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"I always knew we could beat them" - Bill Laimbeer was crucial when the Pistons beat the Lakers for the first time in five years

Laimbeer finished with 21 points and 19 rebounds, helping the Pistons beat the Lakers, 121-118. He admitted that it was a ...

"We don't have players with heart sometimes" — Larry Bird's brutal postgame message that saved Boston's 1984 championship run

Larry Bird wasn't one for sugarcoating. After the Los Angeles Lakers embarrassed the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the 1984 ...
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Kurt Rambis on Kevin McHale's infamous 1984 NBA Finals clothesline "No replay, no ejections. I just went to the free throw line"

Game 4 of the 1984 NBA Finals produced one of the decade's most notorious moments: Los Angeles Lakers forward Kurt Rambis getting clotheslined midair by Boston Celtics big man Kevin McHale. Given its ...