33 year old Larry Bird crosses Dominique Wilkins twice on the same night. He ended with 50/13/7 and demolished the Hawks in The Garden. This was his last 50 point performance.
33 year old Larry Bird crosses Dominique Wilkins twice on the same night. He ended with 50/13/7 and demolished the Hawks in The Garden. This was his last 50 point performance.
Till this day still the baddest(best) white boy to ever pick up a basketball
Broad-Part9448
Short hair Larry Bird was really struggling due to injuries by this point
DaKingindaSouff
What an impressive crossover on the plumber Wilkins.
dizzel35
Larry Legend
OwlcaholicsAnonymous
Larry Bird once told me directly when I was attending a basketball camp as a kid in indy, “you should make 99% of all open shots you take when you’re just shooting around.”
Didn’t see him miss that day… maybe ever tbh
AlluringAmbrosia1
It really shows why he’s considered one of the all-time greats
MasterTeacher123
Larry had a bag
Jack_The_Sparrow_
I spit on every driveway I see just for you Larry Legend
ForneauCosmique
That 1st one wasn’t really “getting crossed”. Bird beat him off the dribble initially, but Nique recovered and closed out well.
The 2nd one, yea Nique got crossed. That one was nasty
grimyliving
33 seems so young to me now…
Impossible-Group8553
That is so deadly. He gives no indication that he’s about to do it whereas a lot of ppl’s crossovers start with a hesi or carry
IanicRR
Bird really had it out for the Hawks and Wilkins. It was always a show against him.
SkullBean
This was when he was older, injured his back and was less athletic, and some people act like he couldn’t play in this era. This was a very bad man on the court.
BigStrongPolarGuy
The crazy thing is, this might be Bird’s 3rd best game against Nique. He scored 60 against the Hawks for a franchise record and he scored 20 in the 4th quarter in a playoff game
Happy-Donut-8557
Wilkins was DIFFERENT 😩
Smok3dSalmon
Holy shit NBA players were sloppy AF back then. Who was that guy going for a righty layup into a rim protector’s chest? Easiest block I’ve ever seen.
On the 2nd crossover, who is that guy bumping into Wilkins?
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Till this day still the baddest(best) white boy to ever pick up a basketball
Short hair Larry Bird was really struggling due to injuries by this point
What an impressive crossover on the plumber Wilkins.
Larry Legend
Larry Bird once told me directly when I was attending a basketball camp as a kid in indy, “you should make 99% of all open shots you take when you’re just shooting around.”
Didn’t see him miss that day… maybe ever tbh
It really shows why he’s considered one of the all-time greats
Larry had a bag
I spit on every driveway I see just for you Larry Legend
That 1st one wasn’t really “getting crossed”. Bird beat him off the dribble initially, but Nique recovered and closed out well.
The 2nd one, yea Nique got crossed. That one was nasty
33 seems so young to me now…
That is so deadly. He gives no indication that he’s about to do it whereas a lot of ppl’s crossovers start with a hesi or carry
Bird really had it out for the Hawks and Wilkins. It was always a show against him.
This was when he was older, injured his back and was less athletic, and some people act like he couldn’t play in this era. This was a very bad man on the court.
The crazy thing is, this might be Bird’s 3rd best game against Nique. He scored 60 against the Hawks for a franchise record and he scored 20 in the 4th quarter in a playoff game
Wilkins was DIFFERENT 😩
Holy shit NBA players were sloppy AF back then. Who was that guy going for a righty layup into a rim protector’s chest? Easiest block I’ve ever seen.
On the 2nd crossover, who is that guy bumping into Wilkins?
YIKES.
Edit: The guy going for that dumb layup was [Jim Paxson](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/paxsoji02.html)
Edit: Found the defender bumping into Wilkins, It’s [Antoine Carr](https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/c/carran01.html)
Give him a Tommy point!
crazy gorman just retired and he’s doing Playboy play in this game