Erving jams over Walton and KAJ

[Dr.J4ever]

Just a little nostalgia today.

In the first video, Doc goes through the entire Blazer team on the fastbreak and dunks over Bill Walton in the 1977 Finals where he averaged over 30ppg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNg8odilDY

In the 2nd video, Doc with 2 dunks in the opening minutes of game 5 of the 1980 NBA finals. KAJ and Doc battle it out with 40 and 36 points respectively.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwnjKqjhNc

[Stringer Bell]

It looked like a tennis ball to him, his hands were so huge.

Doc with those dunks on Gross & Walton in the same game :bowdown:

[Dr.J4ever]

It looked like a tennis ball to him, his hands were so huge.

Doc with those dunks on Gross & Walton in the same game :bowdown:

It wasn't just Walton or KAJ. Doc loved challenging dunks. I remember him dunking over the outstretched hands of Artis Gilmore in the 1983 All Star game.

Needles to say, Doc was MVP of the game!:bowdown: :applause:

[stanlove1111]

Just a little nostalgia today.

In the first video, Doc goes through the entire Blazer team on the fastbreak and dunks over Bill Walton in the 1977 Finals where he averaged over 30ppg.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFNg8odilDY

In the 2nd video, Doc with 2 dunks in the opening minutes of game 5 of the 1980 NBA finals. KAJ and Doc battle it out with 40 and 36 points respectively.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chwnjKqjhNc

Never understood why people make a big deal out of dunks..2 points...Walton's simple layup at the start of the video was worth just as much..Portland figured this out which is why the won the title that year.

[Dr.J4ever]

Never understood why people make a big deal out of dunks..2 points...Walton's simple layup at the start of the video was worth just as much..Portland figured this out which is why the won the title that year.

You are both right and wrong.

2 points will always equal 2 points. However, beyond the psychological effect of CERTAIN dunks, there is also what it implies. If Doc is going to be able to beat his man on the perimeter with one quick step, get in the lane and jam over a 7'3 center, then your defense better construct a whole system to defeat this. You simply can't win consistently if this happens a lot.

This is why Doc has always made his teammates better all through his career. Defenses have always focused on him, and thus drawing more attention to himself and less to his teammates. Great players make their teammates better. That is the true test of greatness.

Could this be why Kevin love shooting from 3 has not made Minny a playoff team? That's just one modern day example.