Larry Bird's Legendary 1986-87-88 3 Point Contest Champion Highlights (All Final Rounds)

Hoders, who had that great 25-

point

performance in the first round, finishes with a two-

point

ball again, hits it. Ellis with his last seconds needs to score a couple quickly and that will take care of everything and it seems that although yes, it is Craig Hodes who will go to the

final

round against Larry Bird with 14 points, he got six in the second tiebreaker, they had tied in the first , so Larry Bird will face Craig Hodes in the

final

of the Three. -Point Shootout, the results after the second round, her against Hodges Ellison Tucker eliminated, should be a very exciting final, here we go, Hoders with his legs, he seems to be getting a little tired, yes, he is coming up short, Rick because I think the legs are the jump shot. a lot of times you get Craig Hoders short from the Milwaukee Buck fighting just a little bit of a flat beak with no legs for the little guy two racks for Craig Hodes uh-oh a little problem with the ball boys coming to help him finally gets a chance to make that shot two points Craig Hodes struggles here in the final tired Craig Hodes arrives with only 12 points in the final round boy, I bet he would like to have the first round again with those 25 and now Larry Bird and look at the concentration, it seems he found the brand name ticket he's smoking, he made nine in a row before missing Larry Bird on his way to victory here in the long distance shootout, oh wait a second in front of Cass, give him a break, Larry. that's right and if anyone needs $10,000 I'm sure it's Larry Bird Larry Bird our winner here in the Three-Point Longdistance Shootout congratulations to Larry Bird with 22 points his best effort of the afternoon and a well deserved hand for Larry Bird that left shrimp looking

bird

very strong had 18 points in the semifinals Danny had eight total Michael Cooper 10 so Cooper has 10 so it will be shrimp debas and shrimp Larry Bird had 16 Cooper had 10 shrimp and

bird

for the

champion

ship and $12,500 when we come back okay we're back you're looking at the floor here for the coin toss is what you were looking at these two are tossing a coin to determine who will shoot first let's take a look at the slick shrimp right now let's see its shape, see? deadlift shrimp using his legs well, but he is more of a jump shooter, it will be interesting to see how his legs hold up heading into this third round

contest

that could very well make the difference and who comes out as the

champion

Larry Bird with That little jump of his doesn't waste much energy and I really think he's going to win this competition because I guess he's going to get 16 to 18 points again in this round first so we have shrimp if you pronounce it a little wrong and call it shrimp and bird we're a species fishy and gross oh sorry I said that Rick, you won't let me forget that I'm sure, well, there was a coin toss that Larry Bird won. and chose to go first I guess you think you want to get some points here and pressure the shrimp in one minute, a total of 30 points available, there are 25 balls to shoot, brown, one is worth one, red, white and blue, is worth two, There is a bird, let's go. count it as it goes, it's two, three, it's off to its best start.

I told you not to let him in and it's seven points. The shrep is missing right now. It's finished. Bobby can't win this competition that used to be eight in a row. bird missed two now he's missed about four in a row before hitting again, well that double helps him a lot, but it put tremendous pressure on the dead shrimp sitting there watching him hit, those first few shots of his he needs to hit a couple more hoops, however, because the shrimp could still come back, but I still believe that Bir could have won it at the beginning.

The bird has 14 points now it will be 15 16 and this is big. The bird ends up with 16 unofficially and now you see Larry Bird. After he missed the last one, he wasn't happy. I thought he would go somewhere, since they said that between 16 and 18, he came in at the lower end. He may have opened the door with that bad race he had in the middle and again Bob like you. He noted that players are having difficulty shooting from the middle of the court. Unofficially, Bird has 16 points, that was just our count. Here we'll have the officer in a moment as we take a look at Larry Bird that started out as a house of fire.

Yes, he did, but again look at the pace he has, throws a little spin, a little movement, not much exaggeration in the upper body, gets the ball to his hands quickly, good concentration, good follow-through and the two points in that advantage ball. the official is 16 years old for Larry Bird, so debt-free shrimp for $112,500 and the honor of the Dallas Mavericks $5,000 difference between first and second. Alright, here's the shrimp trying to get over 16 points, the maximum total would be 30. In 1 minute, he gets it right and has a chance. A point on the first shelf, the pressure on Bird's go-first strategy may have helped.

That's just the second point of the whole shootout. Looking at him, you can tell that he seems to be simply offering you. I'm telling you, Larry did the right thing. He knew that he could really put pressure on the young player if he got off to a good start. He wanted to not have to sit and watch the shrimp and shrimp warming up from the middle rack. That's the first part you've seen well. He has seven points. now he has seven points but he has eight he has to get a lot Stak here nine he needs this one which is 11 he needs five more points to tie he has 11 less until the end of the minute that's 12 13 it's going to be close 14 he does this in this no Larry Bird He'll win it with the two point ball miss at the end, look at Larry Bird, I'll tell you Birdman was biting his nails at the end, Larry Bird defends his championship and I'll tell you, Bob, they blew it in the first round here you see shrimp, I needed each of these to tie, that's for 13, this one is for 14, the bird was 16 and it all depends on this last shot of Of shrimp, it looks like it's in line and a short hair just caught the front. inside the hoop on the right side and threw out Larry Bird, the river lightning.

