward the basket ;;
Like...never ever...its sweet 2 see
@@michaeltukes6757 i seen cionnie hawkin score on jabber in the low post / pant arnea of the basket;; jabber was helpless ;; laugh laugh
Yes Kobo!!!
This series already certified Magic as an All Time Great as a 20 year old rookie. His Game 6 title clinching performance was arguably the greatest play off performance for a rookie and a Top 5 Greatest Performances in play off history.
Showtime was up and running when I became a basketball fan, it's interesting to see just how pivotal this team was for the leagues overall success.
Winning Time is the bomb. Gets to show you what it is really like behind the scenes
@@stephenmacgillivray7109 I doubt it’s real it’s just an imaginary tale .
@@bobbyhulll8737 bitter Celtic fan
@@impitt28 I’m not a Celtic fan I just realize a dramatic licence when I see it, still fun to watch I loved it ..
So The Spurs and Rockets were in the East, and Milwaukee was in the West at that time?!
Yup, all 3 realigned the following year.
I remember watching this on CBS back in the day. I was 13 yrs old and a big Sixers fan. This was a great and very exciting series to watch especially at the time because it was the first time seeing the Showtime play from the Lakers , which made it all the more exciting. I really thought the Sixers were gonna take it but the Lakers were not to be denied. It was the beginning of the Showtime Laker era. Dawkins should have stepped up his rebounding game in this series especially when Kareem went out injured but he never did. Anyways what a fantastic time to be a basketball fan! Oh the 80's what a great decade! 🎈
Believe it or not that game was not televised. We had to watch the replay!
Magic and Julius are not humans
Never there will be another PG that can play all five positions like Magic! He is truly magical!
The greatest draft pick of all time
Earvin Magic Johnson
I've been following the NBA (and being a Lakers'fan) since 1978.......those were the days......The (then 2) Texas teams were still in the Eastern Conference, while the Bucks and the Bulls were in the Western Conference: in the 1979-80 season Magic and Bird entered the league (Magic's very 1st NBA game was @ Clips - then in SD - and was a 103-102 W)
Most great players don't make teammates better. This is what sets Magic apart. He fully understood the psychology of teammates. He understood he not gonna win without them.
Agreed. In dynasties, there is at least one player who rises the level of those around him. Magic & Kobe did it for the Lakers in the 80's & 00's respectively.
MJ brought it out of you in the 90's or you weren't playing on the Bulls.
There must be that one guy on a dynasty team.
Magic's rivalry with Larry Bird was incredibly legendary back in the day. I remembered that day when Bird used to foul him alot. That's how I was introduced to the NBA by watching it on CBS.
Assistant coaches: Chuck Daly and Pat Riley
People forget how dominant Kareem was . He was clearly going to win the playoff MVP until that performance by Magic .. if they don’t win that who knows .. glad Dr J got his NBA ring after this
Dr. J is my favorite player of all time.
But he was only able to snatch a ring with Malone because the Lakers and the Celtics were injured that year.
Four final appearances but never had another dominant player on his team, when he was in his prime, to help him get over the hump.
Kareem is the most dominant basketball player ever from High School all the way to the end of his NBA career. A true legend.
Thank you very very much for posting this excellent video! 😁👍🏀👏👏
They did Paul Westhead wrong.
The doctor
Y’all had to watch winning time to come here? I watched the 79-80 season and the championship that brought me here. The eighties were owned by Showrime Lakers.
This is the Lakers I have grown to love!!! Cheers to the Showtime Lakers!!!
Those were the days in LA……Lakers, Westwood, and smog.
Magic made me love basketball as a kid… Never forgot him playing center in game 6… My dad was amazed by it…
Where it counted most, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ate Jack Sikma for lunch during the Western Conference Finals.
I was so hoping for the Bucks to beat Seattle so I could see Kareem vs Lanier in the Conference Finals.
Coming from a Los Angeles Lakers Fan.
#32Magic "Showtime" Johnson my favorite! player and pimp of da 🏀NBA🇺🇸
24:49 is one of the greatest poster you’ll ever have. Not posterize, but a literal poster in your bedroom.
