1984 Finals

Take a look back at a recap of the 1984 NBA Finals.

[@FavreianVengeance]

"I thought we'd sweep em in four. But it's went a little bit longer and now we'll just have to do it in seven." - Larry Bird

[@Stoptheinvasion2025]

FavreianVengeance it’s the bad quality we had back then. Now it’s all HD.

[@mister8800]

He was lucky they weren't swept in 4 😂

[@larrywize]

@@mister8800 Yeah right

[@Mike1122.]

The Lakers gave away game 2 and 4 and game 7 Boston turned off the AC to slow the Lakers down. Talk about lucky.

[@Mrd9960]

@@Mike1122. They never had ac in the building to begin with, so how can they turn it down? Also they didn't get lucky, they out muscled them and out rebounded, took better shots, played smarter.

[@stephenmartin3144]

Great rivalry. The pain of losing to Boston in the finals year after year was indescribable. I’m 71 years old. Lakers did win many championships. But I will never get over losing to Boston in 1984.

[@roypellerin6892]

Yep...go Celtics

[@seanfelder3286]

Lakers should have swept Celtics in 1984 finals.thry made critical mistakes in game 2 and of course game 4.

[@Mrd9960]

@Steve Jobs I thought you died 😂

[@joecushley7167]

@@Mrd9960 Well, his opinions smell like a rotting corpse.

[@squirlmy]

@@joecushley7167 Thank you. I was ready to comment, but didn't want to feed a troll. Ironically, the real Steve Jobs was one of those "LA liberals".

[@dannyd1572]

So glad I grew up in a time to witness this greatness.

[@Cinemagoer_64]

Pat Riley was the coolest looking coach in NBA history!

[@2life21]

Hated the lakers but love Pat Riley and rooted for him when he coached the heat!

[@nikkinunud3850]

Ole Slick

[@beavercleaver7848]

He looked like a goofy hick when he played at U Of KY.

[@seankeady8928]

@@beavercleaver7848 he looked like a high school principal

[@mattveteska8559]

@@2life21 Kc Jones was a good looking dude also

[@bigpolitical8292]

The greatest NBA finals series of all time in my opinion.

[@judahsong]

absolutely

[@MassimoBolognaItaly]

I agree. I was a Lakers fan but that series was owesome.

[@richardgallo6149]

Agreed!

[@judahsong]

bigpolitical829 without question

[@Amick44]

It is CERTAINLY right near the top with any of em.

[@BasketballJones48021]

One of the greatest Finals ever, basketball at its best, talent and physicality. Lakers were really stacked, Bird was unbelievable though, willed the Celtics to the title, he was leading them in almost everything, doing it all.

[@HelloThere-lo3qi]

he has mchale and parris dont forget em

[@lukeparys7499]

Lakers could have won. But in game 2 Magic johnson dribbled out the clock with score tied. And in game 4 he threw a terrible pass and the celtics went on to win game 4. If this does not happen and game 3 the lakers still win. So if magic johnson did not choke. The Lakers could have swept the Celtics.

[@TheSands83]

Clorox Bleach we literally just saw that

[@mikes3827]

Sure the Lakers were stacked, but so were the Celtics. Greatest front line in NBA history (Bird, McHale, Parish) isn't stacked?? Then one of the greatest defensive and clutch players ever in Dennis Johnson. Cedric Maxwell ate the Lakers up in Game 7. Sharpshooters in Danny Ainge and Scott Wedman. The Celtics had BY FAR the league's best record at 62-20, so they were stacked, as well.

[@donniepate7313]

Clorox Bleach It don’t matter the Lakers was the better team every year except 1986 . Bird was the difference in this finals

[@bobbywall172]

Maxwell, great interview, go M.L. Celtics ❤️❤️❤️❤️ I wish these Celtic teammates could live forever😇

[@jonhaynes1577]

I have so many great memories of this series so nice to see them again

[@livegun5572]

i love u larry bird. ur my hero and to me ur incomparable. heart over muscles

[@simplysimple7628]

“Heart over muscles” now that’s a dam quote!!!! I’ll keep that in my mind always. That’s what the players had back then. And it ain’t muscles. I’d pick heart anyday. Great times for me also.....🙏🏼

[@1964American]

The Celtics, my team then, now and always! The 1984 NBA Championship series was the greatest I ever saw. CELTICS BABY!!!!!!!

