Julius erving recalls his famous brawl with larry bird. The time he mocked julius erving so bad about outscoring him 386 that dr. J talks fighting larry bird, playing at rucker park, joel embiid and more. Bird alone scored 42 points in just 30 minutes, while julius erving shot just 3for. In november of 1984, an earlyseason game between eastern conference powerhouses ended in an allout brawl between two of the best players in the nba.
Julius erving vs larry bird comparison nba comparisons. Two of the national basketball associations biggest stars, julius erving and larry bird, were each fined 7,500 yesterday for their part in a. Julius erving crushes the celtics after a rare larry bird choke at the free throw line duration. Danny ainge on larry birds most powerful trashtalking.
Erving insists in new memoir that i never hated larry. Basketball player larry bird grit and discipline helped. After drawing an offensive foul, bird threw an elbow at erving, which the inquirers george shirk wrote grazed the doctors right temple. A mint condition, black and white photograph found. Basketball player larry bird grit and discipline helped him lead championship teams. The brearleys, who print their rare negatives in a garage in reading, mass. The defending champion boston celtics hosted julius ervings philadelphia 76ers, and larry bird played a magnificent game scoring 42. A mint condition, black and white photograph found in the archives of a private collection. Good friends julius erving and larry bird film a commercial together. What made larry bird special, and why he still would be 25 years later. File boston celtics legend larry bird inbounds the ball during the celtics practice at brandeis university in waltham, mass. Bavetta, 74, said in a recent interview with s hang time blog that a nov.
Finallya book that tells the story of magic and larry from their vantage point. Plain and simple, bird one of the best by larry schwartz special to when i played, larry bird was the only one i feared. Larry bird is the author of when the game was ours 4. Perhaps the voters also favored erving because bird was still a young player who had yet to pay his dues in the peculiar nba. It was expected to be a great battle between two undefeated teams, with larry bird and julius erving going headtohead. Over the past 35 years this private collection was assembled from copy negatives or original negatives obtained from many state historical.
I had such great respect and admiration for larry that i really just felt like choking him. Julius erving breaks down his legendary fight with larry bird. High glossy photo comes in your choice of sizes 8x10, 11x14 and 16x20. Larry bird set for commodore 64 including package and manual. Compare julius erving and larry bird careers through the years of your choosing. Pick up a copy of jackie macmullans spectacular book on bird and magic johnson when the game was ours and check the index for the chelseas fight. Investors business daily larry bird was a high school sophomore when he discovered how he wanted to spend. Five larry bird fights, including skirmishes with julius erving, kareem abdul jabbar, bill laimbeer and dennis rodman. Larry bird the baddest man ever to shoot a basketball nba legends duration.
An image of larry bird and julius erving at each others throats. Larry bird choking julius erving larry bird choking. Julius erving crushes the celtics after a rare larry bird. Our bulls would have gone 500 during the lockout season the jump duration. Retired nba ref dick bavetta recalls larry birdjulius. Julius erving and larry bird, were each fined 7,500 yesterday for their part in a brawl during a game last friday night in.
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