Open Court: Kevin McHale Remembers Magic's Sky Hook
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Kevin McHale recalls winning a third title with the Celtics as a high point in his career and having Magic Johnson hit a sky hook over him in the 1987 Finals as a low point
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I love how Shaq is just sitting there like a lil boy listening to the old Men tell their stories. This stuff is great.
Can we all agree we miss the 80s NBA?
Yes! And frankly, just missing the 80s in general.
@@mikepetitti FACTS!!!
Yes. That was when I was playing basketball. Loved watching all the legends. Especially Dr J.
Tha best era
@@megatech1966 100%
Kevin McHale should be on t.v. more. He's a great story teller. Barkley/McHale/Thomas podcast would be awesome! Love how legend Shaq respects these legends that came before him and just kicks back and listens. Respect
grown up in the '80s I was a die-hard Laker fan and out of everyone on the Boston Celtics I disliked Kevin McHale the most. cuz he just looked like Frankenstein and he never really talked I was absolutely gobsmacked shocked 15 years later when he's retired and on TV I find out this guy has a great personality. for 12 13 years I literally had no idea could have never guessed it.
Here’s an idea for a show….. how about Kevins Korner…… Garnett and Mchale ( don’t forget Mchale drafted Garnett to Minnesota..)
He was fantastic on Cheers!
his HOF speech was all stories 😆
I was just thinking the same about Shaq. And he’s a big personality, but still sits quietly and listens.
In the paint, McHale was virtually unstoppable. Long arms, good at tipping the ball in, jump hook. As a Pistons fan, he was always my biggest worry. An excellent basketball player!
Good tall interior and half court defender too.
Also had that step through up and under which may have been his most unstoppable move. You knew he was going to do it and he was still able to do it
His creativity in the post was amazing , well said.
Before People would worry, now, The players dont care, no one wprries, would Rihanna worry because Dontrell junior Prince missed a free throw, or would Justin Bieber worry because Archie Thumbsuckermoore didnt play D?
@@danaskovici I said as a Pistons fan "I" worried about McHale, I said as a fan of the opposing team he was "MY" biggest worry
Such a compliment from Isiah, “Y’all made the league better”. That’s what it’s all about.
The Celtics played the game the way it is supposed to be played - smarts counted more than athleticism, and boy, did we Celtics fans love those games!
I love how Shaq is sitting there quietly the whole time...not saying a word...then says call me, I'll give you some icey hot lmfaoo
McHale plays for months on a fracture and zeke goes off on a sprained ankle. 80s basketball was wild.
McHale has the best sense of humor, and it's never mean.
Facts wish he was on open court more
Like an old man version of Marshall off HIMYM
@Honda Guy hell yeah!!!!
I loved when he was on Cheers!
Unlike Isiah
When Mchale got you in the "Torture Chamber" there was NO ESCAPE!
BBQ chicken,
Until he wiped his nose in the towel....lol
They didn't called him "the man of a thousand moves" for nothing
Respect Kevin McHale
Love how nonchalant Mchale is when IT mentions he dropped 60 on him and Detroit😭😭😭😭
I thought it was 56, then Larry dropped 60 against New Orleans a few days later. ?
Not sure professional basketball can get too much better than the Lakers vs. Celtics in the 80s.
The best yrs of the nba.
Nope, they were the best
The time bird returns to the game after the concussion in game 6 vs Lakers.
Sixers vs. Celtics in the 80s
Agreed!
The way McHale used to kill my Knicks, I was just CERTAIN he was an asshole, but he’s turned out to be one of the most classy players/coaches/execs of all time. The amount of time he gives to the game and educating young players is a great example of how legends can keep the traditions going
Yeah. I am a 76ers fan back the and I though he was an asshole too. He seems totally cool and by all accounts from the former players he is too.
The McHale era Celtics had a few teams that would give them fits in the playoffs (the East was brutal compared to the West in those days), the Knicks was one of those teams. Mostly 'cuz they just simply could not stop Bernard King from scoring. Dude would light 'em up for about 40 points a game.
You should've signed him to a free agent contract on the Knicks :).
@@joeseddit Bernard king was different gravy , absolute assassin
MchaLe playing In the
Finals with a broken leg.. BADASs!
@Jimmy Doran Man, Zeke played with fractured ankle and scored 25 pts while at it. He was limping the whole time.
Does determination. Something we definitely won't see in today's NBA.bunch of baby's 😍
Today's NBA player's won't play with a broken finger nail...Today's NBA players are a bunch of baby's.