[@JoeRichardRules]

Thanks for posting this, I remember watching this when I was 7 years old .

[@flyaway7636]

Dick Stockton, Tommy Heinson taught me all I know about round all, especially Celtics & strategy. Much appreciated guys!

[@flajboj82]

Crowds + Beat LA = goosebumps :-D

[@Lucasmatheus211]

magic is the coolest guy ever bird is the clutchest player ever

[@davidmullens7565]

" If i need someone to make a shot to save my life, I'll take Michael Jordan. If I need someone to make a shot to save my life, I'll take Larry Bird."....Pat Riley

[@G1stGBless]

David Mullens win a game ...MJ Save my life... Larry

[@jaywunder13242]

Magic got the last laugh, winning 5 championships to Larry's 3.

[@G1stGBless]

J Wunder Bird had some really good team-mates but they all got old and he didn’t have the leading scorer in NBA history on his team. Hats off to Magic. He had better teammates longer. But 3 mvps and 3 championships are good enough 👍👍👍 No young player today is likely to pull that off. Even a young guy like luka 20 would sign up right now for that. Trae, Giannis Embiid, Booker, Zion, any of them in a heartbeat. All of them if they were smart.

[@noneofyourbusiness747]

Then why did Bird lose to Magic so much?

[@mikem591]

This series was epic. I forgot that Cedric Maxwell was such a big game player. Eventually the Lakers matured to the point of being able to beat the Celts.

[@mikem591]

***** Very true. He was sort of the forgotten Celtic hero. He got overshadowed by the vintage era of Bird-McHale-Parrish that came a couple years later when the Celtics were at their peak with Bird. However, Cornbread was clutch.

[@williamclark8864]

+mikem987 He gets overlooked because Parish, McHale, and Bird are considered the best front line ever. And in 86, when they added Walton, they were even better. However, Max was a huge huge part of who they were in the first half of the 80s dynasty. Lot of people forget how good he really was. In many ways he kind of gets forgotten. It's ridiculous how long it took them to retire his number. However, he was one hell of a player.

[@PhenominAl67]

Matured? The Celtics were beat up in 87.

[@mattveteska8559]

@@mikem591 he was finals MVP in 81

[@seanmahon4521]

This was a fabulous series, the Celtics-Lakers. I am a huge Celtics fan, Celtics were physical. McHale taking Rambis down, turned the whole series around. Celtics 9-3 all time in the NBA Finals, but I will admit, LA did get revenge in 1985 and 1987. But Bird against Magic, what a rivalry. Great era, and a fabulous time for the NBA in the decade of the 1980's. I am so happy, I got a chance to see the Celtics-Lakers rivalry from 2008 and 2010. Celtics won in Six Games in 2008, and LA got revenge in 2010, 7 games. Rivalry is not big anymore, goes all the way back to the 1960's. Great's from both teams.

[@patriciahenderson2096]

Yes,I think McHale took that no more lay-ups person. He probably deserved punch in the face for that. And I was a bigger McHale fan than I was Bird fan. I played power forward. Man he had the best foorwork.

[@bigbadbruins1]

Don't laugh but Greg Kite who played less then 8:00 a game was a big part of the Celtics teams in the 80s.

[@christopherkingsbury130]

bigbadbruins1 Kite averaged 5 fouls a game and only averaged 2 minutes a game😄😄😄usually had the game locked up by the time he played

[@wornoutshoes11]

@@christopherkingsbury130 well like you said he average 5 fouls... THOSE 5 FOULS WAS WHAT HE CAME IN FOR. To defend the bigs of the opposing teams for just a couple of mins rest for whoever he came in for. Thats coaching... Thats being part of a system. Now go out and teach what you just learn kid. 😎

[@daleheath9680]

ha..haha..hahaha.. greg kite..hahahahahahaha..

[@JohnnySinsUnderstudy]

back when breathing wasn't a foul

[@Scarsuna]

Back before Michael Jordan whined to the media for 3 years straight about the mean old Bad Boys, which led to the NBA changing the flagrant foul rules and ending playoff basketball as we knew it.

[@Scarsuna]

@Samuel Díez It is simply a fact basketball teams intentionally committed hard fouls in the playoffs before flagrant fouls were a thing. Thanks for replying a year later.

