"DON'T Wake Up A Sleeping Giant" - Dominique Wilkins on Larry Bird
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Man Wilkins was a beast! And I appreciate that he appreciates the greats he played against.
@jimmyboy1313 ай бұрын
Dominique was a beast and he was also a truly class act! Rarely cried to the refs which was Larry Birds specialty 😢
@ThomasRogan-gc5pi3 ай бұрын
Yea and all these young NBA fans keep saying nobody big was in the 80s
@dannybird49962 ай бұрын
@@ThomasRogan-gc5pibecause usually bird was correct to
@dannybird49962 ай бұрын
There was a lot of good teams in theblate 80sband early to mid 90s that just barely lost to the greats. Atlanta, Cleveland, Utah...New York.
@bakerfresh2 ай бұрын
That's true. The Knicks were never quite at the level of the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons and Bulls. But they always played an exciting style of basketball. Like the time Patrick Ewing got his shot blocked by Mugsy Bogues, to cite just one example.
@jamesmurray6883Ай бұрын
When you listen to Wilkens talk about Bird, you respect both even more. Two super greats. Some of us were so lucky in life to watch both of them.
@LifeUser3 ай бұрын
A better era of 📺 the NBA😊
@dougfredricks20172 ай бұрын
I watched Wilkins live when he played in Europe as a veteran and when he came with his team to play in Belgrade. Although his career was coming to an end, he was still flying.
@markomarkovic57292 ай бұрын
Remember when the best always have props to each other, and even the greats that came before them. Now mfs saying they the goat. You don't decide that shit. Fans do. Learn.
@Brian316G2 ай бұрын
Willis was a beast
@rod15212 ай бұрын
I was in my twenties in the nineties. Great memories!
@slave2tyranny2 ай бұрын
I believe the fact that many have forgotten how good bird was makes it equally sad that Wilkins has been forgotten. Dominique wasn't only a dunker. He was a great player.
@adriandavis73843 ай бұрын
He could fly! Bird had respect for Dominique!!
@carolynclaire52412 ай бұрын
Nobody in my house forgets how good Wilkins was
@joesavary60812 ай бұрын
@@joesavary6081 Not in my house, and in most of the houses in our country. There may be a few houses in Wyoming or North Dakota who forgot about Wilkins, though.
@sludge85062 ай бұрын
@@sludge8506ha ha ha.. *ya.. 'nique Wilkins and Oscar Roberson < so good
@lovealways26092 ай бұрын
The human highlight! Never forget Nique!
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
It's officially a good day when there's a new Larry Legend vid. Thanks!
@sspotter19783 ай бұрын
I am not a basketball fan but I am definitely a Larry Bird fan and I had no clue who Kevin McHale was before watching Larry Bird videos but he is pretty wicked and Dominique is a class act all the way😊😊😊😊
@patriciadavis13933 ай бұрын
Again I'll say: Not Jordan. Not James. Bird.
@MichaelPiz3 ай бұрын
Larry Legend all day, every day. There have been many great players, both past and present. But never has there been such a killer as Mr Larry Joe Bird!
@mickylawless19413 ай бұрын
Definitely not LeFraud!
@ahnguyen13 ай бұрын
How is he the goat when he wasnt even the best of his era. Nobody thinks bird is goat. Bird is a legend and a great, not goat. Mj is the goat hands down. Yes the stacked celtics beat the only mj bulls. But it's not even a competition. Mj was hands down better. But I'll pick bird over lefraud. But magic>bird aswell.
@ScootsMcPoot3 ай бұрын
The Bird WAS the word!
@terrancemitchell34203 ай бұрын
@@ScootsMcPoot bird was the best in the 80s he swept MJ twice dude. Jordan didn’t win till Magic and Larry left and the nba changed the rules for mike because of Detroit and the watering down of the league. The 80 s was the toughest ball to play in .
@dannybird49962 ай бұрын
What a great video! FYI: Larry Bird not only played this game with painful bone spurs on the bottoms of both feet, with injuries to both achilles tendons, he also played this game while suffering from bronchial pneumonia, according to an article archived on the NBA website. Astounding.
@carolehall10003 ай бұрын
Yeah, we watched this video & many others. Do you always feel the need to translate & repeat for attention?
@ericksonparks17403 ай бұрын
@@ericksonparks1740you think EVERYONE watched the FULL video? because if you think you are one ignorant person
@soyalex5373 ай бұрын
@@ericksonparks1740salty huh
@mr.m42973 ай бұрын
Did he walk to the game, up hill both ways with holes in his shoes also?
@user-nx4vl5tn8c3 ай бұрын
@@user-nx4vl5tn8c yes he did lmao
@mr.m42973 ай бұрын
When my memory goes, I look forward to seeing this again for the first time.
@peppie05213 ай бұрын
I have to remember your line. Great post!
@maxwellbricks76323 ай бұрын
We can watch them together! Lol.
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Good one!
@TheBibleDefenders27 күн бұрын
Man, McHale was one of the greats and a big fellow, if I was his size I dont know if I would act so gentlemanly against bullying players. Kudos for keeping his cool for so many years and being a perfect match to THE LEGEND
@cronistamundano81893 ай бұрын
Bird & Wilkins……two of the best players in NBA history. I respect them both tremendously!
@sheltonheath91653 ай бұрын
Larry Bird didn't just drop out of the sky. He continuously worked on his game. He did so well because he kept putting in the work.
@TheFarmanimalfriendАй бұрын
"We both deserve to win, but somebody has to go home." Larry gave rookie Dominique trash, but very much respected him after. I love watching Walton on the side lines. Larry does something amazing and he's very happy, but never surprised... yeah, that's Larry.
@davep82213 ай бұрын
Best players in the best era. I’m 74 and have seen it all, so take my word: Bird was the best of the best. Nique and Doc were terrific but Bird earned his “Legend” moniker for just this kind of performance. He always stepped up when he had to. Please notice Bird’s shots were from everywhere and most were all net-left or right handed. Didn’t matter.
@ElizabethAldrich-bb1ot3 ай бұрын
Absolutely!!! No one like Bird!
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
I agree.Best time to see basketball.
@judyhyland499Ай бұрын
Great video, but one correction.. Even more amazing. After Bird had double Achilles surgery, he came back in 89-90 and played in 75gms avg 24,3pts 9.5reb 7.5ass 1.4stls on 47.3 fg%and 93% from the line. Made 2nd team All-NBA. Legend.
