1977 NBA Finals!! game 5 Philadelphia 76ers vs Trail Blazers

1977 NBA Finals!! game 5 Philadelphia 76ers vs Trail Blazers

nba history and relive one of the great matchups as it happened welcome to the NBA World Championship Series game five matching tonight Portland against Philadelphia it began on a Sunday afternoon julius Irving and Doug Collins combined for 63 points philly won it 107 101 then it was time for game two 452 to go daryl Dawkins number 53 went out after Bobby Gross of Portland struck his own teammate Doug Collins maurice Lucas countered from the rear lucas and Dawkins were separated and Philadelphia won the cycle one then the scene shifted west for game three and things changed dramatically bill Walton scored 20 points portland won its first 129 107 and on Tuesday night it was more of the same walton magnificent again before he got into foul trouble he’s averaging 16 rebounds a game maurice Lucas scored 24 points 1309 98 we’re even going into tonight’s action the NBA World Championship Series tonight the thing that helped the Sixers in the first two games here they’re going to have to play that defense so they can create their own offense sunny are starting lineups irving McInness Jones Bivby Collins against Holland Davis Walton Gross San Lucas no changes george McInnness had a long meeting with coach Jean Shu shu is elected to go with him you know the story there meired in a slump going to go to Philadelphia bill Walton a little over anxious got that ball before official let it get to its height before the ball actually went to its height brendon is a violation on the jump ball so the Sixers with the first opportunity to score here and they need this basket badly as Sunny mentioned to establish themselves quickly in this game in a strong looking at Collins so Collins who had a bad third fourth game back there in Portland off to a good start now collins goes down the ball held by Maurice Lucas johnny Davis is 16 irving on Gross and a foul inside on Doug Collins who can’t believe it here he comes protesting [Music] that’s one man they don’t want to get in foul trouble brent they need him badly maybe with Collins cwell Jones on Walton gross shoots up over Irving to tie it bob G is having a fine offensive series of course I’m having a little difficulty with Julius Irving but he’s been playing excellent on offense for the Blazers shooting over 50% walton keen the defense going over to the right on that double team he’s left his man completely by shoots it outside walton yanks down still another rebound collins goes left to Lucas and it’s back on defense walton makes the signal vivby chases the ball ties Davis up jump on good hustle by Henry Vivby he’s trying to do something out there creative because he has not been shooting the ball well Brett they talked about McInness is shooting slum henry Vivby is only shooting 20 some odd percent in this series and that’s serving the Sixers his most productive half in the second game 15 points he’s been quiet since roast goes to Davis deflects off strong hit the referee and here come the 76ers collins second shot and again you can see that force Walton underneath and Miguel stays with him rose is off with the outlet for Holland in the middle debbie was there on Hollands and he picks up his first personal oh George is really having some tough luck Brett that ball just does not want to go in the basket for him it’s incredible walton out high goes to the right shoulder and Gross rolls it push off inside as Gross came across there’s that Portland offense being executed to perfection again bill Walton getting the ball cutting a man across the middle he was open for the pass julius picking up his first foul as you look at Bill Walton probably without question he and Alvin Adams are the finest passing starters in the game today i would say Dave Collins are very close in third position portland up by two just underway in the first quarter this the anniversary of the triple overtime for the Boston Garden at halftime we’ll relive some of those incredible moments here tonight jones waits mcinness has cut off Lucas here’s By Philly at the perimeter the doctor in you can see Walton switch over davis on the steel davis goes to Hollands who breaks free on the other side and the quickness of the Portland guards creating havoc for Philadelphia here in each of the last two games and only has Collins come back [Music] rose comes top of the screen and Walton rolled off the pick beautifully that’s the first time we’ve seen him go off a roll like that that’s right and Bobby usually looks at that shot but he had two men jump on him bill Wisely rolled to the basket that’s just good intelligent basketball right there the old pick and roll plays walton yelling out defensive signals he’s the key man in the middle he is so loose on Calwell Jones he’s double teaming the ball completely now on defense lucas is back on the left side here’s McInness traveling against Holland on the turnover here come the 76ers keep in mind that the team that has turned the ball over the most has lost each of the first four games collins wants it to go right to the doctor walton yells out an instruction jones Irving up on Gross gross can’t count it and bring the doctor to the line that’s a silly foul by Bob Gross that’s where they would like to have Julius Irving shooting the ball from out there in 25 ft range he’s not going to beat you from out there and it’s really silly to pick up a foul along with it rick Philadelphia has got to get something going inside with McInness or Jones to counter what Bill Walton is doing on defense it’s unbelievable right now he is roaming free as he did in game four and he’s one of the most awesome forces in the middle so let’s keep an eye on that now it is 8-7 Blazers ahead of the 76ers by a point gross came off Walton rolling again and there it is twice he has rolled off picks on offense and as Rick Barry has pointed out so intelligent [Music] back in the middle here’s McInness misses outside and Lucas outlet to midcourt lucas and Walton will hit you right there with that outlet pass walton goes inside to Davis this time lasers regain it lucas gets the open shot gross battling underneath stayed with it on the hustle there’s Bobby Gross who as I once again mentioned is doing an excellent job on offense for Portland and that’s very difficult assignment he has of course guarding Julius Irving the Blazers have jumped to a five-point lead in Philadelphia and game six is back in Portland on Sunday bivby penetrates and Walton is there an incredible force here early on defense collins off to the right davis pull up jump shot on Collins and McInness cleans up how long will Su go with McInness here in game five jones up and Walton was there again on defense i have never seen a man start any better on defense than Walton is in this game [Music] holland looks top of the circle swing right gross goes to the baseline irving cuts him off now Walton will take the outside shot underneath and Gross fouled him that’s two fouls on Bobby Gross he has gotten himself into foul difficulty in this series but I have to agree with you 100% bill Walton is really doing some job on defense here’s Bill’s jumper the rebound will come off here’s Broen his anxiousness to get to the ball will hit McGinness on the arm you couldn’t see it too well on the replay but he did foul in walton with a hand on his man and watching the ball and then gets the rebound knocked away but Walton was there and here we have 657 to go timeout now for the Sixers jean Shu trying to regroup his team right now they haven’t got off to that quick start that Sunny Hill talked about let’s see if they can do it after this timeout [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game portland shooting five of eight philadelphia three of 12 mcginness is 0 of four mcinness on Lucas lucas comes up hit by Jones to Bby hollands there to cut him off bby rolled into him foul against Lionel Hollands once again the Portland guards trying to put extreme amount of pressure on the Philadelphia guards that time Lionel Hollands did not establish himself quick enough and picked up the blocking foul walton rolls over to the ball side right in the middle waits for it and taps it off but Bivby was there bill was looking for the break off of that tap he’s off gives him a lot of room outside eyes the ball collins at the top of the circle and Walton is there again now it’s Hollands right in the middle looks right goes right turnover both teams a little ragged right now brent with the turnovers four for the Blazers one for the 76ers collins and Walton is there again look at him eye the ball and go to the man irving driving to the hoop rolled it up and threw the foul from Walton he is so quick and alert on defense right yes he is and at that time the doctor put a real fine move on he had a little bit of daylight and if you give him a little daylight towards that basket he is one fine player and he’s going to capitalize on it as he did in this situation with a chance for a three-point play that foul was on Bill Walton julius Irving the leading scoreer in this series averaging 26 points a game but in the last 20 years the championship series has been won by the team with the leading score only four times so balanced scoring is what you search for gross up over Jones and that’s exactly what Portland has as Gross scores his sixth point of this basketball game portland has all five starters averaging in double figures philadelphia only Irving and Collins 14-9 on the steel gross is back jones and Gross goes to the basket torsic who checked in was there off to Davis from Gross and it bounces to Schwarzik over anxious Philadelphia can’t hold on and the Blazers will set up walton comes down it’ll be five on five walton looks right goes to the Gross and then rolled off of it collins tried to steal crowd wanted traveling gross tries to come around jones free ball torsick shot clock a factor twick with a second gets it up taken down by McInness irving in the middle threeon two davis goes to Irving’s left hand side and McInness back but there was a whistle as George came roaring back porzic was inside him and McInness came up over the top daryl Dawkins checks in that might have been a play to get George going a little bit if he was able to make the basket but is over anxious to get the ball you’ll see him pick up the foul as a shots missed by Julius there he is right there just runs right over the top of