sirmoonie
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robpop wrote on May 19 th, 2008 at 10:20pm: sirmoonie wrote on May 18 th, 2008 at 8:11pm: Nellcote wrote on May 18 th, 2008 at 7:38pm: Memorable call by Johnny Most, legendary Boston Celtics play by play man: 1987 * Game 5 of the 1987 playoff series against the Detroit Pistons, the series tied at 2-2
Detroit had a one-point lead late in the game and needed to inbound the ball to secure the victory and take a 3-2 Series lead with Game 6 on their court. (Then, as now, the conference finals followed a 2-2-1-1-1 format.) Isiah Thomas was inbounding the ball to Bill Laimbeer, who was in the backcourt. But...
"Now there's a steal by Bird! Underneath to DJ who lays it in!!...Right at one second left!! What a play by Bird! Bird stole the inbounding pass, laid it up to DJ, and DJ laid it up and in, and Boston has a one-point lead with one second left! OH, MY, THIS PLACE IS GOING CRAZY!!!"
What, you want audio with your beverage? Have a listen...
Remember it well. A period of time when no matter what the sitch, you knew Bird could pull it out. Why is it that us yinzers who love basketball, never having a home team of our own have adopted the Celtics as our team? Bizarre isn't it? A strong Celtics town. Where are the Highbang Robs of yesteryear?
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