The bulls had the best mix of weapons plus Jordan and Pippen. Watching these game highlights now is what I would do if a kid and dream of NBA player. Look at the defense alone...NBA needs fix their image... I wasn't a bulls fan but.. Respected the heck outa those teams , on the court if someone said I like the bulls ,I was a bully cause I didn't 😂
its just nostalgia man. literally every generation says this about everything from sports to music to society in general lol. youngsters today will be complaining 30 years from now in 2054 that things arent as good as in 2024. nostalgia is a hell of a drug man.
one of the most satisfying feelings with this sweep and ending the Shaq & Penny era. MJ was not being stopped. He missed those 2 free throws at the end of purpose to end up with 45 points. That was a shot at Nick Anderson for saying #45 doesn't rev up like #23 in 95. On anotha note, I LUVED this version of Shaq up until the early Laker days (97-99). He was more athletic, ran the floor better and played better D than the early 2000s Lakers Shaq.
@@ronaldbutler9687 How much credit do you wanna give him for getting rebounds, though? With his height, width, and hand size, he should have been leading the league. Never happened. Same with blocks. He was lazy before he played for the Lakers. And, no, he didn't really play much basketball. He played thug ball.
@@bubufubuits a fact that Jordan did END this Orlando team. Shaq left to play for a better franchise that could go all the way. Small market teams like Orlando don't stand a chance of keeping talents like Shaq and that rule is across sports. You sound like a sour puss. You had grow up back then to know the type of animal Jordan was to know those 45pts were a message. There were times the Bulls pressed Orlando so hard, they couldn't even run their offense or swing the ball to the opposite side of the court for large stretches of the game. That's how intense the game was. And let's not forget Horace Grant releasing intimate details about Michael Jordan to reporters and book publishers.
You think MJ is humble. Thats hilarious! It’s easy to be nice when you’ve just won. Ask his former teammates what he was like all those years he couldn’t get past Detroit.
Lebum fanboy alert , fake fans these days will say anything they can to deny the goatness of his airness . Mj was humble in defeat , and wins . Never disrespected any all time greats nor their era . Lebums fraudulent goat argument , comes with disrespecting and discrediting Jordan and his era , his body of work alone is not enough .
I remember after the 1995 Finals, a lot of Magic executives and officials were worried and they knew why. MJ had come back with a score to settle, then there was the story of the Bulls skipped the summer vacation to prepare for the new season. Magic's chance of winning was over when they reached the East finals, with Horace Grant injured. Coach Brian Hill said he watched a lot of Bulls' regular season games to prepare, but when the series came, he couldn't do more because Bulls' role players played so well with Jordan always yelled and talked to motivate them.
Horace didn’t get injured until game 1 late in the 3rd n they were already catching a beating: Horace getting hurt just saved them from getting destroyed even more. They were swarming him. He was healthy n bulls were dominating them
@@hector4470 they were full strength in game 1 n were getting a beat down.,magic were gonna catch a beating regardless n yes the bulls won every game by an avg of 17 pts… the first game with everyone healthy was the biggest beat down of all they getting blown off the floor when Horace got hurt the game was already out of reach. Bulls played their best against them when they had everyone healthy. They were out for blood. The injuries only saved them from a worst beat down
@@TheSands83 Grant more than likely would've had some good games this series considering he was the veteran leader of the team. Really the big problem the Magic had was running the offense through Shaq too often which sometimes froze Penny out by making him stand around. This was especially glaring in G2, Penny barely had anything run for him in the 2nd half which is what caused the collapse IMO.
What the NBA these days is missing is class. Back in the olden days like this- there was just much more professionalism all around. The production made the game feel special. Nowadays it's all hot takes about who can be the biggest idiot to draw in views.
These was the days when you skipped out of church early and to beat MC Donald's Rush with 2 Big Mac's and a large coke and large frie 🍟 just to catch the intro NBA on NBC Marv Albert Yesssss and it counts Michael Jordan with a sensational move drawing the foul
Sadly game 4 would have been a win if the Magic didn’t have so many injuries (Shaw , Anderson, Grant). But overall it’s unfortunate Shaq did leave because once Jordan left the Bulls Orlando could have been in prime position to win the championship.
@@bubufubu He wasn't being selfish they tried to low-ball him, if he had took the deal he was given Alonzo Mourning would've been making more $ even though the Magic were in the ecf 2 years in a row and won the first time.
