Kareem 40 pts vs. Sixers (Game 5, 1980 NBA finals)

[Fernandocatan]

These finals were wonderful! A great page of NBA's history!!

[zenmachine2]

Ive never seen so many lay-ups and dunks in my life in a series games. Good Lord!

[costcordero2]

he may not have been the greatest player of all-time, but julius erving was by far my favorite player of all-time, dunking on kareem & swatting magic & jamaal wilkes!!!!

[AdreasTheGreat]

@costcordero2 DRJ IS NOT THE GREATEST BUT HE IS TOP 10-12 PLAYERS IN NBA HISTORY!BUT HE FACED A TEAM THAT WERE 2 OF THE TOP 5 EVER!

[costcordero2]

@AdreasTheGreat ... ehhhh, did u read my post?

[AdreasTheGreat]

@costcordero2 YES,I TOTALLY AGREE WITH U!HE IS MY FAVORITE TO...

[iambillym1]

@AdreasTheGreat  Great as Dr J could be, Worthy was better.

[AdreasTheGreat]

@iambillym1 I DO N'T AGREE MY FRIEND,WORTHY WAS REAL GREAT BUT HAD MAGIC,KAREEM(BOTH HOF),NIXON,WILKES AND THEN SCOTT(ALL STAR)!DRJ LED 76ERS IN 3NBA FINALS(77,80,82) ALMOST BY HIMSELF!HE HAD TO WIN 2TIMES CELTICS-BIRD,PARISH,MCHALE,ARC­HIBALD(HOF),MAXWELL(1982 NBA FINALS MVP)!DRJ HAD SOME GOODTEAMATES(MCGINNIS AND THEN B.JONES,CHEEKS AND DAWKINS) BUT NONE OF THEM WAS A STAR UNTIL MOSES JOIN HIM AND BOTH LED 76ERS TO BE CHAMPIONS IN 1983!

[iambillym1]

@iambillym1 Worthy was scoring 30 high energy CLUTCH points in finals games when it mattered. Dr J seemed sluggish in comparison, and you don't see him stepping up like BIG GAME JAMES did. I disagree that Worthy needed Magic, etc., to be great.

[AdreasTheGreat]

@iambillym1 worthy never led lakers byhimself in finals but drj did!i never said james would n'tb e great without magic,jabbar,scott(i think if would play in another team would avr 25p)but drj was byhimself while worthy had great teamates.

[Mastercylinder32]

huge Lakers Fan here, but man I had forgotten how sick the Doc was , dude's hands are huge!

[Salva46]

until 1985 Kareem was the Lakers MVP. Then, Magic.

[bd001217]

Kareem was, without question, not only the MVP of the finals, but of the entire playoffs in 1980. It WAS a  joke giving it to Magic because of his game 6 performance.

[RUDOLPHLYRICS]

giving magic that finals mvp was a bunch of bs and the league knew it.

[costcordero2]

@RUDOLPHLYRICS ... tell me about it, magic was the mvp of game 6 - kareem was the mvp of that series ... i should know, i'm a 76ers fan who witnessed this entire series!! kareem's #'s some might ask?

.549% fg, 33.4 pts, 13.6 rebs, 3.4 ast & 4.6 blks!! magic avg 5 turnovers a game during this finals & his #'s were great (.573% fg, 21.5 pts, 11.2 rebs, 8.7 ast & 2.7 stls) , but kareem's were other-worldly ... !!!!

[ShaqAttack71]

@costcordero2 Yeah, Kareem was the real MVP of the 1980 finals. Kareem was unbelievable throughout the 1980 playoffs. The media liked Magic a lot more so he got more of the credit, but Kareem was the best player on the 1980 and 1982 Laker teams, and arguably the '85 team as well.

[AceroySangre]

Most Skilled Center Ever!

[juju100000]

Dr.J is dunking on everything