Bird had 9 rebounds in 1st quarter. Amazing.

The dude lighting up a smoke in The Garden when the game first ended is the best thing ever.

@robertweir5313

Жыл бұрын

I loved that too! Seems like the only inside entertainment place one can enjoy one of life’s simple pleasures is in a Vegas casino

@robertweir5313

Жыл бұрын

Smoking is kool! Geddit? I don’t! I smoke Marlborough reds! Ha!

@beedub93

Жыл бұрын

Burning a heater in 100+ degree sauna. 😂😂😂😂

@camoss3724

Жыл бұрын

@@beedub93 Yeah, why not? What's a little secondhand smoke among friends?😊

@loydkline

Жыл бұрын

Kobe Bryant would've scored 81 points against Larry bird ; dirk nowitzki; Nikola jokic; Kevin Duran would've each scored 50s points against Larry bird

Almost impossible to play better basketball than this!!! Larry Bird just dominated this important home game in 1984.. He “willed” his team to The NBA Championship and was the best player in the world from 1981-1987.. Such a great time to watch professional basketball in the 1980’s.. Much Thanks to Larry and Magic both!!!

@robertpetty7753

9 ай бұрын

Perfect take on this.

@chuckkirby2708

2 ай бұрын

Bird was the best player from 84 to 87. Even as a Celtics fan, I knew that Moses Malone was the best player from 1980 to 83.

Larry's rebounding smarts is just amazing.

The goat with his 2nd ring.

Bird was one of the best deep shooters ever. And he was an underrated rebounder.

@danb1391

2 жыл бұрын

did you hear towards the end.......Bird had 21 rebounds in the previous game :)

@igit_7296

2 жыл бұрын

Prob 2nd best rebounding SF.

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

@@igit_7296 who’s the first ?

@igit_7296

Жыл бұрын

@@davemartino5997 Charles B.

@CJthegreat-ox1mh

Жыл бұрын

@@igit_7296 Barkley's a power forward

its impressive to get 34 points in that era because of the ball rotation of the teams. and no superstar treatment.

Larry legend. I could watch these videos all day

@acornsucks2111

Жыл бұрын

too cloudy for me, but it was great.

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

Me too!!!

I was in the Army during this series and it was the best Finals ever, the break room was rocking!

This is maybe his best Finals game. I know he likes his game 6 in 86 but this is unreal. He played so smart here.

@patsfan4life

2 жыл бұрын

He was the difference in the game, clearly

@VancouverChokers

Жыл бұрын

By far the most important series Bird ever played in. As he said afterward, he “won it for Terre Haute.”

@_gamepoint_

Жыл бұрын

​@@VancouverChokers that is who?

@youngspiffeyboy5903

Жыл бұрын

complete monster on the boards. And i always heard kareem never missed the hook shot , well he missing alot this game he was selling hard

@westies1962

Жыл бұрын

You got that right!!

After leading the Celtics to a OT win, with 29 points and 21 rebounds in game4.. now in game5 with the series tied 2-2, game played under 97 °F heat, no air conditioning, players needing oxygen tanks, ref even fainted from dehydration.. Larry is looking as fresh as can be, putting up 34 and 17, EASILY leading both teams in points and rebounds!! That’s why they call him Legend. Prime Bird was unreal!

@73Trident

11 ай бұрын

Without a doubt. Legend!

@pcorf

10 ай бұрын

When it is hot inside you need to drink lots of water that is for sure.

@cindyknudson2715

7 ай бұрын

​@pcorf I've heard pickle juice is good for physical activity in heat. Perhaps it's the salt?? Only water isn't enough.

@Gregory-sm9pf

Ай бұрын

Somebody asked Bird if this was the hottest game he ever played in he replied, "Hell I've played in a lot hotter weather back in Indiana" LEGEND!

Ohhh. the HOT game. I remember watching this on the tube. A classic.

10's of thousands of fans cooped up in a 100 degree plus building. That's some dedication for your team.