McHale is criminally underrated IMO. Had more post moves than anybody.
Broken foot, but yeah, McHale was a beasteven when he was less than 100%
The best show ever. Especially the episodes with McHale
man... This is one of the greatest NBA shows of ALL TIME, they really need to bring it back for real..
Correction. McHale only scored 56 on Detroit that night in 85 to break the Celtic record. About 10 days later Larry dropped 60 on Atlanta to break the record
Only 56......
@@joecap2919 I know. What a weak performance 😂 Now Tatum tied Bird’s 60, but did it in OT. Bird only hit one three pointer in his game which is crazy.
McHale killed us a million times. It always felt like 60.
@@daveconleyportfolio5192 yeah. “Special K” as The Chief called him would put guys in the grinder on the post with all of those fakes and those long arms. The only one better at faking out a post defender was Olajuwon
He didn’t play the whole game he could’ve easy scored 60
Kevin Mchale my second favorite player. He was a great player, and a great person.
Who's your favorite?
@@Thedearster My favorite player is Larry Bird.
@@Stgfre Nice. Bird is my favorite too!
In the paint!
Kevin mchale (black hole) thousand low post moves (in the paint) to score in the basket
I really miss Mchale and Isiah on these TNT sit downs and open court. They are the best story tellers
Kevin was great on Cheers.
I like how Zeke always give the Celtics props. I hated the Celtics but they were a great team.
He's a big phony!
"Great stories guys, Always a pleasure hangin with ya."
Tha shot from magic still hurts me. What a beautiful shot that was. ouch it hurts still 💔
Well, in game 2 of the '84 series, the bad pass Worthy threw and Gerald Henderson stole, still kills me. I can honestly say that in a way I am glad Celtics won, otherwise we would have beaten you 3 out of 3 in the Finals and that's not a rivalry. It really was an unbelievable time to be a Celtic and Laker fan. I have so much respect for Celtics. I still believe that your 1986 team is the best team of all time. With a healthy Walton, nobody was going to beat you guys.
The lakers should never of had the ball
@@zt1053 Yeah that was a very questionable call, the missed free throw by Kareem, off of McHale, I wish the refs would have gotten together and talked about it, it was a crucial call that decided the outcome of this game, if that happened today, they would have reviewed that, with instant replay.
Lakers winning in 1987 would eventually mark the end of the Celtics titles during Bird's career. It seemed the Celtics were aging shortly afterwards.
@@sweetrobertos Yeah, well ok. Complimentary but a bit backhanded, although probably not intentional. Sure, Lakers like to point out winning two out of three, but as you mention, 1986 was the Celtics peak and the Lakers didn't show up. Could have very well been two and two.
I prefer to hear the old school guys talk about the guy more than anyone else. Classic stories.
I remember Michael Jordan saying
one time in a interview that everytime
he played Boston and Detroit he feels
like he's been in a street fight😂😂
He liked to go to the rim, they didn't want him to lol
Boston did to Jordan what the pistons did to bird, laimbeer almost had a personal mission to hurt bird it seemed.
@@drdre4397 Yup - until The Chief decked him once - Laimbeer never tried that shit with the Celtics ever again.
The best part of that was that the refs didn't bother calling a foul on Parish!
Great story ending with a great Shaq line.
The thing about the baby hook from Magic is that he could have easily dumped a pass off to Kareem who was left wide open for a easy dunk either way it was going to be a basket...
I was watching that game Magic dropped the hook. It was a thing of beauty!
Even better was watching Bird miss his shot a couple of seconds later.
Nothing like Old School 🏫 NBA
If Magic would have flicked it to his left, Kareem was wide open for the dunk. Everyone left him when Magic made his move.
As a Cs fan, that play still bothers me...
@@blackhawkswincup2010 Bird made that shot. Go watch the replay and look at Magic while its in the air. Magic and every Laker in existence was defeated because that ball was in. Then reality warped and it bounced out and everything changed. When I saw it, it was the most amazing shot. To this day, I can't believe it didn't go in.
Great group here. Classic stuff
I remember McHale always going for the towel when shooting free throws, but this, despite all the "Bad Boys" history, is the first time I heard about Mahorn grabbing the towel to blow his nose before McHale could use it. That is so perfect!
Kevin plays with a broken foot and Kemba sits with a bruise.
86 Celtics were one of the best teams of all time.
The 86 lakers were better!!