@@ChrisM07 Gimme a break with this "low-ball" nonsense. O'Neal didn't deserve that much money, period. You're giving him way too much credit for the success of those Orlando Magic teams. He was lazy on both sides of the court, especially the defensive side. Do some research into his career and you'll find that there's many instances of him acting like a selfish man-child.
@@bubufubu So you're saying Mourning should've been getting paid more despite not appearing in a conference finals yet at the time? That was pretty much the main reason it was considered a low ball deal and I can understand that, he definitely played a huge factor in getting the Magic to the level they were at that's not debatable there. I know Barkley was one of the guys that said practically the same thing. Now I'll admit his defensive effort in this series was spotty at best however I feel that had a lot to do w/Rodman being a bad matchup. Rodman had a major stamina advantage against him.
@@ChrisM07 First of all, you don't attribute the success of a team to _one_ individual. Basketball is a _team_ sport and O'Neal owed much of his individual production to the leniency of the officials. Mourning was more talented and he worked harder than O'Neal. Do I think Mourning was worth that much money? Nope. But it's not conducive to team success for individuals to compare their contracts to that of other players. These guys are already being paid _massive_ amounts of money. In a team sport, you're supposed to do what's best for your team. It didn't even really matter in this instance because O'Neal was heading west after the results of the Orlando Sentinel's poll were released. See what I mean about him being a man-child? It didn't matter that Orlando came back with an offer that was greater than the initial offer from Los Angeles. O'Neal wanted to rap and act. He wanted the Los Angeles limelight. As far as the '96 ECF goes, Rodman not only had the advantage of stamina, but also hard work and talent. The Magic were definitely missing Grant but this Chicago squad was simply too talented and too experienced.
The ticket prices weren’t out of this world like it is today. So more of what you’d call the fans fan were at the games. Also the nba with all the rules changes, to make scoring easier, to bring player’s numbers up, they did that to sell the game to casual fans. Well when casual fans go to the games they’re not as loud as what you’d consider for the other fans. I was just at a Celtics game earlier this past season. Yeah when the Celtics went on a run the crowd got loud. But other than that it’s pretty quiet considering how many people are in there
I remember when the bulls where about to be announced and they played the video of the bull coming through the arena destroying everything in their path it was just how the bulls actually played remarkable.
Ahhh...NBA without eurostep, flopping, with good defence, no bs calls or and 3 chucking 100 times per game...also no complaining just play on...bring back the 90s
Celebrating in the United Center like they did in '95 putting Grant on their shoulders really bothered Jordan. According to a book written about him, he was back in the gym after that loss. You could tell how well sync'd the '95-'96 team was, they had 2 goals: win 70 games and the championship. Shaq knew as long as Jordan wanted to, the Bulls would rule the east. It was definitely a factor in him going west, that and the fact that he couldn't share the spotlight with Penny. The Shaq and Penny led Magic teams were swept out of the playoffs for 3 straight years and this sweep ended them.
yeah, those were the days....and then we only got crap announcers since (mark jackson with cliche a minute, little baldy van gundy with his hate on everything, to a whole 3 panel of women DEI hires announcing MEN's Basketball ugh, to doris brooke although she knows her stuff just a tough look, )....and now the nba allows collusion among players for super teams, just horrible than ever before refs , lax rules that some players get enforced and others dont such as giannis taking 15 seconds to shoot free throws even when the crowd is chanting 11, 12, 13....or these 5-6 steps taken on so called step back jumpers, palming the ball, phantom touch fouls, allowing new rule of only one step needed to be out of bounds for in bounds passing, creating a special contract and roster spot so they can get that little white dude mcclure to participate and win slam dunk championship, to lakers drafting bronny james for more stats and optics to get viewers even though the kid played less than a year , was not even close to the best player on his own team and gets drafted in 1st or 2nd round even though only scored less than 5 points a game and is only 6'1" (you are not going to tell anyone with basic basketball IQ that bronny james is the 55th best basketball player in the World. Come on man. NBA is a joke)
As a Reggie Miller fan growing up, this is the Michael Jordan that used to piss me off!! It seemed like he would never miss and everytime the Bulls needed a big bucket he would make it for them!! Same thing for Kobe as a LeBron fan. I didnt appreciate what i was watching at the time cuz i was to busy being angry that me teams were losing but as i watch highlights nowadays im sinplt amazed!!