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

True!!!!

Incredible collection of legends on both teams. Larry outshined em all that day.

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

True!!!

Denis Johnson was my fav player ever. So steady and clutch. Slow but quick. A strange combination.

@beachbunny7256

Жыл бұрын

Dennis Johnson was so clutch!! He and Bird had an ESP connection also!! Loved the late great DJ. So happy his number is next to bird's!!

@beachbunny7256

Жыл бұрын

Hey brand! You're right!! DJ and Bird had incredible quick hands and accurate bullet passes but weren't the fastest runners! And the high IQ's were a winning combo against the best players of all time!

@trhansen3244

Жыл бұрын

Shame he wasn't inducted into the HOF earlier. He passed away too soon.

@berniecioffoletti3398

Жыл бұрын

He was tremendous. He was money at the free throw line.

@robertpetty7753

9 ай бұрын

Yes like the Sam Jones of the Russell Era.

At 14:20 a guy lights up. You got to love the 80’s

Greatest intros of all-time. I had chills watching and hearing this. The ANTICIPATION, the DRAMA, the LEGENDARY PLAYERS. In a LEGENDARY ARENA!! It was the best of times!! I love how a dunk is simply called a "jam" or a "stuff". No big deal...you better get your ass back on defense in those days. No time to pose for the cameras like these fools today. Gimme Bird, Magic, McHale, Kareem, Worthy, DJ, Jordan, Isaiah, Dr. J, etc, all day long!!!

@brianpuckett941

Жыл бұрын

You got that right, men's basketball back then

14:18-14:21 to think you can just light one up after a great win. Such a different world we live in now.

@wizard1687

2 жыл бұрын

This was the tail-end of the smoke anywhere you want era. By the dawn of the 90s, no smoking sections were in full effect

@chrisledbetter9278

2 жыл бұрын

Different yes, also much worse.

@kingfish4242

2 жыл бұрын

@@wizard1687 Yea, fire one up in an arena now you get arrested lol

@robertweir5313

2 жыл бұрын

@@kingfish4242 yet you can drink as much you want without a fine as long as you’re not being disorderly and people think you’re just having a good time, but light a Marlboro and you’ll hear cries of “put it out!!” Interestingly enough those same anti ciggy people are too cowardly to tell some gangsta to put out his marijuana joint. The cognitive dissonance is mind blowing

@Youve_GotABeard

Жыл бұрын

Yea saw that too.. as someone who loathes cigarettes I find it outrageous.

It’s one of his many legendary games. One of my favourites. He completely, utterly dominated a great team, who were absolutely powerless to stop him.

DJ and Bird shared a brain.

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

Years of playing and practicing together helps

Who’s bad done more in a gam than the the legend himself. He is everywhere at all times!!!!!

What an amazing atmosphere and game! Magic and Larry saved the NBA and it’s easy to see how they brought so much attention to the NBA

I hated the Lakers growing up as a Celtics fan. Have to respect how good they were. 2 of the top 3 teams in history in my opinion.

@H0kieJoe

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, growing up I was a Sixers fan so I hated the Lakers and the Celtics! I've nothing but respect for all of these teams now! What a great era of basketball.

@bbkyjohnson

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately the 76ers were a little bit older I’d say and I missed how good they were. Hated the piston’s and probably didn’t respect the bulls enough until I was older.

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

They had a great team tho

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

@@H0kieJoe Philly had a great team 81-84

@bbkyjohnson

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely those series between Boston and Philadelphia were really tough!!

Cooper was a warrior! Epic battle between he and Larry.

@theephraimite

2 жыл бұрын

him*

@johannesswillery7855

2 жыл бұрын

@@theephraimite Thank you.

@echoromeo384

2 жыл бұрын

Yup, and Larry said cooper was the best defensive player he ever played against, And Cooper said Larry was the best he ever faced.

