Magic Johnson 1991 Playoffs: 38pts, Gm 3 vs. Houston Rockets
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2011
- Heading into Houston with a 2-0 lead, the Lakers wanted to end the series quickly to give their veterans rest before the next series. As always Magic looked to get others involved to start the game off but no one seemed to have it offensively, so he became the go to guy. The end result was a 38-point outburst on 70% shooting that also included 16 pts in the 3rd Q.
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I love how Magic learned to incorporate Kareem's game into his own.
Magic had a whole lotta BBQ chicken. Folks really don't get how Magic could've padded his stats way more if he wanted to. He was all about winning. The most unselfish superstar I've ever seen.
Super efficient at everything and 6'9" Power Point Guard God ... Was Erving and Bird tall and conscientious on defense... He could score 22 ppg at 52% shooting 🌠 and hit 85% of his free throws and assist 12-14 baskets 🧺 a game... He could hit clutch threes, had a post game he could pass and score off of..and he had a hook shot like Kareem... I mean, damn. He could do all this without jumping... He played like a white guy who could run and he didn't have to over extend himself and he was tall enough to take 10 steps and get anywhere on the court..
Isiah Thomas and Curry are no. 2 or 3 to him. Oscar Robertson is no. 2 or 3 or 4 depending on ur working detailed knowledge of 60s NBA. Frazier is up there. Kidd, Paul, Nash, Stockton, Payton eventualmente... But all those guys couldn't get 22 ppg as effortlessly as Magic while making assist from a standing position as if it really wunt no thang... Those guys had to work harder on defense, or Oscar played in a time when nobody shot that well as the game was more prehistoric and gauging itself rapidly and built thru Center first.
I say Isiah Thomas is no. 2 cuz he beat Bird and Magic as team captain and Bird and Magic resurrected the league after Wilt and Bill left the game as Natural Wonders.
Isiah didn't shoot 85% from free throw like Curry and Magic, he hit threes about as consistently as Iverson and he didn't stay a 22-12 guy as long as Magic did .. and he was not the defender Frazier or Payton was and didn't shoot 50% off 8-13 shots a game like Stockton... But he challenged every team leader, took every big shot down the stretch and slayed GIANTS without teams like Curry had with Durant that extended Warriors dynasty by at least a couple schips... They probably don't even get the 4th one if not joined by Durant for 2 and 3... Isiah was a 22-12 guy could league in assists like Stockton in 87, before he tailored his game with Dumars and Microwave so seamlessly... And then even with the HELP, it was Isiah Thomas challenging Magic, Bird, Wilkins, Jordan in the second halves and scoring 33,37,42,44 if necessary to win it all. He could be 18 and 8 and shoot 44% and get two steals and have the Celtics and Lakers down 2-3 in 87 and 88 while sweeping 🧹 them senseless in 89 and 90...
But Isiah had to work hard to crack the crown 👑 of the GOATs 🐐... Where Magic ✨ was just the best and born to dominate basketball 🏀 at half speed and still be too fast and if he played until 1996 like a Tom Brady he'd have 7,8,9 rings ..
Then it'd be Jordan who? Oh that Jerry West Elgin Baylor Dr. J like feller
@1:32
All that said the Magic Johnson Kareem Hook 🪝 from Magic instead of Kareem was BBQ chicken 🍗🐔 for Hakeem Olajuwon... OUCH 🤕😳 throw it all the WAY down big man 👞♂️... DAMN
starting in the second half of the 89 season you start to see a gradual decline in Magic...he becomes a little top heavy and less limber and quick....partly his fault for not having as much motivation but also a function of his age
The True GOAT in my eyes. Can play all positions. Made his teammates better. Great leader. And didn't have any overwhelming weakness in his game.
Revlo1 What about his on ball defense?
If you put MJ on centers, he would struggle. Magic against like sized guards (6'5" and up) was solid. Asking him to keep up with the Kevin Johnson's and Isiah Thomas's was impractical.
Revlo1 Was not a great shooter for the bulk of his career.
Was at best a fair man 2 man defender.....(they often had to hide him behind Michael Cooper on D).