[@Scarsuna]

@Samuel Díez Now you're trying to change the narrative because you have no facts to back up your original comment. It's OK to admit you were wrong.

[@TheSands83]

Scar jordan never whined

[@rambothefuckingmachine4541]

Lebron = an unskilled loser

[@andrewbaroch2141]

I can't help myself. I love watching tapes from this series.

[@sebbe91]

Incredible performance of the Celtics

[@DonThaGoat94]

This was such a great rivalry. Love these documentaries

[@patrickj.7887]

If you think about it: The Celts may not have won that series if not for the antics and cheer leading of M L Carr. He revved up the team when they were down and he backed Bird when the team wasn't pulling their own wait!

[@noelanthony1204]

fun series, great competition with great players on both sides ...

[@ice_man81]

Always wish bird would of won in 85 and 87.

[@ice_man81]

And Celts Lakers face each other In 86.

[@billbright100]

If Len Bias would have been alive the Celtics win easily in 87. They almost won anyway. That was the year the injuries started piling up and this group would never challenge for a championship again.

[@sparkytdg]

Larry said to the paper... "We're playin' like a bunch of women..."

[@mtklaric]

Imagine saying that in 2020 🤣🤣

[@bb-gc2tx]

decades later this loss still haunts lakers players. todays players are over a loss second they leave the court. it was a different breed of men back then not soft like todays players

[@milart12]

7:27 Forgot how big Larry Bird was..If Jabbar is 7'2", Bird is all of 6'10".

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

Yep correct. The basketball cards always listed him a 6’9” but I always thought he was closer to 6’10”

[@icecreamforcrowhurst]

hbk you speak the truth. I had the pleasure of watching Bird’s career as a youngster - what a gift. One of the greatest sportsman ever. Anyone who says otherwise simply doesn’t recognize or understand the truth.

[@matthewhansen9423]

Another thing about the height... There so many pictures of him looking at least 2 inches taller than Magic. Yet they were both listed at 6ft 9. I think it's more of a 6ft 8 to 6ft 10 difference.

[@joeyjo-joshabadu9636]

I think Jabbar is just under 7'2", he appears to be a half inch taller than Wilt Chamberlain in pictures where they're together. Although it's hard to tell sometimes with differences in posture.

[@RicardoAGuitar]

@hbk Bird had a motor that was uncommon for any era. It's not that today's players don't hustle like that, no one else in Bird's time got after it like Larry.

[@7270terp]

When fans were allowed to storm the court.

[@AliFrankTheTank]

that’s actually the only thing i don’t like 😂😂😂😂 fans nowadays would kill a player

[@amypeterson4615]

If this was the greatest final in NBA history, then 1974's Celtic/Bucks final is definitely in second place! I love that series!

[@stephenmartin3144]

2010 was exciting for all basketball fans. Kendrick Perkins injury helped the Lakers finally beat Boston again. Kobe and Pau Gasoline finally got their championship together. Nothing better than having the Lakers and Boston in the finals. Basketball at its best.

[@Nigeria2015]

A great narrative by Hal Douglas, and yes, the 1980's and 90's were the Golden Age of American Basketball and Hakeem "The Dream" Olajuwon was part of this wonderful era.

[@jayscribe7547]

larry bird is one of the greatest, a very special player

[@mikeforte7585]

The team that had the most heart won....plain and simple....

[@Kiwitakimago]

In his prime Larry could beat anyone flat out!!! #GOAT

[@bradlafferty6076]

Another reason to love the 80’s! Cornbread

[@ColbyePresents]

*These dudes are cool. Great stuff!*

[@GeorgeVreelandHill]

That Celtics/Lakers 1980s rivalry will always be the greatest rivalry in NBA history.

[@zachbell8252]

I've been researching, this finals for awhile and after watching 30 For 30 just a few hours ago, I finally realized that the series turned for Boston in game 4. Larry Bird had said after game 3 that they need to lay one of the Lakers players out!! Wow today McHale would have been thrown out. Also realized that it was the true start of trash talk and the intent to really psych out your opponent on a whole other level. My God this was one of the best Finals I've ever watched. The rivalry was hyped and it was just a great time to be a basketball fan. Hopefully we get as good of rivalry with the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, one can only hope!!!!