@73Trident

Жыл бұрын

@@echoromeo384 And Larry always kicked his ass. Built him up to tear him up.

@manuginobilisbaldspot424

Жыл бұрын

@@73Trident Didn't kick his ass in '85 or '87.

Not only a legendary series, but how about that legendary CBS opening theme.

@wizard1687

2 жыл бұрын

No doubt! Only the theme from This Week in Baseball eclipses this, in my opinion. Miss the 80s

@DJ-bj8ku

2 жыл бұрын

That opening sent shivers.

@dwgwnr1969

2 жыл бұрын

Dude ..that's the original shit !! Totally hummed it while I would dazzle the nerf hoop league

The studio graphics in the opening 90 seconds of the broadcast: in 1984, they looked SO cool, so cutting edge, so futuristic. Really brings me back!

@bobbenbrown123

8 ай бұрын

Amazing nostalgic memories 😁😊

This was a big win for the Celtics and a great game for Bird. Seems like very few people remember this game. You can sense Bird's determination and will to win.

@caesarfiorini1728

2 жыл бұрын

Loved Musberger

@caesarfiorini1728

2 жыл бұрын

This was before they changed finals formal to 2-3-2. Otherwise game 5 would have been in LA

@lakerraider100

2 жыл бұрын

As a Laker fan, believe me I remember this game. No AC in a boiling Boston Garden. Red turning the heater on in the Lakers locker room and Kareem sucking on the oxygen during time outs. Ugh it still hurts. What a series this was.

@bobbenbrown123

8 ай бұрын

​@@caesarfiorini1728and Dick Stockton and Tommy Heinson as well 😁

I still hear Musburger’s words, “In game 4 they declared war. The Celtics were going to do things their way whether the Lakers liked it or not.”

WOW, took me right back, the crowd was electric and Larry Legend. The NBA was Fantastic!

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

You’re right about that!!!!

My aunt got married the Saturday of that week and it was 102 in the church for the ceremony. No AC. No AC at the reception either. I remember watching this game as a young kid wondering how they could run so much in the heat.

I think the Garden crowd was louder in this game than it was for Game 7. Oh, and loved the shot of the guy in the stands firing up a smoke at the end of the game.

This was a really fantastic game, and Larry willed his team to victory. He was just AMAZING.

Bird and the Celtics pulled off an amazing feat in this series. In my opinion the Lakers were the better team, but I was rooting for the Celtics.

@scottbuono2507

Жыл бұрын

KC always had the same dilemma his whole coaching career with the Celtics does he go to the bench against the really good teams to give the big 5 some rest but risk giving up an immediate 10-2 run or does he leave them in and pray they had enough gas in the tank to get them home in the 4th..bench was solid but never matched up well against the Lakers reserves

@Gregory-sm9pf

11 ай бұрын

@@scottbuono2507 Lakers definitely had a deeper bench, I mean Greg Kite, yikes!

@robertpetty7753

9 ай бұрын

Which makes Bird even more of a Legend.

@cindyknudson2715

7 ай бұрын

Bird said he trained to play the full 48.

(13:28) GOAT Larry Bird was a player with two very huge balls.

Thommy Heinson is hilarious 😆 I’m not certain who he was referring to when he said “he’ll step on his grandmothers face to get an offensive rebound!”

@basketballcomposition7748

2 жыл бұрын

He was talking about Mike McGee from the Lakers 😂😂

@krakenwoodfloorservicemcma5975

2 жыл бұрын

That cracked me up too.

"What's the big deal about 100°? It's just another day in French Lick."

MY TRUE GOAT!

@echoromeo384

2 жыл бұрын

What's up girl. You're on every Larry Bird video I see.

@stephanefokou3838

2 жыл бұрын

@@echoromeo384 😂😂😂 if you see her every where it means you are also every where

@echoromeo384

2 жыл бұрын

@@stephanefokou3838 I sure am.

