NBA Legends Share The FUNNIEST Larry Bird Trash Talking Story – 60 POINTS!
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Video footage and links:
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63zE3capF2c) Cliff Livingston 2 x NBA Champion with Bulls and teammate of Michael Jordan. TV Ready conversation – The Coach Scott Fields show Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1V3PljZ5IA&t=1561s (25:00 & 43:00) Dominique Wilkins Joins Q + D | Knuckleheads Podcast | The Players’ Tribune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lr4GC3Kc2Q (wilkins 46:53) Dominique Wilkins Talks Dunk Contest v MJ + Draymond Green Guarding Him: “He’d Need Some Help!”- The BTM Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKoRBYcqXuw (Doc Rivers 36:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXY7evFdnk (Antonie Carr 22:00) Antoine Carr TV ready conversation – The Coach Scott Fields show Channel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOZHycUOJrw&t=277s (Open Court 35:00) NBA Open Court – Best Signature Moves Of All Time- basketball central
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alrwvZCd8PY (Doc Rivers on Bird) Doc Rivers on Being on the Receiving End of Larry Bird Trash Talk | The Dan Patrick Show | 11/14/18 – Dan Patrick Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh7bPOieTqw (Doc Rivers On Bird 2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6E3N34OCsk (Danny Ainge on Bird) Danny Ainge Breaks Down Larry Bird’s Franchise-High 60 Point Game v Atlanta | Classic Celtics – Boston Celtics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdm9542H-_Y (Celtics on LB Story) Greatest Moments: Larry Bird – NBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTwwZdVUyT4 (post game interview) Larry Bird 60 Points: Post Game Interview + #Boston Local News – NBA History & Legends on CLNS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfRtmke89pk (Mchale) Inside the NBA: McHale’s Nine-Day Reign – NBA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPETmdsa2c&t=298s (larry bird on playing with flow) Inside The NBA | Larry Bird and Kevin McHale 1 on 1 – Brothers and Champions – CStandBy Below
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48 Comments
I always thought "the left hand game" was the best trash talk story!!! thanks for the entertainment, Nick!
I wish I'd paid more attention back in the 1980's to Larry Bird and MJ when they were in their prime. Like some, I didn't always watch their games nor appreciate their greatness at the time. Now much older, I do appreciate elite athletes playing today like a Tom Brady. Amazing how fast time goes by! This is reinforced seeing these 80's basketball stars now in the 60's.
I could watch this all day. Thanks for sharing these memories of the Great LB
Loved this do you have anything on the game that Magic was injured and Larry said he would put on a show for him?
Bird was amazing, Lakers fan feared/hates him most, yours truly.
I'm sorry I love Larry Bird was an all-around player you just didn't get him you no good at just shooting or you know rebounding or you know dribbling and passing he was good at all I mean his passing was remarkable there was stuff that he did that most people couldn't believe that he can pull that stuff off then you have his shooting is three-point shot you couldn't touch him on that if he was in a three-point range matter if you're up on him or not he'd do the fadeaway jumper and he'd still busted on your ass funny part is is he would tell those guys that's what he was going to do and he would do it funny thing is is he talk trash but he could back it up it was all in good fun it wasn't to be mean are you get into somebody's head better off your team is is if you get into his head he's going to be off his game was no better trash talker than Larry Bird
I'd like to see LeBron James bring you know another team 2 hysterics like Larry Bird trust me I'm not a LeBron James when he called himself that that's insulting Larry Bird trust me Larry Bird was more of a goat than LeBron James will ever be you couldn't hold Larry Bird's jockstrap little less pack Larry Larry Bird would have use him up I mean what a beat him like a drum McAllen Ange weren't bad group of players either man three white boys that you had to play
You can see Kevin McHale back their cleverness hands like you son of a buck you told me you were going to do it he's kicking himself in his own ass going am I shouldn't have taken myself out I think Larry Bird with a beat the record no matter what Mikhail would have put up
Bird is the best player ever would’ve been the goat if his back didn’t fail him
You did a FABULOUS JOB on this video of the great Larry "Larronius" Bird 🐐🍀💚
Great video man, you really put them well together and gather every single drip available online. Masterwork
Bird is a big trashtalker. But as you can see, the enemy team was also celebrating. Madlad.
