LARRY GOT HANDS!! Ki & Jdot Reacts to Larry Bird Fights/Heated Moments

[@aramhamparian9641]

Bird played each game like it was his last. That's why his body broke down too soon. If he played in today's league, he'd dominate the game.

[@CoolHandC]

The NBA in the 80’s was the best especially the Celtics vs Pistons and Lakers.

[@ldybozz]

14:07 is Steph Curry's dad Dell. Busting Larry's eye orbiter. Larry came back & seen double. He had to guess which basket was the real one. Guessed right too.

[@RowdyRuth]

Larry participated in bar fights after the games too. No cameras and less cry babies back then. 😂

[@rg20322]

Yup - I remember and that's where he got the black eye. There was a place across from the original Garden and it was a slit of a bar and always low-priced beer and usually trouble. This is well known.

[@marykuettner752]

Us olds aren't lying when we say the game was way more physical.

[@vandy2715]

A time in history when real men played the game as it was meant to be played... A true battle of blood and pride. Not like the pussy ass game they play today, players get sent off just for talking to the crowd these days.

[@antoniocunha8772]

larry bird great passer all time, larry most the savage moments, larry, nba stars explain how goo larry bird! hey tnks from brazil larry domain

[@grumpymorris6351]

Once again,that’s how we rolled in the 80s. Back when basketball was a full contact sport!!

[@thecodetalker5742]

They are playing in the Silverdome in Pontiac Michigan. There's a reason why they called the Detroit Pistons, the bad boys. And now you know. Enjoy!

[@brucevidito4923]

Bill Laimbeer was the dirtiest player in the NBA back then. He didn't try to just foul you, he was out to hurt you. He had to have police escorts to make it out of various cities. IMO he should've been kicked out of the league.

[@nunyabusiness5075]

I'd say Bill Laimbeer might be the dirtiest player in NBA history.

[@sandyleewhite]

I agree! Even back then, when the guys did scuffle a lot, Bill Laimbeer, was on a another level, and should have maybe been a boxer instead, although, I think he would play dirty in that sport too, that's just who he was......An A"hole in every way!!!

[@cindyknudson2715]

At 14:45ish - That huge pile in the middle of the floor started with Danny Ainge _C_ taking Tree Rollins _Hawks_ to the floor to avoid punches flying, I think. In the middle of that wrestling match Tree bit Ainge's finger. He had to leave the game to get stitches, if I remember correctly. The pile that we see came from teammates trying to separate the two. Next day's sports headline actually read TREE BITES MAN

[@davidlipman8093]

Truth😁

[@Doc_Fun]

Damn his bite was worse than his bark

[@dlove032002]

All those fights and only 3 personal fouls called & $1000 in fines. No technicals. Flagrant fouls weren’t invented yet.

[@MaRoach7]

Back when basketball was the shit

[@dm5319]

The coach who starts going after Larry at around the 4:45 mark was the 76ers coach, Billy Cunningham, who was a pretty good coach and a very good player in his day - and also not someone who backed down, either. Laimbeer was one of the dirtiest players ever. A a Knicks fan, we also hated his guts. About the only classy guy on that Piston team was Joe Dumars. I almost felt sorry for him that he had to play with such a classless bunch.

[@V12BenzAMG]

You have to watch Larry's greatest assists...he has more full court dimes than most people have regular easy assists!

[@stephanetrembley6180]

If you didn't play dirty against Detroit Pistons you didn't have a chance.

[@charlesking4780]

Larry was as tough as they come.

[@imweakfordeaky]

In that one fight, Ralph Sampson (7’4”) of the Houston Rockets started throwing punches at Celtics “short guy” Jerry Sichting (6’1”) out of frustration - a rather uneven fight… so that’s when Larry came and threw Sampson down.

[@trhansen3244]

Walton threw him down

[@imweakfordeaky]

@@trhansen3244 ah… ok, my eyesight is bad. Lol, guess I need new glasses !

[@cindyknudson2715]

Sampson _Rocket_ (7'4") punched Sichting _Celtic_ (6'1") then DJ _C_ (6'4") stepped in and Sampson punched him cutting him near his eye at which point Walton _C_ (6'11") took Sampson to the floor. The rest of that was essentially about separating everybody. It happened in Game 5 of the 1986 Finals in Houston. Sampson was ejected. The next game in the series was in Boston.

[@cindyknudson2715]

Sampson _Rocket_ (7'4") punched Sichting _Celtic_ (6'1") then DJ _C_ (6'4") stepped in and Sampson punched him cutting him near his eye at which point Walton _C_ (6'11") took Sampson to the floor. The rest of that was essentially about separating everybody. It happened in Game 5 of the 1986 Finals in Houston. Sampson was ejected. The next game in the series was in Boston.

[@BadMax1962]

Recordings in those days were on magnetic tape and it degrades over time. The televised quality was good, but the ability to maintain the quality over time was very poor

[@warrenhughes911]

Hello..that's KAREEM..!! #33.Lakers.. Come on.

