Maravich the forgotten superstar who would still rule today.

Pete dribbled the right way and still got fancier than anybody in league history. Nice to see a game without carrying in every dribble.

Maravich did that with one coronary artery,,,,, almost unbelievable!

Maravich only played one season with the three-point shot. He hit 10-of-15.

I saw games like this as a kid, it was great to see Pete live in action. He's the best to me from that era. Everybody went wild when Pete would make shots to win the game. I miss those days.

Pete and his superb skills were so entertaining.

Pistol Pete, incredible talent, one of my all-time FAVORITES!!!

pete was the living proof that a 6'5 dont have to dunk in order to be dominating... the skills he had... the finesse... its absolutely amazing!

Announcer 1 Not many can shoot off the dribble as good as Pistol Pete. Announcer 2 Not many can shoot anyway as good as Pistol Pete One of the best men to have ever touched a basket ball.

Holy shit. Slick Watts! . And that arena and the floor design were cool AF

Pistol was poetry in motion with the ball in his hands. Total freak. He was also a scoring machine. Few could match his skills.

Maravich scored 30 this game.. the first of a 5 game stretch where he averaged 30.6 a game. During the 5th game of that he injured his knee (Against Buffalo on Jan. 31st) and was never the same player again.

Maravich, the greatest ball-handler in N.B.A. history.

Basketball greatness. Maravich

"Pistol Pete" Greatest show on Earth!!!!

the pistol owns a scoring record in college that can. never be broken ...what a talent he was.

His jump shot is beautiful.

Apologies to lovers of today's NBA, but I find today's NBA almost unwatchable, as opposed to this, which is mesmerizing.

simply put pete was the greatest college player ever, and top 5 all time ball handler

The greatest of all time by far--he was so far ahead of his time and the best shooter and dribbler EVER!!!

I grew up playing in that era and modeled my game after Maravich in every respect. I even mastered the pass with the right hand to bring it all the way around the front of your body and back behind you to the player to your right. On several occasions It made everyone facing you to jump to their left while you dumped it behind to the player for a layup. I made that play but one time in a pickup game...and they called walking. So I went back out and demonstrated the pass again to show that there was no infraction. "That can't be legal," someone said. And that was 1/1000th of the magic of Pete Maravich.

Damn, so wish the Pistol had won an NBA title.. RIP Pete..

At this point Maravich basically was a force of nature -

Thanks 1avardac! This is a great Christmas gift. I was at that game as a ball boy. You just don't see anyone as fun to watch as Pete.

Maravich would make a lotta money today.

The ball dribbling of Pete was like a string attached to a yo yo...he had such control of the ball, all those years, minutes of practice, so fun to watch Great seeing Dick Schaap, one of the best 👍

Unfortunately that was the case. He was having another excellent year and the Jazz were hot (10 in a row) right at the time of the injury. This was before knee surgeries were what they are today.

No one more exciting on the fast break than Pistol.

What most don't realize is that Pete was a legit 6'5" and played at a time where centers 6'8 - 6'10. They'll never be another like him.

2:32 Watch it at 0.25 speed. That's exactly what MJ did all day. Even the first jab and move based on the new position the jab provided. Notice here, Pete's left thigh did not move up after he planted his left foot. Squat to shoot directly without any extra time and energy to adjust. MJ was the only one I saw. Now I found Pete did this as well and before MJ. This move is very hard, but lethal. Most players have to bring their thigh lower again to adjust for their shooting, which costs time and energy. And probably stability. What a player! Thank you for uploading this.

he was a scoring machine !!

Wow, Chris Ford and ML Carr, pre-Celtics.

This was VERY nice to see. Pistol Pete is a guy who time seemed to have forgotten. The only thing Marbury has in common with Pistol is that they played the same sport. Remember, this was 1970's ball (I can remember him playing HORSE & NO ONE could beat him). The funny thing is that there was no 3 point line in this era. Imagine his scoring stats if there was one. Thanks for posting.

Maravich is still the finest showman ever. Not the most successful but still its most fundamentally sound and quite honestly, ahead of his time.

pistol was way ahead of his time

This play alone is worth the price of admission: 1:36

Pete was an average defender, but good rebounder. He led all guards in rebounding once. I think in 77'.

