Super 70s Sports reminded me today of this spectacular play by Dr J (Julius Erving) in the 1980 NBA playoffs. Dr J was the first player I saw who seemed to be able to hang and move in the air (the second and last was Michael Jordan). This play was one of his most memorable carried out against the Los Angeles Lakers with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the defenders.
He made this. Think about that for a minute. pic.twitter.com/NR6g0bXe62
— Super 70s Sports (@Super70sSports) August 6, 2021
Below is a video clip showing the play from several angles as well as the reminiscences of several of the other players.
And, in one thing leading to another it reminds me of another NBA moment from the 80s, this one shocking - when Larry Bird and Dr J (who was noted as a gentleman on the court) got into a fight with each attempting to strangle the other. This occurred towards the end of J's career and at the height of Bird's, when Larry was demolishing J on the court and taunting him at the same time (Bird was a master trash talker), leading to the Doctor finally exploding. As Bill Simmons wrote, "It was like seeing the Easter Bunny trying to strangle Santa Clause".
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