The Prudential Halftime Report, May 25, 1987 - Larry Bird interview

The Prudential Halftime report from game 4 of the Western Conference Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Seattle Supersonics, May 25, 1987. Includes an interview of Larry Bird on the Boston - Detroit series, a funny interlude with K.C. Jones singing "Georgia", and a funny story on a guy named Reinhard Schmuck!

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Sports

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• nba
• basketball
• larry
• bird
• boston
• celtics
• kc
• jones
• 1987
• playoffs
• prudential
• halftime
• report
• reinhard
• schmuck

[stell29]

The good old days of the NBA when scoring under 110 was a low scoring game. Nothing better than Lakers-Celtics full throttle basketball from the mid 80s

[larrybirdthebestever]

Bird is the man!!!!!!

[ry3304]

@MrSlik25

west was absolute SHIT back then kid lols wtfuckkin hell are you talkin about dude lols

why do you think la were in 9 finals?

the west was godamm straight awful until the late 80's man, and even then it was still shitty....

[FlipTrojan]

Typical Isiah Thomas fake laugh at 1:00. Yeah, said he liked the position Pistons were in ... too bad he f*cked it up with that lame inbounds pass the next game.

[MrSlik25]

@svd0000 The west was tough in the 80's too man...Good Sonics, Blazers, & Rockets teams back then.

[svd0000]

why the east has piston, bulls, hawks to stop larry bird but the west are just all crap teams.

[Sandiegochargers85]

@stell29 or bulls celtics haha

[joekiddlouischama]

@sshaxy Actually, the trend probably says more about how offense has declined due to less ball movement, less movement without the ball, less running and looking to score before the defense sets-up, less discipline and discernment, and worse fundamentals due to less experienced players.

The game during Kobe's era has been altered to cater to offensive players such as him: no more hand-checking or forearm-checking, the defensive three seconds rule, and the crackdown on hard fouls.

[joekiddlouischama]

@sshaxy Actually, the trend probably says more about how offense has declined due to less ball movement, less movement without the ball, less running and looking to score before the defense sets-up, less discipline and discernment, and worse fundamentals due to less experienced players.

The game during Kobe's era has been altered to cater to offensive players such as him: no more hand-checking or forearm-checking, the defensive three seconds rule, and the crackdown on hard fouls.

[RAV52]

K.C. Jones... The next Lou Rawls!

[timjumper7]

guys today overdribble,there is no low post game,not a lot of good mid range jump shooters,bad shooting percentages,what is so great about todays basketball sshaxy,you must be like 20 years old,there was better ball movement then as well

[AdreasTheGreat]

@sshaxy ΜΑΝ Ι WATCH B-BALL FOR 25 YEARS AND U ARE RIGHT THAT NOW SHOOT ABOUT 10 3P.MORE IN 80'S PLAYERS HAD SOMETHING THAT IS ALMOST FORBIDDEN TODAY,A GREAT MIDDLE RANGE SHOT(IF U'VE PLAY B-BALL U SHOULD KNOW IT'S THE MOST DIFFICULT SHOT)!U ARE ALSO RIGHT THAT THERE WAS MORE DOWNLOAD GAME BUT THE PENETRATION IN 80'S WAS MUCH MORE DIFFICULT THAN TODAY9(NEW RULES DESTROY PHYSICAL GAME)!CAUSE OF EASY PENETRATION MOST OF 3P.SHOTS ARE FREE FROM WIND-PLAYERS!DO U THING 3P% IS WORST THAN MID.RANGE%?