[@ShutupHollywood]

Magic Kept saying that LA was better team in '84... But they lost in 7... blah blah blah, in my book Boston was superior team and should of won in 6...

[@seanfelder3286]

Cleveland,where were you in 1985,1987 when LA Lakers kicked ass and put Celtics in their place?Hellllo?

[@lukeparys7499]

And Boston had the better regular season record

[@seanfelder3286]

Greg had Lakers not loss to Houston in 1986 Western conference finals, Boston would've had hard time beating Lakers in finals.even healthy 1987 Lakers beats Celtics.ln 1984 my L.A. Lakers should've swept Celtics.even Larry Bird admit the 84 Lakers was better team, Celtics was tougher, physical and meaner

[@mrho4speed]

@@seanfelder3286 Sean, I disagree. In 86 Boston beat LA both times they met during the regular season and Celtics won the game in LA without McHale. 1986 Was Boston's year, everything was clicking and that team was healthy and had great passing. Celtics would have beaten LA in the Finals, even if LA had made it past Houston.

[@Amick44]

@@seanfelder3286 That was later.

[@steve4158]

Larry wanted the last shot because he said he deserved it. Before games, Bird would arrive 2 hours before and shoot 300 shots. No other player on the team did that. Bird put in the work and was able to overcome any of his perceived shortcomings.

[@thehealthychefri]

Fred Brown threw an errant pass to Worthy in the 82 NCAA finals. I guess he had it coming!

[@RicardoAGuitar]

Isn't it weird how often "What goes around, comes around" happens?

[@jefferysoles1715]

I could watch that shit everyday. Back when grown men played and didn't recruit the best players to play with them on the same team and you won thru the draft and trades. Some of the players today would have had a hard time dealing with the rough play. There is plenty of talent in today's game but not a lot of loyalty and by the time you have been in the game for 5 years you are set for life and there is little incentive to just win baby. Today if you average 8 pts., 4 reb and 1.5 ast. you get a max deal.

[@tlmoscow]

The reason LA lost is because they thought they were the better team. They wouldn’t shut up about it at the time and Magic is still blathering about it here. If they had truly known what they were facing, they might have found a way to win, who knows? The Celtics were wilier and tougher, and that’s what it takes.

[@Knota]

Magic was just mad because Larry is better then him.

[@marcryan1974]

Beautiful...........

[@MrGiantkiller33]

Hey, the Lakers were from HOT california weather, yet the bitches couldn't stand a little heat. The Celts were men out there and persevered. Boston deserved another title.

[@CrisEX420]

Tragic Johnson imploded once the Celtics implied the pressure.

[@frankdavidson644]

Amazing 👏

[@westsidebilling]

The Celtics were just plain tougher.

[@dwightlove3704]

William Elliott Speed of the Lakers overcame toughness of the Celtics.

[@ElectricCool]

THAT year

[@vonholland64]

Then the nba changed some things to favor the lakers

[@vonholland64]

Coatesville Red Raiders they instituted the clear path rule. Recall the Celtics got physical with the lakers on the fast break in 1984 finals and the nba stopped that with this rule. The offensive player couldn’t be taken out ( physical foul ) without it resulting in 2 free throws and possession of the ball. So they slanted the advantage to the lakers .

[@vonholland64]

Coatesville Red Raiders it hurt Boston of course. The league felt the lakers style was where they wanted to go imo

[@guillermohernandez8305]

ahhhhh basketball the way it shouldve been played no bullshit

[@TheSands83]

God old school nba was so much better

[@MisterBinx]

Larry Bird said he thought they'd sweep them in 4? That's alpha as fuck. Talking shit before the game. Not after the fact.

[@adrianhernandez1058]

THESE ARE FUCKING REAL GAMES.. please bring these games back.

[@ruggedshark5921]

Kareem is The Goat... most victories and points ever and soooo close to 7 rings

[@f430ferrari5]

Both 1985 and 1987 and back to back 1988 was all redemption for the Lakers.

[@frzzlfry66]

Psst, Tragic Johnson... you weren't better if you lost.

[@Shemzinho]

He beat Bird, Bird beat him. More magic than tragic

[@frzzlfry66]

+Shemzinho This vid is about the 1984 Finals, right? And in it, Tragic references the Lakers being better than the Celtics more than once. Yet Tragic and the Lakers lost... in a seven game series. So my comment is right on point, and you're welcome for connecting the dots.