@Jbf-763 ай бұрын
You'd never expect Dominique Wilkins the man and Dominque Wilkins the NBA player to be the same person. He seems like such a super nice, gentle dude. In that great period of NBA play in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I can only imagine Dominque was one of the scariest opponents, sheerly terrifying. The double persona of Dominique Wilkins.
@gregoryjclark813 ай бұрын
We thank you Prime Larry Bird for yet another _great_ story!
@danielandersson74853 ай бұрын
May we never forget these greats.
@WendyQallabАй бұрын
God the NBA NEEDS another “Larry Bird”…
@johnwedgeworth49083 ай бұрын
Dominique was an absolute wrecking ball. Has become a tremendous ambassador for the game as an elder statesman. His graciousness to teammates and opponents makes for great viewing.
@garycort7997Ай бұрын
This video was so well researched and cut together. Great job!
@loustamat25953 ай бұрын
Round ball in the 80's was a blast, with so many great NBA players that gave it all to us fans. Great look back.
@TerlinguaTalkeetna3 ай бұрын
Silver has killed the NBA
@dannybird49962 ай бұрын
Toughest player ever, 91 Pacers series too he was already banged up from his back and he hits the parquet floor face first and fractures his cheekbone and still came back out and took over the game
@Skibbitypappappa3 ай бұрын
Bird is my all time fav, but I loved to watch Dominique play.
@carolynclaire52413 ай бұрын
Boy oh boy do I miss those great men that played in the NBA. Hats off. I can't pass up watching these gems.
@JohnCunningham-sy5ug3 ай бұрын
Larry Bird, when he got to the NBA, realized he could compete, he said that, and I think he kept that confidence. Basketball is good today, but we'll never see another Larry Bird. Thanks for insight into those memories.
@thewriter2549Ай бұрын
I do agree we'll never see another Larry Bird! But I can't agree on basketball being good today.... It is so boring in comparison!
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Larry Legend, might be the gutsiest, toughest player of any sport,ever...he was on another level...
@richardbaker5953 ай бұрын
Look, I love Larry Bird, but let's just look at your comment. Robert Dipierdominico played the 1989 Australian Rules Grand Final for 2 freaking hours with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He nearly died while being rushed to hospital after the game and spent 8 days in intensive care. The injury toll from the 1989 Grand Final sounds like something from an actual warzone. These guys kept playing knowing how serious their injuries were. Dean Jones batted for over 500 minutes at Chennai in insane temperatures in 1986 (over 40 degress celsius, full sun and 90 percent humidity). He regularly vomited on the field due to heat stress and nausea, and frequently lost bladder control. He could not hold down any food or fluids. He toughed it out and scored a double century in some of the most arduous conditions known on a sporting field. He lost over 4 kilograms (9 pounds) of body weight and has no recollection of those events (basically a day and a half of his life) due to the damage it did to his body and mind. He was rushed to hospital after he was finally out and placed on a saline drip. He was very lucky to survive. The Game ended in a draw by the way. Which may not sound like much but Jones singlehandedly saved a 5 match, 25 day international cricket competition at Chennai between the two international powerhouses of the sport. Jason McCartney suffered over 50% burns to his body during the 2002 Bali Bombing, and returned to to play an AFL football match wrapped in bandages and padding to try and protect him from further injury the damage he suffered. Having proven his merit to be selected for the senior team through rehabilitation, training and 7 matches in the secondary league (the VFL) he retired after kicking a goal and a providing a goal assist during the match. The match was won by North Melbourne by less than the score he contributed in those two actions. I'm sure we can find other examples. Multiple players have died in Rugby, Soccer (association football), Cricket and Australian Rules Football. Possibly the most notable is Phillip Hughes, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and is no longer with us after being struck in the head by a bouncer at 63 not out. #putoutyourbats Adam Johnson is no longer with us due to having his throat accidentally cut during a match by a ice skate. Timur Faizutdinov got a puck to the head. Bill Masterton has a trophy named after him due to his on ice death. Ray Chapman in baseball.
@AndyViant2 ай бұрын
Pssh...one time, I played Tiddly Winks with my sister and I had a slight toothache. That's toughness right there. @@AndyViant
@jdbly59342 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Both of these players are head and shoulders above Lebron as basketball players and as people.
@steverenom.2993 ай бұрын
Dominique is a class dude
@earleholt43803 ай бұрын
Pat Riley once said that if he needed a player to make a shot to win a game, it would be Jordan. If he needed somebody to make a shot to save his life, it would be Bird.
@RogerPilcher3 ай бұрын
I watched this game live I think on CBS and it's the GREATEST 4th quarter between 2 guys I ve EVER SEEN TO THIS DAY in Feb 2024 Whenever it's on any classic or anything I watch and I LOVE the respect that they had for eachother still years later to here Dominque who was 1 of the most UNDERRATED players in history in my opinion u don't hear enough about him He was absolutely incredible Should ve been on Dream Team 1 if he doesn't blow out his Achilles Was such a GREAT GAME
@daniellampe15883 ай бұрын
I was still bad for him that he was injured and Dominique couldn't be on the dream team!!! because he absolutely would have been! Should've been!
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Best SF in history without question. Bad, tough, skilled & and an all time shooter. Always makes my starting all time team. As MJ says 🍻
@edensilva42833 ай бұрын
Larry Bird is legitimately the greatest basketball player of all time. End of discussion.
@arln19662 ай бұрын
I was just a kid watching Larry Bird play basketball. It was so much fun. He was different than the rest.
@bwmcelya2 ай бұрын
The Great Shootout!!! Got to be the best 4th quarter ever for me! Nique & Bird were just incredible!!!
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Dominique is the most underrated player in history besides Wilt.
@jrr37873 ай бұрын
I was always a huge Larry Bird you couldn't be more right Wilkins was a gifted player and what a classy person all the respect in the world 2 Dominique
@GregWilliams-no1oj3 ай бұрын
lol no
@jamespohl-md2eq3 ай бұрын
I live in same county where Larry was from. Im not old enough to have seen him play in high school. My folks did their take away was he knew where everyone was on the court all the time. He did no look passes that surprised team mates. But most important, they related how he could shoot from anywhere, with uncanny awareness of where the hoop was. No big revelations there. He also was known to shoot hundreds of practice shots daily. He was naturally talented, but great because of work ethic and modesty.
