That's one thing about the "true" rivalries, these two teams and the fans truly hated each other, but they also understood it was "us against them" when it came to the finals and the "east coast vs west coast", especially if it was the Lakers
I grew up in Los Angeles with the Showtime Lakers! That was my team! I am just now beginning to FINALLY enjoy watching Celtics basketball from this era… It took me a while… Lol! But that “Beat LA” chant gave me ABSOLUTE chills! The rivalries back then were so iconic… It’s a shame we don’t see that in today’s game,…AT ALL!!!
@@TiltBrookI grew up in Boston during this era, it was wicked awesome, the rivalry between the Celtics, 76er's, Lakers was insane, Celtics and Lakers in the 80's era met 3 times with your Lakers winning 2 out of the 3, those games were the best to watch back then, the excitement was incredible it was a shame Lakers didnt reach the finals (no thanks to Ralph fucking Sampson) in 86 against the Celtics, that series if it had happened would have been epic, there's nothing as far as team rivalries that come close to this in todays NBA, its a totally different brand of basketball, its a three point shootout every goddamn game with 0 defense, watching these type of games from the eighties is much more entertaining and exciting than watching a game in todays NBA, damn I so miss it!
I had never heard a crowd chant something in support of a visiting team, in any sport. I don't think I've heard it since. I was stunned when I watched this on TV, and impressed at the same time. Kudos to the Boston fans.
That's why I have love for Boston to this day...I'm a Philly guy, 70's 80's hating Bird and his talented team mates...Our teams had wars together...Celts winning some, Philly winning some...If you check the stats I think it evened out with this rivalry...but hearing the Boston crowd take the high road and encourage the Sixers....was a classy move and won a lot of respect!!
went to the garden in 88 with my sixers Jersey on. Got a picture with the bronze statue of Red Auerbach in Fannuel Hall. The old Garden was like the old Spectrum. Days gone by.
@@bryanpinto4051 Great way to describe it brother, growing up in Boston I got to see many Celtics/Bruins games, that arena was so small and close to the action you could hear the players during the basketball games talking shit to one another even if you were in the balcony, the old Boston Garden when it was built was for boxing thats why it was designed like it was so spectators had a great view of the boxers, wish they never tore it down, wish they had turned it into a historic Boston sports museum, that would have been wicked awesome
@@TheLAKERSareGodsTeamdead wrong, this WAS a chant for the 76er's from the Boston crowd basically telling them and supporting them to beat our west coast rivalry the Los Angeles Lakers, damn dude you couldn't be more wrong
I grew up in Los Angeles with the Showtime Lakers! That was my team! I am just now beginning to FINALLY enjoy watching Celtics basketball from this era… It took me a while… Lol! But that “Beat LA” chant gave me ABSOLUTE chills! The rivalries back then were so iconic… It’s a shame we don’t see that in today’s game,…AT ALL!!!
Of course we don't see it now. The players are too busy hugging each other in their post game love-fest and socializing together in the off-season going to strip clubs together. Can you imagine Moses and Parish hitting the bars together or Max and Bobby Jones ? Hell no and the players preferred it that way.
I miss Bill Russell. My dad and I used to watch NBA back in the 70's and 80's. As one of the all time great celtics, you couldn't tell by the way he announced. Classy individual.
In the 9 seasons from 1977-1985 the Sixers... - Won an average of 56.2 games per season - Got at least as far as the ECF 7 times - Got to the NBA Finals 4 times - Won the NBA Finals in 1983 with a combined record of 77-18 after going 12-1 in the postseason - Had two MVP’s (Irving, 81 and Malone, 83) The Sixers and Celtics faced off in the ECF four times from 1980-‘85. Each team won twice. The 1985 ECF featured ELEVEN hall of fame players between the two teams. THE ENTIRE STARTING FIVE for both the Sixers and Celtics is in the HOF. The Sixers had Bobby Jones, who is another HOFer, on their bench. That will probably never happen again, right? Nah, no way that happens ever again.
I would pay money to sit in a sports center and watch the 80’s Sixers/Celtics games. Andrew Toney aka the Boston Strangler what a player, a joy to watch (well now that I’m old I can appreciate his game but not back then when he killed us Celts fans).
Yall old head gotta chill bro💀 Players today are much more skilled, and genetically freaked. Players today can dunk on you, while also shooting from 30 feet.!These players and teams were simply good for their tike.
