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Isiah Thomas on why they didn't help Laimbeer up after getting mauled by Parish during 1987 ECF: "It's not like we didn't like Laimbeer, it's that we were afraid of Chief"
In Game 5 of the 1987 Eastern Conference Finals, Robert Parish uncharacteristically knocked down Bill Laimbeer with a barrage ... to their fallen comrade? Isiah Thomas had the answer.
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"I stole two bottles of champagne" - Isiah Thomas shared why he stole champagne from the Lakers after losing to them in the 1988 NBA Finals
Isiah Thomas gave it his all in the 1988 Finals ... and I stole two bottles of champagne - one for me and one for Bill Laimbeer," Thomas said via NYT. "I came back, sat at my locker, and popped ...
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Bill Laimbeer claimed the hard foul on Larry Bird in 1987 ECF was an accident: "It really was, but nobody believes it"
Bill Laimbeer was known for his ultra-physical ... Still, after the Parish incident, his teammates, specifically Isiah Thomas, admitted they were scared of the Celtics center.
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When Bill Laimbeer slammed Mark Aguirre's pre-Pistons defense: "When he first got here, he was a horrible defensive player"
Bill Laimbeer was never one to hold back ... especially since they already had several scorers on the roster like Isiah Thomas, Joe Dumars, and Vinnie Johnson. While this change led to a ...
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"We were a 2017 team in the 1980s" - Isiah Thomas on how the "Bad Boy Pistons" would've fared in the mid-2010s NBA
In the late 80s to early 90s, the Detroit Pistons, led by point guard Isiah Thomas ... Zeke specifically highlighted his former teammate Bill Laimbeer, who could "shoot threes" and "hold his ...
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"He might be the best one-on-one defender since Dennis" - Laimbeer compared Ben Wallace's defensive abilities to Rodman's
Featuring players like Bill Laimbeer, Dennis Rodman, Joe Dumars, and Isiah Thomas, the "Motor City" squad presented the essence of hard-nosed play on the defensive side of the floor. Interestingly ...