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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
did you watch the second play? those teams weren't too friendly back then. the Laimbeer/Bird play wasn't really that dirty- especially for the time. Watch the angle from the basline. Bird got Rodman and Laimbeer in the air, Laimbeer is falling and he grabs Bird. Not that dirty. contrast that with Parrish sucker punching Laimbeer in the second play.
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You are as delusional about the Pistons as ppnyc is about her looks.
1. Laimbeer tackles Bird. There is absolutely no other way to look at it. He grabs him by the neck and bends him over backward. He wasn't falling and just grabbing someone by reflex to keep himself up. He is taking Bird down and doing it in such a way that could cause serious harm. If you don't think that is an intentional dirty play, you're either lying or retarded. I know you play ball. If that happened to you, you would lay the guy out.
2. Laimbeer threw more elbows than anyone before Mutumbo perfected it. In the second clip, instead of boxing out clean, he leads with his elbow right into Parish's throat. And as the announcer said, it was probably the 500th time he did it.
That was his whole game. Cheap shot you over and over and then flop like a fucking fish when someone got frustrated and started playing as or more aggressively. He thought he was brilliant with the theatrics and the faces because he thought that getting under someone's skin was the best way to gain an advantage. He was a fucking asshole.
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