@@GawdNas Today, players walk with the ball all too often. Take a look at the fast breaks during this time period, players took 1.5 steps before a layup or dunk, not 4 or 5. Today its just throw the ball around the horn and hope for a three. Sick of seeing Steph Curry travel with the ball when stepping back for a trey.
As a lifelong Sixers fan....when I saw this live....it gave me goosebumps and I became a Celtics fan whenever Boston knocked out Philly to play the Lakers.
If you were a sixer fan back then, you could never, ever root for Boston. I’m from Philly, and it was the most intense competition of any sporting event in the country.
Michael Norris - Well this Sixers fan did and I hated Larry Bird and those Celtics teams....but I wanted the title to remain in the East for bragging rights. You gotta respect Boston fan for that - we Sixers fans would’ve never done that.
Listen, Jordan owes this rivalry a lot of his success. Here's why, you see Philly gave Boston growing pains, thanks to Philly, Boston grew into the physical, confident, powerhouse it was in the 80s. Later on, Boston gave the Bad Boyz from Detroit fits for a while until Detroit was finally able to get through Boston. Then later, Detroit gave Jordan's Bulls all the heartbreaks he could handle and thus made them have the moral and physical fiber to capture all those titles. So, MJ, you owe Philly a "Thank you."
I'm sooo glad someone else understands the lineage of Eastern Conf. champions. I have always said you can't love Jordan until you've seen the Doc. My Lakers have always had the easier road to the Finals
The other obscure Jordan connection to these 76ers is that the 76ers liked Jordan so much coming out of college that they wanted to trade Andrew Toney and the rights to 5th overall pick (Barkley) for MJ. As a Bulls fan, I'm glad that never happened, but it's still interesting to think what if Philadelphia and Chicago pulled the trigger?
im from philly, grew up during the 80's. I thought this rivalry would never be over. I hope it returns in the near future. Both teams do seem on a collision course these next few seasons.
Same as a Boston fan, I hope the process works out and in a few years we get to see a Boston-Philly ECF. By the way good luck in the Superbowl against our patriots lol.
Philadelphia-Boston my all-time favorite rivalry forget Chicago-New York Boston-LA Lakers, it's all about Philly-Boston, Dr. J guarding Bird from time to time later Moses Malone for Philly, Kevin McHale for Boston, Andrew Toney for Philly and of course the Big Chief Robert Parish for Boston, they were physical but not boring like the Knicks, they were team players unlike Michael Jordan and the Jordanaires aka Chicago Bulls, I miss those great classics
With all due respect, us Celtics fans despise LA and the culture they represent MUCH more than we despise Philadelphia. But I absolutely agree with you about Ball Hog Jordan not being a team player. I couldn't stand him and the selfishness he brought into basketball.
This Sixer team was INCREDIBLE, and needs to be in the all-time conversation. I’m a Celts fan, born in 1969, so this was really my introduction. Amazing level of competition
So many sports historians are wrong when romanticizing the rivalry of Celtics vs Lakers in the 1980s. The best rivalry by far in the 1980s was Celtics vs Sixers.
I decided to watch this today , the day after the clippers lost a series after leading 3-1. the year before this playoff series, the sixers had a 3-1 series lead and next year they came back and got to the finals
I'd say the biggest blown chance was 85. They crushed LA 148-114 in Game 1 and then laid an egg in Game 2 and lost from there. Had they come focused and not overconfident in Game 2 and win, the Celtics likely win the series. It was also the first year of the 2-3-2 format and after DJ hit the game winner in LA in Game 4 to tie it at 2-2, the series would've gone back to Boston and very likely things would've played out just like they did in 84. 88 was also a blown year after stealing a game in Detroit in the ECF to regain home court, they promptly lost the next game in Boston and lost in 6. I think the 88 Celtics would've had a much better chance against the Lakers that year than they did in 87 when the only healthy player they had was Bird.
This game was originally tape delayed. The " beat la"s hant is my favorite sports moment that doesn't involve a player . Philly had to wait a little longer. If they only had Moses earlier.