[@michaelwalker5257]

When people talk about today's incredibly skillful/athletic players, they sometimes forget what the superstars had to deal with back then.

[@jakecasebolt8612]

Thanks y'all made my night..Larry just don't look gangster ..but I'd ride w him fr..if u want keep the NBA theme goin..do out 92dream team vs college players

[@dbsti3006]

Laimbeer and Thomas were dirtier than a Greyhound station toilet seat.

[@nanook8721]

Larry hated Bill Laimbeer. He said you could get into fights with other players, but Bill Laimbeer was always out to hurt people. When they jumped, he would put a foot underneath where they came down so they would turn their ankle. He was the dirtiest of the Detroit Pistons bad boys. These were the days when basketball was really exciting to watch. It got rough and sometimes the refs let them play rough. I can’t watch it today… Nobody plays in the paint, everybody’s trying to make threes, nobody goes for rebounds. And they sit out for a week if they break a nail. Soft basketball.

[@The_Liszty.9664]

Yeah, apparently Bird used to get participated in bar fights during his career 💀

[@beachbunny7256]

It's true!

[@HRConsultant_Jeff]

Bill Laimbeer was Detroit's enforcer in those days and he had no problem knocking bodies around. BB was much more a contact sport in the 80's and now everything is a foul.

[@lochlanoloughlin1683]

The Bird and Dr. J fight was basically because Bird told Dr. J to retire. He was up 38 points to 6. Bird was a Bad man

[@russellwhite707]

Bird was so good, I knew when Boston was playing the Rockets, My team would lose.

[@sharonbird2921]

Rodman did that because he couldn't stop Larry Legend 🐐

[@JeffWiersma]

My favorite part of the first brawl was Bird firing the ball at Laimbeer through a crowd of people and nailing him with it. Even hyped up on adrenaline and pissed off, his aim was precise. 😂

[@Gracie-SavedByGrace]

Afterwards Larry said, "I was throwing the ball to the Ref, Laimbeer's head got in the way."😂

[@alanlangley7246]

Playin basketball in the 70s was the bomb ....

[@lLadyAszneth]

What happened with the fight where y'all saw Larry coming over? That was the Finals playoffs against the Rockets and the big guy was 7'4" Ralph Sampson would has been mismatched against Celtics player Sichting, standing at only 6'1" ... A full 15 inches shorter than Ralph. For NO reason, while down in the paint, he threw two viscous punches at Sichting and THAT is what precipitated this scuffle. Thankfully, ole Ralphie boy got himself ejected for that little shenanigan! 🤬🤬🤬

[@citypopFM]

I've heard stories of Bird getting into fist fights at bars which puzzles me since I have no idea who wants to square up against a 6'10" professional athlete.... Plus, Bird grew up poor in rural Indiana, he's openly talked about living and learning in an old-school environment where you had to fight to handle problems, and as tough as he was, when the Pistons were throwing elbows and doing grimy shit to take him out of the game, that's when he got heated enough to throw hands. Otherwise, he welcomed the physicality and gauntlet of 80's NBA basketball.

[@babyfry4775]

Larry was a fighter. He was known to fight in bars too. He hated Lambeer from the Pistons. Says he was a dirty player. That tall player in gold he was arguing with was Kareem Abdul Jabbar. And the player in red was Dr. J. (Julius Irving). Larry was taunting him with the score 38-6. Larry had 38 points to Dr. J’s 6. And that’s when Dr. J swung at him. Barkley held him while Dr. J punched him but they’re cool now.

[@beadybaby]

You can tell how hot the fight was between the Celtics and Sixers by the fact that that fight was during the preseason game lol.

[@josephD32]

"Where they playin' at? A football stadium?" Yes. The Detroit Pistons played at the Pontiac Silverdome, same as the Detroit Lions. Several teams have done this. The Houston Rockets have played games at the Astrodome. The Seattle SuperSonics at the Kingdome. The New Orleans Jazz at the Superdome.The Toronto Raptors at the SkyDome (Now Rogers Centre). In college, the Syracuse Orange play basketball at the JMA Dome. As for the video quality: First, it's about 480i to start with. Then, most of these are probably sourced from VHS. VHS started off holding about two hours of video, but then they would do things to extend the recording times, at the cost of lower quality. Add in that some of these may be copies of copies and/or were poorly tuned analog channels to begin with when recorded--both of which lowers the quality even more--and this is what you end up with.

[@cliometrician]

rough game back in the 80s

[@sharonbird2921]

THX guys put out some more videos 👍🐐☘️ 33

[@glamourboy06]

The fight between Bird and Dr J got into a fight because Bird was up 38 to 6. Bird told him if you better stop trying to guard me before I score 60 on you. Dr. J didn’t like that.

