Blazers have the ball.  Walton low in the post, arm in the air, wants the ball.  The ball is passed to him.  He waits, he watches.  His teammate runs to the hoop.  And there's Walton to dish him off the ball, over the center guarding him.  His teammate makes the layup for an easy two points.

Walton was such a master at this little play, and he continued executing it to perfection later on when he was with the 1986 Boston Celtics.  Only the teammate he was passing to then was a guy named Larry Bird, who would proceed to make the layup for an easy two points. 😄

Bill Walton gave Kareem all kind of problems !!👍👍

Nice to see this time capsule of history.

This Blazers team would have been a dynasty without injuries to Walton and Gross.  What a display of team basketball!

Rick Barry is impressive in how much of a natural he was behind the mic, so much so that he went on to also do play by play, probably the only former player to do that.

Bill against Kareem. Duel of titans.

Don’t know why the NBA wants us to forget this era… Lot of parity n the 70’s.

Tape delay and Rick Barry with a sparkling toupee. Those were the days!

This Blazers team was a joy to watch -- a balanced, well-oiled machine. Walton was the only center in the league who could hang with Kareem. If he had stayed healthy they would've competed for titles for years to come.

I remember the dad of a friend of mine said the Blazers would win the NBA finals because they play as a team.

Portland was really good!! 👍👍👍👍

A stunning 4-game sweep.

The basketball gods clearly decreed the following: “Peak Magic shall not play alongside peak Kareem.” Can you imagine THIS Kareem playing with Magic? Geez. Would’ve been so ridiculously unfair — though it would’ve been interesting to see this great version of Walton challenge them. The late 70s was certainly a fascinating time in NBA history.

Wow. They called traveling back then...

This definitely wasn’t the showtime Lakers.

Just heard today that Jerry West passed away. RIP.

Boy, these plumbers and janitors can really play the game. Impressive ball movement.

Awesome game between the Blakers and the Lasers.

"...tell.your old man to.drag walton and lanier up.and down the court for 48 minutes..."--roger murdoch, airline pilot

Damn I miss those days