#LARRY BIRD FIGHT JULIUS ERVING PROFESSIONAL#

#LARRY BIRD FIGHT JULIUS ERVING PROFESSIONAL#

The melee produced an iconic photo by the Boston Globe's Ted Gartland, working that night for the Associated Press, of Bird grabbing Erving by the throat (see below) and resulted in $7,500 fines each for Bird and Dr. By Shoshana Davis Novem/ 12:21 PM / CBS News (CBS News) In the 16 years of his professional basketball career, Julius Erving scored more than 30,000 points and won an NBA title, but. J had been held to six points) when an offensive foul call on Bird led to a scuffle that saw the benches empty and the two stars throw down. The best player on each team sparked a legendary brawl that saw future Hall of Famers Larry Bird and Julius Erving go at it (see the video above).īird had torched Erving and the Sixers for 42 points in 30 minutes (Dr. Things got very heated 35 years ago today when the defending champion Celtics hosted the Sixers at the old Boston Garden. SHERROD BLAKELY: Why Gordon Hayward is better than he's ever been Still, it's got nothing on its '80s heyday when in order to reach the NBA Finals, Boston had to go through Philly or vice versa. The Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers rival is pretty heated now as the two vie for Eastern Conference supremacy and the Sixers, who poached Al Horford from the C's in free agency, are responsible for Boston's lone loss so far early in the NBA season. You can also stream the game through the MyTeams App. ET with Celtics Pregame Live, and then Mike & Scal have the call of the game at 5 p.m. Don’t miss NBC Sports Boston's coverage of Celtics-Spurs, which tips off Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Larry Bird ended up scoring 42 points that night and was having a good game.

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