[@SniffyPoo]

+frzzlfry66 yeah, because all 7-game-series definitively prove which team is way better than the other

[@Shemzinho]

frzzlfry66 Bird is more my dude than Magic, but he does have the upper hand in finals. Just saying.

[@frzzlfry66]

+SniffyPoo Can you read? "Way better"... where did that come from? You're not very acquainted with reading or logic, apparently. Any playoff/Finals series is played to determine who is better... that's kind of the whole point, lol. The results are all you really have to go by. Anything besides the actual results is just butthurt whining or shoulda/woulda/coulda 'what if' opinion.

[@DaveAnchovies]

Bench locker room guys were part of the team chemistry

[@timlewis9873]

Back when the NBA was a man's league, not the girl league it is now.

[@bortflong5734]

Quite a locker they gave Larry! 3 bent coat hangers and the finest rusting chicken wire available

[@2life21]

I Bleed GREEN and even had a ritual I would do hoping the CELTICS would win and they did,Hated Magic and Larry the Legend was and is in my mind the BEST Shooter who ever played the game, you wanna win just give me the ball and get out of the way!

[@Milordvega]

11:58 why did Pat Riley say "we knew we were getting beat" with about "4 to 5 minutes left" in Game 7? Game wasn't over. The Lakers did rally from double digits and with about 1 minute left, they had the ball and Magic was charging on a mini-fastbreak trailing just by 3, with Cooper open on the three point line and also James Worthy on the perimeter. And Magic TURNED THE BALL OVER (I think DJ stole it from him). So it's not as if they were routed and it was garbage time with some minutes left. They still had a chance. Magic just choked. I think Magic and the Lakers learned from that sequence and when they had that great rally at end to steal Game 4 of 1987 NBA Finals, this time they did not choke and completed a great comeback win vs Celtics, and won finals in 6 games. But in 1984, Celtics played with greater poise and won a series which Lakers probably should have won (I think even more than in 1985 when they did win, in first finals where Game 5 was played at home of team with lesser record: I think that affected outcome of series). I still love NBA basketball today (well as all other major sports leagues). But 1970's, 1980's and 1990's NBA was just...wow.

[@patriciahenderson2096]

He probably said it, because at that point the Celtics were mentally tougher than the the Lakers. The Lakers went into the finals with everyone telling them that they were the better team, the media, the fans. The only ones that didn't know were the Celtics. Yes on paper the Lakers probably should have won. The Celtics had grit, determination and Larry Bird.

[@CapeFear1]

I think in 85 the game 5 was played in LA . The rule was put in to avoid unnecessary travel between Games 5 and 6.

[@Shinobi33]

One bad loss can definitely change the series in favor of the other team. The Heat losing Game 2 of the 2011 Finals after being up by 20 gave the Mavericks the Championship.

[@charliekline3975]

When I was a kid I was a Boston Celtics fan Larry ,Robert, Kevin ,Dennis but I never liked the lakers but many years later I don't watch sports anymore . I can't stand the players of today maybe because I have got older .

[@anTsoziaL63]

Detroit Piston "Bad Boys" learned alot from the Original "BAD BOYS" of Boston Celtics.

[@JohnSmith-4U]

It's 2024 and LB is still the GOAT

[@caleblgibson]

What’s this doc from?

[@michaeljoyner6470]

Tragic Johnson that's a good one!

[@fidelantonioferguson4182]

Meanwhile, our so called GOAT in bron2 doesn't even dare to accept kawhi's challenge of a rivalry in LA. smh.

[@seanrolle6860]

Magic competitor.

[@danzemacabre8899]

Biggest disappointment was the lakers inability to get past the inferior Rockets who they had no business losing to for another final with Boston at their zenith, 1987 was a letdown as Boston went into the finals with the hell beat out of them with the biggest injury being McHale who really shouldn't have been out there at all and cut his career short but it is what it when the teams were evenly matched and healthy they split in two of the greatest finals of all times

[@braddurian]

If Pat Riley had not called a timeout after McHale’s missed free throws in Game 2, LA would have had 6 championships. Worthy got the blame but it was actually Riley’s mistake.