Man..I was 11 year old watching this game. Andrew Toney not being able to stay healthy led to that sixer era coming to an end more than anything. This was only his 2nd year in the league. He would have been in his prime when they drafted Barkley but he had those bad Bill Walton feet
By the time they got Moses, who was still in his prime, Dr J was just exiting his. Then shortly afterward, Andrew Toney had foot problems. So it was a one year dominant hurrah.
From a Philly fan......TOTAL CLASS. But it took Moses (Malone) to deliver the Sixers to the Promised Land the next year. The last time they won a title.
Yeah, all that team needed was a few more possessions during games, and Moses could deliver that about as well as anyone ever could on a night in, night out basis.. Plus 25-30 points on most nights.. I’m still convinced that was the best team of the 80’s..
Julius last 3 plays of 3rd quarter was crucial. 2 shots and the block. Huge momentum to start that 4th quarter. Andrew Toney was like an itch in the middle of your back that you can't reach....looking and searching for anything frantically to get some ducking relief! The relief: DJ and ankle and foot problems for Toney.
I watched this game as a 14 year old. Laker fan for life! Hated the Celtics even then, so to hear that chant gets my blood boiling! Any Celtics loss is a good thing! 1983 when we lost to Philly was the only time in my life I felt good about losing a championship. Didn't want it to happen yet felt so good for Dr. J to finally wear the ring. One of my favorite players ever!!
This is neat. My father in law told me a story about this game. But Celtics fan and went to every single game back then. He mentioned being in the standing room only banging on the heating ducts and just started screaming BEAT L.A. and all of the sudden the next thing he knew, the entire Garden was screaming it along with him. He also started the “See you Sunday” chant in another series as well.
My dad has talked about yelling curse words at Tiny for being out and Ainge for not playing well lol. This game is the biggest reason Boston went and got DJ. Tiny was no match for Andrew Toney.
Can't believe that this was the last time the sixers beat the celtics in a series!!! Well they are ahead three 2 now hopefully on Thur they can win for the first time in 41 years!!!!!
Just listen to the volume of those fans! Unreal. Everyone today is droned out on cell phones. And THIS was real basketball, not the 3-point fiesta it is nowadays.
Sixers - 120; Celtics - 106. Sixers outscored the Celtics in the 3rd period by a 34-19 margin to lead 83-71. Then, the Sixers outscored the Celtics again by a margin 37-35. The third quarter was the turning point in this game.
Who says the Doc can't hit from the outside? He was streakey but when the "Chips were on the table"in this game he won for the Sixer's from the outside!!
Steven Pleasant in the aba where the talent was much less than the NBA Doc would just rise up and nail a 10 to 15 ft bankshot almost at will! I have a 1978 nba broadcast where analyst John Havlecek is telling the other announcers that the person guarding Erving should force him towards the baseline because, "Erving certainly is a great bankshot shooter!!
***** Plus underneath the basket there was nobody better off the glass! He could put it up left handed off the glass with right hand English.....or as Bill Russell said, "If Erving gets the bàll underneath the basket there's a million different ways he can shoot it!"
Not a chance the sixer's basically kicked boston's butt for 3 straight years and nearly gave away the series the following year , with all due respect it was a major league choke job
A big testament to how much Bird dominated Dr J which is a myth... till 83 the Sixers were the real power house in the east Period and Dr J was all over the stat sheet..everyone knows that you had to watch for steals blocks and fast breaks against the Sixers they could turn any game into a dunk fest anytime at will..in 81 it was the refs that allowed the Celtics dirty shenanigans in game 6 to destroy the game and turn it into chaos so they could stop and reverse the Sixers runaway momentum.. If Bird and Dr J were both in their prime it would have been total warfare between the two best sf of all time each with his advantages over the other!
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I remember watching this game on tv. Hearing the fans start chanting this made losing this game less devastating. Classy Boston fans.
@MAN UTD what are you doing here with your soccer crap, your team isn't even the best in his own city, get the heck out of here
@M Man U sucks
@M soccer is my favorite sport n bro just stfu lmao
@M Nope...tried to like it...HATED IT!....the rest of the world like what you like...we Americans do our OWN THANG!!!
That's one thing about the "true" rivalries, these two teams and the fans truly hated each other, but they also understood it was "us against them" when it came to the finals and the "east coast vs west coast", especially if it was the Lakers
Hell yea I love that chant but we tied up now 17 each
Thats right. I never understand college football fans claiming their enemies or rivals success as their accomplishment
@@briandavey1139 Omg. That pisses me off when college fans do that. They’re the worst. It’s mainly those obnoxious SEC fans.