Bobby Gross to pick up the foul a five-point Portland lead they have possession bivby goes out because it gave the dribble up walton nods lucas cuts right lucas is open that was bad defense that time by Doug Collins after the move was made by Lucas get open doug didn’t see the ball and he should have been able to step in that time to stop Lucas but he had a wide open path 6’1 Dawkins gives it up to Bivby philly out far mcinness rolls backs in on Lucas walton cuts off his left and goes out on Dawkins all red on that side of the hoop philadelphia having a difficult time with offensive rebounds in this series they have struggled the first four games game six Sunday afternoon on CBS 3:00 p.m eastern time walton over at the right baseline inside pass so pretty and the doctor was there with a tremendous block good offense superb defense that time basketball at its finest gross watches Irving doctor shoots outside short walton outlet to Gross as Davis on the right gross keeps it alive and that’s his third foul that is right that could be a big factor he’s been scoring points for him here early in the game with three fouls jack Ramsey having to make a substitution bringing in Corky Calhoun who by the way has played excellent in two ball games up there in Portland doing a good job on Julius scoring some points so question about Frey he worked out he of course suffered a hairline fracture of a rib in that Houston series as you know oh and if you were watching in games three and four you know that Lloyd Free had some problems first in game three breathing then in game four he was not 100% in his defense fell off as Julius Serving gets ready to shoot the free throw i believe that Jean Shu brought in Daryl Dawkins for one good reason as you pointed out Bill’s been dropping in the middle walton that is and he believes that Daryl’s a much better outside shooter than Cowwell Jones and hopefully get Daryl to pop in a few jumpers and force Bill Walton out to open that middle up as you talked about [Music] that’s the man who is in to do it we saw him outside in that last sequence too Rick it’s 16-10 blazers over the Sixers 3 minutes and 50 seconds the second round of the Keer Open is over we’ll have a report on the activity at halftime rounds three and four coming your way this weekend on CBS walton with still another rebound remember he is averaging 16.8 and already he has six in this game let’s see let’s see how Philadelphia plays defense with this overhead shot if they clog that middle up as Portland tries to run their offense Walton with the ball calhoun at the perimeter is short collins got rebounding position lead now to Lloyd three three off the Collins fly knocked away and here come the Glazers portsick busts open portland again establishing themselves playing their type of a game they’re getting many opportunities on the break situation fortunately for Philadelphia they have not converted that many easy jumpers walton going more to a fronting defense against Dawkins up heavy on his left side collins misses lucas crashes into the board against Dawkins and it’ll go to Portland well Dawkins I believe yes it was picking up the loose ball foul knocking Maurice Lucas down i do believe that Maurice gave a little bit of an acting job on that play which seemed to benefit his or the officials decision and that right now is five team fouls for both clubs both teams in the bonus we’ll watch the last play here he goes the jumper by Collins now watch Dawkins underneath he jumps back underneath they’re both going for the ball and the acting job by Lucas paid off and as a result Maurice comes to the free throw line two points bobby Gross Rick where he picked up those three fouls had scored eight points walton four that does not tell the Bill Walton story he has been devastating at the defensive end that’s why he’s such a great player Brent contributes in so many different areas he does not have to score points for this team to win and that is such an important factor to have a center who can do all those things let’s see what Philadelphia can do to counter that defensive force walton waits for Dawkins free is way outside look at Bill keep an eye on him as Free comes in and it was Walton who contested him he’s with the ball at every move now it’s Davis right hand side there are three options on this play for the Blazers walton has signaled it looks in wanted to pass the first one now he gives it up to Lucas so it’ll be a busted play there go freelance free had a hand on it and Mix who came in the game runs it down in the corner now for Jean Shu here’s the doctor double team gave it up to Steve Mitch mismatch against Davis comes up over the top jack Ramsey would like a timeout he doesn’t like the way things are going out there he wants to sit down with this ball club try to get them to establish themselves again they’ve got the lead as you take a look at Bobby Gross who is the first man in foul trouble in this game with three fouls and eight points both teams shooting poorly for them portland under Jack Ramsey hitting 39% 76ers under Jean Shu 25% but keep in mind McGinness Jones and Bby did not score a single point among them in the first quarter and they do not start quarter number two philadelphia did not do what they had to establish themselves early they missed a golden opportunity with Portland only shooting 39% on a lot lot of easy opportunities holland dawkins switches out mismatch underneath holland goes up on Dawkins irving and Neil collide off come the 76ers with the ball lloyd free torchic was there dawkins contesting and there’s a loose ball called against Daryl as he went up and Calhoun went down to the floor foul number two against Dawkins watching the right part of your screen on the bottom daryl Dawkins 53 on the miss shot you won’t see it but he used his left hand in front of his body and gave a little push to Corky Calhoun and that’s where the foul was called holland found a moist spot on the basketball earl Strong wiping it off got to get it over now you got to get it over by 14 get it over Dave now you could hear what he was telling me that they had used 4 seconds back there giving them six get it up by 14 ramsey yelling “Pick it up.” And Portzik goes one-on-one and gets it across neil checking his right shoulder for the cutter lucas comes around him neil pushed out of the roll by Dawkins lucas goes up jump shot and no question Rick Barry that Jack Ramsey has put in the pick and roll for this game we haven’t seen much of it in the first four games neil was looking for it that time and also they have to work a little harder on defense to get through those screens terrible mismatch that time lucas 69 free only 6’2 irving right perimeter shot dr j with eight points 2417 right side Lands Lucas will come into your picture five on five irving sandwiching Neil Free had collided with Collins and the foul is against Lloyd his second take a look at the play now watch Free on Collins who has the ball now as he gives it up watch him get in front gives a little acting job earl Strong wasn’t going for it though there was a little bit of contact but Lloyd acted and Earl was not fooled a report on the Keer Open and a look at last year’s incredible fifth game from the Boston Garden the triple overtime and the Celtics and the Phoenix Suns coming up at halftime 10:44 left first half blazers have let it Dawkins works against Neil Hollands outside left-handed shot and Irving cleans up irving puts it down and looks for Daylight couldn’t go all the way but he drew the foul foul’s not working that’s two on him if he doesn’t watch he’s going to be in foul trouble and then Jack Ramsey will probably go to Larry Steel five fouls on two of the quick forwards used by Jack Ramsey and as Rick pointed out steel is the third porzic will take three dawkins rubs him off three is off to the left calhoun looks hollands in the middle keys it lucas was breaking holland kept the ball that time missed his shot dawkins one hand outlet three it’s twoon one mixes open [Applause] that’s what the Sixers have to do more of if they expect to win this ball game they haven’t done much of it in the last two games but they executed beautifully that time with Dawkins King it on the boards frantic fan across the way on both knees 76ers down by five working on defense irving matched against Lucas lucas taller lucas jumps up over him and the whistle had thrown offense against Maurice Lucas his first foul lucas Furious Neil was restraining him and now he goes back bill Walton comes in and immediately started clapping his hands and saying let’s go so he checks in 24/19 942 and it’ll be a different defensive look now for the 76ers walton is sagged off into the middle collins cuts around him walton goes foul is called as Doug Collins began it and that’s number two on Walton and the crowd will love it walton can’t believe it good movement that time by the Sixers especially by Doug Collins unable to get some penetration walton with the second foul of the game irving brushes off Davis free comes up larry Steel is in the game now rick loose ball on the floor steel off here’s home gilliam also in the game bounce to Larry steel not a good one and Steve Mix with the interception back to three and there is Walton loose ball whistle and listen to this as Stum says “Get back away from me so I can make the call.” It is against Gileiam number three and Walton took a couple of menacing steps that time foul number one against Gile walton is the captain of this team right baseline mixed jump shot walton off to Gileiam 9:05 left to the end of the half irving on steel dawkins matched against Walton and Henry By will check back in left baseline outside shot steel and Walton was there and then Irving went up and here’s Walton back in as Herm Gillian stayed with him julius made a great play just lost control of the ball a bad break for the Sixers a lucky one for Portland 26-19 a seven-point Portland lead gilliam pressuring Collins in the ball right to Irving off iron and Gileiam comes down on the move here is Davis cuts to the middle neil came up and Mix was there and fouled it lloyd Neil really was not going to shoot that ball Brent but when Mix reached in and grabbed him on the arms he wisely put it up to the basket that was a smart play by Lloyd Neil who has played two excellent games for Portland back up in Oregon 76ers head over to their bench we are tied philadelphia has won twice Portland twice now we’re in game five and the