5/27/96 also was the same night which featured a watershed moment in pro wrestling history: Scott Hall debuted on WCW Monday Nitro, stunning the wrestling world and planting a seed for what would become the NWO
I remember being 8 years old watching this game with my uncles at a cookout my family was having for Memorial Day. I always wondered did MJ miss them last 2 free throws on purpose to leave his point total at 45 just to prove a point to the Magic
Legend has it ... per the Magic's Darrell Armstrong, that MJ purposely missed the final two free throws of the game to stay on *45 points* --- a callback to Nick Anderson's comment from a year prior, that "45 isn't 23" ...
Loved this revenge game for the bulls. They came out with intensity and half court pressure from the start. Crazy to think Orlando had a 11 point lead at some point. Jordan played out his mind missed what 3 shots
Well first of all Penny averaged 25.5 this series so he wasn't shut down overall. He got shut down for certain stretches however it was a team defensive effort, there were numerous times Penny got by his defender and someone else (usually Shaq's man) was there closing off the lane.
The youth will never understand how great Mike was. This is just an insert. This isn't even him going in like that, just him trying to be efficient and focused to complete the sweep. The youth should also see how Shaq was irrelevant past 10 mins. Why he needed Kobe and Wade for rings.
There is an ongoing debate about who is the greatest basketball player of all time between LeBron James and Michael Jordan. However, when LeBron James is playing on television, it does not seem to generate the same level of excitement and viewership as when Michael Jordan played in the 1990s. Back then, whenever the Chicago Bulls games were broadcast on NBC, it seemed like everyone stopped what they were doing to watch Michael Jordan play. The current generation may not fully comprehend the extraordinary impact and talent that Michael Jordan possessed. In my opinion, the closest player I have seen to Michael Jordan's level of skill and dominance is Kobe Bryant, not LeBron James.
I agree to some extent.. but I only seen 3 players come close to the GOAT, in terms of stopping what you’re doing to watch. That be Barry Bonds, Messi, and CR7. That’s what I have witnessed in my 50 years of life. Kobe was exciting, but the NBA fans took took a time out when MJ retired.
Many ppl feels the Bulls were able to sweep the Magic was due to the face that Horace Grant was injured in the Hawks series and aggravated his injury in Game 1. But even if the Magic have all their players healthy, the Bulls would still have beaten them anyway. I was expecting this series to go down to 6 games with both teams splitting the first 4 games with home victories then the Bulls winning the crucial Game 5 back in Chicago before coming back to Orlando to wrap up and finish the Magic off.
No Horace Grant, No Nick Anderson, no Brian Shaw, a non productive Dennis Scott, a hobbled Penny, and Shaq couldn't sink a free throw to save his life. Everything that could go wrong did so in the Bulls favor by the time this series came around. Not saying Chicago would've lost, but the series certainly would've been far more competitive had all these factors not been in play. I believe the Magic win games 2 and 4, but Bulls would win in 6 or 7.
Nah, they weren’t winning game 2 regardless, maybe 3 or 4 but that Orlando team was not in a great head space. Shaq and Brian Hill at odds, Shaq’s Free agency.
Nah that Magic team was getting swept regardless. Horace Grant's presence isn't making up for a 38 point margin in Game 1, the Magic ran up an 18 point lead in Game 2 and wilted under the Bulls defensive pressure in that second half. Game 3 would've probably been the best chance to get a win but the Magic got cold in the 4th and only scored 9 points in the 4th quarter and they weren't beating the Bulls on a night MJ goes for 45.
@kik5323 you have to watch game 2 though and see that the magic were dominating the bulls for a large portion of that game. Letting that lead slip messed up the series for them.
Michael Jordan intentionally missing the last 2 free throws to stay at 45 points in retribution for the “45 ain’t 23” comment from the Magic the year before was a perfect revenge.
Poor shaq too bad he didn’t have someone to tell him he could be the second greatest of all time if he just moved his feet and didn’t do chin-ups on the rim! Love you shaq! 👍🏾✌🏾
This game is a perfect example about why the Bull won thanks to MJ, Shaq and the Magic were great even without Grant who got injured during this series, but still Dennis could make Shaq take some bad shots but not stopping him let alone Luc as big as he was he was no match for Shaq!
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NBC had the best intros. Always made a game feel like the biggest thing ever.
