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Originally posted by twref
Early yesterday afternoon ESPN Classic had the 1985 Game 4 between the Celtics (Bird, Ainge, Mchale, D Johnson and Parish) vs Lakers (Magic, Worthy, Jabbar, Cooper and Scott). Tied at 105 Celtics calmly took the rest of the time off the clock, Bird penetrated, kicked it out to Johnson who hit-thats right-a 16 foot jump shot. These guys pushed the ball, passed the ball, set good screens, rebounded and played really good defense. There was creativity without selfishness or stupidity. San Antonio plays this same game-why can't other teams play this way? I'm sure some of it has to do with the fact that seven of these guys are in the Hall of Fame-or are seven of these guys in the Hall of Fame because they played that way?

Also-only two officials. What was the first year of 3 man in the NBA?

Within a year or two of this game, they went to 3.