"Screw you, Bill" - Larry Bird was happy every time Bill Laimbeer didn't make the All-Star team

"Nobody is beating the Lakers this season" - Bill Simmons once wrote off his beloved Celtics before the 2008 Finals Bill Simmons was convinced Kobe Bryant's Lakers would beat his beloved Celtics in ...
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On the game that Larry Bird, Bill Laimbeer ejected in the 1987 East Finals

“Pat Riley Did Not Want Me”: WNBA Legend Reveals How Jerry West Helped Her Play for the Lakers Despite All Odds A decade ago, Nancy Lieberman wrote that she and Pat Riley “laugh about it now,” ...
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Jordan backed up Bird's criticism of Laimbeer's dirty play: "The individual might be injured for the rest of their lives"

When talking about some of the toughest and "dirtiest" teams in NBA history, the Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s/early 1990s come to mind first. Better known as the Bad Boys, this squad presented a ...
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Legends profile: Bill Laimbeer

The rugged big man known for his low-post defensive tactics was a key member of Detroit's title teams. From NBA.com Staff Bill Laimbeer was one of the NBA’s most rugged big men in the 1980s and early ...