@@Maal7432 yes. No real sports fan claims a rivals success
@@briandavey1139 At all. Bunch of fairweather fans.
One of the great moments in team sports history.
True!!!
That first Beat LA chant is unforgettable.
I grew up in Los Angeles with the Showtime Lakers! That was my team! I am just now beginning to FINALLY enjoy watching Celtics basketball from this era… It took me a while… Lol! But that “Beat LA” chant gave me ABSOLUTE chills! The rivalries back then were so iconic… It’s a shame we don’t see that in today’s game,…AT ALL!!!
@@TiltBrookI grew up in Boston during this era, it was wicked awesome, the rivalry between the Celtics, 76er's, Lakers was insane, Celtics and Lakers in the 80's era met 3 times with your Lakers winning 2 out of the 3, those games were the best to watch back then, the excitement was incredible it was a shame Lakers didnt reach the finals (no thanks to Ralph fucking Sampson) in 86 against the Celtics, that series if it had happened would have been epic, there's nothing as far as team rivalries that come close to this in todays NBA, its a totally different brand of basketball, its a three point shootout every goddamn game with 0 defense, watching these type of games from the eighties is much more entertaining and exciting than watching a game in todays NBA, damn I so miss it!
LA never had to play tough series like this in the weak West bracket.
LA playing series VS teams with regular season records like
30-52 🙄
If LA makes the finals in ‘86 Boston would’ve
🧹🧹🧹🧹 💩
Nobody even knows where it started or when to use it. It's a sad shame.
I had never heard a crowd chant something in support of a visiting team, in any sport. I don't think I've heard it since. I was stunned when I watched this on TV, and impressed at the same time. Kudos to the Boston fans.
You’re right about that!!!!
In fact, the Pistons fans hated the Bulls so much, their fans in '91 did the opposite. They chanted "Go L.A."!
That's why I have love for Boston to this day...I'm a Philly guy, 70's 80's hating Bird and his talented team mates...Our teams had wars together...Celts winning some, Philly winning some...If you check the stats I think it evened out with this rivalry...but hearing the Boston crowd take the high road and encourage the Sixers....was a classy move and won a lot of respect!!
You think too much of the Sixers. This wasn't a chant for the Sixers, it was a chant against a historic and hated rival. It was against the Lakers.
@@TheLAKERSareGodsTeam and in support of the sizers because they represented the east. Conceited ass lol
went to the garden in 88 with my sixers Jersey on. Got a picture with the bronze statue of Red Auerbach in Fannuel Hall. The old Garden was like the old Spectrum. Days gone by.
@@bryanpinto4051 Great way to describe it brother, growing up in Boston I got to see many Celtics/Bruins games, that arena was so small and close to the action you could hear the players during the basketball games talking shit to one another even if you were in the balcony, the old Boston Garden when it was built was for boxing thats why it was designed like it was so spectators had a great view of the boxers, wish they never tore it down, wish they had turned it into a historic Boston sports museum, that would have been wicked awesome
@@TheLAKERSareGodsTeamdead wrong, this WAS a chant for the 76er's from the Boston crowd basically telling them and supporting them to beat our west coast rivalry the Los Angeles Lakers, damn dude you couldn't be more wrong
BEAT LA! - BEAT LA! - BEAT LA!
This was the game that the Celtics fans invented this chant. TOTALLY AWESOME!
Yes, now that you mentioned it!!!!
I grew up in Los Angeles with the Showtime Lakers! That was my team! I am just now beginning to FINALLY enjoy watching Celtics basketball from this era… It took me a while… Lol! But that “Beat LA” chant gave me ABSOLUTE chills! The rivalries back then were so iconic… It’s a shame we don’t see that in today’s game,…AT ALL!!!
Of course we don't see it now. The players are too busy hugging each other in their post game love-fest and socializing together in the off-season going to strip clubs together. Can you imagine Moses and Parish hitting the bars together or Max and Bobby Jones ? Hell no and the players preferred it that way.
I miss Bill Russell. My dad and I used to watch NBA back in the 70's and 80's. As one of the all time great celtics, you couldn't tell by the way he announced. Classy individual.
In the 9 seasons from 1977-1985 the Sixers...