Nope Magic could not play all 5 positions
Love how you said overwhelming. By todays standard his dribbling is suspect and defense lackadaisical. He made a career of posting up small guards flashy transition passes and a super cool nickname to add to his fairytale story. So many better players have played the game. 2018
@@LakersDynasty42 Recuerda que Magic Johnson fue dos veces líder en bolas robadas.
Magic was unstoppable at times. He really picked up the offensive load after kareem left.
Simply the GOAT
1:14 oh have the times changed
Ernesto Hendrix Ernesto Hendrix man. I was just thinking this. Today everyone shoots the three. Back then, everyone posted up
Lol "that is not a good shot that won't win the game"
Ernesto Hendrix lol I know right?
Vernon's crazy ass actually shot more than Olajuwon in this series. Look at Sleepy Floyd on one sequence...tries to go 1 on 3 in transition and gets called for a offensive foul. Lol.
Thank goodness they fired this stupid coach and fortunes changed with Rudy T getting the ball to Dream and cutting down these wild shots.
Well it was a bad shot in a way that he immediately shot the ball without initiating ball movement or a play, or not even waiting for the big to get rebounding position
Magic post up better than most bigs playing today
He was posted from half court like it was his office
Magic, the best
Shame that Magic had to carry LA in '91. It was no longer the Showtime Lakers, it was Magic's Lakers. Dude was doing everything, had to lift an ailing declining James Worthy and a depleted Byron Scott while keeping the young guns in Divac/Campbell in check. I'm shocked Los Angeles actually made it to the Finals that year. Pure greatness from Magic.
Yes...if Worthy and Scott hadn't been hurt, they would've had another chip
Plus he was probably not even 100% anymore himself, at that point.
Yeah Magic's Lakers in 90 and 91 were 63 and 58 game winners and Magic beat the 91 Blazers in the WCF... Magic in the 90's would have stayed a force until retirement by 94,95 or 96 or maybe longer. Would have no doubt stole a title or two from Chicago and Houston... Shame for LA fans. Appreciated by Chicago and Jordan fans and Houston is of course gracious for Magic and Michael's absences. Magic wasn't anywhere near finished.
@@randybutler1697 disagree, the 91 Bulls 🐂 🐂🐂🐂🐂 were on parade that season. 92 maybe Los Angeles gets it back but Chicago had the Lakers marked from Game 🎯 3... It was killshot
@@rayutwenty-four6753 of course not. Who is after 21? Plus he had HIV already probably
1:09 Crazy how the era of basketball has changed so much. Nowadays that’s a regular shot.
Hell yea lol. Looked normal on the very next possession when he did it again n hit lol. Commentating was flip floppy.
Pull up & quick 3s were considered I'll advised unless u were on fire or you hit it. And if you missed it even on fire they'd tell u pipe down reign in compose urself and put away the pistol... Nowadays they say keep shooting. Funny how culture changes and makes sins seem like gold digging after the fear is forsaken.
@@mikemars7888 The next possession was off a pass. First shot was off dribble. In those days it was a cardinal sin to shoot.a 3 off the dribble.
Thats exactly what I thought too. Every night I see idiots shooting from places they shouldn't air ball after air ball I've never seen so many air balls. You're right they lob 3's with no one to grab a rebound basic stuff.
Magic Johnson is the greatest player ever.
No
Micheal Jordan
@@DJEdits1 Lebron and Magic both better
@@Rileylmao_ shut your trout don’t talk shit or it’s up your ass
@@DJEdits1 calm the fuck down
2:16 broke his ankles with a pass
Ernesto Hendrix man. I was just thinking this. Today everyone shoots the three. Back then, everyone posted up
@@_lamar5059 passing lanes were tighter
@@epvendetta right but Only because the spacing ain’t there
Man, Hakeem is underrated. Best footwork for a 5 ever.
And Magic, enough can never be said of Magic's facilitating genius.
Such greatness on both teams.
great game by johnson..wow,that and one layup on dream was a thing of beauty
Lección masterclass de lo que era Magic Johnson un adelantado a su tiempo
magic johnson played the head games with vernon and won big this series. he had vernon all out of sorts
hammertime crazy assed Vernon actually had more shot attempts than Olajuwon in this series lol.
He launched a bad 3 here and also Sleepy Floyd tries to go 1 on 3 on a fastbreak....smh.
Thank goodness Rudy T took over from this dumb assed coach.
