By I.J. Rosenberg - For the AJC
The 1983 fight between Hawks center Tree Rollins and Danny Ainge was one of the better brawls in NBA playoff history.
But no one has ever been exactly sure what happened. According to Rollins, here’s the scoop:
“The media never got it right, the real story,’’ he said.
It was a mini-playoff series, the best of three games. The Hawks took Game 2 in Atlanta 95-93 and headed back to Boston for the deciding game.
During the series, Ainge had spent plenty of time trying to work his way through screens set by Rollins and his outsized elbows.