Well edited video, as always, Nick! Thank you!
Man I can listen to Larry Bird stories all day!!
Bird shot 62% from the field overall I think it was, and I remember he only hit 15 of 16 from the Charity Stripe. 😳
Loved that game, esp being a 20 something born and raised in Mass. I Love BIRD, Havlicek, COwens, Sam Jones and Russell.
I’ve watched this game many times and Dominique is wrong about 1 thing. Larry never made a single left handed 3 in the game.
Dominique is a class act ! Awesome player who doesn’t get mentioned enough.
What a great piece of work. We’ll done!
Very nice compilation!
I had the pleasure of watching many of the Celtics games during the 80’s, but it’s fun again hearing about the trash talking. I never had any idea he was talking crap during games. 😂
Great video but now I want to know what the real fine was. 100 dollars or 3000?
Hey JJ Redick… Have you watched this?
Funny how life changes. Back in the 80’s black fans did not like Larry Bird at all, but I think Black fans like Larry more then white fans now.
Seriously.
He scored 60 in a non three oiu ter league compared to today's players inflated numbers
Imagine prime Kobe Jordan and bird together clutch gene cold blooded last minute shit winners
That’s not the only time an opposing player celebrated a Bird shot. Watch the opposing bench on the famous shot where Bird sinks it from behind the backboard. One of them jumps up in disbelief.
Never heard Antoine Carr talk about this game. It was cool to hear him break it down.
BIRD > all
I'm a jordan guy, but more I watch, I'm swayin toward Larry legend . But a teeeensie weeeeensie bit
Coming from a bowl scraping plate licking family, you licked the plate good on this video! Got every nuance of this story from every place you could find!
Thanks for doing this. Never saw footage of that Cliff Levingston interview before. Thanks again!
Someone once said Jordan makes you look slow but Bird makes you look stupid!!!
The best part may have been DJ photo bombing Larry Legend at 4:33. Thanks for putting this together for us, Nick!
in terms of basketball stories, Bird is the goat.
Larry used trash talk to mentally unsettle his opponents because he knew how to. He was just as much a badass in the mental games as he was on court. He wasn't vulgar and mostly was not loud enough for anyone but the person he was talking to, to hear it. He didn't need to shout to make it work.
I appreciate the respect these players had for him, there was no color. ❤
Imagine Bird, Magic, Kareem, etc. playing in today's no defense NBA.
larry could have games like this whenever he wanted and would have even more amazing stats but he he always wanted his teamates involved in the game until the time came where he would just take over completely…one of the best basketball players ever and the ultimate competitor,,,,a true legend
17:42 My favorite part
that man earned his name and the respect of fans
1:36 and 2:35
McHale scored 56 on March 3, 1985 – 4 games and 9 days later (March 12), Bird scores 60.
IT WAS NOT THE NEXT NIGHT or even all that close.
2:39 and after got it right.
3:47
Actually, Kevin, you took the record from Bird – who had had 53 (IIRC) for the immediately previous record.
To bad bird and Dominique weren’t on the same team They probably would’ve teamed up for 6 championships
7:45
Another member of the "Worthy say's it's not trash talk when you can back it up" club, I see.
Hey, J.J., You must've got hit in the head one too many times with the basketball to think Larry Bird wasn't one of the great 3-point shooters or shooters in general that ever played the game. Obviously, your Duke education didn't teach you anything either. Just because you now wear a suit and sit behind a table with a micrtophone on it doesn't make you an authority of the game even though you played it too. Because, if it did, you wouldn't be saying what you did about Larry Bird ahd Bob Cousy too!
Amazing…
Absolutely AMAZING!!
One of the times when even the team that lost gets to enjoy the game because it was so much a big show.
And yet so humble so many current players should learn from this man