[@ChosenOne-jk6go]

I think this was a great come from behind win but I still 86 was the best series!!!

[@andrewbaroch2141]

Max is great!

[@acewilliams7917]

12:26 The way they rushed the court. It's like water.

[@MrTedacuen]

CELTIC PRIDE. AWESOME TEAM. LARRY BIRD WAS A MONSTER.HE TERRIFIED ENEMIES.

[@harrypenhall3722]

Is there a full documentary

[@salmanc18]

What music starts at 7:27?

[@MusicFromNBAFilms]

David Robidoux - Heaven or Hell

[@andrewbaroch2141]

Max quotes Gen. DOUGLAS MACARTHUR....: "Old soldiers never die..." Thst's mah Celts.

[@NOYOUSHUTUP3.14]

Is there a more underrated playoff performer than Cornbread?

[@caesarfiorini]

Bird: you wanna win it? gimme the ball and get the hell outa the way.....

[@lizzieceltics]

I'm 27, the youngest of 8 & only girl. By the time i was old enough 2 hoop my dad was to tired 2 show me how 2 play so he threw dvd's of this Celtics season & DvD's of Larry Bird. I dove out of bounds into chairs & bleachers, etc even if the ball was going 2 b my teams possession. Bird's my GOAT & i love him so much that i named my current dog after him. I'd give anything to have Bird take Ainge's job. Ainge has no loyalty & ruined the team--Red wud be DISGUSTED with how he's doing things!🍀🍀🍀🍀

[@garynixon9035]

Gotta be a Celtic fan (Lakers fan here) but you are right those were the days !!!!!!

[@RicardoAGuitar]

@@dskap201 Bird did say he felt lucky that Magic ended up on him for that play. He thought Cooper would have made it tougher than Magic did.

[@victorquintana4018]

Some guys said it was MJ who said that..hahaha

[@dwightlove3704]

@@RicardoAGuitar Cooper was '87 NBA Defensive Player Of The Yr.

[@cameronkessler1728]

Kurt Rambis looked younger when they shot these interviews than he did in 1984.

[@MrBruinman86]

I've got to hand it to him, he's aged better than pretty much all of the players int he series.

[@danielnovosad3392]

Cameron Kessler Musta been those Clark Kent Glasses!🤓

[@rafikz77]

Maybe the mustache and/or glasses made him look older

[@sludge4125]

He looked real good going after mchale, and falling backwards into the photographers. He probably wanted one of them to pork him.

[@squirlmy]

Vampire! I also don't understand how else the roughest guy with the sharpest elbows in the NBA, a hockey-type enforcer in a basketball uniform, has become best known as a victim of McHale's clothesline. How was that engineered? Vampire hypnosis?

[@ErikSchneiderUSA]

The 1984 NBA Finals might be the best ever. Two great teams with the two best players and two great Head Coaches.

[@jeffreyyoungblood7438]

Bird knocking Cooper into the stands with his butt is hilarious. 😂😂😂

[@beachbunny7256]

His most hilarious move 😆🤣😂💕I've replayed it 50 times at least lol

[@dwightlove3704]

@@beachbunny7256 He was frustrated by the fact that the Celtics were slow and unathletic and everyone knew it.

[@Gregory-sm9pf]

@@dwightlove3704 whhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhh, whhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhh, whhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhh whhhhaaaaaaaaahhhhh, yo chump, Celtics 4, LA Faker's 3 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gregshirley-jeffersonboule6258]

No, he was frustrated by the lack of heart up to that point. He made that clear.@@dwightlove3704

[@MrGiantkiller33]

Larry Bird is hilarious, " Today, u see Magic, slappin high fives, guys shootin layups all day, seem like somebody would put a stop to them."

[@larrywize]

@@robertebarberiii Why not?

[@G1stGBless]

robertebarberiii because we live in a soft era. All the tough guys are gone. Well almost.

[@imaginehydreigons5377]

Magic was a little cheesy.

[@oldmanballer5088]

larrywize 5 because that same foul today would be an ejection and a suspension.

[@gumdeo]

Real ballers back then.

