0:34 - Watch Parish sprint up court. He has the ball, he knows Bird will get it to him. You think Dave Corzine was sprinting up court when Michael Jordan got the ball? Nu Uh.
@zyxwut321 I smell an apologist. But anyways I think Woolridge, Oakley, Banks and Sellers were all capable of finishing on the break. None of them ran in transition. Jordan didn't push it up for them. Just watch the old vids and you'll see that.
Over the month or so that McHale went down - Feb 1986 I think it was - Bird averaged 27.0/12.3/7.5 so just imagine the numbers he would've put up on crap teams where he just got the ball all the time.
another great post. This game shows why Bird was the best player ever in the NBA. Such creative passing--between Joe Barry Carrol's legs!! He could literally toy with the competition. The first player ever in the NBA to shoot better than 90% from the freethrow line and better than 50% from the field for an entire season, and he did it for 2 seasons in a row.
@mrho4speed...I don't know if there's ever been a more creative passer in the half court. The angles on his bounce passes, the placement of the ball in between traffic and then the overhead, between legs, over shoulder, left handed, wrap around, touch etc etc passes...ALL and more in his repertoire.
Now we see where Pierce borrowed his fakes in and behind the three point arc. Examples at 0:47, 0:57, 1:54. Bird was, and will always be THE basketball mastermind. Great game.
sweet shovel pass at around 15 seconds. Fatal, this is another great Bird post. I'm sure I speak for every other Bird fan when I say that these videos really give a sense of what kind of player Bird truly was. Excellent collection. Do you know what his record for consecutive triple-double are in a row?
He puts up this amazing stats and everything within the flow of the game.
I like Lebron a lot, but he seems to have to control the ball all game long when he puts similar numbers. Well compared to Bird, most superstars look like ballhogs when taking over games.
00:47 pass INSANE
bootiack 4 hours ago
0:34 - Watch Parish sprint up court. He has the ball, he knows Bird will get it to him. You think Dave Corzine was sprinting up court when Michael Jordan got the ball? Nu Uh.
FavreianVengeance 3 months ago
@FavreianVengeance lol
fatal9ish 3 months ago
@FavreianVengeance:
I think most teams would prefer MJ finishing the break to Dave Corzine.
zyxwut321 3 months ago
@zyxwut321 I smell an apologist. But anyways I think Woolridge, Oakley, Banks and Sellers were all capable of finishing on the break. None of them ran in transition. Jordan didn't push it up for them. Just watch the old vids and you'll see that.
FavreianVengeance 3 months ago
@FavreianVengeance michael was dunking it the same time parish was laying up
TheTexasTaco 3 months ago
@TheTexasTaco QFT.
FavreianVengeance 3 months ago
@FavreianVengeance
Dave Corzine was incapable of sprinting.
reddwarfposse 1 month ago
that pass thru the legs was so crazy!
Dkouts57 4 months ago
shoot check
go hoop check
go hoop pass check
deep inside with trees check
move ball not feet on break check
bootiack 7 months ago
bird-->dj montana-->rice
bootiack 7 months ago
Over the month or so that McHale went down - Feb 1986 I think it was - Bird averaged 27.0/12.3/7.5 so just imagine the numbers he would've put up on crap teams where he just got the ball all the time.
spurs5gooners1 9 months ago
Thank you for posting this! Do you have videos of any of the other games from this West Coast swing the Celtics made in Feb. 86?
lovesvinylchicks 11 months ago
Larry Bird is the best passer of all time. And no question.
Salva46 11 months ago
moving or standing still his shots are nothing but net.Unbelievable.
mikallink 1 year ago
The best shooting and passing big forward that ever lived.
gbinct 1 year ago
the best!
montelinus 1 year ago
another great post. This game shows why Bird was the best player ever in the NBA. Such creative passing--between Joe Barry Carrol's legs!! He could literally toy with the competition. The first player ever in the NBA to shoot better than 90% from the freethrow line and better than 50% from the field for an entire season, and he did it for 2 seasons in a row.
mrho4speed 1 year ago 3
@mrho4speed...I don't know if there's ever been a more creative passer in the half court. The angles on his bounce passes, the placement of the ball in between traffic and then the overhead, between legs, over shoulder, left handed, wrap around, touch etc etc passes...ALL and more in his repertoire.
fatal9ish 1 year ago
@mrho4speed he also shot 40% from the 3pt line.thats even better,and he wasn't athletic!GOAT
mikallink 1 year ago
have not watched basket ball since Larry retired
no boston garden, no j most, no larry
NO INTREST
markmustb1 1 year ago
Oh yeah, the television voice of the Celtics back then is the radio voice of the New England Patriots today, Gil Santos.
Phaktor1 2 years ago
For those who don't know, #34 on the Celtics back then was none other than the immortal Rick Carlisle...yeah, the head the head of the Mavs.
Phaktor1 2 years ago
between the legs lol.
kunkushun1 2 years ago
By that time that there was talk around the league that Bird could be the best ever. Bob Cousy and others didn`t had any doubt about it.
mikjord 2 years ago
Now we see where Pierce borrowed his fakes in and behind the three point arc. Examples at 0:47, 0:57, 1:54. Bird was, and will always be THE basketball mastermind. Great game.
phishhead11 2 years ago
Fatal, do you have the game from 1981 where Bird tells Magic to sit back and watch the "Larry Bird Show?"
localwear 2 years ago
I want to see that too!
judahsong 2 years ago
thank god for youtube
timjumper7 2 years ago 11
LOL @ 3:18. Easily the best SF ever (yes, easily), and my second favorite player ever. A true legend. Just too good.
jordanlover23 2 years ago
sweet shovel pass at around 15 seconds. Fatal, this is another great Bird post. I'm sure I speak for every other Bird fan when I say that these videos really give a sense of what kind of player Bird truly was. Excellent collection. Do you know what his record for consecutive triple-double are in a row?
phishhead11 2 years ago
Wow, another terriffic perfromance.
He puts up this amazing stats and everything within the flow of the game.
I like Lebron a lot, but he seems to have to control the ball all game long when he puts similar numbers. Well compared to Bird, most superstars look like ballhogs when taking over games.
saturndual32 2 years ago 4
Larry was perhaps the greatest off-the-ball player of his era...didn't need to have control of the ball the entire game to put up the numbers he did.
phishhead11 2 years ago