Doubly so if it was a Bulls game
In 2025 this is gonna be different in its return to NBC but hopefully it's better than ABC/ESPNs crap that woohs ypu to sleep! @@chrisuncleahmad666
Marv Albert to me will always be the voice of the nba
I love the intro too 🤣⚡️🏀
Meh they are not better than TnT but NBA comeback to NBC 🤦🏽♂️🤷🏽♂️
I love the NBA on NBC intros in the 90s. I got chills every time.
Marv Albert recapping the previous year’s Finals:
“Shaquille O’Neal!!”
“Drexler… with the tip by Olajuwon!!!”
“The Rockets second NBA championship!”
This was the best basketball...I miss it...Nothing like it!
My first season becoming interested in the NBA, just listen to the crowd volume and intensity.
It is way more exciting to watch this than anything that is on offer today. Thanks for including the NBA on NBC intro.
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thats just nostalgia talking man. The nba is still great
No its not, the game getting way too soft, everyone playing the same game, chucking up 3s and more 3s, no variety
wrong
The Greatest Regular Season in NBA History, period. The Greatest Revenge Tour Ever Witnessed in Sports History. 72-10, The Gold Standard.
72 + 15. That’s a lot of wins
The 2014 Spurs revenge tour was pretty good too. “Summertime”
It was personal
The bulls had the best mix of weapons plus Jordan and Pippen. Watching these game highlights now is what I would do if a kid and dream of NBA player. Look at the defense alone...NBA needs fix their image... I wasn't a bulls fan but.. Respected the heck outa those teams , on the court if someone said I like the bulls ,I was a bully cause I didn't 😂
@@RichardHomolkawas just going to comment that - runner up for sure !! Plus a bit sweet since they torched the fake king Lebron lol
@@RichardHomolka87-13 only lost 13 games out of 100 that's an amazing feat definitely.
The playoffs don't hit like this anymore. Such a great era for everything sports.
Man nobody beats the NBC intros so epic
Being from Chicago we definitely miss this. That NBA on NBC intro still gives me the chills.
Being from Illinois. We missed this. Im 2 hours away.
Definitely brings back memories 💯 I was 18 years old , at home glued to the TV
Maaaaan what an introduction, I miss the 90s sooo much. NBA nowadays is soo boring.
I agree!
its just nostalgia man. literally every generation says this about everything from sports to music to society in general lol. youngsters today will be complaining 30 years from now in 2054 that things arent as good as in 2024. nostalgia is a hell of a drug man.
Doubtful
one of the most satisfying feelings with this sweep and ending the Shaq & Penny era. MJ was not being stopped. He missed those 2 free throws at the end of purpose to end up with 45 points. That was a shot at Nick Anderson for saying #45 doesn't rev up like #23 in 95. On anotha note, I LUVED this version of Shaq up until the early Laker days (97-99). He was more athletic, ran the floor better and played better D than the early 2000s Lakers Shaq.
The Bulls didn't end the O'Neal and Penny era. O'Neal did, period. Also, do you have any proof that Jordan missed those two free throws on purpose?
He could grab a rebound. He actually played basketball. Then he got his money and got lazy. Shaq he didn't know discipline.
@@ronaldbutler9687 How much credit do you wanna give him for getting rebounds, though? With his height, width, and hand size, he should have been leading the league. Never happened. Same with blocks. He was lazy before he played for the Lakers. And, no, he didn't really play much basketball. He played thug ball.
@@bubufubuits a fact that Jordan did END this Orlando team. Shaq left to play for a better franchise that could go all the way. Small market teams like Orlando don't stand a chance of keeping talents like Shaq and that rule is across sports. You sound like a sour puss. You had grow up back then to know the type of animal Jordan was to know those 45pts were a message. There were times the Bulls pressed Orlando so hard, they couldn't even run their offense or swing the ball to the opposite side of the court for large stretches of the game. That's how intense the game was. And let's not forget Horace Grant releasing intimate details about Michael Jordan to reporters and book publishers.
Jordan lost to them in 95, wearing number 45. Came back with a sweep and won scoring 45. This bulls team was something special.
Scored 45 on 23 shots… 🏀
@@kevintotanes8760would’ve been more sweet of Anderson was playing give him a more bitter loss on the court
90sforever❤...best era to live....
This is more exciting than today's game it just is
I enjoy them both
The way NBC hyped up the game with the intros, you couldn't wait for the start of the game
Jordan proves himself every time
MJ always humble. Always giving credit to his team. Unlike someone else we know.
You think MJ is humble. Thats hilarious! It’s easy to be nice when you’ve just won. Ask his former teammates what he was like all those years he couldn’t get past Detroit.
