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Dominique Wilkins talks to the Herald about his matchups with Larry Bird
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:35 pm
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:35 pm
And Bird's fantastic shite talking Wilkins' rookie season. 
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"So now I’m hot,” he said. “I’m hot. I mean, I’m steaming.
“Then a little while later, I came down on a break and he was backpedaling. I just went right after him. I jumped up and he tried to challenge, but I took that right through the rim. He fell and hit the basket support.
“He got up and said, ‘I like you, rookie. You’ve got(guts).’ I was happy for a second, and then he said, ‘But I’m still going for 40 on you tonight.’?”
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:46 pm to BluegrassBelle
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“But I got him,” Wilkins said. “He only scored 39.”
Posted on 2/9/15 at 7:48 pm to BluegrassBelle
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“One of the first times I ever played against him, I went out for the opening tip and I went to shake his hand. He just stood there and looked at me stone-faced with his hands behind his back,” Wilkins said recently.
“I was like, ‘Whoa.’ Then we were getting ready for the tip and he says to me, ‘You don’t belong in this league, Homes.’ I couldn’t believe it, but it happened so fast, I didn’t know what to think.
“Then they had the ball and I was on him and he said, ‘I don’t know why they got you guarding me, Homes. You can’t guard me.’ Then, whap, he hit a 3. Then he came down again and said, ‘They made a mistake putting you on me, Homes,’ and he took another 3.”
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Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:02 pm to BluegrassBelle
"You are watching what greatness is all about."
-Brent Musburger during that epic Bird-Wilkins playoff duel in '88.
Musburger is almost as much of a classic NBA play-by-play man as CFB.
-Brent Musburger during that epic Bird-Wilkins playoff duel in '88.
Musburger is almost as much of a classic NBA play-by-play man as CFB.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:04 pm to BluegrassBelle
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If you expect that Wilkins would carry a bit of bitterness toward Bird and the Celtics after all these years, you don’t know ’Nique. He carries those moments, even the bad ones, as a badge of honor. “Let me tell you something: I wouldn’t trade that for nothing in the world,” Wilkins said. “You know why? Because those guys like Larry and Doc (Julius Erving) and Bernard (King), they made you a better player. “You know, if you didn’t have the heart, you got destroyed.”
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:12 pm to BluegrassBelle
That's awesome
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:20 pm to PhiTiger1764
That's one thing I wish would carry over to today's game, the downright near-hate competitiveness!!! You just feel like all the top guys are all friends and are just playing basketball for fun. Lacks some of the old school feel and appeal.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:42 pm to BluegrassBelle
I loved hearing Xavier McDaniel talk about Bird. In one of their games with 3 seconds left in regulation and the game tied, bird told X "I'm getting the ball right here and shooting a 3 in your face". X said "and the son of a bitch did it".
Posted on 2/9/15 at 8:44 pm to TrapperJohn
One of the reasons I don't watch the NBA anymore.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:09 pm to udtiger
Bird was the GOAT shite talker. Him and Greg Maddux's stories never get oldBird got in the zone and he started calling the shots, he started saying “off the glass”, that was the one game I think he tortured Dominique.
“He saw Dominique as this up and coming player and he just tortured him, mentally. He tortured all of us, he was calling shots,”off the glass” “who’s next”, “where you want this one from” and he just made one after another. When he got to about the 55th point you knew it was something special.”
Even as a player, and that usually doesn’t happen, but we were down so much at the time, you got time to realise the game. The last shot, he said “in the trainer’s lap” coming down the court, which meant it was going to be a three and it was going to from deep, and then he said “who wants it?”. Then I think Reggie Brown, I’m not sure who it was, ran out after him, he shot this high rainbow, it goes in, Reggie bumps into him and accidentally knocks him on our trainer’s lap.
“So it was exactly what he said, it was an accident but it was almost fate. They show a shot of our bench, Cliff Livingston and Eddie Johnson are standing up giving each other high fives, it was pretty awesome."