@stevenbosley58032 ай бұрын
Bird, Jordan, Kobe, Wilkins, Hakeem. In no particular order, those guys would crush everybody forever.
@johnheath43053 ай бұрын
Great video, man. I saw that game on TV way back then. It was AWESOME. Bird was really something else. Anyone who experienced the NBA in the 80's real time knows how good Bird really was and how much he dominated. Thanks for telling the story so well.
@ZartmoBThoughtForms11 күн бұрын
There mere many great players back then I enjoyed watching them all .
@ozzyozzy22073 ай бұрын
greatness comes along ever now and then.whether you are a player or fan just to witness it is special no matter whos side you are on.
@mpojr2 ай бұрын
Great edit and scene organization. Thesis come thru point to point w very little narration. The sources tell the story. Great editing, again, scene by scene, solid argument and context maintained throughout. Thanks for the video. It always hits hard realizing these moments from Larry, alot of his greatest, he was injured in a way he needed surgery for long term viablility. And, he always played for the fans and his teammates, never himself. If he did, we'd probably all grew up watching him into the 90s and maybe even late 90s. But, we wouldn't have all the moments that generations apart marvel at and can even still feel. Whats an artist but that? Domonique of course, is an artist in his own right. Great edit to pull together his perspective to tell thr story of that game As well telling the story of the entire series. Great context.
@kaleidstone71536 күн бұрын
All the respect to 'Nique, stayed on Bird on defense while delivering on offense.
@azrielnguyen95863 ай бұрын
--- No one could stop Dominique. Bird wasn't that kind of 1v1 defender. He was a help defender who read the passing lanes. And in '88, Bird was traffic cone on D but could still score with the best. I'm still taking Bird over Lebron, KD for the last shot.
@jlui213 ай бұрын
These recollections bring back so much 80's hype! GOODNESS!
@rolexmarcelo32182 ай бұрын
Larry Legend GOAT! Mr. 4th quarter!
@kurtsherrick20663 ай бұрын
"Its up to them to stop it". He didnt say its up to me to score because he already knew it was in. Cold
@RedDevilDog12073 ай бұрын
Drop everything and just watch it.
@iamionscat90353 ай бұрын
Learning about Wilkins. Wow. What a player.
@123Goldhunter113 ай бұрын
He was the only one close to Jordan
@ScootsMcPoot3 ай бұрын
Two great competitors and so fun to watch!
@troyingle16458 күн бұрын
Kudos to the players willing to share honest and positive feedback for their opponent! Egos seemed to have been left at home, a distinct mark of this generations players.
@MrFirstdance20002 ай бұрын
MAN I MISS THOSE GAMES!!! NBA has never been the same. Dominique and Bird, wow
@wd87862 ай бұрын
Very underrated Kevin Willis. You were a great center but had to adapt to the NBA game of that time. I always thought you were more like Rick Mahorn than Lambeer.You were something special!
@Dbusdriver712 ай бұрын
I grew up in Atlanta and I still live here, and all I know is when it came to 1 on 1 play, nobody could guard Dominique, period. Bird is still the GOAT, but so is Nique. Straight from Hazzard County. Bad Street Atlanta, GA y'all.
@thirdlegstalliano3 ай бұрын
Jordan is THE GOAT.
@CarefulWithThatAxeEugene3 ай бұрын
Bird was always and always will be my favorite but I agree with you magic Jordan bird Dominique new how to play the game the right way athletically so gifted
@GregWilliams-no1oj3 ай бұрын
@@GregWilliams-no1oj I agree. Players back then were absolute beasts on the court, completely different breed from players today. Seems like basketball went soft.
@CarefulWithThatAxeEugene3 ай бұрын
Bird smoked him
@dcg5903 ай бұрын
You don’t get to be goat when you never win anything. College. Nba. Europe.
@jamespohl-md2eq3 ай бұрын
I loved watching these guys play! Wilkins, Bird, Parish, McHale, Koncak... those guys were BEASTS!!!!
@jeffgrove6568Ай бұрын
A busted up Larry Bird is better than any healthy player. He was always hurt in career and is still the GOAT.
@twinwankel3 ай бұрын
He was always hurt, being the drama queen that he was.
@sludge85063 ай бұрын
@@sludge8506loser
@arln19662 ай бұрын
I like how you sped up the reading. flow is better. phenomenal channel. subscribed.
@phalangeish2 ай бұрын
Great content, I just subscribed 🔥
@mama_4u6712 ай бұрын
Basketball was different back then. These young bucks in today's NBA would get bodied so hard and have no one to cry to.
@michaelmorrison42013 ай бұрын
Best quote during that game was Musberger’s, “ You are watching greatness!”
@billwhite7658Ай бұрын
Dominque is a true gentleman, played an amazing game himself. Fun to watch the replay..
@winterpatriot4574Ай бұрын
Wow With bone spurs adrenaline keeps you going and Carries you and then when you stop the pain is terrible,listening to both teams views and respect were amazing Goosebump memories
@seanhower513026 күн бұрын
Wilkins is such a phenomenal dunker that a lot of people know his dunks but don't realize what a great all around player and guy he is. I had his Starting Lineup action figure and card in the early 90's.
@mantisfootball918Ай бұрын
I saw this series real time on TV, satellite. I guess I shouldn't, but I can't help but cloud up every time I watch clips of it. I severely miss, watching Bird and the other Celtics play the best basketball I have ever seen. I also miss the other great teams and players who played against them during the Bird era. There were several great teams and players at that time. Atlanta, with Domenique, was certainly one of them.
@wmden12 ай бұрын
Kevin willis was one of my favorite role players, he was the kind of player you could plug into any team and make it better.
@Jonesmalone5623 ай бұрын
Willis was a Rodman, but who could score too..That was a great Hawks team
@brianjschumer3 ай бұрын
P😊@@brianjschumer
@michaelcaputo58202 ай бұрын
Great video. Wilkins was amazing. Bird a legend
@Johnodog2 ай бұрын
Not just the toughest, but the greatest.