@@marvymarv959nice and humble are two different things. Get a dictionary
Lebum fanboy alert , fake fans these days will say anything they can to deny the goatness of his airness . Mj was humble in defeat , and wins . Never disrespected any all time greats nor their era . Lebums fraudulent goat argument , comes with disrespecting and discrediting Jordan and his era , his body of work alone is not enough .
Jordan dropping 45 on 70% shooting (16-23FG). Next highest scorer was Pippin with 12pts on 36% FG. INCREDIBLE! 🐐
The Magic wouldn't reach the ECF again until 2009 after this sweep.
Well, Shaq went to LA and Penny got that nasty injury
They were lucky to get passed an old Celtics team playing without KG and a Cavs team LeBron was carrying on his back
I remember after the 1995 Finals, a lot of Magic executives and officials were worried and they knew why. MJ had come back with a score to settle, then there was the story of the Bulls skipped the summer vacation to prepare for the new season.
Magic's chance of winning was over when they reached the East finals, with Horace Grant injured. Coach Brian Hill said he watched a lot of Bulls' regular season games to prepare, but when the series came, he couldn't do more because Bulls' role players played so well with Jordan always yelled and talked to motivate them.
Horace didn’t get injured until game 1 late in the 3rd n they were already catching a beating: Horace getting hurt just saved them from getting destroyed even more. They were swarming him. He was healthy n bulls were dominating them
@@TheSands83Bulls didn’t dominate the entire series though as Game 4 showed 😂. The Magic losing players was a big reason as to why they got swept…
@@hector4470 they were full strength in game 1 n were getting a beat down.,magic were gonna catch a beating regardless n yes the bulls won every game by an avg of 17 pts… the first game with everyone healthy was the biggest beat down of all they getting blown off the floor when Horace got hurt the game was already out of reach. Bulls played their best against them when they had everyone healthy. They were out for blood. The injuries only saved them from a worst beat down
@@hector4470Orlando was up by like 17 or so in Game 2 also and let it slip.
@@TheSands83 Grant more than likely would've had some good games this series considering he was the veteran leader of the team.
Really the big problem the Magic had was running the offense through Shaq too often which sometimes froze Penny out by making him stand around. This was especially glaring in G2, Penny barely had anything run for him in the 2nd half which is what caused the collapse IMO.
The crazy thing is that even with MJ scoring 45, it was only a 5 point game. Heck they trailed by 9 at the half
that 5 points is 10 points in todays NBA
Lol😂 yep, bball inflation !!!
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NBA on NBC show was theater!
That split second at 16:55 with Jordan kicking his legs out ended up on so many posters and cards.
When playoff basketball use to be fun to watch
He missed those free throws on purpose,he wanted to inly score 45 points as a revenge of what happened the year before!
What the NBA these days is missing is class. Back in the olden days like this- there was just much more professionalism all around. The production made the game feel special. Nowadays it's all hot takes about who can be the biggest idiot to draw in views.
These was the days when you skipped out of church early and to beat MC Donald's Rush with 2 Big Mac's and a large coke and large frie 🍟 just to catch the intro NBA on NBC Marv Albert Yesssss and it counts Michael Jordan with a sensational move drawing the foul
This was peak basketball. The skill, the competitiveness, the variety of ways dudes could score. Even the sneakers have never been topped.
Shaq & Jordan were dominant, Scottie & Rodman playing their roles to perfection as always
The game that effectively ended Shaq's Magic career, and began the (slowly but surely) collapse of the Magic.
Remarkably Orlando even in the post-Shaq era didn’t post a losing season until 2004.
Sadly game 4 would have been a win if the Magic didn’t have so many injuries (Shaw , Anderson, Grant). But overall it’s unfortunate Shaq did leave because once Jordan left the Bulls Orlando could have been in prime position to win the championship.
O'Neal ended his career with Orlando. It had nothing to do with this game.
@@bubufubuOrlando didn’t want to pony up 120 mil for shaq thats there fault
@@leroyjetson1485 No. That's on O'Neal for being selfish, greedy, childish, and petty.
I love the Rodman interview at the end. He fit in perfectly in Chicago. They accepted him as he was and he was the best version of himself.
Only for 1 year. Then his defense deteriorated and he became kind of a distraction. Brian Williams was just as good
Another good one and a great job of editing
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Orlando was being heralded as the dynasty of the future at this time and all it took was one series sweep by Chicago to put an end to that
No. It took O'Neal being a greedy, selfish man-child to end his tenure with Orlando.