- Won an average of 56.2 games per season
- Got at least as far as the ECF 7 times
- Got to the NBA Finals 4 times
- Won the NBA Finals in 1983 with a combined record of 77-18 after going 12-1 in the postseason
- Had two MVP’s (Irving, 81 and Malone, 83)
The Sixers and Celtics faced off in the ECF four times from 1980-‘85. Each team won twice. The 1985 ECF featured ELEVEN hall of fame players between the two teams. THE ENTIRE STARTING FIVE for both the Sixers and Celtics is in the HOF. The Sixers had Bobby Jones, who is another HOFer, on their bench. That will probably never happen again, right? Nah, no way that happens ever again.
Incredible. The Eastern Conference for the entire decade of the 80s and well into the 90s was LOADED.
Those are awesome stats. It doesn’t really sink in till you read it all out. That is crazy.
Ivaroni was in HOF ?
Andrew toney didn’t make HOF either.
man i miss those days. the NBA was so good back then.
I watched this game live and honestly cried at the sound of "Beat L.A." What a classy show of support for a rival.
I would pay money to sit in a sports center and watch the 80’s Sixers/Celtics games. Andrew Toney aka the Boston Strangler what a player, a joy to watch (well now that I’m old I can appreciate his game but not back then when he killed us Celts fans).
I miss the rivalry between these two teams, the games were so great and always nail biters.
Yes indeed!!!!!
This was a real rivalry between two great teams. There is nothing even close to this in today's NBA.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C Not sure what that has to do with the Celtic- Sixer rivalry of the early 1980's but ok
@M you high or something?
@@dewit5883 It's an idiot who spam that shit everywhere.
@M
Basketball is the biggest sport in China. A small country you forgot.
True!!!!
classy Boston crowd will never forget those "Beat LA" chants at the end of the game
no class boston
Lots of other fans of non-Boston teams have picked up this chant. Hilarious!
@@tombstone1111 ...Los Angeles Lakers team of the 80's...stop hating
AS A FIE HARD PHILLY GUY I WILL NEVER FORGET THESE GREAT DAYS OF BBALL
Andrew Toney....the "Boston Strangler"
That guy was so good.. How friggin deep we’re these teams?!..
That's why they got Dennis Johnson in 84 to guard Toney the CELTICS
These teams would kill any of today's teams!
Yes they would!
Agreed!!!!
Yall old head gotta chill bro💀 Players today are much more skilled, and genetically freaked. Players today can dunk on you, while also shooting from 30 feet.!These players and teams were simply good for their tike.
It would be a beat down...very physical and quick
@@GawdNas Today, players walk with the ball all too often. Take a look at the fast breaks during this time period, players took 1.5 steps before a layup or dunk, not 4 or 5. Today its just throw the ball around the horn and hope for a three. Sick of seeing Steph Curry travel with the ball when stepping back for a trey.
now those are some mighty classy boston fans , "beat LA beat LA"
That's really cool.
Larry bell is de best légende toop toop super-héros
@@gavinschuette9826 Yeah I know, the league fixed another title for the low life Lakers. Just like in 85, 87, 88 and 2010.
it fell on deaf ears...Lakers beat Sixers in 6 games...sorry guys
@@conni70 Yes, we know that's what happened. We're well aware of the history.
As a lifelong Sixers fan....when I saw this live....it gave me goosebumps and I became a Celtics fan whenever Boston knocked out Philly to play the Lakers.
If you were a sixer fan back then, you could never, ever root for Boston.
I’m from Philly, and it was the most intense competition of any sporting event in the country.
Michael Norris - Well this Sixers fan did and I hated Larry Bird and those Celtics teams....but I wanted the title to remain in the East for bragging rights. You gotta respect Boston fan for that - we Sixers fans would’ve never done that.
Doc and Toney finished off Celtic's. Celtic fans tremendous chant beat LA beat LA
Listen, Jordan owes this rivalry a lot of his success. Here's why, you see Philly gave Boston growing pains, thanks to Philly, Boston grew into the physical, confident, powerhouse it was in the 80s. Later on, Boston gave the Bad Boyz from Detroit fits for a while until Detroit was finally able to get through Boston. Then later, Detroit gave Jordan's Bulls all the heartbreaks he could handle and thus made them have the moral and physical fiber to capture all those titles. So, MJ, you owe Philly a "Thank you."