Julius Erving and Kareem over Nikola Jokic all day! The Nuggets are nothing!
Actually they are champions
after 43 years and 54 yrs since they started finals mvp Magic is still the only rookie to win fmvp wow my all time favorite I emulated my game after his in11 rec games in 1986 I had 4 triple doubles mt best game 25 points 13 reb 13 ast not bad for a 5'8" PG
I think it's funny how they say that today's athlete is so much more stronger, faster and bigger than the ones from the 80's and 90's. Most of today's NBA players look like twigs. Kevin Durant is not stronger or bigger than these guys, what I dip shit thing to say about today's athlete is stronger, bigger and faster, whatever. Shaq, Olajuwon, Barkley, Robinson, Malone, would mow right through a lot of the today's NBA players.
The bronsexuals would say Lebron the GOAT would dominate these bums lol
@@johnnythekid4601 braindead if you think he wouldn't lmao
The average player is bigger, stronger and faster than those of this era. But the elite players are timeless, and would hang with anyone today. Keep in mind also, if the elite players of back then were here, in their prime, today, they too would have access to the modern technology today's athlete's do. Last, if there was a guy you didn't screw around with back then, today's players damn sure wouldn't be able to screw with them.
@@josephD32 The average super star in the NBA today isn't even close to the average size and strength of the elites in the 80's and 90's. The only one is Lebron. Durant, Harden, Curry, Anthony Davis, Chris Paul probably represent the average super star today and are basically the same size as Magic, Bird, Shaq, Perish etc. In fact they were bigger back then. It's been proven the league is getting smaller. A corn bread fed football player growing up on the farm is much stronger than these techlogical advanced athletes today. 20 years or so isn't a generational gap. Maybe if you compare to the 1800's but not 20-30 years. They are the same athletically. Kids today also are emotionally weaker as well growing up in a participation trophy era.
@@josephD32 the average basketball is not bigger now . The game is different they don’t call it like they did then .. and human beings have not evolved
SO I WAS WATCHING WINNING TIME ON HBO AND HELLA FUNNY THAT MAGIC COMES OUT WITH HIS DOC SERIES ON APPLE TV AND SO NOW IM CONFLICTED. I LIKED THE SHOW BUT KNEW IT HAD ALOT OF BS. AND MAGIC TELLING THE TRUTH CAUSE HE DONT WANA LOOK LIKE HOW HBO PROTRAYS HIM TO LOOK LIKE.
Polite Seattle fans clapping respectfully for the Lakers…don’t know how often you’d see that today.
Actually the sixers were heavily favoured and odds makers were right in predicting a sixers victory over the celts. As for the FMVP Kareem should've won it, he was robbed!
Dr J, what a player. Probably could have been the second ever Finals MVP from a losing side. brother went OFF.
The best basketball team of all time is the 1987 Championship Lakers team ; They completely dominated a very formidable Celtics team in the NBA finals !
I
I rest my case .
Kareem was the clear cut Finals MVP. They gave it to Magic because Kareem was still in Los Angeles with his ankle injury and the TV execs wanted to give the award to someone on air
I remember watching this as a 6 year old and hearing “Stomp” by The Brothers Johnson during one of their profile videos. The music back then was so awesome! ❤
Kareem man, playing hurt. If that was today's game, that player would be out until the 2nd half of the next season. And will require a therapist to work on his mental health.
Not that they would've won but Seattle had lost their last year's FMVP, D.J., to Boston
Why were the rockets playing the Celtics? & why were the bucks playing in the west in the playoffs?
Showtime made me NBA and Lakers fans.
Awesome!
the passing from the legendary magic johnson didn't equal the scoring from the legendary kareem abdul-jabbar so the 1980 1982 and 1987 finals mvp's should've been awarded to kareem abdul-jabbar
That "Witness a shooting" sign at 6:58 didn't age wellin LA ...
Tying Time would be a funny name for a tv show.
This isnt a Laker Documentary. This is a 1979-80 NBA Playoff/Championship review. Why do ppl repost videos and rename them for credit? Make your own video and take your own credit!!!! Smgdh
@5:05 Houston vs. Boston, and it's not the finals?
