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Norm Nixon Explains Why Julius Erving Finally Snapped at Larry Bird

Nixon said Bird’s relentless trash talk during Sixers vs Celtics game in 1984 pushed Erving to swing. “That’s why Doc called him at half court, grabbed and punched about eight times,” Nixon said. He recalled Bird hitting threes and chirping nonstop, saying even Erving cracked under Bird’s taunts and both were ejected. “You know he was in Doc’s ear.”