Still one of the greatest players ever.
70% shooting for 38 pts. That's crazy.
Man it’s strange to see old school NBA. This is my time but it’s strange to see how much everything goes through the post. I miss that b
In really believe 91 was Magic best year ever ! He transitioned into more of their leading scorer & go to player when they needed a bucket. He transitioned into replacing Kareem as their post up in paint scorer. All while averaging 12 assists per game and 7 rebounds. He transitioned into a new role while not losing what made him so effective during ShowTime 80's era. Fact he took the Lakers to the finals in 91 speaks volumes of Magic & his ability to ACTUALLY MAKE PLAYERS & TEAMS AROUND HIM BETTER
He has a badass nickname..imagine Magic Curry,Magic James,Magic Mcgee,Magic Adebayo, Magic Ginobili ,Magic Olynik,Magic Duncan
please add more of the Magic Man!
Know these are magic highlights but that Hakeem block at the beginning was unreal
It was, but the next highlight or two Magic drew Olajuwon out of the paint and Magic dished a sweet pass for a Perkins layup. Magic was smart and made you pay for aggressively trying to block him
6'9 point guard ^^
Vintage Magic and vintage video. I have some Kobe interviews from his MVP season on my channel (David Miguel I) . Thanks so much for posting!
The golden age of the NBA imo.
Real stars. No divas.
Strategy beyond Isolation and/or pick n roll jack up a 3.
Low post offense instead of this stretch 4/5 garbage.
Actual court awareness/basketball I.Q./fundamental skillset instead of today's athletic "potential" guys whose skillset consists of jumping high and/or jacking up 3's.
Man to man defense with hand-checking instead of this lazy zone nonsense.
Tough, gritty rivalries instead of this bro-hugging/pal-ing around after games/playoff series.
I understand younger people won't get any of this since all they know is today's NBA product and think it's fine. But for anyone my age or older, today's NBA is not even half the quality product it was back during the golden age from the mid 80's to late 90's.
RIP basketball that was worth watching.
Haha, well said man!
Exactly, todays product is low IQ Basketball, 0 contact allowing average players to artificially inflate their stats. Combine that with the high usage ratings. Divas that want to be celebrities due to too much money being earned, basketball is second to some of them.
The rules have changed it’s not the players fault they’re playing multiple positions. They all have to adjust to today’s product or they’re not gonna make the nba. Hassan whiteside is and old school center would probably dominate back in the 90s but he won’t cuz he’s too damn slow on both offense and flat footed defensively.
Couldn't have said it no better
@@lakers1436 hassan Whiteside would be 2nd....maybe 3rd string during those day's. He's another Elden Campbell
i'm not sure MJ would have six rings if it wasnt for Magics early retirement
Perhaps if Bird and magic didn't have to retire early, Jordan wouldn't have gotten bored and not have gone to play baseball.
Best all around player I’ve ever seen...Magic
1:35 nice goal-tend Hakeem ...
That wasn't a goal tend
Close to a goal tend
2:17 Take a Look at Hakeem! HaHa!.That`s what Bird and Magic had. They would Fake the Helll out of You Without You Even Knowing. Big O, Magic and Bird had the Best Floor and Fundamental Game Ever
He just slipped lol
After kareem left magic was also improving his stats as a scorer. Its such a tragedy the hiv, If not johnson would have had 25000 points and most assists all time.
I wish magic would have scored more. He could hand u 30 at any time
1:14 that’s crazy today you got players shooting at half court
The shooting mechanics are much better today. Ever see players shoot in the 1950s?
So this game featured two Sleepys? Sleepy Sam Perkins and Eric Sleepy Floyd.
Magic geve the Lakers what they need Points assist rib everything Superstar
1:20 guy jacks a three announcers say that is a horrible shot today the rockets today take 50 of those a game.
Now that's the GOAT!!
