And possibly prolonged Jordan’s career - not having the wear and tear on his body, especially when you had teams like Detroit just hack him to death in order to stop him. If anyone should have been kicked out of the league during that time frame, it should have been Lambrier.
Laimbeer was one of the crew that Johnny Most referred to as “the hatchet brothers”. Bird holds a strong dislike for him to this day.
It was such a relief to finally get past Detroit in the Eastern Conference finals.