@wanderingscholar97173 ай бұрын
Those were the days - from a Pistons “Bad Boys” fan. So many great players. Magic, Bird, Dominique, Jordan, Kareem, Isaiah, Ainge, Stockton, Worthy, Malone, Barkley, Robinson etc… The league was stacked with greats. And probably never again.
@drewjohn83923 ай бұрын
It's almost forgotten how popular Magic was! He's almost non-existent now. It's all Larry Larry LARRY!
@Alan-713513 ай бұрын
Thanks for these videos. Basketball was a man's game back then, and I loved watching my Knicks battle. These players today wouldn't last 10 minutes with all their flopping and driving to the hole untouched. You want to come to the hole? Come on, but you're going to get touched up big time. That's why Jordan gets so much respect, he was as great as he was back when it was still a very physical game. Larry would average 40 today and Jordan would average 60. And Nique? He'd be somewhere in between I'm sure.
@shepshape25853 ай бұрын
Such Great Times. We were Piston Fans but you HAVE to give credit to Boston's Line Up and the Great Larry Bird. To me the 1980's was the Best Overall NBA era ever. (Of course the 90's were great as well) The excitement, the teams, the coaches, the announcers, all added up to the best overall era for professional Basketball in my lifetime. You had to live back then to understand it. To feel it.
@OldDood3 ай бұрын
Yup. I had recently moved to Chicago during the Bad Boys era. You could still get standing room only seats at Chicago Stadium for $10 back in 1990. I would go whenever the Pistons were in town, and wear all my Pistons garb. One time I had a whole section of Bulls fans chanting against me in my Bad Boys tank top, up in the SRO seats, yelling, "Detroit sucks, and so do YOU!" But the game was so much more fun and exciting in the Bird/Magic, to MJ Bulls era. Once MJ left the Bulls for good, the game got less exciting. When the Pistons got good again with Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton and the rest, it just wasn't the same. As big as Ben was, I never saw him knock anyone down like Laimbeer, Rodman, or Mahorn would do. Dwayne Wade regularly drove to the hole without being knocked on his a$$, like he would have been with the Bad Boys. These days, I can't remember the last time when I have actually watched an NBA game. Who wants to watch guys just trading 3 pt shots? Boring!
@kkelleybass3 ай бұрын
@@kkelleybass seats were cheap back then
@dannybird49962 ай бұрын
Basketball should not be a dirty game. Physical yes,but not cheap shots.
@barryjordan75913 ай бұрын
What Larry Bird did was mozzo genius? He watched what leg Wilkinson was pivoting on as soon as he stood on that leg. Burn made his move to go around it because he knew that Wilkes couldn't move that leg at that point. Bird is so smart. He's a genius at what he does by just watching what it takes to get around somebody. Undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly the best NBA player that ever walked on the court. All the way around. Thank you, Larry Bird for all that fantastic plan and effort. You put out if a person don't get excited about what it takes because you gave it. You showed it, you did it. Larry Bird, thank you. I god bless you buddy
@gregsidel3557Ай бұрын
Glad i Was Able To witness His Greatness
@davidmcphetridge45063 ай бұрын
Man I appreciate you showing what a legend Bird was people don't realize how good he was. He accomplished what he did in his short career.
@James-ql8bo2 ай бұрын
Just another day at the office for Larry Legend.👑 The CBS announcer Brent Musberger used to do NBA and NFL games and he was an unashamed bandwagon jumper. As soon as one player or team started getting hot he was their biggest cheerleader, even if he was kicking them 5 minutes before that.
@54fighting53 ай бұрын
Bird came back in 1990 and was pretty dang good
@gturcott13 ай бұрын
Amazing video! 🏀
@chefcorreabetancourt2461Ай бұрын
Bird’s back gave out on him too, towards the end of his career. Was always playing injured. That’s why he’s called Larry Legend
@jimmydee9352 ай бұрын
If there was ONE person back then you DIDNT talk shit too, it was Larry fkn BIRD! the shit talk only fired him up 100x more. some of my uncles were at this game, and said it was the best match they have ever seen in any sport.
@mrbeans42003 ай бұрын
I remember this series like it was yesterday, being in my mid-teens at the time. What a time to be alive to be able to see the NBA in its glory days. God, I miss the old school NBA.
@AviatorMike7772 ай бұрын
Bird would do the impossible so often he began to make me question my mere ability to choose my affiliations, as I refused to be a disgusting ‘fair weather fan’ & abort my Sixers. I was nearly getting ulcers from waiting for him to be a normal human and make a mistake. The end result was good however as I stopped worrying so much about who wins and instead just appreciate that I was lucky enough to be able to learn what greatness is all about. And I didn’t even need a gastroenterologist 🤬🤨😊
@josephestes99593 ай бұрын
Well, TBF, your Sixers got the better of Bird a few times in the early 80s. 80, 82 and, I think 83 but I'm not sure, they beat the Celtics. They were that team early on that forced the Celtics to get better much like Boston was for Detroit and then Detroit was for Chicago later in the decade. Obviously though Bird did manage to slip by the Sixers in 81 in what many ppl consider the greatest series of all time.
@jbellflower83Күн бұрын
I skipped a class in college to watch that game where Bird had 24 in the first quarter. I just knew Dom would destroy Bird. I was a Dr. J fan my entire life and thought Bird was WAY over rated - that game changed my mind and made me a believer. Bird is a bad dude. Cleary one of the best ever.
@burrdaddy2 ай бұрын
THE BODY WEARS OUT ON ALL SPORTS ATHELETES
@OORAH7133 ай бұрын
I'll bet Dom and the guys on the Hawks after Kevin gave Larry some shit gave him a crazy look and said 'What'chu talkin' about Willis?!! STFU!!'
@hippie5643 ай бұрын
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
@irishgrl3 ай бұрын
😁
@Sunny-jz3dyАй бұрын
Awesome!!
@davidmcphetridge45063 ай бұрын
Awesome!
@johnniec.brenard28103 ай бұрын
This was the NBA I loved! I am not even aware of the league's existence today!
@louisdicarlo6885Ай бұрын
Saw him once, my Suns were up by 17 in the 4th quarter n Bird went to work. We lost by one when he hit a last second 3. It was amazing.