Larry Bird puts on a clinic in the steam bath at the Garden. Best all-around player ever!!! Better and more clutch than Lebron James and arguably more clutch than Jordan. As Pat Riley once said, "If the game was on the line I would want Jordan to take the last shot. If my own life was on the line I would want Larry Bird to take the last shot."

The Legend faces the Magic in Showtime Lakers- Celtics.

34 points, 17 rebounds. “But he’s not athletic.”

@johncox770

Жыл бұрын

To be honest, Bird didn't look very athletic even though he was one of the all-time greats.

@krisharkleroad8

Жыл бұрын

@@johncox770 looks can be deceiving.

@berniecioffoletti3398

Жыл бұрын

......but he had a motor that was always running.

@joshuasussman4020

Жыл бұрын

My main point is that if you get 34 and 17 then you can play the game in a lazy boy chair for all I care.

Larry just wanted it more than others period, if his body wouldn't hv failed him in the early 90s n bias hadn't of died a few yrs b4, Larry would hv at least 4 chips maybe even 5.

@MarkBird32

2 жыл бұрын

And don't forgot that Byrd cut his hair short in 1988 and never reached finals again. I truly believe he was a better player with long hair mullet. 1986 he had the juiciest full mullet and he was a triple double machine. His absolute prime. Short hair stinky fart Byrd of 1989 he only played 6 games. By 1992 he could barely walk. His short hair and brother Eddie not paving drive way ruined Byrds career. I 100% agree. 1987 Celtics with healthy Byrd, Mchale, Walton, and Bias would of beat the lakers in 6 or 7 games.

@ephraimfink9010

2 жыл бұрын

Totally

@vernonsanders371

2 жыл бұрын

That is a 100 on that one

@chrispaschal7955

2 жыл бұрын

6

@davemartino5997

Жыл бұрын

6 Boston should’ve won 81 , 84-88

Best playoff game I've ever seen..

Winning Time brought me back her and he was kicking their ass this whole series.

This is imo one of Bird's top 5 games of his career

What a great beginning.

Back when the NBA playoffs were flat out war.

@beachbunny7256

Жыл бұрын

Ikr!! "McGee would step on his grandmother's face to get a rebound especially an offense rebound" 🤣😆 total war back then!! Lakers and Piston's games were blood baths!!

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

Agreed on that!!!!

I've always said this was Bird's signature game. Against the guy he wanted to beat the most, in a God damn SAUNA (on court, it was around 104 degrees), his will carried them big time over in my opinion, a more talented Lakers team.

Great rivalry, physicality, hard defense, low post games and a great atmosphere. Todays NBA doesn't compare and is difficult to watch. Yes the talent's great however it's not watchable like it used to be.

With all due respect for Magic, how can anyone compare him to the GREAT Larry Bird???

@michaelbonavito2927

2 жыл бұрын

bird was a clinic on how to play basketball

@johncox770

Жыл бұрын

They played different positions so it's an apples to oranges comparison. Magic was a point guard. If I was assembling a dream team and needed a point guard I would choose Magic over Bird. If I needed a forward I would take Bird.

@paulazzar8936

7 ай бұрын

​@johncox770 Jordan was a guard, too. He dominated just like Larry. Well, almost.

I thank GOD I was born 50+ years ago and was blessed to watch this series! The only players since Bird and Magic who played like this on both ends are Duncan, Giannis, Kawhi, and MJ (and I couldn't stand MJ!!!!!!). Lebron, Kobe, and Shaq were great, but the true LEGENDS are the ones who come up the biggest when the lights are brightest!

It’s insane to me the Celtics won this series. Even Bird says they got lucky this time. This Lakers team is beyond stacked. Arguably their best team of the 80s

Better career rebounder than the great Patrick Ewing. Amazing.

arguably Larry's greatest game. " I'd rather guard Michael Jordan than Larry Brid. You play a chess game against Bird"- James Worthy

@johncox770

Жыл бұрын

Jordan would drop 40+ points on Worthy.