[@anl1456]

I have never been a basketball fan, but living in Boston it was a very exciting time watching Bird. Rumor was that Bird would get in to a lot of fights in the local bars. Some he won most he lost. He did have a reputation of being an asshole, but one of the greatest basketball players of all time.

[@beadybaby]

Celtics/Sixers already at war in the PRESEASON. Good times!

[@RIbigDave]

The NBA in the 80s was a really tough League

[@jakecasebolt8612]

Thanks fellas

[@jameslong1644]

This was 80's ball not this candy ass shit they play today.

[@teresavicario5848]

Laimbeer was a dirty player. He tried to hurt you to get you out of the game. Keep in mind..you see Larry reacting..but you dont see the shit that made him do it. He rarely started it...but he was not afraid to finish it.

[@warrenhughes911]

Lol.. Dr.J hitting him as Barkley holdd him..lol

[@nanook8721]

Yeah, Dr. J had been throwing elbows all night at Larry, and every time Larry came down the court, he would compare their points. “37 to 6“. Dr. J had about enough and gave him an elbow, and Larry went after him. But you are right. Larry got one shot in and Moses Malone and Charles Barkley held his arms while Dr. J punched him .

[@beachbunny7256]

And Karl Malone!! He was held by both of them!!

[@fidge54]

80's NBA was the best. Sorry you young cats missed it, no cap

[@b.rocket]

It took more than one against Bird.

[@warrenhughes911]

Great reaction again.. Do 'Pistol' Pete Maravich

[@thatmanstumototours2270]

It is truly sad to think how far the league has fallen since those days...

[@hookedonreactions7649]

Bird cooked Rodman every time they competed. Rodman didn’t like that. There’s a different version of this video that has the announcers commentary.

[@F1rstWorldNomaD]

I miss the days when players were real men. Not crying over turn overs or getting carried out on a stretched for a strain. Yea, it was more violent but it was still better than this baby proof bs the league is today. If you were not literally knocked out you got up and continued playing. Broken bones would be a valid reason too but even that didnt stop some players back then. Larry was one of them. Isiah, as much as I hated that guy, was a tough, tenacious litte bastard too, played almost a full quarter with a fractured ankle. Credit where credit is due, the guy was a warrior. All of them were, or you wouldnt cut it.

[@bernardqblack]

Gents....PAUSE the recording...fix the issue...and then resume recording

[@joeymorton4878]

Jdot reminds me of kai Cenat

[@brandonchristopher2493]

Lookin like Jordan needs a nap yo

[@jakecasebolt8612]

Or check out the entire dream team summer of 92..there one practice they had where more less magic wasn't ready to pass the torch yet to Jordan..so they each had they squads and went at it.,.,before that thou they went 1and1against college players let by my fav player c web. An Grant Hill

[@jakecasebolt8612]

Webber much better than most think ..ohhh y'all cud do the fab 5frfr...Webber Rose Howard King And Jackson all freshman an all started for Michigan..

[@jakecasebolt8612]

Try to get more eyes on u guys..get that KZbin paper eventually

[@yogoombah2356]

Lakers fan here, I had season tickets back in the "Show Time" era of the '80s with Magic Johnson & Kareem during this period, no one was dirtier than the Detroit Pistons & Boston Celtics back in the day. Today's players are cuddled & protected by the refs & rules, sorry but Lebron and the rest are soft compared to these OG's.

[@DBrokeMillenial]

WHERES LEBRONS FIGHT TAPE!!???

[@rmcfete]

Lambert was a dirty player

[@ldybozz]

Stoney can't keep his eyes open 😂😂 rookie😂😂

[@efrenvalle485]

They jumped Larry out of fear

[@fatovamingus]

It's probably already been sad but there were a lot of shitbag teams that couldn't beat the Celtics so they would try to hurt Larry Bird or get him ejected. And he wasn't putting up with that

[@davidmullens7565]

80s basketball 🏀

[@sharonbird2921]

Love those kid

[@sharonbird2921]

The league today is so soft there all buddy buddy

[@FUBAR1986]

Larrybwould go out and drink the night before a game get into a bar fight and then drop 40 the next day

[@doop6769]

J Dot, try and smoke a little less before the video next time. You're nodding off most of the time and contributing very little.

[@KIDIff]

😭😭he was just sleepy he took a nap right after

[@markconn4167]

You young guys think Bron could play with these men? No way they would of destroyed his candy ass!! Js

[@nanook8721]

Damn straight! He’s sitting on the bench with oxygen, sometimes… Give me a break.

[@brasshound4442]

Larry's a redneck, beer and fights are a daily thing 🤣

[@fidge54]

That was 6-1 Jerry Schiting that 7-4 Ralph Sampson hit, not Larry. Then Bill Walton threw Sampson to the floor

[@markconn4167]

Larry was a notorious bar fighter in his playing days!😂

[@Soulplaya007]

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[@KIDIff]

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[@Soulplaya007]

@@KIDIff Oh I forgot. Charles Barkley highlights. That man was a 6'5 beast back in the day!