@toddmiller2433 ай бұрын
Love the video. One thing that's wrong is those bone spurs never stopped him or his career. It was the back surgeries. And yet in 92 on the dream team laying in front of the bench to stretch his back and do what he did for that team. Mad respect for Bird. Never complained never used injuries as an excuse he just played till he literally couldn't anymore
@Brian316G2 ай бұрын
Cannot imagine him taking a game off to "save his energy" like the modern player mentality. He would have been offended at the idea.
@jr-xs9tf2 ай бұрын
Huge Hawks fan Dominique was my favorite player! Great series but I knew when Hawks lost game 6 Celtics had it! Greatest series ever sadly didn't turn out my way 😢
@ThomasRogan-gc5pi3 ай бұрын
Yes, true. Because Bird was there!!
@georgerieder839827 күн бұрын
Perfection in so many ways pretty smart nice from what I see in her videos
@kevinsage56502 ай бұрын
Wilkins is a legend that does not get his roses either great player
@godgunsandammo15562 ай бұрын
Too bad Dominic and Bird never played on the same team it would have been SPECTACULAR. This game was an epic clash of Warriors. Enough said.
@ababner31720 күн бұрын
Love how guys talk like todays guys are it. No freaking way. The game was played inside out then. Now its outside in. Like a glorified 3 point contest. No defense.
@vernonhurley13003 ай бұрын
No defense. Could not be more wrong.
@jamespohl-md2eq3 ай бұрын
Man I LOVE Larry Bird!!! He is the bird of paradise....!!!!❤
@cheriemiller7107Ай бұрын
I had no idea he was a seven footer. Great video.
@friartuck42862 ай бұрын
Larry Bird is the only player in NBA history to shoot better than 50-40-90 four straight years while averaging over 28 PPG. And that's not counting the double digit career rebounding and being the best passing forward in history. Celts go from 29 wins before his rookie year to 61 wins his rookie year and there was no Parish, McKale, DJ, or Ainge on that team, just the same guys who won only 29 plus Larry Bird. Greatest one year win improvement by ANY team in NBA history and it came because of the addition of a rookie. It proved that Bird carrying a bunch of no-name players at Indiana State to a undefeated season, slaying one giant after another during March madness until that 1979 NCAA championship game was no fluke. What he did at sad sack Indiana State has never been repeated and what he did his rookie year at (then) sad sack Boston has never been repeated. There is a reason for that, a very precise reason...BECAUSE NO ONE SINCE HAS BEEN AS GOOD AS BIRD AND THEREFORE COULDN'T DO THOSE THINGS AND DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS. You will never see another Larry Joe Bird.
@bradywhatley970Ай бұрын
Kevin Willis in the end was a talented thug. The sad thing is that he had much more skill than thugs like Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, etc. etc.
@buckyoung45783 ай бұрын
2 great players
@paulpetersen879Ай бұрын
Nique could fly man! Wow! What a stud.
@robertmcanarney75893 ай бұрын
My friend and I were at that game 7. Part way through the 4th quarter we turned to each other but said nothing. We just needed to confirm that what was happening was real. I remember that the crowd roared for Dominique as well as Larry because both of the show they were putting on. At the end, they congratulated each other.
Man Wilkins was a beast! And I appreciate that he appreciates the greats he played against.
Dominique was a beast and he was also a truly class act! Rarely cried to the refs which was Larry Birds specialty 😢
Yea and all these young NBA fans keep saying nobody big was in the 80s
@@ThomasRogan-gc5pibecause usually bird was correct to
There was a lot of good teams in theblate 80sband early to mid 90s that just barely lost to the greats. Atlanta, Cleveland, Utah...New York.
That's true. The Knicks were never quite at the level of the Celtics, Lakers, Pistons and Bulls. But they always played an exciting style of basketball. Like the time Patrick Ewing got his shot blocked by Mugsy Bogues, to cite just one example.
When you listen to Wilkens talk about Bird, you respect both even more. Two super greats. Some of us were so lucky in life to watch both of them.
A better era of 📺 the NBA😊
I watched Wilkins live when he played in Europe as a veteran and when he came with his team to play in Belgrade. Although his career was coming to an end, he was still flying.
Remember when the best always have props to each other, and even the greats that came before them. Now mfs saying they the goat. You don't decide that shit. Fans do. Learn.
Willis was a beast
I was in my twenties in the nineties. Great memories!
I believe the fact that many have forgotten how good bird was makes it equally sad that Wilkins has been forgotten. Dominique wasn't only a dunker. He was a great player.
He could fly! Bird had respect for Dominique!!
Nobody in my house forgets how good Wilkins was
@@joesavary6081 Not in my house, and in most of the houses in our country. There may be a few houses in Wyoming or North Dakota who forgot about Wilkins, though.
@@sludge8506ha ha ha.. *ya.. 'nique Wilkins and Oscar Roberson < so good
The human highlight! Never forget Nique!
It's officially a good day when there's a new Larry Legend vid. Thanks!
I am not a basketball fan but I am definitely a Larry Bird fan and I had no clue who Kevin McHale was before watching Larry Bird videos but he is pretty wicked and Dominique is a class act all the way😊😊😊😊
Again I'll say: Not Jordan. Not James. Bird.
Larry Legend all day, every day. There have been many great players, both past and present. But never has there been such a killer as Mr Larry Joe Bird!
Definitely not LeFraud!
How is he the goat when he wasnt even the best of his era. Nobody thinks bird is goat. Bird is a legend and a great, not goat. Mj is the goat hands down. Yes the stacked celtics beat the only mj bulls. But it's not even a competition. Mj was hands down better. But I'll pick bird over lefraud. But magic>bird aswell.
The Bird WAS the word!
@@ScootsMcPoot bird was the best in the 80s he swept MJ twice dude. Jordan didn’t win till Magic and Larry left and the nba changed the rules for mike because of Detroit and the watering down of the league. The 80 s was the toughest ball to play in .
What a great video! FYI: Larry Bird not only played this game with painful bone spurs on the bottoms of both feet, with injuries to both achilles tendons, he also played this game while suffering from bronchial pneumonia, according to an article archived on the NBA website. Astounding.
Yeah, we watched this video & many others. Do you always feel the need to translate & repeat for attention?
@@ericksonparks1740you think EVERYONE watched the FULL video? because if you think you are one ignorant person
@@ericksonparks1740salty huh
Did he walk to the game, up hill both ways with holes in his shoes also?
