Perfect take on this.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

too cloudy for me, but it was great.

Me too!!!

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

Prob 2nd best rebounding SF.

@@igit_7296 who’s the first ?

@@davemartino5997 Charles B.

@@igit_7296 Barkley's a power forward

True!!!

Without a doubt. Legend!

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

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

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!

He was the difference in the game, clearly

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

​@@VancouverChokers that is who?

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

You got that right!!

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!!

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!

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

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

Yes like the Sam Jones of the Russell Era.

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

Different yes, also much worse.

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

@@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

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

True!!!!

You got that right, men's basketball back then

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@@theephraimite Thank you.

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

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

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

Amazing nostalgic memories 😁😊

Years of playing and practicing together helps

Loved Musberger

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

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.

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

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.

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.

They had a great team tho

@@H0kieJoe Philly had a great team 81-84

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

You’re right about that!!!!

He was talking about Mike McGee from the Lakers 😂😂

That cracked me up too.

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

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

@@stephanefokou3838 I sure am.

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

@@johncox770 looks can be deceiving.

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

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.

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

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

Which makes Bird even more of a Legend.

Bird said he trained to play the full 48.

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.

Totally

That is a 100 on that one

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6 Boston should’ve won 81 , 84-88

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

That opening sent shivers.

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

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!!

Agreed on that!!!!

Jordan would drop 40+ points on Worthy.

@@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.

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

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

bird was a clinic on how to play basketball

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.

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

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

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

In 1986, AP declared him Athlete of the Year.

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

@@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.

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

magic went to a team that had jabbar enough said

Yes indeed!!!!

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.

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

@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

U are correct..hes why 85 and 87

@@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.