Despite being a Bullets (now Wizards) fan, Dr. J was my all time favorite player in the NBA/ABA. Props to my fellow Maryland alumnus, John Lucas, for running across the court to congratulate the Dr. as he left a game for the last time. That was a class act…ditto for Strom for presenting the game ball to him after the contest was over.

The last time The Dr. made a house call!!! Just love the guy. A true revolutionary.

that was one of the classiest things i’ve seen in all of sports

I have never any games since his retirement. The game is not the same without him.

I thought it was pretty disrespectful by Bucks fans to start singing, I understand ur abt to win a series but one of the greatest players of all time is abt to retire

you just know that even if he wasn’t blessed with the gift to play ball he still would’ve made a great life for himself.

I was 15 years old then. i gave my favorite player, dr. j., a standing ovation for 15 minutes with tears in my eyes. i still tear up seeing this great ambassador of the game in his final moments…………

actually not just from 1980 on probably more like all the classic seasons why not dream big lol

dr j charles barkley…. where did these people go… man the nba sucks now i wish there was an nba classic channel for every year starting in 1980 and ending in 1999 so we could rewatch these seasons.

WHAT AN AMAZING CLIP RIGHT THERE…

Brought tears to my eyes to see the GOAT leave.

Dude’s don’t even know ? And they know basketball clowns

My son’s name is also Julius Irving V yes sir doc in my book Jordan don’t even come close even with his record breaking games give Jordan that but nobody did it like The Doctor J nobody

I didn’t get to see him play, but I could tell from clips that he was a class act

He should be 37yearold

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how old was he in his last game? :/

Dr. J was a poetic and classy dunker, he wasn’t like screaming or shouting or anything, he wasn’t smashing the ball into the hoop, he would guide the ball into the hoop,

Dr. J. did it with class and style. No one had to tell him when to exit the NBA. He knew it was time. Once of the greatest of all time.

Doc did not quite go out like Ali. Doc actually left while he was still productive. The Sixers won 45 games in Doc’s last campaign cementing the fact the Doc never missed the playoffs in his career. Doctor J also scored at least 1,000 points in all 16 of his seasons which at the time was a significant accomplishment. Yes, he was older was the third option offensively, but 16.8-4-3 on 47.1% shooting from the floor and 81.3% from the line is not bad. 1.6 blocks and 1.3 steals too.

Watching Doc go out this way is like watching Ali VS Holmes.

7:03 gave me chills back then and it still does today.

This was sad to watch. So much power leaving that night.

Julius Erving in his prime was the greatest SF to play the sport in my opinion.