What a coincidence because same here
please tell me how you all feel about me asking what if jeff van gundy lenny wilkens larry brown don nelson phil jackson and/or red auerbach were the head coaches of the legendary kareem abdul-jabbar
If I'm looking for pure point gaurd its John Stockton all day , all time great. Im not even a Jazz fan
Kareem did not wear goggles that season.
By the way no mention of Laker head coach Jack McKinney hurt early in the season almost killed in a bike accident and Westhead takes over.
Now that's a winner
I want to be the next and my children too
That one guy walking past with number one finger, lol....he's told that story a million times
Tight azz shorts 😂😂😂"Winning Time" baby!!!!
That Laker #10 is fool not giving the ball to Magic for 3.
As a lakers fan my dad grew up watching La he’s whole life
Good old days
Gratitude
Why this background music?
Conferences were all jacked up back then
Thanks for posting these video's SQUADawkins. They are so nostalgic for me as they not only provide memories of the games themselves, but of who I was and where I was at during these moments in time.
where can the music this documentary?
1982-1983 sixers documentary
I’m thinking you failed English 1A.
Houston and Boston in a nonfinals series, huh?
Bostangeles.
10:15 Val kilmer???😲
Anthony Mackie ahould have been Dr. J
They couldn't pay him that Disney money....
20:22 I have the 3 card series.
Eie . !
DR.J!!!!
Cornbread
Silk Wilks
3 point shoot should removed from the game, when it did not exist, the game was much better
I respectfully disagree ,the element of the 3 pointer elevates the options available for offenses to exploit slower ,less athletic defenders who cannot adequately manuver quick enough to defend beyond the paint ,the increase of the shot as a validated weapon isn't the problem ,it's opposing coaches not countering the strategy with proficient low post and mid range attacks that are a natural higher pct shot that literally forces predominant 3 point shouting teams to alter it's scheme because they can't manufacture enough points to over come the far higher pct scoring if the mud to low post scoring opponent . The last two NBA champs actually weren't highly proficient from the 3 arc but were strong below the 3 point line . Great athleticism is still rampant inthe NBA despite the fancy of 3 point shooting , low post participation is also still a active option that's utilized ,the 3 has actually improved the fundamental shooting skills of abundance of players moreso.then.any other decade , which is a far better sight then watching guys clunking wide open ten footers ,no lead is practically safe ,which makes for far more entertaining contests from a competitive and NBA market stand point .I concur too this extent i dislike the disdainment of bigs not going down low when matchups dictate a obvious size advantage at various times , as oppose to them going out to the arc are launching misses ,but overall.the game has evolved quite well with exception.to.players taking notion of exploiting size and deficient defensive abilities of opponents inthe post a little more then present ,but a throw back exsclusively to the Knicks Heat ,era when behemoths banged 4 ft from the rim and guys got pummeled if they dated venture inside the paint off the dribble isn't a declaration of elite defensive skill or offensive personel illustrating multifaceted skill to buffer such tactics ,and I'm a old 80's Bad Boy Pistons fan stating this .
@@haroldmccoy6748 man your answer was absolutely fantastic. I will review my ideas on that. I am Brazilian,.perhaps you will remember in 1987 when Brazil won against the USA at the pan games. We got it because of 3 point shooting. Btw, that is considered the greatest victory in our history even more than our two world championships won so long ago.
3 pt shot came in with Bird and Magic. Bird would not have been near as great without the 3 pt shot.
Loser time brought me
Your mom brought me here!
L Celtics fan
Stack77. Is that you Larry?
He's is 2nd best passer ..behind LARRY LEGEND....!!!!!!!!!!
Was larry bird bettter passer than pist pete maravich ?? Laugh laugh pistol pete maravich wouldve put on passing ; drobbling clinic for larry bird ;; larry bird wouldve teach pete maravich how to be a truck driver
I taught Dr. J that shot at 20:21, but he forgot the nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah-nyah at the end.
imagine if chicago had the 1st pick and then 4 years later they get mj 😮