[@Agent-xn1hr]

Living in Chicago seeing Jordan playing I was just amazed at how good he was but damn...Larry Bird was an incredible talent

[@yackfou2412]

Jordan is nothing against Bird

[@MisanthropicTimeSlipperz]

​@@yackfou2412 😂

[@wescald]

@@yackfou2412 yea bird is a lot better than Jordan, people are brain washed bc bird is white

[@rafikz77]

@@MisanthropicTimeSlipperz he’s right tbh

[@MisanthropicTimeSlipperz]

@@rafikz77 Jordan and Bird number one tied. They're both goats.

[@donnymitchell101]

Larry bird one of the greatest team sport players I ever saw. Incredible

[@paulazzar8936]

I've been saying the same thing as a soccer player. He was one, if the, best team players ever in any sport.

[@jjs777fzr]

Huge Bird fan. @11:30 but don't worry cornbread, we know what you did in '81 and game 7 '84. We know what you did and no matter how many times I watch highlights its still as exciting as the first time watching these games. Cedric Maxwell played to win.

[@catherinelynnfraser2001]

jjs777fzr the tough heart of the Celtics

[@robertcurran3273]

Loved cornbread

[@zyxwut321]

Peak of the Bird/Magic rivalry and 1980s basketball in general.

[@Gerald-ob3qi]

Want to see Rambis clothes line 0:22

[@nanadavis471]

Those were the days! I looked forward to the Celtics and Lakers. It was as if they came into your living room or family room and personally entertained you. Those were the days!!!

[@Butter-gz4kb]

The 80s was the best era of basketball. Today’s players are spoiled babies

[@dagrimripper9744]

Couldn’t have said it better

[@nicholasturner7931]

100% agree

[@gvnt7004]

Keep crying oldhead 😹😹😹😹👎

[@nicholasturner7931]

@@gvnt7004 who’s crying millennial man bun guy

[@tonysopranooo1]

Lebron would average 100 in the 80's lol

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

When basketball was basketball greatest era ever Larry Bird vs Magic Johnson I miss the 1980's

[@mikeyrebs8259]

Brother Dee Bird & Magic made the NBA what it is today before they came if your old enough NBA wasn't big at all maybe in some places NY, Boston, LA, Big markets city's and yes Boston is a big market media city... LeBron could never play then people forget how tough the NBA was then, with hand checking holding grabbing shirts hard fouls wow back then if you drove the lane good luck lol even MJ said players today would find it hard to play in the '80s and part of the '90s ... We Boston would play Deathmatches against Philly Andrew Tony the Boston strangler Dr J, Bobby Jones, Mosses Malone those were so intense games wow ... Miss it to Brother Dee !!

[@johannesswillery7855]

@@mikeyrebs8259 Those Sixer teams.........The NBA was war in those days!

[@mrtruthhurts2307]

@@johannesswillery7855 true they we're loaded

[@greyk610]

80's and 90's and even the 2000's were great. But after 2010, things went south for the NBA. But honestly, all sports are beginning to suck.. I blame the liberals.

[@johannesswillery7855]

@@greyk610 The NFL has become as boring as NBA and MLB.

[@Colstonewall]

People can say whatever they want about M.L. Carr, but I loved the guy then and I love him today. He might not have been the most talented on the court, but every team needs a guy like him.

[@nymike06]

I agree w/ that. Teams need guys like him.

[@MrGiantkiller33]

ML was cool! He's probably the happiest former player ever. He laughs and smiles about it all. All the rest were crying about sour grapes! Grow up, your all rich!

[@lizzieceltics]

Yet Bird left & doesn't work for the Celtics because of Carr...

[@Colstonewall]

Say what? Explain that to me, I've never heard that.

[@Amick44]

Chris, you better believe it. Annoying, sure. But he was a decent player and he gave his all whenever called upon. And he DID inspire his teammates.

[@neonpersonishere]

Cant believe how much NBA changed.

[@MaximusWolfe]

It was great and now it sucks every imaginable dick.

[@susanbloodgood3572]

The Lakers were the Super Team, The Celtics had Larry Bird !!