@shaq9838

Жыл бұрын

@@johncox770 I’m not denying MJ wouldn’t do that. But I don’t think Worthy meant that as a slight to MJ. In fact, you’d be surprised the answers you hear when you ask players who was their toughest person to guard.

@cindyknudson2715

Жыл бұрын

Worthy also said Jordan would make you look slow, Bird made you look stupid.

@cindyknudson2715

Жыл бұрын

@@dalegriffin6768 No. This isn't about race. This is about specific people and their specific skill sets.

One4 of the best NBA Finals games ever!!

I don't think there's any other sport where 'homefield advantage' means more than in basketball. I think the reason is because the fans are so much closer to the game than most sports... Almost like they're playing too - it's so close!!

@dwightlove3704

2 жыл бұрын

Guess you forgot that homecourt advantage was useless in '85.

Greatest player of all time bird no other

Never, ever, ever saw Larry Bird give less that 110% in every game. Big game or small game. He gave his best.

These Sunday games was the sh...t! U had to be there! 80 's baby

Game 4 and game 5 showed why Larry Bird was a legend and many other games also

He may not have been the greatest athlete but Larry was playing chess while everyone else was playing checkers that was the difference with him it was a mind game

@cindyknudson2715

7 ай бұрын

In 1986, AP declared him Athlete of the Year.

I miss those days. The old Historical Boston Garden. Doesn't get any better than that.

Bird is doing that to 8 time all defense, 5x World Champ Michael Cooper, by the way

How great is this!!!!

If you were alive when this was happening you know Game 4 and Game 5 of that 84 series were like the Big Bang for the NBA. Game 4 with all the drama and the clothesline of Rambis. This game with the 100 degree temps and no AC..Magic and Bird in their Prime and Jordan a few months away. Will never be topped.

Wow look at how incredibly physical they are. Most physical game I've ever seen. Even more physical than the UFC or any MMA competition. These guys make mike tyson look so bad. Much Wow, such physcial, so great.

The quality of this vid is superb!!

THANKS !!!!!!!!!!!

Greatness personified

This one was for Terre Haute.

Larry Bird era um Deus.

Omg. Larry is still my HERO!

@user-iv9er3nr6z

15 күн бұрын

Lebron james 4 nba basketball 🏀 championships, stole Kareem Abdul jabber career nba scoring points record from jabber

Larry Bird had some foot speed.

@adamdorgant9454

5 ай бұрын

Yes indeed!!!!

Bird had some amazing playoff games

A huge building like that with all those bodies and no A/C. That mustve been a real sauwnah in there 😂😂

Damn I love Bird what am I saying I love the entire team DJ was clutch and Kevin and Chief and Danny what a team

Baseball and basketball are the best sports. Football is the best event sport.

damn he was good

I got to see gm 1 1984 in person as my first Celtic game. I wonder how many modern players could've gutted out 43 minutes in 97 degree heat like bird and others did that night?

@danabaker596

2 жыл бұрын

Today's wimps would have to take the next game off for "maintenance". Or Covid BS. Plus, half of both teams players would be suspended from the previous game in LA. Back then....play on boys!! Miss that era, alot!! They were tough as nails.

@leoderosia9279

2 жыл бұрын

@@danabaker596 how true! Great comment...players now are certainly babied a lot more

@noelharris5488

Жыл бұрын

@William Kremin Just before the game they (CBS) were talking to McHale n said "It's going to be 100° in here,McHale:Yeah,but I don't think they're going to call off the game. LOL

The bird!!!

This was a great series because it was the one Larry was really determined to beat Magic since he'd only lost to him in championship games before. Never got to win another against him, but that's what happens when you go up against the Showtime Lakers. Their rosters were always a little bit better.

