![]() However, Bird and the Celtics would finally go on to win the NBA championship that season, so it would seem that Larry got the last laugh in that particular year at the very least. Ultimately, it's hard to know what exactly happened that the situation escalated to the point of a fistfight between two of the game's greatest. I pushed him in the chest, and next thing I know, it’s a melee.” ![]() So it was inadvertent, I didn’t really mean to grab him by the neck. And I just extended my arm to hold him back and it ended up sliding up to his neck. But he was mad at the referee, he wasn’t mad at me. Bavetta, who retired in 2014, shared the details of the night he personally witnessed the great Larry Bird and Julius Erving going after one another. I thought something was going to happen because he was mad. "And it was very uncharacteristic because we did Converse commercials together, we did Spalding commercials together. And it looked like in a moment, like he was going to take a swing. So he came down the court, he was kinda like, you know, stomping and in front of his bench. He didn’t like the call, so he got mad at the referee. “So, the fight, actually, there was an offensive foul called on Larry. So we’re just getting started, and we’re breaking in a new player. And we just won this thing, we played the longest season. I remember him, along with every other player in the 80s, getting into it with Bill Laimbeer. I mean they came out ready, red-hot, and roaring. “And early, in November, Celtics were ready to go. Moses and I, had just won the NBA championship so we were coming back as defending champions. “But I think if you watched the highlights, this was in November, was it 84? It was Charles’ first year.
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