@@bubufubu He wasn't being selfish they tried to low-ball him, if he had took the deal he was given Alonzo Mourning would've been making more $ even though the Magic were in the ecf 2 years in a row and won the first time.
@@ChrisM07 Gimme a break with this "low-ball" nonsense. O'Neal didn't deserve that much money, period. You're giving him way too much credit for the success of those Orlando Magic teams. He was lazy on both sides of the court, especially the defensive side. Do some research into his career and you'll find that there's many instances of him acting like a selfish man-child.
@@bubufubu So you're saying Mourning should've been getting paid more despite not appearing in a conference finals yet at the time? That was pretty much the main reason it was considered a low ball deal and I can understand that, he definitely played a huge factor in getting the Magic to the level they were at that's not debatable there. I know Barkley was one of the guys that said practically the same thing.
Now I'll admit his defensive effort in this series was spotty at best however I feel that had a lot to do w/Rodman being a bad matchup. Rodman had a major stamina advantage against him.
@@ChrisM07 First of all, you don't attribute the success of a team to _one_ individual. Basketball is a _team_ sport and O'Neal owed much of his individual production to the leniency of the officials. Mourning was more talented and he worked harder than O'Neal. Do I think Mourning was worth that much money? Nope. But it's not conducive to team success for individuals to compare their contracts to that of other players. These guys are already being paid _massive_ amounts of money. In a team sport, you're supposed to do what's best for your team.
It didn't even really matter in this instance because O'Neal was heading west after the results of the Orlando Sentinel's poll were released. See what I mean about him being a man-child? It didn't matter that Orlando came back with an offer that was greater than the initial offer from Los Angeles. O'Neal wanted to rap and act. He wanted the Los Angeles limelight.
As far as the '96 ECF goes, Rodman not only had the advantage of stamina, but also hard work and talent. The Magic were definitely missing Grant but this Chicago squad was simply too talented and too experienced.
WHY IT SEEMS LIKE THE CROWDS WAS MORE LOUDER IN THEN?
Exactly 💯
NBC put in crowd noise when abc does not
It's simple. People weren't staring at their phones back then.
@@sherrellbritt6136No they didn't. ABC uses noise filters while NBC did not.
The ticket prices weren’t out of this world like it is today. So more of what you’d call the fans fan were at the games. Also the nba with all the rules changes, to make scoring easier, to bring player’s numbers up, they did that to sell the game to casual fans. Well when casual fans go to the games they’re not as loud as what you’d consider for the other fans. I was just at a Celtics game earlier this past season. Yeah when the Celtics went on a run the crowd got loud. But other than that it’s pretty quiet considering how many people are in there
The greatest nba intro ever!! The NBA on NBC is back!
I remember when the bulls where about to be announced and they played the video of the bull coming through the arena destroying everything in their path it was just how the bulls actually played remarkable.
Ahhh...NBA without eurostep, flopping, with good defence, no bs calls or and 3 chucking 100 times per game...also no complaining just play on...bring back the 90s
When real men aint afraid of contact meanwhile lebron 6’9 270 lbs beast of a man flopping around against 6 ft dudes
Celebrating in the United Center like they did in '95 putting Grant on their shoulders really bothered Jordan. According to a book written about him, he was back in the gym after that loss. You could tell how well sync'd the '95-'96 team was, they had 2 goals: win 70 games and the championship. Shaq knew as long as Jordan wanted to, the Bulls would rule the east. It was definitely a factor in him going west, that and the fact that he couldn't share the spotlight with Penny. The Shaq and Penny led Magic teams were swept out of the playoffs for 3 straight years and this sweep ended them.
The factors that led to O'Neal going west had nothing to do with Jordan or Chicago.
NBA on NBC with Marv Albert !!!
yeah, those were the days....and then we only got crap announcers since (mark jackson with cliche a minute, little baldy van gundy with his hate on everything, to a whole 3 panel of women DEI hires announcing MEN's Basketball ugh, to doris brooke although she knows her stuff just a tough look, )....and now the nba allows collusion among players for super teams, just horrible than ever before refs , lax rules that some players get enforced and others dont such as giannis taking 15 seconds to shoot free throws even when the crowd is chanting 11, 12, 13....or these 5-6 steps taken on so called step back jumpers, palming the ball, phantom touch fouls, allowing new rule of only one step needed to be out of bounds for in bounds passing, creating a special contract and roster spot so they can get that little white dude mcclure to participate and win slam dunk championship, to lakers drafting bronny james for more stats and optics to get viewers even though the kid played less than a year , was not even close to the best player on his own team and gets drafted in 1st or 2nd round even though only scored less than 5 points a game and is only 6'1" (you are not going to tell anyone with basic basketball IQ that bronny james is the 55th best basketball player in the World. Come on man. NBA is a joke)
Marvelous
This was not only the end of the series but also of the Shaq and Penny era in Orlando.
