Larry Bird - 19/16/13 vs. Bucks (1986 Playoffs)

[BCH19821091]

Did someone compare Bird and Parish to a drug addict rapist who happens to be the least clutch player in league history in C-Webb and a no hustle no heart never won anything center in Divac. Wowzers.

[FavreianVengeance]

4:20 - That's a SF/PF leading a break and passing off to a PF/C on the break. Reminds me of the Webber/Divac combo in 02.

[FavreianVengeance]

1:23 - Possibly the prettiest play you'll ever see.

[FavreianVengeance]

Jordan jockers will never get that Bird didn't even have to score 20 to dominate games. It's sort of ironic considering their affinity for Scottie Pippen.

[Vergecurtis]

larry bird is the second best player of all time.

[ry3304]

@Vergecurtis

lol no you tiny dicked faggit loser

HES THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

BOOK IT LOLS

FREAKIN JORDAN ASS JOCKER ASSHOLES

SO SICK OF EM MAN JESUS CHRIST ;.

[Vergecurtis]

@ry3304 larry bird is my favorite player of all time. but MJ is better it is almost a fact

[bootiack]

greatest nba team ever

[braxtonantoine]

This is a highlight reel on how to pass-should be shown at all basketbal programs, even the NBA!

[TheDOLMET]

And People say Kobe Bryant is better than Jordan? Please! Kobe isn't even better than Larry Bird. Kobe can take over a game, just by scoring. Larry can take over a game by doing many things, scoring, passing, rebounding, stealing, and hustling. 

[reno93535]

@TheDOLMET Bird could do more things than MJ and obviously more than Kobe.

[trha2222]

@TheDOLMET I agree. I would take Bird of Bryant without hesitation.

[adheckle]

This is the game where the Celtics misfortune began. In this game a key reserve, Scott Wedman, suffered a career ending injury. While the Celtics were able to win the finals that year Wedman's injury was the a sign of bad things to come.

[MrPims33]

dominating in every single way, controlling the flow, larry legend, goat sf

[natedaug1]

Look at Bird at 2:20, he is thinking, these suckers can't hang with me.

[drwood04]

This is Bird at his best, no doubt, but lets not forget he's playing with 4 future hall-of famers (McHale, Parish, DJ, Walton)...easier to "dominate a game without taking a shot" when you're passing it to capable guys. Still, Bird was the truth.

[kwab]

This is one of my absolute favorite videos on youtube. When the analysts nowadays talk about how only a certain few people can dominate a game w/o taking many shots or scoring many pts, this would be the prototype. Bird absolutely dominated and put his stamp on this game right from the start with his passing, defense, hustle plays and rebounding. The entire Celtics team at that time were molded in his play: unselfishness, hustle, and teamwork... things that are very lacking in today's game.

[halowafflebrains]

@kwab 100% agreed.

[mrho4speed]

You know you're watching something special when the announcers of the game can't control their enthusiasm and are yelling about a players performance. Bird did whatever the team needed to get the win. A rebounding machine, passes out of this world, diving for loose balls, 3 point bombs, clutch shots--nobody in the NBA has ever had this combination of skills and inspired their teammates to play like he did.

[robps89]

that play starting at 0:24 is one of the prettiest I've ever seen!

[JustAintthatWay]

b-ball heaven

[MerkinMuffly]

Probably the greatest passing game by Bird ever when considering the difficulty of the passes.

[Paid4ever]

Bird in his prime, minus the hairdo

[captainvaritek]

I could be wrong, but I thought Wedman suffered a broken rib in this game, not the heel injury that ended his career. He didn't play again in the '86 playoffs until he came in for some garbage minutes in Game 6 as Boston closed out Houston.

[Ldale11]

@captainvaritek You're right, only it was two ribs in game 3. With a healthy Wedman, it may have been a sweep or a 5-game finals.

[kunkushun1]

between the legs over the head a tip pass and falling on the ground pass 4 best passes ive seen from him in one small game damn.

[localwear]

Just repeating what everyone said, this is so good it is frightening. Hopefully Coach Cangello will teach this to his kids at Oyster River!

[ry3304]

the guy was so sick it's frightening.

he was basically magic johnson, just a better scorer.

granted johnson was less injury prone, but tragic johnson was never really clutch at fuckin all.

bird was just, so beautiful to watch man. listen im a pretty good ball player no lie.

i used to play a TON of ball, and my lil cousin who is an avid fan said if i was in shape i could've been a starter on a college team (i'm 6-2, 190, pretty versatile).

Ive tried doing that behind the back pass

[adheckle]

Majic was less injury prone because he was a guard.

[CostCordero]

i feel he & magic were the same players, magic just a better ball-handler & larry the purer shooter, THEY BOTH were tremendous scorers when they wanted 2 score ... i honestly feel they could have put-up jordan-like numbers if they wanted 2, but they played the game from the team aspect ... i don't believe n a goat but their r only a handful of players that i will even listen 2 the argument: magic, kareem, michael, mikan, wilt, shaq & larry ... nobody dominated their eras like these i just listed

[adheckle]

Even though the Celtics won this game this is when their misfortune started. A key reserve of the bench, Scott Wedman. suffered a career ending injury and more bad luck quickly followed.

[ry3304]

It's ALOT harder than it looks.

I've seen it done once in my life, almost by accident...the guy was just lucky, kudos to him though.

Bird was so talented it's scary. The guy was a fuckin hiena too on the boards

[agirard77]

i love him....not in a weird way though :)

[AceroySangre]

Best Passing Forward Ever!

[phishhead11]

sweet post. once again larry's frightening versatility is on display here.

[saturndual32]

Thanks again, i dont think i will ever get enough of watching this man play, Its just beautiful basketball.