I'm sooo glad someone else understands the lineage of Eastern Conf. champions. I have always said you can't love Jordan until you've seen the Doc. My Lakers have always had the easier road to the Finals
The other obscure Jordan connection to these 76ers is that the 76ers liked Jordan so much coming out of college that they wanted to trade Andrew Toney and the rights to 5th overall pick (Barkley) for MJ. As a Bulls fan, I'm glad that never happened, but it's still interesting to think what if Philadelphia and Chicago pulled the trigger?
Da Trevmeister MJ Don't owe Philly SHIT!!!
jordan given all 6 by refs
@@gavinschuette9826 YUP!
Beat LA... what a crowd!.. 76ers celtics rivalry was every bit as fierce as lakers celtics
im from philly, grew up during the 80's. I thought this rivalry would never be over.
I hope it returns in the near future. Both teams do seem on a collision course these next few seasons.
Same as a Boston fan, I hope the process works out and in a few years we get to see a Boston-Philly ECF. By the way good luck in the Superbowl against our patriots lol.
No one cares Gary. Get a life.
I was watching this live as a 13-year-old back in the DAY!
@Charles Crisp. I was also 13. Born in 1969.
in Philly, finally beating the Celtics. Then came Moses.
Tiny Archibald doing down with an injury effectively ended the Celtics' title hopes that season.
1:46 Dr J Jams the Jinx , Sports Illustrated cover , May 31 , 1982 .
Yes!!! I loved that
FANTASTIC!!!!! Thank you Boston fans, for giving me a way to cheer against the Dodgers!! BEAT LA BEAT LA BEAT LA
Philadelphia-Boston my all-time favorite rivalry forget Chicago-New York Boston-LA Lakers, it's all about Philly-Boston, Dr. J guarding Bird from time to time later Moses Malone for Philly, Kevin McHale for Boston, Andrew Toney for Philly and of course the Big Chief Robert Parish for Boston, they were physical but not boring like the Knicks, they were team players unlike Michael Jordan and the Jordanaires aka Chicago Bulls, I miss those great classics
With all due respect, us Celtics fans despise LA and the culture they represent MUCH more than we despise Philadelphia. But I absolutely agree with you about Ball Hog Jordan not being a team player. I couldn't stand him and the selfishness he brought into basketball.
Celtics -Lakers is the greatest rivalry in NBA history....sorry pal..
@@tombstone1111 he don't like you either😂😂
Yes this was the number one rivalry in sports dating back to Wilt vs Bill Russell. It was so intense.
Doesn't seem so long ago but I guess it's a world away now. I was always proud of the Celtics.
Andrew Toney the Boston Strangler!!!!!
Then Boston obtained Dennis Johnson to counter him.
@@Amick44 Still didn't do much to stop him.
@@dwightlove3704not necessarily. But DJ contributed strongly in all areas.
@@Amick44 Yes he did but Boston was still afraid of Toney.
Hated the celtics, but this was a class move.
This Sixer team was INCREDIBLE, and needs to be in the all-time conversation. I’m a Celts fan, born in 1969, so this was really my introduction. Amazing level of competition
The got better with Malone the following year; he was the missing piece.
The 1983 NBA Champion Sixers were better. That is the only team in history that I think could have challenged the 1986 Celtics.
As a Philadelphia fan I remember loving this when it happened. Unfortunately, it didn't work out that year.
One of finest moments in 76’ers history. They went into Boston Garden and took the Celtics heart.
Was stationed in Japan in the Marines in ‘82 trying to then keep up with this series.
Crazy how the Beat LA chant never even came from a Celtics/Lakers game
Julius said when they were practicing at the palestra,they made up there mind,they would not loss this game Bold statement.
Whats so amazing, Lakers had not even made it to the NBA Finals as yet.
Yes they had. The Lakers had swept the Spurs and were waiting for the winner from Celtics and Sixers game 7
LolK ok Loston fan
They beat the Sixers 4-2 in 1980 in Magics first year.
@@alsc1987 Yes, now that you mentioned it, the Laker were playing great Basketball at the time!!!!
Dr. J is the original Jordan. Dr. J #1 for me
30 for 30 brought me here and I am a Sixers fan 4 life..