Wow! What an introduction
NBC just got the NBA back. Hopefully they still have the same intro
Good ol 90s
Pretty vintage stuff. Nice.
I feel like there more talent here than I see today
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Agree
MJs pull up and fadway is an art. Shaq walked off the court without shaking hands. I remember watching this game live on a Sunday afternoon.
This was a Monday game
Penny not injured is a top 75 player
It's sad we shall never know what heights he would have reached without those injuries.
lol I love that confident sweep sign in orlando 2:31
jordan is simply the goat man. Best player ever
Absolutely shivering with nostalgia
What a great game!
Damn this era was good basketball.
90s call travels very strict, today 8 steps no travel. 😂😂😂
Man if Penny had never gotten hurt...
And Shaq never went to Los Angeles
But Shaq went to LA,Penny Hardaway was injured and never recovered
Ppl sometimes forget baby shaq didn't win jack s**t until tha 🐐 retired
The Lakers were getting embarrassed in the playoffs until Phil Jackson and Co. showed up.
@@bubufubu Facts!
You can say the same about MJ- he didn't win till he got with Phil
Marv Albert's favorite player: Ron "Hopper"
As a Reggie Miller fan growing up, this is the Michael Jordan that used to piss me off!! It seemed like he would never miss and everytime the Bulls needed a big bucket he would make it for them!! Same thing for Kobe as a LeBron fan. I didnt appreciate what i was watching at the time cuz i was to busy being angry that me teams were losing but as i watch highlights nowadays im sinplt amazed!!
Pennys back to the basket game was amazing.
"We Love This Game!" You don't see that quote in the NBA anymore lol
5/27/96 also was the same night which featured a watershed moment in pro wrestling history:
Scott Hall debuted on WCW Monday Nitro, stunning the wrestling world and planting a seed for what would become the NWO
I remember that. My dad and me watched this game and then later on watched Nitro
@@ShaadsComicsandBeers “You know who I am. But you don’t know why I’m here.”
@@chrisuncleahmad666 you want a war? You want a war? You're gonna get it.
Also, Stone Cold Steve Austin debuted his famous finishing manuver (the Stunner) on a taped Raw to Savio Vega.
Eric Bischoff, the boss of WCW who came up with the nWo stable idea, turned 39 on this day. Nitro also went to a two-hour show.
That’s too funny hearing shaq the dunk machine complaining about being pushed.
I remember being 8 years old watching this game with my uncles at a cookout my family was having for Memorial Day. I always wondered did MJ miss them last 2 free throws on purpose to leave his point total at 45 just to prove a point to the Magic
Yes he did
@@davidcovington1046 Proof?
Late 90s was a great time ..if you smell what im cooking
goosebumps intro music 🔥🔥🔥
I thought I was the only one! Beat is tough
Intro is 🔥🔥🔥
Legend has it ... per the Magic's Darrell Armstrong, that MJ purposely missed the final two free throws of the game to stay on *45 points* --- a callback to Nick Anderson's comment from a year prior, that "45 isn't 23" ...
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14:48 "Company Man" Bavetta not calling a technical on O'Neal, who sure as hell deserved one.
Loved this revenge game for the bulls. They came out with intensity and half court pressure from the start. Crazy to think Orlando had a 11 point lead at some point. Jordan played out his mind missed what 3 shots
Shaq was so animated I new people 7 feet tall who can't dunk😂😂
Damn I miss how these games came on!
Jordan's fadeaway like butter
Maaan this is the real GOAT. No crowning himself and controling the roster to put his undeserved son on the team
Jordan hadn’t traveled this much since middle school! 😂😂 still the beast tho! Lol
But they call them though. They not calling traveling in this era.
Scottie Pippen should have been the MVP for his shut down defense on penny hardaway
Well first of all Penny averaged 25.5 this series so he wasn't shut down overall. He got shut down for certain stretches however it was a team defensive effort, there were numerous times Penny got by his defender and someone else (usually Shaq's man) was there closing off the lane.