[@slipnorris5882]

Celtics had 4 hall of famers and Cedrick Maxwell finals mvp and danny ainge, that was a super team too

[@kobischpiek8520]

@@slipnorris5882 dennis Johnson was a 1 time all star with the celtics and Kevin McHale was a bench player that year

[@danzemacabre8899]

That's the big misnomer, the celtics were loaded ! McHale ,one of the greatest unstoppable at times forces, Parrish a great defender and rebounder hof, Dennis freaking Johnson, maybe the most underrated player of the 80s magic said he was his toughest defender and he led a team to a title before Boston, Danny Ainge another underrated above average and alot of other teams would be the go to guy because he shoot lights out at times ,not to mention Maxwelll who would be replaced with Bill Walton this was far from just Larry

[@danzemacabre8899]

​@kobischpiek8520 I don't care that Johnson was a 1 time Allstars, what did his peers say about him? Nothing but praise and McH ale was 6th man of the year for being just a bench player, that just tells ya how great the team was that he wasn't starting

[@lizzieceltics]

@00:54 Larry truly gave everything he had in him to the game. He played with a broken back. I have a broken back & the fact he played so phenomenal with such pain boggles my mind. While on the dream team Bird played every practice while Stockton & Clyde Drexler didn't even show up on some days to practice because they "didn't feel well" . Thus another reason why Bird=GOAT

[@AlexA-de7is]

Lizzie Ruffell Larry has a big cock

[@yesrush8037]

@@AlexA-de7is - and you wonder why you're alone! LMAO

[@RicardoAGuitar]

To be fair, Bird knew he was going to retire. Other guys on the 92 team had next season to think about.

[@flyaway7636]

Yup, and McHale played with a broken foot. What a team

[@Polarcutter]

NBA will never be the same! Those were great teams, players and rivalries 👌🏼

[@samoyiacarter2329]

Larry is better than magic

[@floydberkeleysr4370]

Fuck no

[@paturangistuart9098]

Magic won a Championship on his Rookie year in the League Need I say more

[@taytay8283]

Stop with the madness

[@christianolson8543]

We still don’t know who’s better. That’s what makes the rivalry so incredible

[@chrispowell6676]

Negative

[@apmanila9704]

"Back into Bird, the fallaway is good!"

[@jeremylewellen]

I miss real basketball with the physicality and the larger-than-life players of the 80s. Larry is one of the greatest ever, especially in clutch situations.

[@tonysopranooo1]

way bigger and better athletes today than ever before... look at bird and kareem, they were physically built like a girl lol

[@Mrd9960]

@@tonysopranooo1 Wow you're an idiot if you think that!

[@juradoom]

thats old school muscle, like bruce lee@@tonysopranooo1

[@chickhearn4ever779]

they may be bigger, maybe faster, but they're soft. They lose to internationals, they can't take the heat that Larry would bring. The Mental isn't there like it used to be.@@tonysopranooo1

[@TonyinMBSC8669]

IMO, this was on of the Best Finals EVER! Was definitely the Best Finals that Bird ever played. He was AWESOME!!

[@areyoufeelingitnowmrkrabs8805]

I wish I lived in this era!!!

[@Mrd9960]

@@areyoufeelingitnowmrkrabs8805 I did, was kind of young to really understand and remember it all, being 7-8 yrs old in 1984, I can remember bits and pieces of stuff, but as time goes on, alot of things fade.

[@mattveteska8559]

He was even better in 86

[@montemccarty6512]

86 against the Rockets wasnt too shabby.

[@TonyinMBSC8669]

@montemccarty6512 Yes but he had more help in 86. They came within 1 basket (game 3) of sweeping the Rockets. In 84, Boston got behind, but LB was bound & determined to win that serious!! Was a rebounding machine, having almost as many boards as the top 2 Lakers!! 21 in one game!

[@Jacksonmarx50]

Wow amazing Larry bird beat Kareem and magic in the 84 finals

[@donniepate7313]

Nick Foles you are right bird over came them the Lakers was loaded even the bench Boston starting 5 was great but the bench not so much it is really amazing

[@johnrobertpostrado614]

Lets not say larry bird. He couldnt have done that without a solid teammates.

[@kingsavage3458]

JohnRobert Postrado you’d be dumb to think Larry bird wasn’t the entire Celtics

[@gdounito]

@@kingsavage3458 UHM. HE WASNT.

[@Defender80s]

Larry Bird's stats for that finals series: 27.4 PPG on 48.4 FG% (66.7% 3-Point and 84.2% Free-Throw), 14.0 RPG, 3.6 APG, 2.1 SPG, 1.1 BPG. Simply Insane!