@@franciscocortes779 that was the best NBA team of all team
The 86 Lakers lost 4-1 to the Houston Rockets....I guess you're right...they are the greatest of all time. Get your facts straight.
For real!
I love this clip, the respect is awesome and Shaqs comment at the end made me fall off the couch.
With all those injuries it’s amazing that the Celtics were even in the finals, I was more impressed with the ‘85 Lakers and of course the ‘86 Celtics
I never would ever thought Kevin McHale was funny. He is funny
I miss Open Cour. These conditions were unreal. 💯
Kareems Smile after Magics But Kareems Signature Hook Shot went in. Just Noticing that in 2022.
This was absolute gold. Pure beauty.
I love this❤❤❤❤❤❤the truth hurts 💔
That moment Isiah said Mahorn used to blow his nose in the towel you can see Mchale never heard that before & got mad awkward🤣🤣
Legends everywhere
Possibly the greatest shot in Lakers history! Most emotional for me...
The Junior, Junior Sky Hook! I remember screaming like I won the lottery when Magic hit that lol!
McHale was hurting in that series, he wanted to push Magic baseline but his foot was so bad he couldn't. NOT MAKING ANY EXCUSES just a point, (Magic is my starting PG on my all time team) that bucket pretty much won that series.
@@joespitler3929
Yeah I saw him on Open Court saying he had been playing with a fractured foot I believe the last half of the season & when it was finally diagnosed he told the Celtics that because they had the best regular season record he’d continue playing on a bad foot. And yes his plan was to make Magic go baseline but....
@@omaramer846 the GREAT ones will find a way regardless.
@@joespitler3929
I’m a diehard Lakers fan for almost 40 years but I consider Bird,McHale,& Parrish as the 🐐 front court + I have McHale & Olajuwon as the most unstoppable players in the post.
Magic your a legend gang. 💯💯🤝
McHale and the Dream the very best of the best in th Post game! Real basketball in my eyes: the game starts in the post ,(#23 understood that)
The Celtics busting up the pistons is so alpha it’s ridiculous.
That's how the Pistons learned the hard lessons that made them champions.
Everyone allows each other so much respect.. it is a lot of fun.. that way!
Great vid, the basketball IQ is amazing
BEST Bill Walton ever at 1:00
We need this show back!
watching it as a french i love how they all have different accents, isiah being from chicgo and mc hale from minnesota, aftrer all these years living in boston he never lost his accent
I was in grade school and watching that heartbreaking shot of tragic johnson..It was hot here in Manila when it happens.I was devastated and until now still cant move on.
Same. I’m 44. When he dropped that shot I was downright depressed. My parents told me they couldn’t win every year, but at 11 years old I didn’t want to hear it. Especially after that 86 season. We should have played LA then too, but Sampson hit that BS buzzer beater on them.
@@fezzik7619 Rumer had it the Lakers lost to the Rockets on purpose to avoid playing the Celtics in the 86 Finals.
@@RaiderGannon12 I wouldn’t believe that rumor for a second. They were just as competitive as Boston was. The fact that they lost on one on the luckiest buzzer beaters in playoff history kind of backs that up. Magic, Kareem, Cooper, Worthy; they all wanted a chance every year to take Boston down just like Boston did with them. They all said to be the best you had to beat the best. 86 would have been so much better if it had been LA in the finals. Both teams were healthy unlike 85 and 87
Bring Open Court BACK
That is funny about Mahorn. Kevin never took a free throw without the towel.
With mahorn snot, yuk!
As a fan of the 80's Showtime Lakers, I hated, and I mean hated Kevin McHale. Nevertheless, it's great to see what a great guy he is. I guess back in the day it was just "business is business".
Impressive to drop 60 when they played brutal defense back in 85’
Kareem was wide open underneath on Magic's hook. Len Bias might have made the Celtics better.
He would have definitely, His tragic death started a "curse" from which the CELTICS took 22 years to break out of. Him and the death of Reggie Lewis. I don;t know if the Cektics would have still beat out Detroit and or later on, the Bulls, but it;s a shame we'll never know!
I absolutely loved this show. The mistake the producers made was not going back to the days of Bob Lanier,Willis Reed,Nate Thurmond..and my goodness,while he’s still alive..BILL RUSSELL on that panel.
The stories these guys could tell would be astonishing.
That’s the problem with the younger generation,they don’t reach any deeper than what’s right in front of them.