Blazers are up by seven points [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game [Music] brent this next 6 minutes and 52 seconds is very important for Philadelphia they’re off to a very slow start if they let Portland get too far ahead they’re going to have a very difficult task ahead of them they must start to establish themselves right now portland sets up Walton Keys jones pressures gillian caught the screen then came to the left missed the shot mcginness 3019 Portland so it’s Jones McInness Bby Collins and Irving steel is with the doctor hit last by Steel it’ll go back to the 76ers they’ll set a play collins flies to the basket walton riding right with him and there is a foul and if it’s on Bill it is his third it is three fouls on Walton now that could be the break that Philadelphia needs bill Walt picks up another they’re in trouble as you see Collins go to his right walton’s just there waiting for him makes his move goes up he’s in the air both men moving contact official but Daryl Garrison ruled that it was a blocking foul on Bill Walton he’s not too happy about it there’s Maurice Lucas number 20 checks in mcinness is 30 bending down lucas to his right gileiam is three collins the free throw doug Collins six points so far in this game that was one of the few times that the Philadelphia team has gotten to the basket normally Portland’s been keeping them outside and they not been able to shoot well from out there rick Walton has been watching Collins very carefully even when he doesn’t have the ball to make sure he doesn’t come flying at him looking for that daylight walton now backing up into Jones jones has gone to the muscle on him walton dumps it to Steel jones outlet for Collins who tapped it to Bby threeon two’s the doctor big play for Philadelphia herb Gilliam asking the official thought it could have been a back court violation as Collins tapped the ball backwards over the court line rick the first fast break basket of this game for Philadelphia in that three-on- two sequence lucas up over the top of Irving bounced back down through 3223 547 and Rick has told you how important these minutes are and at halftime you relive some important moments from Boston against Phoenix last year’s fifth game collins flies to the basket lost it goes to Courtland on the turnover [Music] take a look at this play there’s the tip backwards from Collins bby does not touch it in the back court as Joe Walton just got a dunk shot down this end of the floor and there’s the doctor’s last dunk shot going in walton just stuffed at the other end 3423 517 steel called for fouling Irving here’s that stuff shot by Bill Walton that we missed on the play ball to Larry Steel steel makes the high lob pass in the back door play great pass great dunk by Walton that’s a little bit of Philadelphia’s own magic that they’re pulling on them they usually run that play with the doctor jean Shu called Henry Bivby over to the side and Shu was not happy ladies and gentlemen 514 3425 davis Lucas Gilliam Walton and Steel for Ramsey’s Blazers again battle gilliam retrieves for Portland steel from the corner walton there at the offensive end ball knocked away it’ll go to Portland but again that rebounding difference and it has been so critical at the offensive end portland getting more second chances now watch Walton look how smart he goes he goes to the inside and just muscles his man out of the way jones to get that offensive rebound the ball was knocked out of bounds that’s just good intelligent basketball by Bill Walton taking what is given to him gross returns steel is out collins knocked it away and here’s Bivby bivby comes back all red with him as he went to the basket he drew the foul gilliam his second [Music] let’s watch the play again as Henry Bby sees an open he makes a good move going to his left three Portland players back there bby going to the hoop picking up the foul but it was the defense as Sunny Hill pointed out that keyed that break it was a good play by Collins to knock the ball away rick I think this is the game we have finally been waiting for in this series portland is not psyched out tonight about playing in Philadelphia they’ve been a little more patient than they were the first two games and everyone knows what the 76ers are capable of it’s 3427450 i can feel it gross doctor was there jones interception here’s McInness gillian goes mcinness with the muscle came up and a two shot foul again and they’re in the bonus so it’ll be three for two for McInness three fouls on Gileiam now picked up quickly now will George be able to make these free throws Bren he has not shot well from the free throw line he shot an air ball up in Portland so let’s see if he has his confidence even on the free throw line he still hasn’t made an outside shot mcinness has hit just 53% of his free throws how right you are lloyd Neil in bill Walton goes out and he lets Daryl Garrettson have it as he walks off to the side of the bench walton with three fouls 441 left first half ramsay trying to protect against Walton going into the locker room with four fouls at the end of the first half and George misses the first one grant he wasn’t even close the ball was never over the front of the rim now the penalty [Music] when a great athlete goes bad I think even the opposition pays for him to come back 3429 but the Portland fans will say “Wait a minute not too far back.” Hollands here’s Lucas mcinness jumped out on him and then Lucas realized it went to the basket threw the foul cwell Jones was down in the middle lucas didn’t realize that McInness had jumped past him on that and then he saw it and he rolled to the basket that’s not talking on defense and communicating out there you must talk about it i’ve been struggling a little bit so what I’m going to try and do is I know um get it inside and try and get a couple easy quick buckets and hopefully everything else will open up for me that was the voice of George McInness telling you what he intended to do and get a couple of quick easy buckets which of course have not yet come his way 14 fouls on the Sixers [Music] nine points for Lucas excluding Collins and Irving the 76ers are three of 20 or 15% from the field in this game so far mcinness looks in left to the doctor who comes up on Holland five-point difference 410 left first half [Applause] hit by Jones away from Neil and Walton is out right now remember Davis comes up with a jumper on Collins by pressuring the left side comes over to the right and the doctor gross will take him gross with three fouls irving hits from the other side philadelphia doing what they must do they’re willing away at that lead try to get it down get within range and they certainly are within that right now 333 to go and it is the magnificence of one Mr dr j Julius Irving that is getting them there by goes but Hollands Holland wants it foul underneath loose ball foul it’s on Lloyd Neil who is coming up on Cwell Jones 15 foul against Portland so they’ll come down and shoot that’s the first against Neil but five on the team side take a look at the play here as Holland makes a good fake to get wide open takes the jumper watch Neil on the bottom of your picture give the left arm shove to George McInness good call by the officials the strategy by Jack Ramsey not wanting to take a chance of getting Bill Walton that fourth foul may hurt Portland at this juncture Brent because Philadelphia is making a comeback with Bill Walton out of the game so Philadelphia can get their momentum back get their confidence back in their game so it could backfire on Jack Ramsey crowd urging McInness on made one of two here come the Blazers 76ers await them gross left alone left side irving off in the middle goes to McInness left side neil with McInness keeping the 76ers at the perimeter without Walton mcinness finally comes up on Neil fouled in the process and Georgia will come to the line for another ovation as Jean Shu and Jack McMahon the Philly coaches look on well free throw certainly helping out here for the Sixers they’re getting to the line a heck of a lot here that’s the chipping away at that lead of Portland portland meanwhile not getting to the line not making the outside shots this is a basketball game again [Music] with McInness at the line Jack Ramsey has gone back to the redhead bill Walton he is the main man make no mistake about it the Sixers have run off an 11 to4 streak here to get back in this game as George misses that first free throw and seven of them come on the free throw line [Applause] ramsey signals the play off of which there are three options for the Blazers [Applause] [Music] penalty shot walton spent part of the day swimming in an athletic club here in Philadelphia then he took his nap lucas off to Davis the starters are back on the floor for Jack Ramsey as they are for Jean Shu that jump hook mcginness rebounding that’s what he has to do if he’s not going to score irving Walton is there irving tosses up and Lucas at the other side off to Hollands two on two three on three gross with the short jump shot so Bobby Gross who got them off to a good start comes in and hit a big basket for Portland as they get the lead back up to five points that’s 10 points for Gross Rick with 227 left in the first half a report on the Kemper Open lob for the doctor from Collins swung it left-handed stayed with it a three-point lead by the Blazers davis pushes to Lucas lucas comes up on McInness you can see the height advantage that he has against George you wouldn’t realize that when you talk about the two when the game gets close Maurice Lucas usually does some big things for Portland mcinness has turned it over here comes Davis back to Lucas crashed in on Cwell Jones who fouled him two fouls on Jones just as you pointed out lucas will come up with a very big tough play too yeah he certainly has been the man for Portland in those situations especially in game three when the game was close and still in question it was Maurice Lucas who got them the lead that they needed and then he got them off to a great start in game four and he here’s what he had to say about being involved in a tight situation in the game a pressure situation basically in the pressure situations I like to have the ball um basically closest possible to the basket uh whereas I can take my man and probably turn around and just shoot um right over him or right in his face or whatever portland traded Jeff Petri and Steve Haw to Atlanta for the choice in the ABA