Player, you could also see him in a pool, all he would probably win, no matter what the score, he just knows how to get the big W. Larry Bird on 19. 87 Champion presents trophy and check for $1,500 to 1987 champion Larry Bird in the center of the court. See some of the executives who are going to introduce the NBA's Adrien degr on the left side. I will be presenting the $12,500 check and there is the trophy to our winner, Larry Bird of American Airlines' long-haul shidan unit, American Airline Sheridan, the sponsoring officials of those two companies are there to make the presentation to Larry Bird, he won 10,000 last year and 12, 5 this year let me explain the coin toss here they will toss the coin and the winner of the coin toss can choose to toss first or second the loser will have their choice of baskets BAS wait if I say first second as if he won the Throw Bob deciding what he wants to do saying I'll be first.

Dale Ellis won the toss and can choose to go first and has said he will go first and Bird chose the end opposite the direction they are walking to shoot. Well, he is. I've been wearing this end out we'll be back in a moment for the final Dale Ellis we're not going away Dale Ellis is going to shoot right now 1 minute 25 balls a maximum of 30 points the winner with $122,500 second place $7,500 this First position is probably the most crucial for Ellis. If he can get a good rhythm, he will have a chance. Well, he's got it all, like you said, Steve, four in a row and you know I could mention here that he could have bowled that first ball. before the siren went off and we'll be sure to see if it's actually an official point.

Well, Ellis is a player that you know can feel a little pressure, but he has good results in the first two racks now that we have 30 seconds left and Ellis with nine points and 11 with the two-point ball, let's see if he can lift all balls this time, he still has to get it right, this crazy guy has hurt him. Steve got a big ball there, now he has to do it. Really go with some speed and precision out of the corner. 10 seconds left. 14 points for Ellis. He puts them all out unofficially. Ellis with 15, but we're going to wait just a second to make sure the first shot may not have counted and Larry.

Bird, the two time defending champion, no one has ever beaten him in the long range shootout, he's ready to go right after we get a look at Dale Ellis, there you see Dale shooting, he's off to a fantastic start, like you said, Steve and I think. That would get him going, however, even though he shot well on the second rack, the third and fourth racks were really his undoing, he was only able to drop that brown ball and a two-point shot on those two racks and, Uh, that. It could be very expensive to face the defending champion Larry Bird, you know how birdy he feels, that when the money runs out, no one is better than him.

I saw it, he lined up all those balls to be in the perfect position on that first rack. I'm surprised he hasn't done it at all. He has 60 seconds, 25 balls, he has to overcome 15 points. A slow start, but warms up as it goes. Three points behind the first grid, he is now everywhere. on this rack he usually comes back with that Big Money Ball that keeps him close, he has both money balls, both two point balls, like he was adjusting too much, he came up short and then all of a sudden he throws it a bit long.

He certainly doesn't have that normal bird pace, he doesn't have it and he has 25 seconds left. He only has seven to beat 15, that is, eight, make it nine and 10. 11 he has counted 13 huge racks that time for the bird, he has yet to drop one here. quick 14 this is a tie for the money, me with Larry Bird at the buzzer with the two-point ball 17-15 defend the crowd in the long-distance penalty shootout at Chicago Stadium our winner is lar M every fan in his section gets McDonald's V ice water in his veins, the man is truly spectacular, he was everywhere as Steve pointed out on the first three shelves and when it came time for money, this is what the man responded that he needed to do a couple in the section I needed. to get to the last three to win and he's in the last three there's one now he's tied and now he's the winner three times in a row he knew it when he let it go and he was heading to that checkpoint in the winner's circle the bird passed the big shot, okay, we're GNA, we're back and we'll have the Trophy presentation and an interview with Larry Bird, who won all three long distance shootouts.

They're going to hurt this guy next year. We'll be right back. Chicago Stadium, thank you very much Bob. I guess it was no surprise, but the dramatic way you won this third time is surprising. What were you thinking after the terrible start in that final round? Well, I was just thinking about getting the two points. after I missed shots, but you know, I knew he only had 15 points and I still had plenty of time once I got to the top of the key. I knew he had to make some shots. Those first two shelves, that's the whole ball. about the place, how did you get your rhythm back?

Well, you have to concentrate a little more and take your time, minutes, a lot of time to get up, 25 shots. I just took my time and just waited for some to start falling for me. with names like Al Capone and John Diller, Chicago had some memorable shootouts, maybe not that memorable, but no one's cooler under pressure, you really thrive on this, well, it's a lot of fun, you know, the guys go out and it's a little harder what it seems like. I went out and I knew I had to overcome 15 points. I just took my time and made some shots at the end and everything worked out for me, congratulations once again, thank you.