Here for the intro...
Young Shaq was a beast!
Oh, what could've been for the Magic.
RIP Brooks Thompson
No social media during these days. If you miss the game you miss the game😂
Super fantastic ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Best theme intro ever
Jordan was such a smooth scorer
"Jordan was, like, the only skilled player out there."
-Anthony Edwards
The youth will never understand how great Mike was. This is just an insert. This isn't even him going in like that, just him trying to be efficient and focused to complete the sweep. The youth should also see how Shaq was irrelevant past 10 mins. Why he needed Kobe and Wade for rings.
There is an ongoing debate about who is the greatest basketball player of all time between LeBron James and Michael Jordan. However, when LeBron James is playing on television, it does not seem to generate the same level of excitement and viewership as when Michael Jordan played in the 1990s. Back then, whenever the Chicago Bulls games were broadcast on NBC, it seemed like everyone stopped what they were doing to watch Michael Jordan play. The current generation may not fully comprehend the extraordinary impact and talent that Michael Jordan possessed. In my opinion, the closest player I have seen to Michael Jordan's level of skill and dominance is Kobe Bryant, not LeBron James.
I agree to some extent.. but I only seen 3 players come close to the GOAT, in terms of stopping what you’re doing to watch. That be Barry Bonds, Messi, and CR7. That’s what I have witnessed in my 50 years of life. Kobe was exciting, but the NBA fans took took a time out when MJ retired.
Jordan was on cruise control most of this game . 12/18 after 3 qtrs 😅
I will always love watching shaq play
MJ was handing out that mid range work
Many ppl feels the Bulls were able to sweep the Magic was due to the face that Horace Grant was injured in the Hawks series and aggravated his injury in Game 1. But even if the Magic have all their players healthy, the Bulls would still have beaten them anyway. I was expecting this series to go down to 6 games with both teams splitting the first 4 games with home victories then the Bulls winning the crucial Game 5 back in Chicago before coming back to Orlando to wrap up and finish the Magic off.
Harper was superb and intelligent player...WOW
Poor Shaq and Penny got a pissed off Mike.
He was in f-you mode all year
No Horace Grant, No Nick Anderson, no Brian Shaw, a non productive Dennis Scott, a hobbled Penny, and Shaq couldn't sink a free throw to save his life. Everything that could go wrong did so in the Bulls favor by the time this series came around. Not saying Chicago would've lost, but the series certainly would've been far more competitive had all these factors not been in play. I believe the Magic win games 2 and 4, but Bulls would win in 6 or 7.
Stfu u weirdo u don't even make sense 😂😂
Nah, they weren’t winning game 2 regardless, maybe 3 or 4 but that Orlando team was not in a great head space. Shaq and Brian Hill at odds, Shaq’s Free agency.
@@kik5323 regardless of head space, that Orlando team didn’t win 61 games by accident.
Nah that Magic team was getting swept regardless. Horace Grant's presence isn't making up for a 38 point margin in Game 1, the Magic ran up an 18 point lead in Game 2 and wilted under the Bulls defensive pressure in that second half. Game 3 would've probably been the best chance to get a win but the Magic got cold in the 4th and only scored 9 points in the 4th quarter and they weren't beating the Bulls on a night MJ goes for 45.
@kik5323 you have to watch game 2 though and see that the magic were dominating the bulls for a large portion of that game. Letting that lead slip messed up the series for them.
Michael Jordan intentionally missing the last 2 free throws to stay at 45 points in retribution for the “45 ain’t 23” comment from the Magic the year before was a perfect revenge.
I can't wait until they put Zack Edey on them intro's will be a superstar
Poor shaq too bad he didn’t have someone to tell him he could be the second greatest of all time if he just moved his feet and didn’t do chin-ups on the rim!
Love you shaq!
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OMG ,,,am I watching different basketball??
Shaq leaving for LA Lakers.
Only shaq had that iconic backdown spin with a dunk with that massive height
At 21:34 those back to back penalties on MJ you can see even though he gave no response he was getting pissed and that was when he took it personal😂😂
This game is a perfect example about why the Bull won thanks to MJ, Shaq and the Magic were great even without Grant who got injured during this series, but still Dennis could make Shaq take some bad shots but not stopping him let alone Luc as big as he was he was no match for Shaq!
He got his redemption x's 3!!!!