Later on, after Craig Hodges won the NBA All-Star Game Three-Point contest in Bird’s absence, Hodges was asked if the victory was tainted because Bird hadn’t participated. “He knows where he can find me,” was Hodges retort. Told of Hodges’ challenge, Bird replied, “Yeah, at the end of the Bulls bench.”
Mark (Aguirre) hit a three pointer on Larry Bird and said ‘take a look at that’. Bird just came right back and hit three three pointers in a row, and said to him “You’re out of your league”.
“He saw Dominique as this up and coming player and he just tortured him, mentally. He tortured all of us, he was calling shots,”off the glass” “who’s next”, “where you want this one from” and he just made one after another. When he got to about the 55th point you knew it was something special.”
Even as a player, and that usually doesn’t happen, but we were down so much at the time, you got time to realise the game. The last shot, he said “in the trainer’s lap” coming down the court, which meant it was going to be a three and it was going to from deep, and then he said “who wants it?”. Then I think Reggie Brown, I’m not sure who it was, ran out after him, he shot this high rainbow, it goes in, Reggie bumps into him and accidentally knocks him on our trainer’s lap.
“So it was exactly what he said, it was an accident but it was almost fate. They show a shot of our bench, Cliff Livingston and Eddie Johnson are standing up giving each other high fives, it was pretty awesome."
Later on, after Craig Hodges won the NBA All-Star Game Three-Point contest in Bird’s absence, Hodges was asked if the victory was tainted because Bird hadn’t participated. “He knows where he can find me,” was Hodges retort. Told of Hodges’ challenge, Bird replied, “Yeah, at the end of the Bulls bench.”
Mark (Aguirre) hit a three pointer on Larry Bird and said ‘take a look at that’. Bird just came right back and hit three three pointers in a row, and said to him “You’re out of your league”.
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 9:16 pm
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:13 pm to BluegrassBelle
Bird was such a great player
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:16 pm to WestlakeTiger
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Bird was the GOAT shite talker
Bird talked so much shite Doctor J tried to choke him. Of course, that's because Larry said "If you don't start guarding me, I'm gonna score 60".
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:26 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Bird kept reminding him of their points every time Bird scored.
21-2
28-2
32-6
42-6.
fricking legendary.
"I think the one where he told Dr. J to retire," Ainge said, "when Larry had about 35 about halfway through the third quarter -- against Dr. J -- that led to a fight. It led to a really ugly fight. Dr. J started punching him and a couple guys grabbed him."
21-2
28-2
32-6
42-6.
fricking legendary.
"I think the one where he told Dr. J to retire," Ainge said, "when Larry had about 35 about halfway through the third quarter -- against Dr. J -- that led to a fight. It led to a really ugly fight. Dr. J started punching him and a couple guys grabbed him."
This post was edited on 2/9/15 at 9:28 pm
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:31 pm to FightinTigersDammit
what was up with Bird's freshman year at Indiana?
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:36 pm to SPEEDY
I didn't know Bird went around calling people "homes"
Posted on 2/9/15 at 9:40 pm to BluegrassBelle
And Larry Bird was a great player... but damn it if he wasn't the goofiest-looking motherfricker in the history of civilization.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 10:06 pm to SECSolomonGrundy
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what was up with Bird's freshman year at Indiana?
He was home sick and didn't like the big campus.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 10:19 pm to Tubedog13
I really used to love watching the NBA, especially the playoffs. Lambier and Mahorn vs the Celtics, Showtime vs Celts. Rambis vs Bird and McHale. It got to the point you were disappointed if a fight didn't happen.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 10:45 pm to WestlakeTiger
Just watched it on YouTube. Barkley was holding Bird from behind then Dr J starts hitting him. What a bitch.
Posted on 2/9/15 at 11:39 pm to BluegrassBelle
This is one of my favorite videos of Bird:
Bird scores 60 on Atlanta
The best parts are 4 minutes in, when the Hawks bench starts going crazy for Bird.
Bird scores 60 on Atlanta
The best parts are 4 minutes in, when the Hawks bench starts going crazy for Bird.
This post was edited on 2/10/15 at 12:46 am
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