Real dribbling - not the carrying and palming that has sadly altered the game beginning in the mid 80's in the early days of Jordan's career.

The greatest all around player I've seen is Oscar Robertson. Without the 3-point shot to spread out the defenses, he mastered getting the ball close to the rim and hitting shots with Wilt, Russell, Nate the Great, Bellamy, and other serious big men reaching up to try and swat it away. He didn't palm and take early first steps like Jordan, and he could play inside like Magic and Lebron in a pinch. He also had a decent but not great supporting cast, mostly Lucas. He excelled for a long time and his averaging a triple double for a season was much harder than Westbrook, given the disadvantages previously noted.

best shooter and passer I've ever seen. He had eyes in the back of his head

Pete had an unusual foul shooting technique and used almost a line drive ( little arc ) on the ball, very good at it of course.

You know what I find Intresting about this Footage is Pete Maravich and Gail Goodrich Playing together. Goodrich had a nice Buzzard beater by the way. Also Future Celtic Coach Chris Ford in his playing days

He was a deadly acuruate machine

Wow you come thru in the clutch again 1avardac. Amazing footage of The Pistol. You are The King Of utube when it comes to Maravich I Always look foward to your work, Thank you.

I really liked Bob Lanier! He was GREAT, on & off the court! I really would've liked to see him win an NBA TITLE! He really deserved it!

if pete maravich is still alive and playing in the NBA today im sure he will win the skill challenge

Great video thank you

You know what? That 9 minutes was more entertaining than all NBA ring and pony shows combined since 1993,

Wow. Maravich *and* Goodrich together.

These guys in the old days were such great passers

Well I will agree with you when it comes to dribbling. Iverson was exceptional with dribbling skills. But when it comes down to a NBA game, Hardaway was still a better ball handler and made smarter decisions. In a street ball game I will take Iverson but in an organized game, give me the smarter ball handler to win games. John Havlicek quoted in 2010 that Pete Maravich was the greatest ball handler he had ever seen. And Hondo has seen some greats

This sounds like Bob Costas. If that's him, he was probably only 7 years old when he announced this game. Youngest play-by-play ever.

Sounds like a young Bob Costa with the play-by-play...

I notice the Pistol doesn't palm the ball the way players do today. In Pete's day palming the ball was illegal.

Maravich was the hotshot of a super crop, a cording to the cover of Sports Illustrated. He came into the league with Dan Issel, Bob Lanier, and the last guy slips my mind. Who on Earth would you draft #1, given those choices?!!!

Pistol Petes Game flow and court awareness was simply like no other person in his day. All his passes and shots were part of his game flow and he dictated that flow.

Thank You for posting ! Great video... Maravich was a Freak and SO much fun to watch... Is that a young Bob Costas on play by play ..I think so. he is as good an announcer as Pistol was a player..

Pete Maravich was most likely the best overall player to have ever played the game of basketball.

I played golf one day in Scottsdale with Bob Lanier- Really nice guy and even taller than me- Girl in the pro shop asked if we played on the same team !

Pistol Pete was deadly with his passes and dribbling. Everyone knew he could shoot from anywhere, but his ball movement was deadly

Growing up in Los Angeles in the early 70s I was a big Jerry West and Gail Goodrich fan. Nice to see Gail here. He had a nice comeback season after being injured the year before. It's too bad that Maravich went down.. otherwise the Jazz might have made the playoffs that year.

. Coupla things about Pistol Pete......why did I think he was short? Was it possibly that he was somewhat short back when he entered LSU ?? For some strange reason, I always think of him as a short little runt.....but I went and looked it up after watching this, and 6' 5" CERTAINLY is NO runt !! Also, COMPLETELY forgot about that (somewhat) unorthodox shooting stance for free throws. Anybody know anything about that (where, or how he developed it.....anything ?). Finally, so clear to me that when he got to one of his 'spots', and got a completely uncontested jump shot off, the guy was pretty much "money", every single time! What an effortless, beautiful shot !! And I know he was a LEGENDARY 'gym rat', especially in his youth, but it makes me wonder exactly how many shots he took in his entire lifetime, prior to his early demise........wouldn't be surprised to learn that it was in the MILLIONS, by the end !! R.I.P. Pete....those of us who remember watching you, still remember just how special you were, and will NEVER forget it !! Thanks for the memories... .