4:50 Buzzer Beaters 16 seconds
So many sports historians are wrong when romanticizing the rivalry of Celtics vs Lakers in the 1980s. The best rivalry by far in the 1980s was Celtics vs Sixers.
Celtics v Sixers was war.
The 1984 Celtics/Lakers finals was epic and literally changed parts of the game. Philly and Lakers also had quite a rival 80, 82 & 83 finals
and just for your information the final score 120-106
Best fans anywhere!!!
People forget it was Philly & Boston coming out of the East. I believe Philly won most of those series.
Not true
I decided to watch this today , the day after the clippers lost a series after leading 3-1. the year before this playoff series, the sixers had a 3-1 series lead and next year they came back and got to the finals
A couple of blown opportunities for Boston in 82 and 83. No Archibald in game 7, team quit on coach in 83. Probably wouldn't have beaten Sixers in 83.
Never in a million year would the sixers with Moses Malone get beaten that year!
No team in NBA history would have beaten the 83 sixers.
They were on a mission like no other team ever.
gar y . I agree
I'd say the biggest blown chance was 85. They crushed LA 148-114 in Game 1 and then laid an egg in Game 2 and lost from there. Had they come focused and not overconfident in Game 2 and win, the Celtics likely win the series. It was also the first year of the 2-3-2 format and after DJ hit the game winner in LA in Game 4 to tie it at 2-2, the series would've gone back to Boston and very likely things would've played out just like they did in 84. 88 was also a blown year after stealing a game in Detroit in the ECF to regain home court, they promptly lost the next game in Boston and lost in 6. I think the 88 Celtics would've had a much better chance against the Lakers that year than they did in 87 when the only healthy player they had was Bird.
1991 & 1992 could have been so much more also. Celtics gave up 2-1 leads in the 2nd round back to back
The birth of the iconic “Beat LA” chant
You’re right about that!!!!!
I hope the game tonight will be like this game.
This game was originally tape delayed. The " beat la"s hant is my favorite sports moment that doesn't involve a player . Philly had to wait a little longer. If they only had Moses earlier.
Man..I was 11 year old watching this game. Andrew Toney not being able to stay healthy led to that sixer era coming to an end more than anything. This was only his 2nd year in the league. He would have been in his prime when they drafted Barkley but he had those bad Bill Walton feet
Kinda cool that the Sixers and the Celtics get to go at it again in the playoffs.
This year as well, they play a Game 7 once again!!!!
People forget how good the Sixers were !
True!!!!
By the time they got Moses, who was still in his prime, Dr J was just exiting his. Then shortly afterward, Andrew Toney had foot problems. So it was a one year dominant hurrah.
From a Philly fan......TOTAL CLASS. But it took Moses (Malone) to deliver the Sixers to the Promised Land the next year. The last time they won a title.
Yeah, all that team needed was a few more possessions during games, and Moses could deliver that about as well as anyone ever could on a night in, night out basis.. Plus 25-30 points on most nights.. I’m still convinced that was the best team of the 80’s..
Julius last 3 plays of 3rd quarter was crucial. 2 shots and the block. Huge momentum to start that 4th quarter. Andrew Toney was like an itch in the middle of your back that you can't reach....looking and searching for anything frantically to get some ducking relief! The relief: DJ and ankle and foot problems for Toney.
3:46🏀
I watched this game as a 14 year old. Laker fan for life! Hated the Celtics even then, so to hear that chant gets my blood boiling! Any Celtics loss is a good thing!
1983 when we lost to Philly was the only time in my life I felt good about losing a championship. Didn't want it to happen yet felt so good for Dr. J to finally wear the ring. One of my favorite players ever!!
Basketball was better back then.the atmosphere the colors the character of the players it was a better time in sports period
I would have traded this win for game 6 in Philly!
Had to come here after klay said “boston fans has no class” breh. That beat la chant gives me chills.
This is neat. My father in law told me a story about this game. But Celtics fan and went to every single game back then. He mentioned being in the standing room only banging on the heating ducts and just started screaming BEAT L.A. and all of the sudden the next thing he knew, the entire Garden was screaming it along with him. He also started the “See you Sunday” chant in another series as well.
Very classy, goosebumps
Andrew toney was the difference
My dad has talked about yelling curse words at Tiny for being out and Ainge for not playing well lol. This game is the biggest reason Boston went and got DJ. Tiny was no match for Andrew Toney.
