1986 Boston Celtics @ Los Angeles Lakers 2/16/1986
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- Edited commercials etc.. Larry Bird Magic Johnson Kareem and Walton
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Celtics vs. Lakers during the mid 80’s was the zenith of basketball.
Keep in mind this was 2 days after Larry Bird's famous left handed game vs Portland (Bird later said he was saving his right hand for the Lakers)
RIP Bill Walton
Great NBA spokesman
Dick Stockton is my favorite sportscaster! He never talked too much, he always had a way of letting the pictures speak for themselves and only interject when it was necessary. A pleasant voice, nice tempo and rhythm, and always to the point. HoF!💖
agree, Dick was the best because he didn't make it all about himself. He let the game, the players, the coaches be the focus, which is how sport broadcasting should be
He was an excellent broadcaster, I remember when he did the Red Sox games for a few years, he was great to listen too and made a slow game more exciting with his knowledge
@@Gregory-sm9pf He called that famous Carlton Fisk homerun, in the 1975 World series, game 6, that tied the series at 3-3.
@@Mrd9960 yes, I'm from Boston, I was 10 years old, I stayed up late because the game went into Xtra innings, it was edge of your seat excitement even for me a ten year old, Stockton was excellent
@@Gregory-sm9pf There it goes, a long drive, if it stays fair, homerun! 😁
I love the Celtics and watch all these old games over and over!
This was the game that convinced my dad and his friends the Celtics were going all the way. They had already beaten the Lakers in Boston with a monster game from Walton and then they beat LA in LA without McHale. If Twitter existed in 1986, Laker fans would have schmidt their pants🤣
I’d rather watch this old match up between these two teams than watching today’s game where players shooting threes and play no defense!
Many argue the '86 Celtics as one of the greatest teams ever. Independent of that, I definitely believe they were the greatest passing team I've ever seen. Not one guy of the starters or within the rotation was a bad passer. McHale or Parish, seen as the "worst" passers, were still quite effective and not a liability when double-teamed.
Bird and Walton were ELITE passers and, arguably the tops ever at their positions in NBA history. Walton, along with Wes Unseld and Kevin Love, was one of the greatest outlet passers ever!
Don't forget Dave Cowens
@@josephvitielo1693 I didn't forget because, Cowen's retired in 1983 with the Milwaukee Bucks and wasn't on the '86 Celtics! His last year with Boston was 1980!
Many also believe the 87 Lakers were one of the very best
@the_Sage71 I'm one of those! The '87 team was special!
That was as good as any playoff game! 86 Celtics were one of the best teams ever, and the eighties Lakers were always great as well. I'm grateful for you sharing this one for me and all the older fans of the game out there
🗣️REAL TALK .>🎤 🏀🗑️
A shame that this wasn't the Finals matchup/
NBA at its zenith! Two juggernauts slugging it out in a regular season game being played as if it were the Finals. Thanks for posting!
And they actually did a little slugging during this one.
Basketball just hit different when I was a kid. I can’t get jiggy with today’s version. I’d rather watch Football 😉
It’s fun watching Walton turn back the clock. He had spring in his step and that block against Worthy sealed the game. Funny when they were talking about college basketball they mistakenly said Bird won the national championship. Then they fail to mention Jabaar and Walton’s place in college basketball history.
Imagine if Bill Walton was healthy for 1 more year. He is the Jokic of the 80s except Bill is more versatile and can block shots
In 1986-1987 they lost both Walton and Wedman.
@@rayc6206 Losing Wedman really affected Larry Bird. In hindsight Bird was even off a little in the Houston series without Wedman to give him some relief. It went unnoticed because the Celtics won the finals but the next season you definitely saw what the absence of Wedman caused.
In 1986 Boston Celtics was the best team all the time. In this match beats Lakers without Kevin Mchale.
2001 lakers were better. 15-1 in the playoffs on the way to a 3 peat.
@@RoxysWorld2324The repeated in 2001
😂😂😂😂😂
Warriors were 16-1 in the 2018 playoffs.
In 2024 you are delusional
Still angers me LA got upset vs Houston in the WCF. A Boston vs LA Finals in 1986 would’ve been epic.
Hey those are the breaks, they weren't good enough to play the Celtics in 86, they didn't deserve to be there.
Though it would not have changed his number of Titles Bird won, but if he could have gotten 2 vs the Lakers and evened up the professional scoreboard of 2 and 2 vs Magic would have looked just a tiny bit better But like someone said - in the spring of 86 Houston was playing the best ball in the west.
@@Mrd9960Houston didn't deserve to be there, Sampson hit a prayer to win that final game and the Lakers were better than Houston, Laker's/Celtics would have been a much better, more exciting finals
@@Gregory-sm9pf Yes they did, what about all the other games? That was only 1 game, game 5, they lost 4-1, except for that one game, i can see if it was a game 7, if it was a hard fought long series, but they totally outplayed them, from start to finish, they deserved to be there.