The show misses the golden opportunities to educate the young.
Look at Shaq....just loving listening to those guys tell stories!
shaq much like us watched the games live.
That 86 Celtics team sound like the 2014 Spurs that won the championship, great chemistry
Actually, it's the other way around, but still not even that close. LOL
McHale was a PROBLEM for all the big defensive players. Terrific post moves. Brutal inside scorer
I miss the 80's-90's NBA
2:58 McHale ACTUALLY dropped 56 on March 3, 1985
Kevin McHale is the best power forward that I have ever seen. He played defense like a center and was Tim Duncan's equal on offense. He was more clutch than Karl Malone. He was more dedicated than Barkley.
What killed me was Bird’s missed shot with 2 seconds left. Damn thing hit the back of the rim and flew out.
5:50 you can the smile dissapearing😂
Magic was gonna stuck that hook on anyone's face in that play that night He like no one else was bread for those moments
That was one of the best LAKER plays ever, by the best LAKER ever: MAGIC🪄💜💛✨
Shaq is like “what is this harmony you speak of?”
When Shaq talks need captions!!
Thomas receives a lot of criticism, but you have to give him his dues, he pays a lot of respect to the Celtics team of the 80s.
Shaq sitting there looks like a fucking huge monster... holy shit.
I still cant get over that lost rebound by mchale and parish
Celtics could of got a 3peat that year. I'm still broken 💔 😪. Lol
@@JoseHernandez-oy8ml Actually Celtics don't even get to the Finals if Bird doesn't steal that pass from Thomas in gm 5 of Celtics-Pistons game and passes it to DJ for the winning layup.
@@JoseHernandez-oy8mlImagine what they could have done if Len Bias had lived....one, maybe two more titles.
If there was instant replay back then the Celtics would probably have won game 4. That was an extremely questionable call against McHale on Kareem's missed free throw. The fact that the Celtics were absolutely debilitated with injuries and not much of a bench, yet could have easily gone back to L.A. up 3 - 2 is scary. People forget this was the same team inly one year removed from the legendary 86 championship team that was one of the greatest in NBA history. It was all the injuries that crippled them as well as the death of Len Bias in the 87 season. A Celtic team at full strength would have been able to get at least one game in L.A. just like they did in '84 and '85. We would be talking about a totally different story today.
amazing how big shaq looks sitting next to Kevin
I like to ask the question, what if McHale had had a early x-ray, found out about the fractured foot, shut it down for a couple months, and come back for the playoffs in good or at least better shape? If that had happened the Celtics might have had a 2-1 record against the Lakers in the finals and not the other way around.
Back then, the "code" was "if you can walk, you play." The team came first. In retrospect, Boston could have rested McHale, but stress fractures in feet take a very long time to heal so it may not have helped.
Second, while I don't think Boston needed the home court towin the East in 1986/87, it is unlikely that KC Jones would have rested his players such as Parish, Bird, Ainge and DJ because back then, you played every game to win. Load management and being fresh for the playoffs was a foreign concept.
@@mikepetitti Nowadays the philosophy is to load manage players before they're even hurt. Back then it was "no bones showin keep on goin." 🤣 Imagine playing for months in full game situations with bad healthcare advice and taking commercial flights and you have a fractured foot. And we assume players have the best in healthcare and recovery methods. smh
I disagree go pull up the first 2 games of the 87 series. That was the best fast break basketball exhibition I ever scene. It was an absolute show. Mike Cooper was on fire!!!
Problem with that plan is do the celtics have the record and home court in playoffs like they did if McHale sits out for 2 months?
I love McHale, but that should have been Bird's moment. Kevin missed a routine rebound off KAJ's FT or he got fouled and the ref blew it. Just one of those moments.
And I still can't tell who touched that ball last. They probably would STILL be looking at the replay if they had it back then!!! LOL
I want a new open court with post play special featuring, Kevin, timmy, shaq and Karl.. Trust me the knowledge would be insane
How can I trust a guy who's last name is Cherian
@@troll-fx2zc as if fortino is a beacon of trust and being erudite... Muppet
people don't know how McHale was dominating down low post back in the days, dude had more moves than Hakeem, pivots, spins, fakes, up and unders.
everyone shitting on the way pistons played and isiah couldn't say shit cause he knew it was true
2X World Champions. Toughest route to the Chip. Prime Celtics, Prime Lakers, and a upcoming Bulls.