dispersal draft which brought them Maurice Lucas he was the second choice of that draft and outside of the coin flip which was won by Portland when they flipped for Bill Walton that was probably the most important day in the history of the franchise walton and Lucas two tough men to play against and they’re two-way players offensive and defensive bivby left alone davis flies at him walton is there yanks it free looks outlet it’s Maurice Lucas nicks back and Lucas comes up over the top jones off for Philly 128 4337 it’s Portland collins maneuvers traveled very important part of the game brent that’s a bad break for Philadelphia they have a chance to cut this lead down a little bit now it’s going to give Portland another opportunity to increase the lead from six to eight points 11 turnovers for Shu and six for the Blazers right now sixers have to be smart right here good defense a couple baskets and they’re right there walton’s the middleman knocked away by Jones head over to Calhoun davis walton picks off Collins for him jones rebounds the miss irving goes into Maurice Lucas lucas is called did not have position on that play they are in the penalty two fouls against Lucas there’s the play again rebound comes off cwell Jones gets it throws it out to Julius julia takes it runs right into Maurice maurice trying to make a good play but the man has to be allowed that one step and Lucas kind of like ran up underneath Julius there and called for the backcourt blocking foul julius with three chances to make two as Dave Tors comes into the ball game irving shooting for his 19th point here in the first half lucas leading Portland with 12 gross has 10 walton eight hollands and Davis have been held to two apiece and those two guards along with Torsik ran wild in game four in Portland 104 left first half lionel Holland has yet to have a good offensive game here in Philadelphia [Applause] but he came away with 25 in game four in Portland he was magnificent outside in that game forick with Collins on him forick so bright waited for Holland to cut off as he was looking outside loose ball BBY robin Jones hustles back as Walton is off on Jack Ramsey’s bench right now as we close out the first half irving waited in the air until Collins got underneath just a great play by Julius Irving tremendous hang time way to look over the defense see what was there two-point game bby popped out on Hollands and Bby picked up his second foul here’s the doctor right now making his move through the legs up there he hangs he sees what develops sees Collins open underneath good pass doug once again moving super without that basketball here is a young man who was criticized for weeks out in Portland a lot of fans didn’t believe that Lionel Hollands had what it takes to become a winner in the National Basketball Association and oh how that tune has changed this year secondyear pro out of Arizona State what a future he possesses jones outlet off to Bivby pivy comes down on Robin Jones and breaks open and he is shooting in tough luck just like McInness portland should hold it up now brent wait for the last shot dave Schwarz wisely does he pulls it out hollands looking for it in off of Robin Jones hands loose ball on the floor calhoun and BBY will jump it at 6 seconds left i don’t believe that anybody knew how much time is left in this quarter i’ll bet Dave Torzik did 6 seconds to go they should have worked it around get that last shot not give Philadelphia a chance to get their hands on the ball you take your man rick we’ve been talking about Bby he’s 0 for seven and you said he came into this game shooting but 26% so far in this series he’s certainly having his difficulty but I think that Philadelphia is really hung tough in there they did what they had to do they’ve come back from a big deficit this is going to be some basketball game in the second half brent snap off to Lucas who came right out three seconds heavy with time running out the end of the first half [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game collins picks up Davis walton is out high jones on him walton at the top of the circle hits the first shot of the second half and immediately Portland doing what they did in the first quarter trying to establish themselves early get that lead back make the Sixers play catch-up ball the Sixers in good position steel davis knocked it away goes on the left-handed shot gross came to the basket and hit it so they score the first two hoops here of the second half and Jean Shu Brent immediately wants a timeout to try and regroup his team and they’ve done the same thing they did in the last three ball games they’ve fallen behind early in the first and third quarters and they’re making their job that much more difficult and with their poor shooting only 28.9% in the first half they really are going to have their work cut out for them how important is winning the fifth game only three teams have won the NBA title after trailing three games to two in 55 Syracuse in ‘ 62 Boston in 68 Boston as Irving went up and turned around retrieves it with hustle underneath and McInness fouled as he was coming up take the shot three fouls on Maurice Lucas here’s the play again julius going up in the air committing the defense sees McInness open underneath good play by Lucas he saw that he was faked out of position and rather than let George have a chance for a three-point play he knew he was going to foul and he made sure he didn’t get the shot up so George again not finding the range from that free throw line and he’s four of nine from that line for the ball game [Applause] 4942 11:08 left third quarter of game number five game number six will tip off at 300 p.m sunday New York time mcinness with Lucas knocked away lucas still in gives it to Davis davis maneuvering they miss at the perimeter that time opportunity for Philadelphia irving to Collins who is alone inside irving saw him all the way little sucker play brought a man out and then went to Doug philadelphia going to more of the pressure defense here particularly against Collins Lucas and Walton lucas came down the middle irving with the ball off to McGinness mcginness over to Doug Collins irving runs it down in the corner swings up missed came back in on Walton and the loose ball foul is called on Julius Irving so George McInness still having his troubles here’s Julius takes a difficult shot walton right in good position he’s got the ball there doc reached in and grabbed him on the arm trying to pick up that offensive rebound gross just runs past the doctor jones was there to contest him lucas comes up jumping on McInness foul was called it’s on McInness jean Shu pacing an pacing anxiously on that sideline he doesn’t like the position his team is in right now jack Ramsey always looks like he’s worried about the situation it took him forever to finally break down and smile in the fourth game when this team had Philadelphia blown out bren in the first half interesting statistic we mentioned Portland did not capitalize on their break opportunities they had 13 breaks to seven for the Sixers but they only scored nine points to eight and that’s not capitalizing on excellent opportunities and Philadelphia had a heck of an opportunity here only being down by two points at four points at the half shooting 28% free throws make it 5144 7-point Blazer lead 10 minutes left third quarter Spectrum in Philadelphia lucas is there with McInness walton has a hand on Jones as he watches the ball here’s Collins flying pass walton has switched off on him and again it was Bill Walton long passes to Johnny Davis who slides to the basket [Music] steve Mix will check in for Jean Shu he is up off the 76er bench davis tried to steal irving retains control and hit McInness with his pretty bounce pass as you’ll see mcginness wanted to foul off of the shot and George McInness just yelled at Jean Shoot don’t take me out steve Mix is going back to the bench right now i don’t know if he’s still going to go in mcinness may feel it finally coming on gross and Jones had switched over and Caldwell fouled him as Steve Hicks sits back down rick McInness will stay in three fouls against Jones and three team fouls now on the Sixers with 913 to go could be a factor bivby goes with Hollands double team now Bivbyy’s got to switch off on Bill walton wants it but they’re on the other side with the attack it’s Davis outside i think he thought the shot clock was running down and he had plenty of time Bren not a good shot bby takes it outside and hits the field goal so Bivby 0 of eight in the first half one of nine 5348 840 left in the third lucas musling in to McInness and McInness fouled him pushed off of him and that’s three fouls on McInness let’s take a look at George guarding Maurice maurice goes to the baseline george lets him come across to the ball that is not good defense he bumps him with the body there that’s the foul when you’re playing defense on the weak side you must try to beat your man to the spot if you allow a man like Loose to get low position you have trouble turnover bby Hollands had cut him off and Walton was right there behind him almost tied him up mcinness one-handed oh he’s hit his last two spectrum is up on that note mcinness remember shook off the substitute lucas back up over George he’s off collins comes out on the dribble walton is there mcinness drives to the basket and he’s fouled brighton chance for a three-point play and that’s going to be a timeout by Jack Ramsey as you see Collins come in make the nice bounce pass to McInness mcinness goes up to the basket fouled from behind by Davis chance for three-point play here’s another angle on it george coming in there’s the foul lays it up and George McInness may have found himself and Philadelphia is happy [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game george McKinnus while you were away received a twominute ovation from the fans in the Spectrum who are coming back up one more time with a man who has been in a horrendous slump there have been other stars in slumps in other championship series one of them of course was Jerry West he shot only 32% when the Lakers defeated the Knicks in 72 and in your series Rick Jamal Wil shot only 32% when you routed the bullets walton up on Jones off iron irving out philly can go ahead irving regains it it’s 53 52 and the duck hit off of Collins it’ll go to Portland mcinness has scored seven of the last 11 points for Philadelphia bringing them within one point