Nor was Ainge or Henderson.
Where can i find complete footage of Game 1 of 1982 ECF ? This game has some massive dunks by Dr. J
Can't believe that this was the last time the sixers beat the celtics in a series!!! Well they are ahead three 2 now hopefully on Thur they can win for the first time in 41 years!!!!!
They play a Game 7 today!!!!
@@adamdorgant9454 don't remind me!!!
and they lost again.
@@j.r.h.9265 not surprised at all! They gave up!!
A great series!
Its over!?
Greatest city in the world. Greatest fans in the United States (I wouldn't even TRY to compare us to some futbol fans around the world).
Boston fans have class. They're crazy lol but they definitely have class.
Just listen to the volume of those fans! Unreal. Everyone today is droned out on cell phones. And THIS was real basketball, not the 3-point fiesta it is nowadays.
Philadelphia and Houston really waited NBA Fans 4 years for Bird and Magic to meet up in the Biggest stage
I HATE THE CELTICS, I HATE CELTICS FANS ..... but damn that was a class act
I still remember watching this game back in the day and did not believe Philly could win a deciding game in Boston until Toney and Erving took charge.
I thought that Boston was going to get all the calls in this game, but like you said, Toney and Erving took over
To me this was as big as winning the title the next year. Because of who it was (Celtics) and where it was (Boston Garden) 🏡
Sixers - 120; Celtics - 106. Sixers outscored the Celtics in the 3rd period by a 34-19 margin to lead 83-71. Then, the Sixers outscored the Celtics again by a margin 37-35. The third quarter was the turning point in this game.
The sound is way off
Inject this team into the Sixers veins today at 3:30
It’s gonna happen! It’s time
@@Mambabwoy248 I think you’re right 🤝🏾
@@Mambabwoy248 why not us
The Boston Strangler. Deadly sniper.
Plus in game 7 they were basically letting anything go
This was the first year the NBA went to the break away rims.
76ers execute super upset julius erving excells greatness love bill russell commentator
This is a game and a series that no one in the media seems to remember. Could it be because ESPN is closer to Boston than to Philadelphia?
Beat LA.......when you can't get the job done yourself....
Who says the Doc can't hit from the outside? He was streakey but when the "Chips were on the table"in this game he won for the Sixer's from the outside!!
garyt True Doc did have an outside shot
Steven Pleasant in the aba where the talent was much less than the NBA Doc would just rise up and nail a 10 to 15 ft bankshot almost at will! I have a 1978 nba broadcast where analyst John Havlecek is telling the other announcers that the person guarding Erving should force him towards the baseline because, "Erving certainly is a great bankshot shooter!!
***** Plus underneath the basket there was nobody better off the glass! He could put it up left handed off the glass with right hand English.....or as Bill Russell said, "If Erving gets the bàll underneath the basket there's a million different ways he can shoot it!"
Sync is off.
I'm from Philly and Boston fans are The Best in each sport.
The game where "BEAT LA" Originated.
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Ainge wasn’t slow 😳😳
If you want something done, do it yourself
They didn't in fact, Beat LA.
Yup but they did it 82.
"Be L.A. Be L.A''
Not a chance the sixer's basically kicked boston's butt for 3 straight years and nearly gave away the series the following year , with all due respect it was a major league choke job
A big testament to how much Bird dominated Dr J which is a myth... till 83 the Sixers were the real power house in the east Period and Dr J was all over the stat sheet..everyone knows that you had to watch for steals blocks and fast breaks against the Sixers they could turn any game into a dunk fest anytime at will..in 81 it was the refs that allowed the Celtics dirty shenanigans in game 6 to destroy the game and turn it into chaos so they could stop and reverse the Sixers runaway momentum..
If Bird and Dr J were both in their prime it would have been total warfare between the two best sf of all time each with his advantages over the other!
Didn't they sweep Magic after this💀
Andrew Tony strangled Boston and they gave the game MVP to Dr. J. LOL!
It was more of what philly didn't do than what Boston did playoff basketball every possession counts you can't win taking silly shots
No one beat LA that year but the soxers did it in 83 abd then the celtics did it in 84.
You imagine what Kevin Durant would do lord have mercy
Celtics vs 76ers big enemies in 80s