@Alphasports576

2 жыл бұрын

The only time Larry had more Talent around him than magic did was in 1986 when he had a healthy Bill Walton with him and we saw what happened the Celtics always had lots of talent red did a great job of managing the roster but the Lakers always had a little more cream and Magic two of the top five or six players ever play the game like I said Larry had Talent around them the magic always had more except for 1986 and that's the greatest Celtics team ever if they could have kept that team together with a healthy Bill Walton and Len Bias not dying tragically instead of having three rings bird would have had 405

@jermaineloyola7724

2 жыл бұрын

@@Alphasports576 Lakers lineup was always better than the Celtics. It’s just that 86 Celtics team was built to battle the Lakers. That Lakers team had 4 number 1 overall pick. Talent wise the Lakers where more loaded than the Celtics. It’s just that Bird’s game really brought a different dynamic to that Legendary team.

@69FOSTER

2 жыл бұрын

@@jermaineloyola7724 The Lakers also had better reserves; Celtics had no bench.

@michaelbonavito2927

2 жыл бұрын

magic went to a team that had jabbar enough said

And this is against some people that can really play. This is the best of the best.

Haha - guy sparking up a cigarette at the end 😆

17 yes 17 rebounds by a small forward in a championship game the man was THE SHIT!!!

Those of us who were in Terre Haute when Larry was at ISU knew this stuff was going to happen. Fun!

Its 97* in the Boston Garden? Guess AC was not an option in 1984. Great game. I would rather watch these old clips than todays NBA games.

Lakers wilted; Bird flourished

Larry Legend

playing in 100 degrees weather is insane

the guy at 13.13-13.14 "now let's have a smoke" in 97 degree Garden. The 80s!

@3:49 Kurt Rambis slinging that elbow 😡

I watched every game of this trilogy during the quarantine wanting to figure out who really was better Magic or Bird. After watching all three series the answer is Kareem. He was consistently the most dominant and his performance in 85 is the stuff of legend.

@dwgwnr1969

2 жыл бұрын

U are correct..hes why 85 and 87

@cindyknudson2715

Жыл бұрын

@@dwgwnr1969 And 1980. He was injured for the last game of that series but they wouldn't have gotten to that last game without him. He was league MVP that year.

Aside all racism, LARRY BIRD IS GOAT.

@johncox770

Жыл бұрын

Bird is my favorite player of all time, but Jordan was definitely better. Bird is in the all-time top 5.

@paulazzar8936

Жыл бұрын

@@johncox770 Bird is a far better team player. He scores, rebounds, assists. Jordan is mainly a high scorer. Bird will make any team play well, Jordan, you have to build a team around him.

@johncox770

Жыл бұрын

@@paulazzar8936 I hope you are not making a case for Bird being better than Jordan. That's just not true. Jordan may be the best NBA player ever. Bird was great but MJ was on another level. I don't really like MJ but my personal opinion of him doesn't matter. Pippen was my favorite Bull, followed by Rodman. Anyway, Bird was one of the greatest but he's not the GOAT.

@paulazzar8936

Жыл бұрын

@@johncox770 Bird is the best. He beat Jordan, check it out.

@jarodjohnson4357

5 ай бұрын

​@@johncox770Jordan never beat Larry in a playoff game

The Lakers were the better team in 84. But Boston just wanted it more

🐐🐐🐐

14:19 - Red not the only one light up a victory smoke in the Garden HA HA HA!

The "GOAT" 🐐

"He'll step on his grandmother's face to get a rebound!" - Tom Heinsohn

The best Finals ever!

Honestly, i knows it almost 40 years , however Dick Stockton’s commentary drives me nuts. He always made these subtle passive aggressive statements about the Celtics. “In many ways the Lakers gave the Celtics 2 games “ for starters. He (in my opinion )always favored LA, particularly Earvin. 86-87, started Touting Johnson for MVP before the season even began. Lobbied for Magic to win an all star MVP 1990 even though the west lost! I can go on and on.

"He'll step on his grandmother's face to get a rebound." Former Celtic coach and TV analystTom Heinsohn about journeyman Laker McGee.