after they trail by eight in the early moments of the third quarter 742 left in the third portland up by one point the sandwich defense against Walton gross turns around on Irving it’s three can’t give him that type of a shot he’s too good a shooter from 12 ft and in 5552 game six of this series Sunday afternoon on CBS high noon time out in Portland mcinness back up very short lucas was there off the tozic who pushes for Gross and Davis gliding inside hit the field goal and was fouled cwell Jones was the man who fouled him has happened so many times for when you’re fighting a battle of coming back from a deficit you get close and then all of a sudden the other team gets a couple of baskets now you’re in the same position you must fight to come back and invariably teams will run out of gas when that happens as Daryl Dawkins is getting up to come into this basketball game and the Sixers are hoping that they can get over that little hump and get a little lead on Portland and make them play catchup dawkins replaces Jones who leaves with those four fouls to show you the difference in the team styles bill Walton of course leads both teams in assists cwell Jones in the last eight games prior to this one has not been credited with even one assist five team fouls also now on Philadelphia brent and only two on Portland a big factor in this game with seven minutes to go and Portland ahead Rick by six points 5852 gross working against the doctor here they go walton comes over outlet for Gross davis walton will be the last man down not down torsic alone inside great pass by Bob Gross excellent movement without the ball by Dave Torsik who we mentioned earlier is a very smart player for this team and does so many things for them they broke Torsik free without Walton that time it was four against five defensive players and it’s back up to eight points brent Walton comes over and it is Daryl Dawkins who got in behind Bill well as soon as Walton left him Dawkins began creeping to the basket that time dawkins now takes Walton on defense walton the man in the middle lucas went for the pass he thought Gross was going to shoot left right and didn’t there’s Daryl Dawkins you see Bill Walt leave smart play by Dawkins he goes to the open spot the doctor spots him a good play by Julius and Daryl Dawkins capitalizing on the defensive breakdown six-point Portland lead 614 third quarter walton jumped up and Dawkins was there jack Ramsey in the lower part of your screen calling out the number four play so let’s see what the number four play is for Portland out of bounds walton asking for a little room goes to Lucas collins taking Lucas and knocked it away with his right hand and ran it down on the steel collins picked him clean irving roaming goes to Bivby [Applause] dave Fzick laying on the floor called for the block we’ll watch the play again as Julius brings it up the floor one of the better ball handling forwards in the league and passers nice left-handed play kind of ran over towards it a little bit but evidently Dave moved and was not established in his position forsick excellent at drawing the charge in that situation one of the guttiest little men in the NBA reminder of the Kemper Open on Saturday and Sunday irving as Gross rotated in on it expecting that move to the right spun back and now the doctor has 22 points bivby is there with Porsch and fouled here’s that bonus situation we mentioned Brandon a little over aggressive on the defense by Bivby porzic will go to the line then just when Philadelphia seems to be creeping back getting it from eight back to four portland goes to the free throw line a chance to get it back to six here you see Bby playing the defense watch him now he reaches in watch the hand no question about the foul henry had no business complaining on that one 544 with Torsick out of Virginia Dominion and seasons of obscurity in the ABA [Music] we sink off informing the crowd in Philly that this is the penalty shot 62- 56 six-point difference 542 portland with three team fouls as Rickers pointed out a difference dawkins out the screen bby came around him and shoots moving that’s how Bivby shoots many of his shots moving left to right on the move it’s tough shot bruce comes right back down over Dawkins bobby Bruce again shooting from the outside over 50% in all of the playoff series thus far for Portland divby forced out by Davis walton has Dawkins collins deep in the left corner battle and McGinness was there along with Lucas it’s against McGinness his fourth and again Brett to the free throw line the Portland Blazers will go as Lloyd Free comes into the basketball game those free throws could be such an important factor in this game and Steve Mix this time will enter the game also Rick and McInness will go out philadelphia will have Collins free Dawkins Mix and Irving portland will have TWick Gross Lucas Davis and Bill Walton 5 minutes and 8 seconds left in quarter number three jean Shu and Julius Irving discussing strategy so in the first half it was Philadelphia who won the free throw battle they score 15 to9 for Portland in the second half Maurice Lucas getting up there getting set it’s like Portland is taking advantage of it well Jones Gross is over on Lloyd Free mix is in behind Lucas dawkins is there walton seals him up lucas wanted the outlet he wanted Schwarzik and Free was in his way double turnover lead to Davis who had this time busted free and Dawkins there and fouled it and the man who made that play Brett was Dave Torzik it was a bad pass by Lucas he was off balance he made a good try on it we watch the play again you see Lucas with the rebound he’s a little off balance he couldn’t get it enough behind the ball well I’m sorry he picked it up that was the second time he had it he got it out to Davis who was fouled by Daryl Dawkins but Torsik was the man who made the play he came from behind and knocked the ball away from Lloyd Free [Music] nine-point lead lucas getting a breather the other end [Music] davis pushes it to 10 6858 439 mick sends Free down dawkins comes up after the free throw free and Collins both in deep now collins comes out here’s free over to Collins doug takes it back on the move going to his left back to eight 4 minutes and 21 seconds left third quarter davis cut off Collins walton over to the ball side it’ll be Lucas looking goes to Davis davis with that great quickness turn around on Collins walton keeps it alive and there is that offensive rebound that has been so significant in this series he has such a great knack for the ball back to towards it cutting in turned it over to Lloyd Free free glides in and gives it to Collins who charges up into Walton on the miss lucas outlet to Davis torsix’s ahead of him torsic comes down on Dawkins wanted the foul he came all the way through before he shot he could have gone for the easy field goal from the right side he went for the foul and the shot from underneath on the reverse 12point Portland lead right now in game five irving up on Lucas gray regained it loose ball foul is the call however so Dave towards it very instrumental again Bren as he was in the two games in Portland we’ll be going back to the free throw line freeze third foul neil reports in for Jack Ramsey in this quarter brent Portland already nine for nine from the foul line the Sixers 143 and Portland has run off a 12-4 streak now as as Philadelphia had gotten close again but Portland lengthening the gap and here comes Dave Tors we asked him what he tries to do when he comes into the game off the bench okay anytime when I come into the game I try to do one of two things if we’re running and it’s not working I try to cut it down and run pattern offense if the pattern offense isn’t working I try to uh pick up the tempo by running the fast break that was good direction that time i heard your anytime loud and clear RB Barry well thank you very much to get the free throw 325 left in the third we’ve got a timeout the situation of course is that Philadelphia won the first two games of the series here on the Spectrum then the scene shifted west and Portland won the next two and here in game five they are in command leading by 13 with 325 to go [Music] philadelphia with the ball and already Bill Walton has yanked down 19 rebounds in his fifth game he was averaging 16.8 julius handling the ball and he only has two points so far in this quarter brent Dawkins Walton giving him a lot of room over on the double watching Irving carefully not giving him an open lane sealed off the other side mix comes inside neil challenges off to Davis walton with a hand on the ball slowing down now he’s going to play some defense as Neil comes in for an easy layup same thing in the first half brent they don’t know where he’ll takes it away from Irving roast comes in hit it and drew the foul and that two basket sequence has brought the Portland bench alive they are all up let’s watch this play again heads up ball on Portland’s part philadelphia with big breakdowns defensively hurting them badly look at Daryl Dawkins casually flipping the ball in didn’t look where he was throwing it gross picks it up goes in dawkins turns his hip picks up the foul makes two mistakes on one play let’s see what Bobby Gross has to say about how he tries to defense Julius Irving he’s done a good job in the second half okay basically what I try to do I try to uh deny him the ball and then when he does get the ball I try to push him to uh other teammates on the court that’s basically all I try to do with him and one of those other teammates has been big Bill Walton and watch now how they’ll try to close off the doctor here in game five and a big lead walton watching every move walton there with him walton helping out gross and the double team so effective that time schwarz in the middle goes to Neil walton’s hanging back to play defense shades of Bill Russell right now walton is back here to my left mix bringing it up 224 7860 critical moments right now for Philly free squeezes one on Torsick and he pushed off on Torsik the foul is on Free that’s a good call by Arl Strong lloyd Free went up for the jump shot and you saw Stum make the motion there with the left arm and that is a loose ball foul because the ball had been shot already it was in the air and so Dave Corset going to the line with two more free throws as Portland has run off 16-2 on Philadelphia here in the third quarter and Rick that streak has them up by 18 points shades of what happened in games three