@@user-nx4vl5tn8c yes he did lmao
When my memory goes, I look forward to seeing this again for the first time.
I have to remember your line. Great post!
We can watch them together! Lol.
Good one!
Man, McHale was one of the greats and a big fellow, if I was his size I dont know if I would act so gentlemanly against bullying players. Kudos for keeping his cool for so many years and being a perfect match to THE LEGEND
Bird & Wilkins……two of the best players in NBA history. I respect them both tremendously!
Larry Bird didn't just drop out of the sky. He continuously worked on his game. He did so well because he kept putting in the work.
"We both deserve to win, but somebody has to go home." Larry gave rookie Dominique trash, but very much respected him after. I love watching Walton on the side lines. Larry does something amazing and he's very happy, but never surprised... yeah, that's Larry.
Best players in the best era. I’m 74 and have seen it all, so take my word: Bird was the best of the best. Nique and Doc were terrific but Bird earned his “Legend” moniker for just this kind of performance. He always stepped up when he had to. Please notice Bird’s shots were from everywhere and most were all net-left or right handed. Didn’t matter.
Absolutely!!! No one like Bird!
I agree.Best time to see basketball.
Great video, but one correction.. Even more amazing. After Bird had double Achilles surgery, he came back in 89-90 and played in 75gms avg 24,3pts 9.5reb 7.5ass 1.4stls on 47.3 fg%and 93% from the line. Made 2nd team All-NBA. Legend.
You'd never expect Dominique Wilkins the man and Dominque Wilkins the NBA player to be the same person. He seems like such a super nice, gentle dude. In that great period of NBA play in the late 1980s and early 1990s, I can only imagine Dominque was one of the scariest opponents, sheerly terrifying. The double persona of Dominique Wilkins.
We thank you Prime Larry Bird for yet another _great_ story!
May we never forget these greats.
God the NBA NEEDS another “Larry Bird”…
Dominique was an absolute wrecking ball. Has become a tremendous ambassador for the game as an elder statesman. His graciousness to teammates and opponents makes for great viewing.
This video was so well researched and cut together. Great job!
Round ball in the 80's was a blast, with so many great NBA players that gave it all to us fans. Great look back.
Silver has killed the NBA
Toughest player ever, 91 Pacers series too he was already banged up from his back and he hits the parquet floor face first and fractures his cheekbone and still came back out and took over the game
Bird is my all time fav, but I loved to watch Dominique play.
Boy oh boy do I miss those great men that played in the NBA. Hats off. I can't pass up watching these gems.
Larry Bird, when he got to the NBA, realized he could compete, he said that, and I think he kept that confidence. Basketball is good today, but we'll never see another Larry Bird. Thanks for insight into those memories.
I do agree we'll never see another Larry Bird! But I can't agree on basketball being good today.... It is so boring in comparison!
Larry Legend, might be the gutsiest, toughest player of any sport,ever...he was on another level...
Look, I love Larry Bird, but let's just look at your comment. Robert Dipierdominico played the 1989 Australian Rules Grand Final for 2 freaking hours with broken ribs and a collapsed lung. He nearly died while being rushed to hospital after the game and spent 8 days in intensive care. The injury toll from the 1989 Grand Final sounds like something from an actual warzone. These guys kept playing knowing how serious their injuries were. Dean Jones batted for over 500 minutes at Chennai in insane temperatures in 1986 (over 40 degress celsius, full sun and 90 percent humidity). He regularly vomited on the field due to heat stress and nausea, and frequently lost bladder control. He could not hold down any food or fluids. He toughed it out and scored a double century in some of the most arduous conditions known on a sporting field. He lost over 4 kilograms (9 pounds) of body weight and has no recollection of those events (basically a day and a half of his life) due to the damage it did to his body and mind. He was rushed to hospital after he was finally out and placed on a saline drip. He was very lucky to survive. The Game ended in a draw by the way. Which may not sound like much but Jones singlehandedly saved a 5 match, 25 day international cricket competition at Chennai between the two international powerhouses of the sport. Jason McCartney suffered over 50% burns to his body during the 2002 Bali Bombing, and returned to to play an AFL football match wrapped in bandages and padding to try and protect him from further injury the damage he suffered. Having proven his merit to be selected for the senior team through rehabilitation, training and 7 matches in the secondary league (the VFL) he retired after kicking a goal and a providing a goal assist during the match. The match was won by North Melbourne by less than the score he contributed in those two actions. I'm sure we can find other examples. Multiple players have died in Rugby, Soccer (association football), Cricket and Australian Rules Football. Possibly the most notable is Phillip Hughes, who suffered a traumatic brain injury and is no longer with us after being struck in the head by a bouncer at 63 not out. #putoutyourbats Adam Johnson is no longer with us due to having his throat accidentally cut during a match by a ice skate. Timur Faizutdinov got a puck to the head. Bill Masterton has a trophy named after him due to his on ice death. Ray Chapman in baseball.
Pssh...one time, I played Tiddly Winks with my sister and I had a slight toothache. That's toughness right there. @@AndyViant
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Both of these players are head and shoulders above Lebron as basketball players and as people.
Dominique is a class dude
Pat Riley once said that if he needed a player to make a shot to win a game, it would be Jordan. If he needed somebody to make a shot to save his life, it would be Bird.
I watched this game live I think on CBS and it's the GREATEST 4th quarter between 2 guys I ve EVER SEEN TO THIS DAY in Feb 2024 Whenever it's on any classic or anything I watch and I LOVE the respect that they had for eachother still years later to here Dominque who was 1 of the most UNDERRATED players in history in my opinion u don't hear enough about him He was absolutely incredible Should ve been on Dream Team 1 if he doesn't blow out his Achilles Was such a GREAT GAME
I was still bad for him that he was injured and Dominique couldn't be on the dream team!!! because he absolutely would have been! Should've been!
Best SF in history without question. Bad, tough, skilled & and an all time shooter. Always makes my starting all time team. As MJ says 🍻
Larry Bird is legitimately the greatest basketball player of all time. End of discussion.
I was just a kid watching Larry Bird play basketball. It was so much fun. He was different than the rest.
The Great Shootout!!! Got to be the best 4th quarter ever for me! Nique & Bird were just incredible!!!
Dominique is the most underrated player in history besides Wilt.
