1970-71 NBA Action Highlights

[@beenizz5102]

This is my favorite year of the nba’s peak. The best of the best ABA guys had come over to the NBA, the pros would go against the few goat streetball legends like Joe Hammond in the off-season for entire pro league tournaments, and Wilt Chamberlain 3 years after his prime and surgery was still dominating the league in blocks, field goal scoring, rebounding, and at his position Playmaking, and went toe to toe with a peak prime Kareem in the postseason and outdid him in individual matchup with only Gail goodrich by his side which completely amazes me. Kareem and Oscar went on to win their first chip which was incredible. The black population was also well over the majority and talent combined with excitement of flashy play but still within the strict rules forcing it all to be super skill based, and ball movement high tempo pace, and great minded but physical defense, etc… was all happening in perfect balance

[@douglaslowe5]

Chick Hearn! I grew up LA in the 60s. He could make 4th quarter Garbage time exciting! Thanks for the memories!

[@robt5818]

Douglas, I grew up in the Los Angeles area at the same time. I thought Chick was so cool; he even autographed a program for me once!

[@philiptucci2458]

Great memories of life, so nice to see the NBA highlights again, some of the greatest Hall of Famers of all time

[@bobscott7440]

I remember watching game 7 of the Bullets-Knicks ECF on TV. The one thing I remember was how quiet the crowd in Madison Square Garden was when the Bullets won. You could actually hear the shuffling of their feet as the Bullets players and coaches celebrated.

[@misterb7070]

True, I was a kid then but remember being in shock that the Knicks lost that series. They were expected to repeat as League Champs that season

[@bobscott7440]

@@misterb7070 They might have actually beaten Milwaukee in the finals that season. But, on second thought, as bad as the Knicks were beaten up from the rough and tumble series with the Bullets, probably not.

[@robertcgordon]

@@bobscott7440 They had done well vs Bucks - For sure may have beat them

[@Kwame1959]

Man!! I used to watch NBA Highlights every Saturday growing up! Thanks for posting this!!

[@lloydkline7245]

Herman Beavers really, i used to watch this week in baseball with mel allen i miss it cable tv did not replace it

[@davidchan9632]

Same here. I was 14 @ that time & I loved the NBA. Lots of superstars.

[@senseichess8688]

Same here

[@lloydkline1518]

❤1970s NBA basketball

[@brucedavis3816]

Pure 70s!!!!

[@aarondigby9859]

@4:54 the Big O was the grumpiest player I ever seen.

[@laiztreintaidos6485]

👍Muchas Gracias!

[@Fantline]

Love this and I wish the new school guys wouldn’t dismiss this era of ball.

[@jamesvickers9476]

The NBA at it's FINEST

[@lloydkline6946]

Over Rick berry, Jerry west, earl monroe, Willis reed elvin hayes etc etc 1970s basketball

[@robt5818]

I enjoy anything narrated by Chick Hearn!

[@ShadowHawk4219]

Great to see some of the stars of yesteryear, i remember these guys well. Thanks , and please post more, especially any with my fave baller, Connie " The Hawk" Hawkins.

[@lloydkline6946]

Original 6 feet 8 point guard, like he made a basketball disappear, even jabber could not stop near the basket, great ball handler

[@Jackhanson94]

@M doubt it

[@Johnny_Spin]

Thank you for posting these videos! They're awesome! I wish that some of these "experts" would watch these!

[@3243_]

Thank you for posting this!

[@tarusprentice7782]

This was pretty damn cool

[@jingqi9106]

I enjoyed watching Earl the Pearl and the Bullets back in the day and I was bummed they were swept by the Bucks. A few years later they were swept again by the Rick Barry led Warriors ('75). The Bullets were so fun to watch though and Earl Monroe was at his best with the Bullets, before he was traded to the Knicks.

[@vascoseals280]

IThe great Archie Clark the forgotten NBA point guard the first to cross over "Mr shake and Bake" as they call him that's my uncle my father's brother he's in his early 70s now but he looked great as ever love you unc

[@oldsensei8350]

Nice ...good player... I still have some Archie Clark basketball cards in the Attic somewhere

[@carlbiesele1457]

I enjoyed watching Archie in the 70’s.

[@hamburg1306]

Great memories! I remember Knicks-Bullets semifinals. Willis injured his shoulder in Atlanta series and that hurt the Knicks but Monroe played great and they had Wes Unseld and Jack Marin and heartbreaking loss for Knicks in game 7. Otherwise that team would’ve played in 4 consecutive finals.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

The 1970-71 season marked the 25th anniversary of the NBA, and two new franchises premiered in the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Portland Trailblazers.

[@oldsensei8350]

3...the buffalo braves too

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

@@oldsensei8350 Who eventually became the San Diego Clippers prior to the 1978-79 season, and in 1984-85 became the Los Angeles Clippers, and are still that team now.