and four and the Philadelphia owner Fitz Dixon who brought Julius Irving to this team prior to the start of the season and the head of the Portland Trailblazers watching here Larry Weinberg he is the president of this organization i also have seen Herman Sarowski Harry Glickman and Stu Inman who are the men who put these players together look how far out the Philadelphia offense is brent Debby Julius had rubbed off the man missed shot came up high let’s go over to Portland up off the top they’re not doing anything right now they’re not executing their offense they’re having defensive breakdowns as you pointed out in the shades of the two games back in Portland george McInness getting set to come back in 19point difference right now little too high for Walton jones retrieves it and did you see Pesky back there here’s Bby neil had cut him off free up on Walton he’s right there with his right hand and Bill Walton goes down to feel that left knee i think he’s fine he is gross coming inside bivby with a hand on it then it was the doctor and Walton’s just staying back to play some defense mix it good fake by Mix he got Bill committed that time and caught him on this upward flight and went by him when he came down 115 left in the third portland has called a timeout and I sense some unhappiness here in the spectrum with the performance of the Philadelphia 76ers against the Portland Trailblazers well rightfully so Brent they have not played good basketball in the last three games so far and they have not lost three games in a row all season the only team in the NBA not to have that happen to them they lost two games in a row on several occasions which is the situation they’re in here tonight but they always broke out of it in that third game ramsay and Jack McKenna talking to Portland and let’s try to listen [Music] get good plays guys get good plays get good plays the offense and we got the ball here with Is that 12 or what’s that say is that 12 18 18 all right we’re going to run a red play going to run a red regular bobby on the baseline watch hey try and run it through Luke so that Lloyd’s going to make the screen a red i read through you look you look pump it pump it and see if you get Lloyd at the hoop you’re going to have one of those two guys that pretty much tells it all and a reminder of tomorrow on the CBS Sports Spectacular you can watch the fastest men in the world houston McTar Steve Williams Steve Riddick Johnny Jones Don Corey 100 meter dash and Muhammad Ali will be there he will run in a celebrity hund and we’ll talk to him about his boxing future tomorrow on the sports spectacular brent Bill Walton caught it to his left knee i think he wants a hot pack or an ice pack for it there’s a hot pack for it he wants it on there you pointed it out he seemed to twist that a little bit lucas you heard Ramsey call the play gross pops out [Applause] worked beautifully gross hit it just like Ramsay diagrammed it 8162 inside of a minute julius threw one up inside and that is only the fourth foul on Portland in this quarter with 52 seconds to go and the fouls have been very critical in this third quarter [Music] gross with four Lucas with three Walton with three Gileiam with three for the 76ers mcinness with four Jones with four dawkins with four BBY with three brookie Cowhole in for Bobby Gross as Julia Serbin gets only his third point of this quarter he had 20 at the half 8164 last 50 seconds of the third quarter 76ers go to the fullourt pressure hollands took the pass neil is to his left holland will take the shot that’ll happen if you are smart against fullourt pressure you move the ball to the open man you’re going to get easy shots bby maneuvers inside lucas jumped out at him and Bby hit it 8366 last 30 seconds torsk giving it the old Dominion hustle underneath the basket that time he doesn’t quit does he he sure doesn’t and that was a break for the Sixers he had a layup there and wasn’t able to make the reverse on it irving jumped past to McInness did not hit the layup didn’t draw the foul forzic with control goes to Holland he is playing some basketball game i just can’t say enough about that little fella he has really impressed me in the last three basketball games irving’s pass was off of Hollands on the turnover lucas looks for the open man at the buzzer well the Philadelphia 76ers have got their work cut out for them in the Spectrum right now 12 minutes left they trail Portland 8566 and for game six they must go back to the Portland Coliseum [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game [Music] i sense now what I sensed in game three in Portland a crowd just not too sure philadelphia not certain of what the 76ers are up against the Trailblazers dominating foul call by Garrettson calhoun fouled Irving that time perhaps the foul situation will reverse itself in this quarter as Portland picks up its first team foul with only 9 seconds gone by here in the fourth quarter they have got to get something going quick if they hope to get back and win this basketball game brent Irving on Calhoun jump pass mcinness hits it to Bivby bivby they can run a string they can jump back i remember a Sunday game in here when they did it to Cleveland but they’re going to need a string in a foul situation that really was a good pass by Tors and Reese Lucas signal him saying I should have had that one i wasn’t really alert walton starts the fourth on the bench bby comes up on Lucas misses this time and there’s Toric inside bby goes with him and here’s Lucas collins Calhoun Lucas Torzic and Neil for Jack Ramsey game six will start at 300 p.m eastern time on CBS lucas comes up on McInness was short knocked out of bounds by Philly philadelphia playing with no center playing with the three forwards trying to get a little more quickness but a little more pressure on if they don’t do it properly though Brent that could be even worse than not having the big men in the basketball game three also on the bench along with Daryl Dawkins and Caldwell Jones so it’s Irving Mixon McGinness Toric right to Irving of course with Bill Walton on the bench and against Neil they can afford another strong forward in this situation and Irving with the jump shot on Calhoun went off to McInness and there was a whistle and a foul called five fouls on McInness on the push off yeah he gave what Luke Carnoseka former coach of mine used to refer to as the subway push there’s the play right here watch George now watch him down low you see that little left hand gave a little push to Maurice picked up the foul joe Bryant and Bill Walton is ready 10:37 Calhoun [Applause] 8768 the big redhead is ready lee feels fine you notice Rick I haven’t called him the mountain man once tonight you better not don’t call him the chief either doesn’t like that collins maneuvering went up with the left hand and fouled so we’ve got Jones will come back in as soon as Walton came down to the scorers table and Bryant is there too johnny Davis also back in the game as Dave Torzic gets a muchdeserved rest mcinness and Irving with Jack McMahon Philadelphia’s assistant coach in the middle oh I really don’t believe Brent this is my own opinion that the Sixers can come back with this team in the basketball game on the floor right now Jones mix Collins Bryant Bby McInness Irving Dawkins free on the bench right now brent in that third quarter the Blazers shot an incredible 63.6% 14 of 22 from the floor and 42% for Philadelphia in the third [Applause] bryant has switched out on Davis micks trying Walton mick switches to Davis bryant with Walton collins comes up jones hands it off to Mix here’s Collins 76ers need a run right now turn it over instead doug Collins didn’t realize his man had left that area where he tried to throw that pass jack Ramsey wants him to use time lucas came up on Bryant and a foul was called against Bryant and here’s Irving two team fouls for each ball club at this juncture as Mix comes out [Music] 8769 and 938 the clock is the biggest ally Portland has right now now they should use time up on these plays walton tried to tap it back in loose ball scramble portland with possession it’s Lucas he came no basket charged right into Jones great hustle by Portland they are really diving for all those loose balls see it rolling on the floor look at one man tries to pick it up but Holland dives for it he knocks it three it’s picked up by Lucas he starts in bryant establishes position good call by Daryl Garrettson three in the game for Jean Shu collins out 8769 9 minutes and 20 seconds left for the game calhoun holding on to Irving bivby up on Davis davis in a foot race freeze back with him davis will No yes it’ll go in you don’t do that if you’re a smart player you should take the ball to the glass it’s a lot easier to make it off the board than go over the front rim so many times you see players miss it when they try to do that here’s Free and Walton there on him offensive foul is the call that time bill Walton has been such an intimidating factor in there let’s watch the play now as Lloyd Free gives a little look of disgust to the official he gets the ball makes his move right walton right there sloughing off beautiful timing look at that all ball Lloyd Free pushing off with the left hand and Bill Walton has been just awesome here this this evening 20 point Portland lead right now in game six on their floor Sunday afternoon holland up on Irving battle for the loose ball walton with a hand on it to Holland holland glides inside to the glass and the Sixers are in big trouble brett Jean Shu wants another timeout they have not played good basketball now in three basketball games the Portland Trail Blazers have really come back and showed some poise and some guts and showed what they’re really made of after losing those first two games here the second one badly they’ve come back to establish themselves and say “Fellas you’re going to have to play a lot better than this to beat us.” Rick Archer and Barney Thompson tied to Keer tomorrow tell me about that 202 yd par 317th hole hey that’s a tough hole could carry it over the water and that’s as tough as a Simon is trying to get you to get a ride someplace brian came up hit the basket [Applause] here come to the free throw line five fouls now on Lucas [Music] bobby Gross in Lucas to the sideline for Jack Ramsey Gross Collins Davis Calhoun and Walton collins Irving Bryant Bby and Jones so Irving with the field goal rushed over on Hollands walton protesting he