Back when The NBA all star game really Matter.

Defense at an all star game, what a concept

That game was awesome! 100x more exciting that today's NBA!

Good to see a young, athletic Dennis Johnson from his Seattle days.

Back when an All star game was an All Star game

Bird missed the game-winning shot in regulation. I’m sure he was pissed about that. He then came out in OT and dominated the game.

Needless to say, this was a loaded all-star game. Both teams seriously wanted to win it. Wish I could have been there. Bird made a difference in the last few minutes of this game in more ways than just hitting the shots. This was a sample of what was coming and was already there to a degree.

Man, the Iceman still look way smoother than any of the current NBA players of today.

Bird once said dj was the best player hes ever played with and its easy to see why in these old clips man dj was a versatile player in his prime years

The times were GREAT then..and Larry and Magic were the saviours of the league. That no-look slap pass Larry gave Iceman was..woooowee 😉👏☝️

People that say that Bird isn't at least top ten just need to watch footage of him playing. If they can't see the greatness and uniqueness of his game then they are blind. Any player in this clip here would be all-stars just as they were then. What player today would be able to stop Kareems sky hook?

Larry Bird touch pass late in the game, was the best play of that entire season.

4:55 check this traveling call. A good example of how they’ve made it easier for the offense in the modern era; this extra step is never called in 2023.

Larry wasn't just playing basketball. He was also playing football hockey chess and billiards.

Dennis Johnson was super good during 78-80.

Julius Erving is insane. Some of this stuff he does isn’t normal even now

Rookie bird made big shots, great passes, boards in ot...as a longtime Celtic fan this looks familiar

Bird even as a rookie making a difference to win the game.

Lary bird 🐦 was definitely a hard player to guard. Because he was so fast and can definitely pass the ball and shoot 🔫 and score wowwwwwww

Bird should had won MVP fir that game. His play in overtime was special.

Back when the NBA was still worth watching. Loved Brent Musburger and Hundley on the call.

Larry is the best one-touch passer ever.

Thank you for sharing as I never saw this all star game. Gotta love Bird = always wanting to take the last shot and even though he missed it , he more than made up for it in the overtime period!

At 1min 40sec left (9:30) in the overtime period, Larry Bird made the first 3-pointer in All-Star Game history. 🎉

When players cared about winning every game... even if it didn't "count".

NBA players notoriously travel all the time, but that was a bad call on Ice. Looked like two solid steps to me. Also love that tip pass from Bird!

Just a bunch of GOATS 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐 Doing what GOAT'S DO

playing defence in an all star game.... imagine that.

Gervin was soooo good. Smooth as glass

That precise point in Basketball's evolution from Dr. Naismith with a Peach Basket to today's gymnasts in jerseys when the big time still included solid fundamentals and was truly Big, so you'd never get that traveling call on George Gervin today.

It was so great to hear Hot Rod Hundley making the call. He was and will always be the voice of the NBA to me (lifetime Jazz fan). He was the best. We always could tune in and hear Hot Rod and Ron Boone as we drove around, went camping, etc.

That was when the All Star game was just the game and no other garbage!!

I watched this game when it was played, Dennis Johnson had a great game and might have won MVP if the west would have pulled it out. Great NBA all star game from 1980.

Great Video and thanks for the post! The uniforms give this a Washington Bullets intra squad scrimmage feel, lol. No doubt, Larry Joe Bird and Magic were all time greats! It was cool seeing The Iceman balling out there, George Gervin was an elite scorer for about 5 season. Guy was just silky smooth and I loved that little finger roll he had! I was 11 years old when this game was played and as I watch it now I notice there is much more defense than the modern ASG. Adrian Dantley was another awesome scorer in his day.

The Doctor steals the show for me.

Even as a rookie Bird showed how clutch he was. In overtime he hits 2 long range bombs from the corner. 1 being a 3. Then he makes 2 amazing passes including the beautiful left handed tip pass of a rebound. He just did things to help his team win no matter what it was

I love that there is actually some defense.

Back when the Rockets and Spurs were in the East and the Bucks and Bulls were in the West. Good times.

Back when the All-Star game wasn't scripted and they took pride actually trying to play defense and running an offense not just dribbling up and jacking up a 3. Much better quality basketball.