[@senseichess8688]

@@armorybrunotjr.3204 Yes sir

[@bakerman10]

The fabulous voice of Chick Hearn.

[@Jaytonabeats1]

No 3 point line. All these dudes back then was good.

[@Jesuspaid4oursins]

Well not really. Keep in mind these are highlights. When you look at the Field goal percentage and the pace of the game (Teams back then moved faster and shot a lot of bricks) it's a different story.

[@oldsensei8350]

@@Jesuspaid4oursins didn't move faster they had a 24 second clock just like they do now

[@lloydkline1518]

Good old nba days no 3 point line;; all star were real basketball games

[@rogerhackler223]

Wilt the stilt, and Earl the pearl who were both basketball players were given their nicknames, because of Stan the man who was a baseball player.

[@adammwalch]

God I miss Chick

[@tarusprentice7782]

Pearl Monroe was a dazzling basketball player

[@lloydkline1518]

Create the spin move

[@jlaox1111]

Amazing! Thanks for posting! Charlie Jones / Chick Hearn! Superb!

[@robertcherry1369]

Awesome

[@johnroyalmills-33]

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing with us!

[@silance6357]

Wonderfull sharing+++ thanks you very much

[@oceandude8380]

Wow basketball has improved so much

[@oldsensei8350]

Its gotten worse

[@lloydkline1518]

Who would today NBA players stop the skyhook. Pistol Pete marivich earl Monroe;; Tom boewinkle etc etc !elvin Hayes turnaround jump shot

[@voyagerfilms]

Great footage! Where did you obtain it?

[@aarondigby9859]

@21:27 the Hotties are hooting for The Pearl, the NBA is fantastic.

[@gsquared13]

can you ad 1969/70 highlights

[@DNSKansas]

5:40 Maybe Joe Ellis should have missed. It would have spared the Warriors a return to Madison and that 50-point beatdown.

[@bobscott7440]

Joe Ellis used to be a nemesis to my Seattle Supersonics, hitting big shots, especially if the game was played at the Cow Palace.

[@oldsensei8350]

Yeah LSU spent a lot of time on the Warrior bench ...he was a hell of a good player to be buried on the bench ...deep team over the years

[@oldsensei8350]

I meant to type Ellis was

[@ytanonymity3585]

Talking about all of these player are working part time in a shop or any company, we can say the past NBA was just a Semi-Pro. Can say the same about the ABA. The salary income for these player weren't huge so they need to work for living the rest of their live in before & after every NBA season and have limited scheduled time for practiced 🏀. Gonna appreciated the sacrificed job by these player careers

[@paulheaphy4228]

Like to see that '72 Laker team.

[@kincamell2]

Heavy Gratitude Ps Peace to Gus Johnson

[@50hvn]

this broke one of my earbuds

[@xantigarijomikeliz720]

Viendo el mejor baloncesto del mundo la nba!

[@9johnbean]

Weird that the Bucks played the first-round playoff series at Madison instead of Milwaukee. I know they would play some regular-season games there, but I wonder why they played those playoff games at Madtown

[@timtebowsleftarm5368]

Arena conflicts...might have been the circus.

[@DNSKansas]

NBA teams didn't get priority at most arenas until the late 1980s. The Forum was the exception, since Jack Kent Cooke owned both the Lakers and Kings. Remember, Golden State had to play its home games in the 1975 Finals at San Francisco instead of Oakland because of the Ice Capades.

[@armorybrunotjr.3204]

Generally when NBA teams played in the postseason, teams had to switch the games from their regular home court to say, a college gym because the circus or the Ice Capades would take place.

[@redfanrod]

Bad mascot sighting at 2:51, LOL

[@paskeetje]

3:31 Yeah, Hawks fans look really... 'alive'...

[@Sam53148]

4:06, did the Knick player shuffle his pivot foot for traveling?

[@milart12]

Nah

[@paskeetje]

'Long and prosperous reign'? Guess not.

[@bellsboy]

17:15

[@RoyPage1970]

Zoomers and millennials need to stay off of this page

[@CDubb2k8]

Not a single crossover lol

[@stephenschmidt8440]

No, because cupping the ball was actually called traveling back then, so guys didn't do it.

[@brahmanbull8322]

Traveling back then my friend. They wasn't allowed to carry the ball.

[@kaspafischer]

Dont tell that to Archie Clark... Probably THE man who popularized the crossover in the NBA.

[@lloydkline7245]

CDubb2k8 earl the parl monroe pineer the crossover dribbling

[@lloydkline1518]

Earl Monroe invented the crossover; Pete marivich greatest dribbler ever

[@CDubb2k8]

Guys didn't play any defence back then lol

[@stephenschmidt8440]

Actually, they did. It's just that officials actually called fouls back then instead of allowing all the bumping and chucking on the perimeter and the wrestling match under the basket.

[@lloydkline3265]

@@stephenschmidt8440 never hear of , bill Russell , block shot at point of release

[@BokzAlmighty]

No 3pt line