was fouled underneath julius did go over and foul Holland with 8 minutes and 13 seconds to go once again the clock the biggest ally for Portland this is where they have a tremendous advantage Brent because they do execute well on offense they move the ball they get it to Bill they do their cuts philadelphia does not have a lot of plays they don’t execute real well they need to get points quickly anyway at this juncture so Portland should take it easy a little bit get the ball to Bill run your plays and if need be just send the man off a bill for a jump shot with a couple seconds to go but they should use the clock as much as possible along with it though I still have to play that tough tenacious defense otherwise Philadelphia could be very explosive bill Walton has played as fine a defensive game at center as I’ve seen in a long time and it started right from the opening tap bryant to Collins coming in on the left side collins fouled him the scoring right now for Portland 18 for Lucas 21 for Gross 12 for Walton nine for Holland 11 for Davis and 13 for TWIC off the bench which is where Lucas is sitting right now here’s Collins he scores and he’ll come to the line and shoot chance for the three-point play for Doug Collins let’s watch the play again here’s By with the ball you see Collins coming off the top of the picture bobby Gross a little late getting over but Portland at least made an attempt to get on the weak side foul call collins with a chance for a three-point play portland now in the bonus same situation we had last quarter where Philadelphia was in the bonus it’s five to three and team fouls can Philadelphia capitalize and do what Portland did though in the third quarter pass right there at the midcourt line so many times with that outlet pass from a rebound Walton will nail a man right there at the corner after two years of frustrating injuries the redhead is one victory and 7 minutes and 39 seconds away from a championship so the next foul now for the Sixers will be the penalty for them also as Walton has the ball here you saw him get whacked on the arm that time by Bill Walton now he got hit again and he was complaining cuz he wanted that first foul by Cwell Jones but he didn’t get it he had to get fouled twice to get one foul called against him of course the one game I mentioned that he still needs is game six to win the championship Sunday afternoon 300 p p.m eastern time on CBS off of Bryant’s foot Gross retrieves glides good back as they’re using the clock shot clock went down to five holland he had plenty of time he thought the clock was running down he took a he took a bomber away out there and when things are going right that’s what happened that’s Lloyd F’s spot here in the spectrum 710 9476 Muhammad Ali on the CBS Sports Spectacular tomorrow in a foot race walton was out there with a hand up on Collins outlet Walton to Davis calhoun breaking on the right wing bby there with Davis offensive foul as he tried to spin him away and go inside it’s against Davis 6 minutes and 53 seconds left in game five portland will go home on a chartered plane immediately after this game practice tomorrow game six on Sunday irving not quitting 639 here comes Philadelphia foul as Irving broke free into Hollands and L fouled bobby Bobby Gross a little over anxious on that play banny tried to take the ball through a couple of men it looked like he may have been fouled but in this situation you don’t want to gamble and take chances like that they’re in no rush there’s no reason for him to have to force the ball up the floor that quickly should settle it down give the ball backwards to a guard let the guard take it up the floor 23 rebounds for Walton in this game and wisely Jack Ramsey being brings Dave Torick into the game very intelligent player try to settle him down a little bit this is what he has to do now usually as you said in his little insert that we had there if the team’s running a little bit too much I come in to settle them down if they’re not running enough I try to get them going in this situation settle them down [Applause] and he stepped over he’s turned it over he stepped over the line strom was right there 9480 14-point difference was 634 timeout has been called by Portland there’s the play now let’s see if Phil Walton does indeed cross over that end line here he comes makes the pass throws it he did break the plane good call by Earl Stum the Sixers have run off 11 to three to cut the gap to 14 points plenty of time to go [Music] welcome back to the NBA’s greatest game rick Barry asked for a little added security tonight in the Spectrum so he’s getting some help here’s Collins and he got Hollands to come on into him he would have counted if he’d hit it he’ll come up to the line four fouls on Holland and don’t anybody go away just yet we got 632 9480 14 points right now and the 76ers starting to make a bit of a move here on the Blazers yes they are and a lot of those people who got up left early uh may have wished they stayed because this game’s going to be down to 12 points and 632 to go 12 points is nothing the 76ers could use some of that Portland enthusiasm right now crowds in Portland were much more confident much noisier when the crunch came porzik pressure is shoe watches across they’re double teaming the ball turn it over here they come joe Bryant with Julius Irving cwell Jones Henry Bby and Doug Collins collins goes with Collins douggee backs him in here’s Bryant off to Collins who shoots it outside 9484 it’s a five basket difference 6 minutes and 4 seconds they trapped the ball walton in the middle off to Gross who’s free that’s a big basket the foul trouble couldn’t come over with too much hustle that time big basket there now it’s Collins pumping again from the other side julius Blind up and Lucas knocked it out it’ll go to Philadelphia with this pressure they’re double teaming for in the back court portland needs to take a guard or somebody and drop him behind towards it so he can relieve the ball backwards to get away from that double teaming pressure and open up things on the other side of the floor and they’re not doing that he’s running into a traffic jam jammed up work a play it’s Collins waited bryant ducked under missed it jones will give him another chance douge wants it all the way and Irving underneath the spectrum and here’s the play again his offensive rebounds hurt so much collins with a very difficult shot it’s not going to go in julius has the inside position he picks it up gross gets him down low with the body now a 10-point lead julius will more than likely with the bonus sit with the penalty situation be able to cut the lead down to nine a lot of time to go 537 five fouls on Gross there’s the nine-point difference at 537 pressure in the back court gross off to Walton in the middle walton puts it down by there goes to Gross who’s been free the doctor came flying at him the doctor ties up Gross foul is called ju fouled him ju not happy with the call the Sixers have run off 18 to five now to get back in this game but it is the bonus situation now bobby Gross to the line with Ramsey talking to Lucas one and one for two checking the scoreboard dr jackson sees 5 minutes and 26 seconds to go so a big field goal and now Gross with that clutch free throw at the line they call it the penalty situation i think it’s a bonus cuz if I can get to the line and get an extra shot to me that’s a bonus 9887 524 Bby in deep on the left side went to the glass this streak is as well as Philadelphia has played at any time and this the fifth game gross across the midcourt boy that was a bad pass by Bobby Gross and they’re just lucky that somebody in Philadelphia kicked that ball that is not a good play porsche comes up the middle watched him double te now wisely Gross is on the side has an outlet he comes up no reason to force this he’s getting a little over anxious that ball would have been intercepted off the doctor’s foot so Portland got it back irving out on Gross lucas paul Jones has him lucas comes up on Jones at the other side gross and Joe Bryant had gone high in the air loose ball foul that’s it for Gross bobby Gross fouls out at 454 98- 89 there’s the play again there’s Gross going up i’ll tell you right now if I No way that Bobby Gross committed that foul joe Bryant is the man that hit Bobby Gross with his arm they both went up for the ball contact was made by Joe Bryant on that play if we have a chance let’s take a look at that one again gross goes out with 25 points joe Bryant came down davis a little drama as he comes up to the free throw line all right here we take a look at it again now watch down in the bottom of your picture there’s Bryant now Gross is underneath watch Gross go straight up in the air watch the left arm of Joel Bryant is makes the contact that was not a foul on Bobby Gross and excellent acting by Bryant with an eight point make it still eight lucas off 9890 4 minutes and 51 seconds left in the spectrum this the pivotal game number five knocked away by Irving and Vivian Hollands tied up and it was Julius who came around and slapped it free portland all of a sudden have lost their composure they’re pressing a little bit they’re not sure of themselves are letting this pressure that the Sixers are putting on affect them adversely to say the least bryant goes with Lucas jones has Walton collins is with TWIC bby is on Holland irving with Calhoun here’s Walton holland cuts around even comes up with a left-handed jump shot hit by Bill bryant pulls it down outlet for Irving joe Bryant has given him a spark irving to the basket the conductor came through 9892 413 pressure suddenly on the trailblazers who have played magnificently until the last couple of minutes bryant helping out double teaming on Walton but I think he may have fouled him backing into it yes he did no there was a foul underneath the basket the foul was on Joe Bryant on Phil Walton but nobody could hear the whistle the crowd was so noisy and here’s the doctor coming now look he hardly has no room at all on the baseline he’s behind the basket reaches out and lays it in great play by the doctor he’s got 35 as you see there but the crowd was so wrapped so noisy you couldn’t hear the whistle by Earl Stum a six-point game and game number five heads down toward another one of those endings bill hits the free throw seven points [Music] and so this team when Julius Irving came back in they made one change only has ignited it has been Irving and