@@Mrd9960 ok, after looking at it again, Houston deserved to be there, they did beat LA soundly but imo Lakers were still the better team and I'm sure if you ask people back from that era, they would have preferred a Celtics/Lakers final, I know I did, ☹️
Boston Celtics were the absolute best in those days. Larry was Jordan before Jordan was Jordan.
Gracias!👍
Yes, thank you.
Was this the game Bird was "saving his right hand" for?
Yes, two days before in Portland.
This is the one.👍
Even the commentators were better, now we have Dorris Burke and others not worth mentioning.
The lakers were smart to tank that houston series because boston was going to sweep them in 86
The Celtics would have beaten them in 87 as well if Len Bias hadn't died.
@@richardmahfouz4392 yep
@@richardmahfouz4392 Bwhahahahah!!!!!
@@richardmahfouz4392 or walton in lineup and playing
86 Boston was the best but I doubt they ever would have swept LA. The Celtics would of been run off the floor at least 1 or 2 games in LA.
Boston probably wins in 6 games.
Celtics would've beaten their ass in the finals too
4-1 or 4-2 for Celtics if they have played in the finals that year.
4-0
Hard to say, maybe 4-1, I always wanted them to return the favor to the Lakers, for beating them in 85 at home, it would have been so sweet, winning the title in LA.
@@Mrd9960, I would have liked to watch the 1985 finals with 2-2-1-1-1 format, with the fifth game in Boston after winning the fourth in LA.
I think Lakers were better team in 1984 and Celtics were better in 1985, but things are how they are 🤷🏻♂️
@@LarryJoeBest_BCN I know right, the Celtics looked alot better in the 85 season, but for some reason they got outplayed in the finals, it didn't help that Bird injured his hand or shoulder whatever it was, but no excuses, they didn't deserve to win that series, the Celtics I mean, it looked to me, that the Lakers just wanted it alot more than the Celtics and were hungrier, although the Celtics were the better team, record wise, they didn't show it, in the finals, I also think not having Gerald Hendsrson might have hurt alot, he played a key role in the 84 finals and also Cedrick Maxwell pretty much gave up on the team and didn't play like he did, the previous year.
@@Mrd9960 ...It was his elbow, and that very much hindered Bird in that 85 finals series against L.A.
The best basket ever.
Was that Joe Smith from Warner Brothers in audience court side at 16:05?
What I didn't like was the Lakers lost to Houston in the conference finals that year; I wanted revenge from the previous year; Celts would have swept them.
1:14:40 wow
Showtime!!!
Great job announcers
1:21:35
Should have been the finals match up that year. Sampson got lucky throwing up that prayer that went in.
lol
Houston beat the Lakers 4 games to 1. I don't think Houston got "lucky."
@@Icecreamforcrowtoo If Sampson didn’t hit that prayer, you know the Lakers were coming back in that series.
@@julrob97
Based on what? They got blown the hell out by the Rockets 4-1. You make it sound like Sampson hit that "prayer" in Game 7 or something. You're trippin'.
@@julrob97
Also, the Celtics beat the Lakers in both of their meetings that year. One of the times it was an absolute bloodbath.
@@Icecreamforcrowtoo I know, I watched all the games. Celtics would have definitely won that year and it would have been an even more compelling story if Bird & Magic were tied 2-2 in finals meetings.
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They were, but the single best 80s team is the 86 Celtics
Celtics repeat in 87 if healthy and bias survived
The Lakers purposely blew the Houston series because they didn’t want to give Boston the satisfaction of avenging the 85 finals
Evidence please
My dad will go to his grave convinced the Lakers tanked it.
They didn't. Ralph just played good D on Kareem for the only time in his career, that's all
@@nala3038 They played no defense on that Sampson shot. And the Rockets were able to stay in the game with Akeem ejected. Give me a break
the nba finals that will be
Hay day I say
The lakers were smart to tank that houston series because boston was going to sweep them in 86
I don't know if they would have swept them, but they definitely would have won, I think the Lakers would have won 1 game, Celtics in 5.
The Houston series was a matchup fluke. Bill Fitch had watched Kareem destroy a Akeem Olajawon in the low post for 2 seasons. Akeem had no clue how to even get Kareem's attention. He had scored 46 pts 43pts 40pts
Going into the WCF Fitch had the luxury of putting Sampson on Jabbar. Ralph played him a little better defensively.
The key was Akeem was essentially now a free safety able to reak havoc. Rambis wasn't a threat. McAdoo no longer a Laker.
Akeem Olajawon went on to dominate that series. It started with his defense helping on Kareem and Worthy.
@the_Sage71 This.
The one year the twin towers were effective with Ralph on Kareem. Ralph wasn't the same in 87 and two Rockets got thrown out of the league
@@KHayes666 Which was done by design by the Lakers lapdog David Stern. The showtime Lakers were doing drugs just like the two Houston players
@zt1053 Don't get me started. Stern changed the Finals format to 2-3-2 so the Lakers didn't have to play Game 5 in the 90 degree Boston Garden.