Respect to the Pistons
@@daystar73 I would have more respect if they didn't play like footballers on the court and was out to really hurt people like jordan, he could have had a career ending injury against pistons and we would have never even seen the 90s bullls.
@@jayzee316 are you someone's grandmother? Jesus
@@daystar73 well the truth was the Celtics were in decline, and the Bulls were too green. The Pistons played defense, rebounded, and had a great bench. Came so close to winning three titles in a row if not for the phantom foul on Kareem.
@@UberKrispy Just stated facts, they all shitted on pistons play style and Isiah kept his mouth shut instead of trying to rebuttal.
You know Shaq sitting there listening thinking “I dunk on all y’all if I was playing back then”
Nobody gives a rat's behind what Shaq thinks....
@@julianmarsh1378 lol yeah your probably right 😂....thanks for commenting, shows you give a rats behind about my comment tho 🙌🏾
Nah back then they'd have called an offensive foul when he lowered that shoulder and shoved people out of the way.
@@blachloch1 Actually, the 80s were far rougher, refs were far less likely to call fouls. Shaq would've been physically dominant, but he also would have been beat up more and less effective. Shaq always praises Olajuwan for schooling him with all those moves. Well, in the 80s Olajuwan was there alongside Sampson, McHale was there with Parish, there were guys like Mahorn and Rodman who would have punched and elbowed Shaq all night long without accruing fouls. Don't forget guys like Moses Malone either. And then you had Kareem that would've been shooting midrange skyhooks all night long with Shaq unable to block them, forcing him out of the paint. The big men in the 80s were far superior than the ones he played against in the 90s. Who, by the way, were also there as rookies; Robinson, Ewing, Smits, Daugherty.
D. Scott was the odd man out
McHale give it up 1 time for your mind no doubt but dayum you see how huge O'Neal is 7'1 got dam ain't no upper cuts or u gone be on the floor twitching
im a laker fan that loves kevin mchale does that make me weird
I'm glad Charles pointed out the absurd double standard people have when talking about the Pistons. Celtics are my team but they were just as physical. Does no one remember Mchale Clotheslining Kurt Rambis or Magic Elbowing Zeke in the face in game 1 of the finals? The Celtics walked off without shaking hands with Pistons after losing to them (except for Mchale who dapped up Zeke) 2 years before the Pistons did it to Chicago. I hate the revisionist bullshit that happens. Don't even get me started on the idiots who have never even seen the 1985 allstar game and swear blind that Zeke froze out Jordan when Jordan went 2-17 and was on the same court as Bird, Dr J, Zeke and Parish and Jordan was the rookie. Like you aren't getting frozen out, you're playing with established legends before you've properly made a name for yourself ofc Jordan's not gunna get 90% of the possesions like he did with the bulls, that doesn't mean you're getting frozen out. Chicago and Detroit weren't even Rivals at that point, the Bulls weren't even a minor threat. Dude's lucky he got 17 shots...
Difference is Celtics wouldn’t go out of their way to hurt you
Laimbeer would literally aim to hurt you
@@jsofianos I again refer you to Mchale clotheslining Rambis. That's genuinely worse than anything Laimbeer did.
McHale missed a great opportunity to tell Shaq the IcyHot would’ve been nice, but Shaq was only 15 years old!
Shaq makes one comment, but it was a funny one!!
to this day i don’t know who Isiah is
It's like shaq and Dennis wasn't even there
McHale is the most comparable post-1980 player to George Mikan.
Almost exactly the same size, almost the same style of play.
But he also had a good outside shot. Rarely needed it because his post moves were so good, but he could kill you from the top of the key -- and often did as he got older.
How good would it be to have 🍻s with Kevin McHale?
As a Celtics fan, the only negative about this video was Thomas speaking. Some old habits never die.
“Male Gorilla... might be Laimbeer’s”
Always count on Shaq for the shameless plug! XD
Shaq is sitting there and listening daddies' talk
4:54
Wow 2 months playing on a broken foot! unlike Simmons who didn't play because of "mental health" issues
We are getn old folks. Im the 32nd person to comment. That's age for ya.
Like the hook dint take 3 steps
Hate to tell you this Michale but if you were the force magic the other way it would have for sure dished into Kareem for the dunks 💣😂😂
God i miss these guys on the basketball court i don't even watch the nba and miss it so bad ain't worth watching anymore waste of time
Should’ve forced him left.
Magic was so tough because he was also fundamental. It's quite possible that he could have gone baseline and made the hook left-handed.