07.02.1982.- Lakers@Celtics: Abdul-Jabbar vs Parish, Great Comeback By LA
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- With several surges, Boston Celtics built a 66-52 halftime lead and increased it to 20 points midway through the third quarter. The Lakers were playing without Earvin (Magic) Johnson, and their coach, Pat Riley, said, ''When we were down by 20, without Magic, I didn't have any pearls of wisdom.''
But Riley did have Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Michael Cooper and Jamaal Wilkes, who combined for 34 of the Lakers' 41 fourth-quarter points as Los Angeles rallied for a 119-113 victory.
It was a great old-school battle between two great centers, Jabbar and Parish. Kareem finished the game with 35 points and Parish added 29.
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Even though the video quality is not good, it's still rewarding to be able to watch this gem. I remember Robert Parish in an interview once saying that, when he played Kareem for the first time as a member of the Warriors, he said, "Let me just say- it was a veeeerrry humbling experience!" And here, in '82, you can see that he more than belongs with Kareem on the court. Great battle!
No one ever "belonged" with Kareem on the court
Robert Parish was a great center in his own right.
Yeah, Kareem was about 35
Kareem schoolin Parish and McHale. They played the old man tough. Old man was a bad man🏀🏁
Great battle, as well as intense atmosphere, in this one here. Awesome post.
Don't blame Bird. When the sky hook was clicking like that, Everybody Lost.
This is honestly the first time I watched either of these two teams play. Two of the best teams in the league. Celtics dominated for two and a half quarters (leading by as many as 20) and then LA made an amazing comeback. Then I remember just a week later they met again, this time out in LA and the Celtics came from behind to get even.
Parish is my favourite Celtics player
Back when there were true rivalries. Bird and Magic, etc., didn't scheme about letting their contracts expire and then signing somewhere else together.
@ 1:40 Dirk didn't invent that one foot fade-away...lol
Nah, Wilt on the left block
So Bird hits a 70 footer after the buzzer - then hits a shot from his fanny that doesnt count. It just adds to the legend of Larry Bird !! You just never knew what he was gonna do next.
One thing we learned was that opposing the Lakers meant Larry would lose.
One thing you could count on Bird doing: Losing to Magic
@@mja91352 No doubt Magic got the upper hand. No argument there ! But you say it like Larry lost to a bunch of bums. Not many players and teams were beating those Laker teams of the 80's. They were a Dynasty. But the Celtics were great in there own right and gave the Lakers all they could handle. And I'm just typing down what Magic and Worthy and Kareem and all t h e Lakers would say the battles with Larry and those Celtic teams brought out the best in them. Also I think your forgetting that in 86 the Celtics won both regular season games vs the Lakers and would have beating the Lakers in 5 or 6 games in 86. The Lakers were not beating the Celtics in 86. The Lakers got rolled in 5 vs Houston in 86. The head to head Larry vs Magic looks very different if the Lakers made it to the Finals in 86.
The only certainty was that Bird's Celtics would lose to Magic's Lakers.
@@mja91352 were you counting on that in 1984? That must have been a long summer for you.
In 1985 Kareem bailed Tragic Johnson out with his domination of Boston's front line.
Bird started winning MVP's when Tiny left, and DJ arrived.
Great upload. But I keep trying to find the tracking button on my iPhone to fix the fuzzy, but can't find it. Help, anyone?
Reigning champs give up lead to eventual champs w/out Magic. It's a shame they didn't meet up in the final's before 84...
The defending champion Celtics blew a 20 pt lead vs the eventual champion Lakers without Magic, at Boston Garden, and the Celtics was at full force.
They would have, if they didn't fall behind 3-1 to the sixers, it's their own fault, who knows what could have been.
Yes, but don't forget...From 1980-84, it was the Big Three -- Celtics, Lakers, and 76ers. The Sixers were formidable, and every bit the equal of the Celtics, and of course surpassed them as well as the Lakers in '83 when Moses arrived.
0:21 Bird does a sky hook lol
No NBA games in July!
It's really 2/7/1982, not 7/2/1982.
Red Auerbach always used those "stop the fast break" nets every time the Lakers came to town. I hated Boston, but GENIUS!🤓👈
Not "genius." cheating
@@mja91352 The League allowed it, but I thought it was cheating, too...at the time.
@@mja91352 The League allowed it, but I thought it was cheating, too...at the time.
@@mja91352 The League allowed it, but I thought it was cheating, too...at the time.
Where was magic?
Out with a arch injury.
Probably Bird's worst game ever vs LA, but I'd have to see his assist and rebound totals to decide.
sure looked like he was dishing it and started out the game looking to eat cooper up
postaltraining Only 11 points, the lowest ever vs LA, but I'd have to know his assist, rebounds, steals, etc. to know, he might have had a triple double.
Bird had 16 pts, counting the 70-footer & shot from the floor under basket
Celtics returned favor a week later, outscoring Lakers by 10 in 4th, won by 5.
Bird scored 15; Parish & Cornbread had big nights; Jabbar scored 20 or so.
MerkinMuffly My book "Portrait of a competitor" has Bird with 11 points and 10 rebounds and 9 assists - almost a triple double. Great footage here, never saw that 70 footer or the shot from the floor after fighting Rambis for the ball. Bird just had a gift for doing incredible things at any given moment!
Even though my Milwaukee Bucks always came up a little short, I still consider the 80s the NBAs best decade.
7-2-82? That can't be right,by that time the Lakers were chilling after beating the sixers for a ring. They don't play ball in July.
February 7, 1982