Bob Lanier said "Maravich had some brother in him" 😄

Great seeing John Shumate!!

Pretty wild that the Pistol sets up for his free throws with his off (left) foot well back of the line. There is no way you can argue that he isn't balanced, because he was a brilliant shooter and ball-handler. Listening to Bob Costas loving himself in this video is a little more than I care to enjoy.

Pistol Pete: The NBA's all-time leader in three point percentage at 67 percent. Of course, he only took 15 shots during the first season of the trey in the NBA (1979-80) and made 10 and then retired. And Schaap got it wrong at the end of this video 7:38 when he said Pete played for Boston the following season. Pistol played another season with the Jazz (1978-79) then played another partial season for New Orleans/Utah (just moved) in 1979-80 prior to his acquisition by the Celtics. He teamed up with rookie Larry Bird for a handful of games (and playoff games) prior to retirement. Legend.

3 second violation called 😂😂😂😂😂 That a Joke today

When pistol was in a zone,he was fun to watch.

I wonder how many points Pistol Pete would have scored if they had the 3 point line back when he played??

Never noticed before how flat his free throws were - yet tended to put the ball up high when shooting form the field. Cd do it all, his passing still different class

The old elbow tap! Used that one many times against big guys. Kept them honest in my eyes. lol

the pistol.

Best of all time. Best shooter, best ball handler, best passer, best ball-stealer, best court awareness, best innovator-gamechanger, best crowd pleaser. Good rebounder, shot-follow-upper, decent on defense. Retired at 32 due to injuries. Playing (his entire life) with a heart issue that would kill him at age 40. Beat that.

Maravich was Steve Nash before there was Steve Nash....only better. Pistol would be a dominant force in today's game.

how much would The pistol make today if he was coming out of college now at 21 years old?

By far the best of all time

"or the red if you're watching in color" wow...glad I didn't live when there wasn't color TV lol

Marvelous Pistol Pete, Bob Lanier etc :)

interesting seeing basketball in the '70s but who is the announcer...I might be wrong but he sounds like Bob Costas...RIP Pete Maravich and Bob Lanier

Maravich was the best ! What a ball handler ! Besides a shooter.

Pistol Pete had "game"!

man it seems like we're finding new maravich games all of a sudden.

INCOMPARABLE !!!!!!

I didn't know Gail Goodrich and Maravich played in the same backcourt. I knew Goodrich was a good scorer who shared a backcourt with Jerry West. Bob Lanier was a big man with a soft touch. He did an ad about the two biggest feats in b ball. Lanier was famous for having, I believe, a size 22 foot.

Maravich was overall the best player in the history of the game.

Bob Costas gem ... 'Slick Watts will put on his head band to keep the skin out of his eyes'.

I loved the movie about Maravich and how his dad would take him to watch the black teams play because he wanted him to see the fast pace and the style that would become the future of the NBA.

yep, he was with CBS for a few years after the ABA folded (he was the radio pbp man for the st. louis team) before getting hired by NBC. i also think he did some PBP for the bulls during this time.

Pete would easily be a top ten player in today’s watered down league with or without no hand checking, ball carrying, traveling and excessive three pointers.

Yep.

Lanier is an all time great no doubt. Cowens and Big Bob were 2 of the few worthy opponents to challenge Kareem in the 70's.

Bob Costas was twelve years old when he called this game.

Pistol was so great, today’s game you have guys palming the ball if Pistol could do that he would have been unstoppable even more

Pistol Pete straight humiliated the opposing teams defenses and made other players question their own skills every time they played against him

great gem rare find

1-Would love to see Pete in today's game. 2-His FT form is smart; no chance to freak out, just get up there and go, plus let the legs help.

@libertatus That's not true, the commentator alongside Costas was not Snapper Jones. It's actually Stu Lantz who now is the Lakers color commentator.

Bob Costas announcing...and remember...Maravich avg 44.2 WITHOUT a 3 pt line...with one would've been over 50

BOB LANIER IN 1976 TENNIS SHOES WERE ON THE FREEDOM TRAIN AS THE LARGETS FEET IN THE NBA SIZE 24!!!

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