Pistol Pete Maravich vs Bubbles Hawkins - HORSE

Pete Maravichs takes on Bubbles Hawkins

[@Parkjoonho18]

The humility at the end by Mr. Pete was soooo great and sincere . Wow... You never see that anymore

[@madflavason]

True, he was finally at peace, What a great guy, an all time favorite!

[@mmafan2223]

While being the leading scorer as well such humility

[@thomasbahamaesq.9672]

Don't you hate it when they're giving out nicknames and you get bubbles?

[@nopenope3478]

I grew up a huge tigers/jazz fan and the legend of pistol Pete still lives on

[@MrChuckCloninger]

Two points about this HORSE series: One: what if these players had had to play "one on one"? Who could have come close to Pete? Two: Maravich was told to "take it easy and keep it close" by network television. True

[@mikeycapp1]

Very interesting Charles, in other words Maravich wasn't pulling all of the trick shots that he had up his sleeve during this tournament otherwise it wouldn't even have blown away the competition.

[@BasketballJones48021]

Pete was definitely holding back, not showing his full bag of tricks.

[@nicolaszyx3120]

2:38 ...after Pistol said this is definitely became my Idol

[@zainnaeem7148]

I'm not one of the props... 😂

[@walibashir102]

Maybe Kyrie with his arsenal of layups & dribble moves could've gave Pete a run for his money. I'm still taking PISTOL!

[@DK3CHAMP]

In three different videos now I have seen Maravich do a simple scoop shot from five feet away from the basket. The amazing thing is all 3 players couldn't make that shot!

[@pre-jordanbasketballfan7429]

Because nobody practices that

[@MonkyMcAwesome]

I'm not a prop!!!

[@ThePleasanthill]

There will never be a player like Pete again no one has the fanatical dedication that he displayed it was like the whole globetrotter team melted down and put into this white guy. No one who ever played the game could stop him. I harassed my dad to take us to baton rouge to see him play from my hometown in Texas about 275 miles and the things I saw still blow my mind 50 years later. Dale Brown the LSU coach later on after Pete marked where every shot he took if there was a 3 point line and Pete would have averaged 57 points a game for 3 years!! I defy any one to even do that against a bad high school team and if you were a good college player cant be done. A true phenomenon.

[@timgutierrez2211]

I had never heard of Bubbles Hawkins, Connie, yes.

[@walterlv01]

2:16 - is this event being held outside?

[@waydebrooks8056]

Maravich was the truth, the best ball handler and trick shot artist of all time. Maravich made a career of breaking ankles. He made it all look so easy. Rip Pistol.

[@manny4552]

Hawkins was a journyman who played for afew teams.I remember watching him play but i dont recall him ever being a starting player for very long.

[@Str8Gass]

Pete: “if I had to shoot regular shots on you, no way”

[@kylemcgee3732]

Why don't they do horse now. I'd watch that on all star weekend. That would be the best thing they have!

[@playful_dolphin]

Bubbles "Robert" Hawkins was later found murdered in a crackhouse, age 39

[@funzo1159]

But for 3-1/2 magical months in late 1976/early 1977, he was unstoppable on the court.

[@Peraino]

His murder was never solved.

[@35kenon]

i love those nets uniforms

[@SuperStrik9]

Pistol Pete was so much fun to watch. Be it in a game of horse or a regular game of 5 on 5. I'm currently reading a book on Pete called Pistol by Mark Kriegel. Great book on a GREAT player.

[@SuperStrik9]

Pistol's the best HORSE player of all time. Guy could do so many trick shots it was SCARY! If you watch the entire HORSE competition from that year it looks as if Pete's beating his opponents without even trying. Incredible!

[@d4seasons]

@janisporuks yes he was. back then i would call him the magician. too bad he never won an NBA championship. died too early. still miss him.

[@joshjarvis130]

Is it just me or does bubbles sound just like Cleveland Brown, hahaha

[@jojogunn7077]

Bubbles was shot to death.

[@nikolamrkobrad9822]

He sounds like Marvin the martian

[@TomDelayBeats]

where is this court?

[@calliopivogiatzis2235]

Wasn't his first name Connie ? (referring to Mr..Hawkins)

[@athleticx8430]

Pistol Pete

[@kilindiiyi9347]

Bubbles was the truth just the bad brakes in life. Tremendous Player.

[@MrChuckCloninger]

Yeah, particularly those bad men who made him do crack?

[@jrperez8134]

May rest in peace for these two

[@jerrylanglois7892]

I researched this, but cannot find if anyone ever beat pete maravich at '' horse '' ? Anyone know ?

[@Dbusdriver71]

If pete is still the scoring champion this was in 77 or 78. He took it from bob macado. But boy, He wasn't hot here, but 'Bubbles' was really cool in his day, real cool.

[@jonredd650]

Bubbles never had a chance

[@dannyboyz7061]

0:15 - "RECORDED EARLIER" No really?

[@Jake-bo7kn]

Dannyboyz This was said on the TV to show that it was not live

[@manny4552]

Sorry to hear of the passing of hawkins.

[@TheDOLMET]

@dennythedentist Yea, he was to death. I'll email, you the link. It took me a while to find it. His real name is Robert.

[@WhiteDRose]

lol everyone else is just doing boring jumpshots at least he mixes it up

[@200mphz06]

He does those same shots because the onject is to win these games of horse and his opponents can't shoot them as well as he. But he can shoot as well as whatever his opponents tried. Maybe they should have practiced something other than your regular shots.

[@TheDOLMET]

@dennythedentist shot

[@shinrips]

Who is Bubbles Hawkins? Seems unfair, some unknown guy against the Pistol. Maybe he was good back then. Too bad no Randy Smith, Tiny Archibald, Earl Monroe, Jerry West, Walt Frazier, Slick Watts, JoJo White, or Charlie Scott. It would have been great to see Ernie D in there. What does "...players selected on basis of free shooting" mean? At least Ice Man was in there. They should have put all name brand players in there for more audience. Pistol was taking it easy on this guy.

[@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025]

+shinrips JoJo was in it

[@pmsfar-outgrooviness8025]

+PM's Far-Out Grooviness Charlie Scott too

[@TylerJSison]

bubbles is dead :(

[@MrChuckCloninger]

These guys would probably get arrested for indecent exposure today wearing those shorts in an NBA game. I'm still waiting for an NBA player to step on his shorts as he runs down the court!

[@fatoputso7375]

Why doesn't bubbles throw down some reverse dunks? Wtf why is he resorting to jumpers and not some creativeness

[@Ousvec]

pistol has got every game the same tricks. it is so boring and he cant make a shot outside

[@bloodletter3400]

Ousvec Well there was no Such thing as a 3 point line back then nor was it thought of