NBA - Boston Celtics 1985-86 Champions
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Actor: Dennis Johnson, K.C. Jones, Kevin McHale, Larry Bird, Robert ParrishBrand: Team Marketing
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 780 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-04-15
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: WARNER HOME VIDEO
Product features:
- Officially Licensed
- Highest Quality Recording
DVD Reviews of NBA - Boston Celtics 1985-86 Champions
DVD Review: Very good, but not perfect
Summary: 4 Stars
I am conflicted because it is great that this footage is even around to watch. The Bird Celtics always have been my favorite team, and with the addition of Bill Walton for this one year, it is possible that this was the best team ever, certainly at least in the discussion.
However, for a DVD the video quality is pretty poor. There are horizontal scan lines that move up the picture pretty much all the time, as if it was recorded from someone's antenna or something. It seems as if the WWF tape library is in better shape than the NBA's.
As someone else noted, the fight in game 5 was unceremoniously cut out of the DVD. Give me a break, people buying this DVD are adults not kids. It's ridiculous.
The bonus features are also predictably lacking. The crummy year in review is not exactly memorable. Would it have been so hard to interview some of the players, especially those like Bird, Ainge, McHale who are still active in the league, as well as everyone's favorite analyst, Bill Walton?
Still this is a great capsule of a bygone era. The beauty of the Celtics was that anyone of the starters could be the star of any given game. And perhaps the best passing team I've ever seen. With the exception of McHale (aka the Black Hole as noted by Tommy Heinsohn), they were all extremely unselfish players on both ends. No disrespect to Kevin, he was put there to post up and shoot the ball!
DVD Review: The Greatest Single-Season NBA Team Ever
Summary: 4 Stars
This DVD set contains all six games of the 1986 NBA Finals, in which the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets to claim their sixteenth NBA championship. It also contains the official NBA championship video for 1985-86.
The '86 Celtics, I believe, are the greatest single-season team ever. They won 67 games and rolled to the championship in an era before the league was diluted by expansion, and their strong team play and crisp passing (I've NEVER seen a team that passes the ball like they did) are on full display on this set.
There are only a couple of glitches in this set. The CBS pre-game intros are missing from the first two games--I don't know if there was not room on the DVD for them, or if they were just left off. In Games 3 and 5, the score updates that normally flash at the bottom of the screen following baskets do not display, meaning that you have to try to keep score mentally while watching the games.
I hope that the NBA releases a similar set (without the above glitches) of the 1984 Finals soon!
DVD Review: The Real Deal
Summary: 5 Stars
If you love Larry Bird or the Boston Celtics this is a MUST PURCHASE for you. It is HISTORY! I watched this with a big smile on my face...this is an era of great UNSELFISH basketball players.DVD Review: Highlight Reel
Summary: 5 Stars
Having looked forward to the release of this set it was a pleasure to get it home and pop the first disc into the DVD player. The games are presented more or less as they appeared on the television broadcasts at the time and if you're a Celtics fan or basketball fan in general you will no doubt enjoy seeing these games. It's great to see plays that ended up in those all time Larry Bird highlight reels within the context of the game.DVD Review: Missing Game 5 fight
Summary: 4 Stars
First let me say the set is great but it is not complete and unedited. The only reason to watch Game 5 was the fight in which
Ralph Sampson and Jerry Sichting went at it. Unfortuantley it has been
edited out. I know the NBA doesn't want to promote violence but the
fight was a major part of an otherwise unexciting series. It should
have been included. Otherwise the set is great.
Description of NBA - Boston Celtics 1985-86 Champions
Relive the Boston Celtics' sixteenth NBA Championship (still a league record) with this incredible multi-DVD collector's set. Experience the historic 1996 NBA Finals showdown where the Celtics, led by Larry Bird, Robert Parrish and Kevin McHale, battled the upstart Houston Rockets led by Hakeem Olajuwon and Ralph Sampson. This DVD features all 6 games, each in its entirety and original broadcast format.General DVDs
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