<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">MJ put up the 63 points</div> This is the most overrated MJ stat ever. The Celtics went into that series with the game plan of letting Jordan get all the points he wanted and shut down the rest of the team. They dominated.
lol... I'm sorry... I ***LOVE*** Larry (Indiana boy), but... I'd have to say the late 1950 to late 1960 Celtics were the best... they had 7 HOF'ers on the team... All of 'em were great... but, yeah... I'd have to say the 85'-86' Celtics KICKED ASS!
yes this is the greatest team of all time, I am only 15 but my dad has shoved this through my ear so many times that I agree, When he has bill walton as a back up center your going to be awesome.
Granted Bill Walton was injured that year for a good part and thus couldn't contribute much. Also granted I'm biased since I like the Celtics, this is one of the top 3 teams ever. I don't know if I'd give them top billing though as the el numero uno team.
Oh man give me a break the team was as healthy as it ever got. Larry towards the last 7-8 years was hurting and the years after that the celts started falling apart. They where the greatest team cause they did that in a league that had strong competition. Any mj team was in a league that was very watered down, and i believe the year they where 72-10 was an expansion year. I haven't seen any good arguements to make me think else wise.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting sunsfan1357:</div><div class="quote_post"> Robert Parish is an iffy player for me. Good player, yes, and I admire his longevity, but I don't necessarily think he is HOF material.</div> I think he was rightly put in the hall of fame. He definately took a backseat to Kevin and Larry on those awesome Celtic teams, and he did it by choice to better the team. Someone else may have demanded a trade so they could go to a different team and get more attention and possibly more money, but Parrish just kept doing his job for more than 20 years.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting GWVan:</div><div class="quote_post">This is the most overrated MJ stat ever. The Celtics went into that series with the game plan of letting Jordan get all the points he wanted and shut down the rest of the team. They dominated.</div> Speaking of course about the 63 points MJ got in that playoff game loss to the Celts. All I have to say about that game was that Jordan learned that no matter how many points he scored or how well he played personally that he wouldn't get a championship until he had the team around him to do it. I remember watching that game live and yes in fact the Celts gave Jordan whatever he wanted, but of course other than MJ they had a very weak team that year. But what a frigging good game.
That celtics team was the best team in history in my opinion. Their bench was deep, had good ballhandlers,shooters,rebounders, post players and Larry Bird
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting BigMemo:</div><div class="quote_post">I'd say the 64-65 season was pretty awesome...not that I watched it. Any of the eleven championship years led by Bill Russell could be deemed the best. Proving that defense (Russell) beats offense (Chamberlain) and winning 11 of 13...now that's entertainment! The teams of the fifties and sixties were the greatest.</div>I agree. The 85-86 team was great, but the Russell Era was the greatest.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting starman85:</div><div class="quote_post">That was a great team indeed. I thought it was more amazing that MJ put up the 63 points and 131 for the series against what many think of as one of the top ten teams ever. How do you think the Finals would have gone if the Lakers had survived the Rockets scare and gone on to face the Celts? <font size="1">Edited by <font color="DarkRed">King James</font></font></div> I think the Celts would have won since they were playing better than the Lakers that year. The next year, 87, the Lakers went and got Mychal Thompson to combat McHale, and the Lakers won that year and the next. What great rivalries there were in the 80s - Sixers-Celtics in the early 80s, Lakers-Celtics in the middle, and Pistons-Celtics and Pistons-Lakers at the end of the decade. The trouble with the Bulls of the 90s was they never had a great rival to play against.
this team was absolutely sick, and the whole 80s era was one of the best eras to be a bball fan. like stevek was saying, there were so many great rivalries in the 80s. Just a couple days ago NBATV was showing the NBA's greatest games mostly involving all the rivalries the celtics faced in the 80s - early 90s, makes you wonder if there will ever be great teams like that ever again.
Definitely the greatest team of all time - would be today. If not for Kevin Mchale and Bill Walton's foot injuries, this team might have toppled the lakers (indeed a great team in it's own right) the next year. Favorite memories of that season - Not Jordan's 63, but the 49 he poured in the previous game. Man I wish I had that game on tape - two three was flying and dunking like mad, whereas he scored most of the 63 from jumpshots and the line. Also 7'4" Samson fighting with 6'2" Jerry Sichting in Game 5 was pretty funny. But as great as the Celtics were that year and Lakers the next, the mid eighties to me were defined by the coming out party of MJ and the exhillarating brand of ball that he brought. Christmas '86 Knicks VS. Bulls - anyone remember? I remember the Knicks bench watching in amazement as Jordan put on a show.... Mchale is also my favorite player of all time. I learned how to play the post by watching his moves in slowmo on videotape. He had amazing footwork (like Olajuwon at his peak, but better), and could score in so many ways. He had the up and under dropstep mastered to perfection, the quick turnaround, the baseline fadeaway turnaround, and the jump hook. Later in his career he added the 3. The season he averaged 26 and 10, he shot better than 60% from the field and 80% from the line - only player ever to do that. And his defense - long arms and tough - wouldn't give in, and would block your shot from behind. Charles Barkley once said that Mchale was the only player that gave him problems. Yeah, he didn't look like much with those 'coat hanger' shoulders, but man could he play.
Mchale is also my favorite player of all time. I learned how to play the post by watching his moves in slowmo on videotape. He had amazing footwork (like Olajuwon at his peak, but better), and could score in so many ways. He had the up and under dropstep mastered to perfection, the quick turnaround, the baseline fadeaway turnaround, and the jump hook. Later in his career he added the 3. The season he averaged 26 and 10, he shot better than 60% from the field and 80% from the line - only player ever to do that. And his defense - long arms and tough - wouldn't give in, and would block your shot from behind. Charles Barkley once said that Mchale was the only player that gave him problems. Yeah, he didn't look like much with those 'coat hanger' shoulders, but man could he play.
The dynasty era of Russell,Aurbach,Cousy Jones and jones, Heinsoln etc was remarkable,but it was a different game,much as baseball pre-1950 was a different game or pre 60 NFL. The Laker Celtic battles of this era were as beautiful as the game gets