I was always a huge Larry Bird you couldn't be more right Wilkins was a gifted player and what a classy person all the respect in the world 2 Dominique
lol no
I live in same county where Larry was from. Im not old enough to have seen him play in high school. My folks did their take away was he knew where everyone was on the court all the time. He did no look passes that surprised team mates. But most important, they related how he could shoot from anywhere, with uncanny awareness of where the hoop was. No big revelations there. He also was known to shoot hundreds of practice shots daily. He was naturally talented, but great because of work ethic and modesty.
Bird, Jordan, Kobe, Wilkins, Hakeem. In no particular order, those guys would crush everybody forever.
Great video, man. I saw that game on TV way back then. It was AWESOME. Bird was really something else. Anyone who experienced the NBA in the 80's real time knows how good Bird really was and how much he dominated. Thanks for telling the story so well.
There mere many great players back then I enjoyed watching them all .
greatness comes along ever now and then.whether you are a player or fan just to witness it is special no matter whos side you are on.
Great edit and scene organization. Thesis come thru point to point w very little narration. The sources tell the story. Great editing, again, scene by scene, solid argument and context maintained throughout. Thanks for the video. It always hits hard realizing these moments from Larry, alot of his greatest, he was injured in a way he needed surgery for long term viablility. And, he always played for the fans and his teammates, never himself. If he did, we'd probably all grew up watching him into the 90s and maybe even late 90s. But, we wouldn't have all the moments that generations apart marvel at and can even still feel. Whats an artist but that? Domonique of course, is an artist in his own right. Great edit to pull together his perspective to tell thr story of that game As well telling the story of the entire series. Great context.
All the respect to 'Nique, stayed on Bird on defense while delivering on offense.
--- No one could stop Dominique. Bird wasn't that kind of 1v1 defender. He was a help defender who read the passing lanes. And in '88, Bird was traffic cone on D but could still score with the best. I'm still taking Bird over Lebron, KD for the last shot.
These recollections bring back so much 80's hype! GOODNESS!
Larry Legend GOAT! Mr. 4th quarter!
"Its up to them to stop it". He didnt say its up to me to score because he already knew it was in. Cold
Drop everything and just watch it.
Learning about Wilkins. Wow. What a player.
He was the only one close to Jordan
Two great competitors and so fun to watch!
Kudos to the players willing to share honest and positive feedback for their opponent! Egos seemed to have been left at home, a distinct mark of this generations players.
MAN I MISS THOSE GAMES!!! NBA has never been the same. Dominique and Bird, wow
Very underrated Kevin Willis. You were a great center but had to adapt to the NBA game of that time. I always thought you were more like Rick Mahorn than Lambeer.You were something special!
I grew up in Atlanta and I still live here, and all I know is when it came to 1 on 1 play, nobody could guard Dominique, period. Bird is still the GOAT, but so is Nique. Straight from Hazzard County. Bad Street Atlanta, GA y'all.
Jordan is THE GOAT.
Bird was always and always will be my favorite but I agree with you magic Jordan bird Dominique new how to play the game the right way athletically so gifted
@@GregWilliams-no1oj I agree. Players back then were absolute beasts on the court, completely different breed from players today. Seems like basketball went soft.
Bird smoked him
You don’t get to be goat when you never win anything. College. Nba. Europe.
I loved watching these guys play! Wilkins, Bird, Parish, McHale, Koncak... those guys were BEASTS!!!!
A busted up Larry Bird is better than any healthy player. He was always hurt in career and is still the GOAT.
He was always hurt, being the drama queen that he was.
@@sludge8506loser
I like how you sped up the reading. flow is better. phenomenal channel. subscribed.
Great content, I just subscribed 🔥
Basketball was different back then. These young bucks in today's NBA would get bodied so hard and have no one to cry to.
Best quote during that game was Musberger’s, “ You are watching greatness!”
Dominque is a true gentleman, played an amazing game himself. Fun to watch the replay..
Wow With bone spurs adrenaline keeps you going and Carries you and then when you stop the pain is terrible,listening to both teams views and respect were amazing Goosebump memories
Wilkins is such a phenomenal dunker that a lot of people know his dunks but don't realize what a great all around player and guy he is. I had his Starting Lineup action figure and card in the early 90's.
I saw this series real time on TV, satellite. I guess I shouldn't, but I can't help but cloud up every time I watch clips of it. I severely miss, watching Bird and the other Celtics play the best basketball I have ever seen. I also miss the other great teams and players who played against them during the Bird era. There were several great teams and players at that time. Atlanta, with Domenique, was certainly one of them.
Kevin willis was one of my favorite role players, he was the kind of player you could plug into any team and make it better.
Willis was a Rodman, but who could score too..That was a great Hawks team
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Great video. Wilkins was amazing. Bird a legend
Not just the toughest, but the greatest.
Those were the days - from a Pistons “Bad Boys” fan. So many great players. Magic, Bird, Dominique, Jordan, Kareem, Isaiah, Ainge, Stockton, Worthy, Malone, Barkley, Robinson etc… The league was stacked with greats. And probably never again.
It's almost forgotten how popular Magic was! He's almost non-existent now. It's all Larry Larry LARRY!
Thanks for these videos. Basketball was a man's game back then, and I loved watching my Knicks battle. These players today wouldn't last 10 minutes with all their flopping and driving to the hole untouched. You want to come to the hole? Come on, but you're going to get touched up big time. That's why Jordan gets so much respect, he was as great as he was back when it was still a very physical game. Larry would average 40 today and Jordan would average 60. And Nique? He'd be somewhere in between I'm sure.
Such Great Times. We were Piston Fans but you HAVE to give credit to Boston's Line Up and the Great Larry Bird. To me the 1980's was the Best Overall NBA era ever. (Of course the 90's were great as well) The excitement, the teams, the coaches, the announcers, all added up to the best overall era for professional Basketball in my lifetime. You had to live back then to understand it. To feel it.
