NBA on CBS - 1987 NBA Finals Game 4 finish

Final seconds of game 4 of the 1987 Finals

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Sports

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• basketball
• celtics
• lakers
• los
• angeles
• boston

[RockerDude899]

Bird just missed it.

[barkingclam]

@RockerDude899 He really, really did. I read somewhere he was something like an eighth of an inch off.

[2nd2nun1]

Isn't it refreshing to see players NOT low-fiving players after mere free throws??? 2:30. Gotta love the classic mannerisms of the NBA back then.

[barkingclam]

Well it's Kareem, right? He'd probably just leave them hanging.

[wizeman5974]

While Magic's shot won it for the Lakers....Bird's shot at the end was a great attempt even though it didn't go in. One of the best NBA Finals games ever.

[barkingclam]

Indeed. There's only a couple that come close - that triple OT game between the Celtics and Suns and game seven of the 88 Finals, if you ask me.

[dbadefense1990]

Of all great Laker shots in history (West in 1970, Kobe-to-Shaq lob, Fisher's 0.4, Horry burying SAC, Kobe in any situation), Magic's sky-hook, to me, is the most IMPORTANT shot in Lakers history.

[joelwhyrock]

Bill Simmons really is visible at 6:30 in a blue polo. Thanks to The Book of Basketball.

[dime138]

For my money, this was the best NBA game of the 80's. Celtics vs. Lakers in the Finals, at Boston Garden; Lakers with the 16-point comeback; Bird and Magic both hitting lead-changing shots down the stretch; Bird's miss at the buzzer that still looks like its going to go in. Unbelievable.

[Sector9er69]

@vcanez4803 Celtics are 9-3 when goin against the Lakers in the finals ahahaha fuck Purple n Yellow!!

[MrBeyondbelief]

Simmons should NOT be a journlaist. he is such a homer, you are supposed to be neutral. He should NOT be on espn.

[MrBeyondbelief]

This was the best!!! I am a Mass. resident for 42 years and I LOVed(still like) the Lakers. I saw Magic play vs the 76ers in 1980 and that's all I neeeded to see. Although I am less into the NBA now as I was then(MAGIC),BUT hopefully when the lockout ends KOBE can get 2 more rings AND PASS the Celtics record!!!

[dhornjr1]

I know I'm being redundant but I miss this type of NBA basketball

[vcanez4803]

one of the best laker combacks ever fuck the cletics lakernation baby purple yellow!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[CLewey44]

No reason Boston should have lost that game. That botched rebound at the end...Unbelievable. Boston should have went 7 games at least. Maybe they win this game and regain confidence and upset the Lakers in 7. Maybe game 7, the Lakers were just off, we'll never know.

[slapmyfunkybass]

magic was travelling with that sky hook shot

[slapmyfunkybass]

if you look at magic when bird gets the shot off in the last second his arms go down, as if to say i cant believe its going in...