When the NBA was great

[BigJay]

Anyone remember Robert Parish knocking out Bill Laimbeer in the conference finals after an elbow to the throat?

 

[BigJay]

Funny thing about that.

And Bird and Bill Simmons talk about it here, is no one on his team came to Laimbeer’s aid or defended him

Bird absolutely hated Laimbeer because he was trying to really hurt you every chance he got

 

[BigJay]

Here’s another, grainier, video of that punch with Parish talking to Vernon Maxwell

In case the one in the original post doesn’t load

 

[Wagerallsports]

 

[Wagerallsports]

Really wasn’t much of an elbow looks like he was just boxing out