6/20/2023 0 Comments Larry bird fight julius erving![]() I pushed him in the chest, hand slid up, got to his neck, he reaches for my neck… Next thing I know, it’s a melee. I didn’t really mean to grab him by the neck. I just extended my arm to hold him back, and it ended up sliding up to his neck. But I thought something was going to happen, because he was definitely mad – but he was mad at the referee, he wasn’t mad at me. ![]() It was very uncharacteristic because, you know, we did Converse commercials together, we did Spalding commercials together, so we were kind of cool. He was in front of his bench, and it looked like a moment in which he was going to take a swing. And he came down court and he was kind of like stomping. He didn’t like the call so he was really mad at the referee. So the fight, actually, there was an offensive foul called on Larry. They came out ready and red-hot and roaring, and we were kind of ‘OK, we just won this thing,’ we played the longest season so we’re just getting started – and we’re breaking in a new player. Early in November, the Celtics were ready to go. ![]() ![]() Then it’s always a fight, it’s always a battle. It always shows up at the card shows and whatever, we’re not going to dignify it, dignify the moment, because the game isn’t really about fighting unless you’re in game and the clock is running. “There’s a photograph of Larry and I choking one another, and neither one of us sign it. Erving and Bird escaped suspensions, but each player was fined $7,500 – which, at the time, was the second-highest fine for player conduct in league history, according to the New York Times.Įrving joined ESPN’s Get Up! on Thursday and gave his side of the story. ![]()
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