Bryant operating that forward georgia has out far from the basket here’s Irving and Calhoun on him julius with that jump lob pass got through to Joe Bryant who came up and Walton was right there and there’s a foul bill Walton has just picked up his fourth foul still the tension mounts hey Bryant fouled Gross out with a good acting move now he comes down here and he gets foul number four on Walton and Bill is saying that’s another good acting move i didn’t hit him well if he got him any place he must have gotten down low with the body because he certainly was all on top of that basketball with his hand [Applause] 193 what a crazy series Brent i It’s just so unpredictable seven-point difference 347 i was all set to close the lid shut on this one i thought for sure Portland had it the way they played all ends with Bby on him billy came around and fouled him and Bivby so unhappy runs clear off the floor to avoid what he might say to pick up a technical that could have been the big play of the game for the 76ers they’ve had it down to six that would have been down to four let’s watch the play again here’s Bivby guarding on defense he reaches around right there well you really can’t see from this angle whether or not he caught his arm or not may have been tightening up with the right hand and let’s watch it from this angle right here let’s watch his left arm when he reaches around if he does indeed grab Lionel Holland on the arm right there well it must have been the right hand on Lionel’s side because he certainly didn’t foul him with the left hand hollands hits the free throw lionel has scored 12 points 11 for Davis 13 for TWICK gross out with 25 jones off 10194 here’s Bryant collins the lead man bryant jumps out he’s there portland is not making them set up and use up the time they’re getting quick baskets all the time Philadelphia that’s why they’re getting back in the game and when it gets racehorse that’s what Philly wants and you can see where Portland is far away from the basket by has Lucas in a mismatch and Maurice wants him collins went over in the double team and Maurice stayed right with it key basket very patient that time there’s the man who said he likes the pressure situations he had one and he hit it it’s a seven-point Portland lead walton is there with the doctor here’s Joe Bryant again on Lucas little too much spin pop back out hollands on the middle 247 10396 7 point difference wisely they’re using the clock [Applause] walton out high looks in shot clock down to five when Holland squeezed the trigger irving off to Bivby they can pull to within five there’s Lucas with a good defensive play irving was breaking down the middle lucas went right with him and knocked it out [Applause] out high to Collins here’s Irving calhoun is with him irving lost control they wanted Lucas on the break pass bryan will retrieve for Philly bryan will bring it back over to Bby collins comes in and Walton’s got him and so here’s Bivby all alone not there bryant tapped it up collins comes in on Walton here’s Porzik 10396 two minutes porzic off to Lucas off to Hollands pretty pass so Lucas hit a clutch field goal and a big assist 10596 right now 155 that was a big series Brent right there philadelphia could have scored they would have been right in the thick of things portland hung tough battled in there on the boards did not allow Philadelphia to score a basket and they went down the other end and got a breaking opportunity and now with a nine-point lead with 155 to go they’re in pretty good command but I was really shocked to see Portland lose their poise like they did out there they had a commanding lead they had the game under control but they allow a little back court pressure to affect them like that and I’m sure Jack Ramsey is going to work on that if the situation arises again in game number six in Portland on Sunday because that pressure should not affect you the way it did these are professional players out here and if they sent the man behind and just worked at that that man behind to relieve the pressure you can get so many easy opportunities and he only got one easy basket in the pressing situation we’re not doing the ball to the floor 1 minute 55 breaking up quickly right and then Doug’s going to go by if it isn’t there look for the second guard it’s a quick play it’s a quick play right now when you come down you’ll have time to be around with the ball jean Shu talking to the Philadelphia 76ers with the pressure on right now 10596 and 155 to go no chance for any mistakes now in this situation you know what they’ll do you could hear him as he told that team keep the pressure on right now shu wants it he knows that he’s got his work cut out if he’s got to go back to Portland trailing in this series 3-2 McKenna and Ramsay leaning in and talking to the Blazers and a reminder tomorrow Muhammad Ali Invitational Track Meet the fastest men in the world and Muhammad Ali in a celebrity 100 meter dash tony Orlando Chip Mallister will be in there against him so too will Jimmy Ellis and our motorcycle race of champions from Louisville tomorrow on the Sports Spectacular the Keer Open on Saturday and Sunday and of course game six 3:00 p.m eastern time on CBS what Portland must do is make Philadelphia use some time up on offense something they did not do very well for the last six or seven minutes if they can do that use the time up on the other end of clock as I pointed out before still is their biggest ally philly will move quickly bryant waits lucas is there lucas switches to Collins walton is there jones saved it collins forces back to Bby bivby hit it outside 135 and seven points 18 seconds they use that time to score this is what Ramsay told them in Portland’s huddle patient use the clock which is what they’re doing by falls underneath now he’s back collins will take the jump shot and Philly now can make it a five-point game if they can score a minute nine collins flying toward the basket goes down in a heap makes it five pressure in the back court terry Furlow being told by Earl Strong to go back to the bench and sit down 1065 points boy that pass was dangerous bren here’s Back to Hollands the shot clock winds down toward 10 they do not have to shoot to win the game in their next two possessions schwartzik went in on the drive and it spun out but he was fouled as he came to the hoop so Dave Torsick again making another big play five-point difference he has a chance to increase it to seven with only 48 seconds to go Portland is assured of getting the ball at least two more times and they can hold the ball for 24 seconds not shoot it and they’ve got this game won 105 to 100 with shooting [Music] six points so the key for Portland now not to make any silly passes no turnovers and they will go back home leading three games to two [Applause] timeout is called philadelphia will come over to Jean Shu with 48 seconds remaining 28 ticks left on the clock bobby Gross who fouled out after scoring 25 points larry Steel next to him they’re looking on anxiously doug Collins and you could see the disappointment in that young man’s face you see the way he was hustling there for about three or four minutes rick throwing his body around with reckless abandon inside unfortunately they needed to be doing that a lot sooner in this ball game they waited a little bit too late and it’s the old syndrome of trying to get back up the hill when you fall behind you seem to get close but you just can’t quite make it over the top daryl Dawkins young center of the 76ers wondering what went wrong after they won the first two and Robin Jones at the other end saying “We told you so.” Six-point lob to the doctor knocked away out of bounds it’ll go to Portland walton right there with 21 seconds left here’s Torzic off to Calhoun dun Levy over fouled him 19 seconds and so Philadelphia with their backs against the wall as you look at Steve Mix they must go to Portland where they found it very difficult to win this season last three times they played there they’ve been absolutely destroyed by the Portland Trailblazers and so now it’s a do or die situation otherwise the entire season is over for them they need to win that one to get the homecourt advantage back and have a chance to win this championship they’ve come so far and they still have a long way to go portland will be bubbling with confidence though won’t they when they get back to Portland well I would think so Brent but they must not get overconfident they must come out and establish themselves just like they did in the last three basketball games they come out and play the type of basketball they played against the Lakers and earlier in the playoffs but they didn’t play here the first two games irving up over the top of Walton and I don’t care what Jack Ramsey may say I think that layoff really hurt the Blazers they just weren’t playing their game those first two basketball games and now they’re back on track and Philadelphia’s got to regroup you can see the clock wind down it is celebrating time out in the town of Portland believe me it is all over here in Philadelphia [Music] the Portland Trailblazers knew when they came into this series that they had to win at least one game in Philadelphia to capture the

🔥 1977 NBA Finals Game 5 – Philadelphia 76ers vs Portland Trail Blazers | Full Game | High Stakes, Classic Battle

Step back into basketball history with Game 5 of the 1977 NBA Finals, held on June 3, 1977, as the Philadelphia 76ers host the Portland Trail Blazers at The Spectrum. With the series tied at 2–2, this pivotal matchup would shift the momentum and determine who would gain the upper hand heading into the final stretch of the series.

The 76ers, led by the electrifying Julius “Dr. J” Erving, aimed to bounce back on their home floor. With stars like George McGinnis, Doug Collins, and World B. Free, Philly’s offense was as dynamic as ever. But the Blazers, energized by the brilliant play of Bill Walton, were beginning to find their rhythm. Walton’s court vision, rebounding dominance, and defensive leadership continued to frustrate the Sixers.

Game 5 became a physical, emotional clash between two basketball titans—each fighting for control of one of the most intense and storied Finals series in NBA history. This rare full broadcast captures the essence of 1970s basketball: gritty, fast-paced, and deeply passionate.

📺 Watch history unfold as two legendary squads battle for the championship edge in this unforgettable showdown.