Larry Bird’s Awesome Explosion at Bill Laimbeer

Ball Don't Lie found this 5/9/2008 on thebiglead.com [flag]

The sun rises, and The Commission unearths a fantastic video. This takedown by Laimbeer is downright criminal; Bird’s reaction is priceless. If someone threw the ball at another player like Bird did, would it be an automatic suspension? If Miyagi can go to town on the hamstring of Chauncey Billups, perhaps we’ll be treated to Celtics-Pistons, where the foils would clearly ... [link]

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YouTube Classic: Larry Bird goes ballistic
Published 5/9/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
Thank you, The Commission! This is exactly the type of stuff I want to watch on a lazy Friday afternoon while eating nuked leftovers. Can you imagine the length of suspensions the league would hand out if this happened in today's NBA? Man, Bill Laimbeer would be dragged out behind David Stern's shed and shot. [High-fives and short-shorts to The Big Lead]

Published 5/9/2008 by chris (noreply@blogger.com) at A Large Regular
... The Big Lead had a post on Larry Bird which made me check out YouTube looking for the Robert Parrish take-down of Bill Laimbeer. I found the above instead.

This Week in Bloggernets: Don't forget Mother's Day, chief
Published 5/10/2008 by Dan Lamothe, Red Sox Monster at Red Sox Monster - MassLive.com
... ) -- Via the Big Lead , classic video of Larry Bird hitting Bill Laimbeer in the face with a basketball after Laimbeer takes him down. You better believe the replays of this series will come up again if the Celtics and Pistons advance. ( ...

Bird vs. Laimbeer
Published 5/12/2008 by Matt Watson at Detroit Bad Boys
Watching Bill Laimbeer and Larry Bird go at it never gets old. (via TBL)

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Flagrant 5? - Larry Bird, Bill Laimbeer and Isiah Thomas

Posted 5/9/2008 on Green Bandwagon: Front Page Posts

At the risk of simply posting whatever Ball Don't Lie has up I had to link to this classic Celtics/Pistons YouTube clip . Bill Laimbeer...wow. It inspired me to make the following comic. In hindsight I wish it were funny.