Yup. I had recently moved to Chicago during the Bad Boys era. You could still get standing room only seats at Chicago Stadium for $10 back in 1990. I would go whenever the Pistons were in town, and wear all my Pistons garb. One time I had a whole section of Bulls fans chanting against me in my Bad Boys tank top, up in the SRO seats, yelling, "Detroit sucks, and so do YOU!" But the game was so much more fun and exciting in the Bird/Magic, to MJ Bulls era. Once MJ left the Bulls for good, the game got less exciting. When the Pistons got good again with Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton and the rest, it just wasn't the same. As big as Ben was, I never saw him knock anyone down like Laimbeer, Rodman, or Mahorn would do. Dwayne Wade regularly drove to the hole without being knocked on his a$$, like he would have been with the Bad Boys. These days, I can't remember the last time when I have actually watched an NBA game. Who wants to watch guys just trading 3 pt shots? Boring!
@@kkelleybass seats were cheap back then
Basketball should not be a dirty game. Physical yes,but not cheap shots.
What Larry Bird did was mozzo genius? He watched what leg Wilkinson was pivoting on as soon as he stood on that leg. Burn made his move to go around it because he knew that Wilkes couldn't move that leg at that point. Bird is so smart. He's a genius at what he does by just watching what it takes to get around somebody. Undoubtedly undoubtedly undoubtedly the best NBA player that ever walked on the court. All the way around. Thank you, Larry Bird for all that fantastic plan and effort. You put out if a person don't get excited about what it takes because you gave it. You showed it, you did it. Larry Bird, thank you. I god bless you buddy
Glad i Was Able To witness His Greatness
Man I appreciate you showing what a legend Bird was people don't realize how good he was. He accomplished what he did in his short career.
Just another day at the office for Larry Legend.👑 The CBS announcer Brent Musberger used to do NBA and NFL games and he was an unashamed bandwagon jumper. As soon as one player or team started getting hot he was their biggest cheerleader, even if he was kicking them 5 minutes before that.
Bird came back in 1990 and was pretty dang good
Amazing video! 🏀
Bird’s back gave out on him too, towards the end of his career. Was always playing injured. That’s why he’s called Larry Legend
If there was ONE person back then you DIDNT talk shit too, it was Larry fkn BIRD! the shit talk only fired him up 100x more. some of my uncles were at this game, and said it was the best match they have ever seen in any sport.
I remember this series like it was yesterday, being in my mid-teens at the time. What a time to be alive to be able to see the NBA in its glory days. God, I miss the old school NBA.
Bird would do the impossible so often he began to make me question my mere ability to choose my affiliations, as I refused to be a disgusting ‘fair weather fan’ & abort my Sixers. I was nearly getting ulcers from waiting for him to be a normal human and make a mistake. The end result was good however as I stopped worrying so much about who wins and instead just appreciate that I was lucky enough to be able to learn what greatness is all about. And I didn’t even need a gastroenterologist 🤬🤨😊
Well, TBF, your Sixers got the better of Bird a few times in the early 80s. 80, 82 and, I think 83 but I'm not sure, they beat the Celtics. They were that team early on that forced the Celtics to get better much like Boston was for Detroit and then Detroit was for Chicago later in the decade. Obviously though Bird did manage to slip by the Sixers in 81 in what many ppl consider the greatest series of all time.
I skipped a class in college to watch that game where Bird had 24 in the first quarter. I just knew Dom would destroy Bird. I was a Dr. J fan my entire life and thought Bird was WAY over rated - that game changed my mind and made me a believer. Bird is a bad dude. Cleary one of the best ever.
THE BODY WEARS OUT ON ALL SPORTS ATHELETES
I'll bet Dom and the guys on the Hawks after Kevin gave Larry some shit gave him a crazy look and said 'What'chu talkin' about Willis?!! STFU!!'
LARRY LEGEND IS A UNICORN AND THE TRUE GOAT!!! 🐐 ☘️
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Awesome!!
Awesome!
This was the NBA I loved! I am not even aware of the league's existence today!
Saw him once, my Suns were up by 17 in the 4th quarter n Bird went to work. We lost by one when he hit a last second 3. It was amazing.
Love the video. One thing that's wrong is those bone spurs never stopped him or his career. It was the back surgeries. And yet in 92 on the dream team laying in front of the bench to stretch his back and do what he did for that team. Mad respect for Bird. Never complained never used injuries as an excuse he just played till he literally couldn't anymore
Cannot imagine him taking a game off to "save his energy" like the modern player mentality. He would have been offended at the idea.
Huge Hawks fan Dominique was my favorite player! Great series but I knew when Hawks lost game 6 Celtics had it! Greatest series ever sadly didn't turn out my way 😢
Yes, true. Because Bird was there!!
Perfection in so many ways pretty smart nice from what I see in her videos
Wilkins is a legend that does not get his roses either great player
Too bad Dominic and Bird never played on the same team it would have been SPECTACULAR. This game was an epic clash of Warriors. Enough said.
Love how guys talk like todays guys are it. No freaking way. The game was played inside out then. Now its outside in. Like a glorified 3 point contest. No defense.
No defense. Could not be more wrong.
Man I LOVE Larry Bird!!! He is the bird of paradise....!!!!❤
I had no idea he was a seven footer. Great video.
Larry Bird is the only player in NBA history to shoot better than 50-40-90 four straight years while averaging over 28 PPG. And that's not counting the double digit career rebounding and being the best passing forward in history. Celts go from 29 wins before his rookie year to 61 wins his rookie year and there was no Parish, McKale, DJ, or Ainge on that team, just the same guys who won only 29 plus Larry Bird. Greatest one year win improvement by ANY team in NBA history and it came because of the addition of a rookie. It proved that Bird carrying a bunch of no-name players at Indiana State to a undefeated season, slaying one giant after another during March madness until that 1979 NCAA championship game was no fluke. What he did at sad sack Indiana State has never been repeated and what he did his rookie year at (then) sad sack Boston has never been repeated. There is a reason for that, a very precise reason...BECAUSE NO ONE SINCE HAS BEEN AS GOOD AS BIRD AND THEREFORE COULDN'T DO THOSE THINGS AND DIDN'T DO THOSE THINGS. You will never see another Larry Joe Bird.
Kevin Willis in the end was a talented thug. The sad thing is that he had much more skill than thugs like Dennis Rodman, Bill Laimbeer, etc. etc.
2 great players
Nique could fly man! Wow! What a stud.
My friend and I were at that game 7. Part way through the 4th quarter we turned to each other but said nothing. We just needed to confirm that what was happening was real. I remember that the crowd roared for Dominique as well as Larry because both of the show they were putting on. At the end, they congratulated each other.
Incredible video.Rare like for you.