OMG that no look tap pass by Larry Bird😊😊👌👌 . Both Larry and Magic showed even in this game why they would end up being all time greats. DJ is so slim and trim here looking so healthy and good. I saw pics of him before the heart attack and how he looked then. I wish when these guys leave professional sports that they could find a way of staying fit. DJ, Moses, Darryl Dawkins so many of them die young from things like heart attacks 😒😒

The REAL nba

Any player would be good in any era, they would just adjust to their times... Like, you know... LIFE

I don’t even watch all star games anymore. They aren’t competitive. This was good to watch

Larry. End to end. Muah 💋

I started watching n 1969..todays nba is tough to watch...bird is probably the best all around player ever

This was the Game 👀 look at all of these HOF players

Crazy how competitive they played back then in these games. Just a list of all time greats in this game. I was trying to write down names as they flashed across the screen. Folks may not have seen Walter Davis or Dan Roundfield play but those were some bad dudes. Same with Otis Birdsong, Michael Ray Richardson, Elvin Hayes, John Drew. OMG! Also, we use to laugh at the geography. San Antonio Spurs and the Houston Rockets (Gervin and Moses) played for the East. Marques Johnson (Please help me understand why this dude isn't in the Hall of Fame yet) played for the West and he played for Milwaukee. As kids, we use to laugh at that setup. But it was nice seeing a young Larry Bird, Dr. J, Iceman, and Moses on the same team.

I miss the capital centre, many a good shows I've seen there R.I.P.

LOVE you guys AND this channel!

1:07 beautiful

8:58 Bird missing the game winner! But he would then be the difference maker in overtime.

Dennis Johnson!

Funny to see 1. Bird not starting. 2. Bird shaking the hand of Dr. J. (Probably first and last time) 3. Bird stepped on the out line making a turn over. 4. Bird missed the clutch winning jumper.

DAMN THAT BROTHA CAN PLAY!

I started watching the nba in 1978, never missed an all-star game since.

So nice to watch, no reservations

Thats when the Nba was the real deal! Awesome times sure miss it!

5:08 they were so strict on traveling then because nowadays this looks like a clean 2

Bird playing to win

i wood luv me one of those basketballs from back then

Larry larry larry

33 = Larry Legend

Gus Johnson was so powerful, he became a verb. When he dunked on you, you got "Gus Johnsoned."

It actually looks like a basketball game. Unlike now.

Iceman didn't travel on that dunk

Moses Malone played for the Houston Rockers from '76 to '82. How is he suited up for the Eastern Conference in the 1980 All Star Game?

That was a real all-star game....today's NBA should take notes, it's not rocket science

This was right after magic Johnson dominated Larry Bird in the NCAA college finals Indiana State against Michigan st and magic won the national championship for Michigan st that was the beginning of magic dominating bird on the hardwood believe that

30th all star with first 3 point line. Spurs and Rockets final season as the Eastern Conference, Bucks and Bulls as the Western Conference as well.

Back when they played defense

Nobody touched a weight back then. 😂

Tiny Archibald was old here but he still flew down the court.

4:56 Gervin goes up for a dunk 2 steps , traveling!!! lol Now they get 4 or 5 steps depending on who you are.. crazy how his dribble dribble pick up ball 2 steps dunk. Whistle and called travel.

Omg 😲 wowwwww this was a serious (All star game

Bird and Flagg are the best players ever.

Wait for it

3:56

Unlike today, it's actually a real game

How many times were Erving Earvin and Gervin on the floor at the same time? 😝

Notice how the players don’t walk when dribbling

The difference of intensity, athleticism and defense compared to an nba all star game of today, let’s be honest there is None.

This was a real treat. High energy. The West looked good I thought they were gonna win. Great to look back on the legends when they were young even Kareem was hustling up and down the court. Lol. The Iceman got MVP with 34 points. How bout Moses with the block on Kareem’s skyhook.

Johnson still dunking!!!

Everyone wearing Washington Bullets unis

Larry Bird, the best white player with the best IQ in NBA history.

Imagine if Dr j and Moses Malone played together all of their prime like magic Johnson and jabar...bird and magic Johnson history would have been much different... maybe a title a piece... sixers would have dominated the seventies and the early eighties

They actually called traveling back then

If only the 1973 Virginia Squires had been able to hold on to Julius Irving and George Gervin, that team likely would have become so good they would have made the grade to join the NBA some years later when several teams from the ABA merged with the NBA.

Back when the game was legit,not a sideshow

Back when they really tried to play a serious game,not just run and gun show.

Bird is the GOAT. Because his skin is light he gets disrespected

All Star Game uniforms should go back to using the template of the host team’s uniforms.

80s all star games show that stars wanted to beat each other....they are trying, playing, ....WHAT is going on today with all star game? Why does anybody watch them? I haven't in a decade.

4:56 Back in the day they called travels for no other reason than the steps looked awkward but were otherwise legal.

ICE MAN!!!! ASG MVP!!!!

at 6.33 Bird tells Dr. J to retire. (7 years too soon)

Denzel Washington at 4:19 was a great player before becoming an Actor.

Like the great champion that he was, Bird made up for the mistake on the shot that could have won the game already in the 4th quarter.

Larry MF’n Bird

Nice to watch games when a travel was a travel. Its hard to look as athletic as todays players when you can take 3 or 4 steps! People nowadays talk about how much more athletic players are today and i say CALL A TRAVEL!