Goat 🐐 Jordan > Magic Johnson
Rings
Jordan 6 ✔️
Magic 5
Finals Mvps
Jordan 6✔️ ( most all time)
Magic 3
League Mvps
Jordan 5✔️
Magic 3
Total Mvps (league and finals)
Jordan 11✔️ ( most all time)
Magic 6
Scoring titles
Jordan 10✔️ ( most all time)
Magic 0
All Defensive first team selections
Jordan 9✔️ (tied most all time)
Magic 0
Defensive player of year
Jordan 1✔️ (1988)
Magic 0
Jordan better scorer, finisher, 3point shooter, more athletic, faster, better at steals, better perimeter defender, way better defensive player then Magic
Jordan better overall player then Magic
Even Magic Johnson says Michael Jordan the best player ever
If you mad i will send you my address and show up and see what happens
1991 NBA finals
Bulls 4 Lakers 1
Jordan 31.2 ppg and 55.8% fg and 50% 3pt and 6.6 rebs and 11.4 ast and spanked Magic Johnson
@@terrylanda4754 in that case, Robert Horry is the goat!! 7...better than that...Bill Russell has 11 he's the goat...number if titles don't make one the goat....obviously magic didn't have Jordan's career, but neither did Jordan have Magic's career....Magic came in the league knowing how to win, Jordan had to learn...and he started winning once the 80's powerhouses started declining because of age and injuries...plus, changing the hand checking rules helped Jordan quite a bit..Jordan is my guy, but Magic gets the nod because it's a team sport and he's the better team player
@@terrylanda4754 Robert Horry 7...Jordan 6....so is Robert the goat?
@Stone Colds sorry analogy
@Stone Colds yep....sorry to communicate with someone who's ignorant to facts.....I'm sorry magic stopped your team from winning..I love Jordan...but magic was and is the better leader on the floor....from 80 to 91 that man was in the finals 12 times. While being the leader of the team...I could say much more, but you wouldn't get it...so we'll agree to disagree
To make MJ look bad they say magic was old in 91 finals well if he was so old how did they beat a good rockets team and then upset a 63-19 Portland team and warriors in round 2 was no push over
Exactly Magic was 31 but proving w/o Kareem he can do more and he did all year. Magic played well in the finals. Jordan just played better plus injuries to Scott and Worthy didn’t help.
Pippen as usual gets mo credit. Hes the one who neutralized magic w that press.
Lakers had no shot as Chicago was the heavy favorites to win. I would say if Worthy and Scott were healthy it would’ve been a lot more competitive. 80s was Magic’s and Larry’s then in the 90s it was MJs time
Doug Collins should be color man on every broadcast.
So hard to watch now.
Is it Pat Riley the commentator?
I always wonder why there's such a difference for Magic in the playoffs where even even scored over 40 against Golden State and his 38 points in this game then seemed to struggle against Chicago. Pippen and Jordan are great defenders, but he also seemed to not be aggressive against them especially with such an advantage in the low post.
Exactly.
@@luismanuelcd after watching all these games from 1991 and comparing it with the fatigue issues in the Chicago series, I'm suspecting he had HIV already. Fatigue is one of the symptoms and he wasn't diagnosed until Sept -- 3 months later after the Finals.
Scott and Worthy help take pressure off Magic....they were injured....AC Green could score, but he was mostly a defense and rebound guy...the other guys didn't understand championship ball. If Magic would've had a healthy squad, Jordan wouldn't have 6...Magic would
@@randybutler1697 Jordan only stopped at 6 because it was one more than Magic. Forgot who quoted him, but it was said Jordan was chasing Magic's count
Even with a healthy squad, I don't know if its enough. Michael Cooper's role was huge as it took pressure off Scott. Magic became a huge defensive liability and you can see him not even guarding Paxson in game 5 when he hit all those shots in the 4th quarter.
@@eddieG667 you are probably right about the hiv, but remember he had to do everything for that team in the finals, since the key players were injured and battle worn from that grueling wcf with Portland. The Trailblazers had a very dangerous team that was #1 in the league that year and would probably beat any other team including Jordan's bulls. Portland swept the bulls in the regular season that year. The Lakers only beat them because of Magic. In that series he was very aggressive(even got a couple of memorable dunks on them)but most importantly used his brain more than ever like a coach on the floor just to beat them. If he didn't play like that Portland would've beat them. So all of that took so much out of him so that by the time he got to the finals he was very tired himself and like you said probably had hiv at that point. But it was his performance from 1988-89, 1989-90, and 1990-1991 entire season and playoffs/finals that solidified his status as an all time great because even though he didn't win anymore championships he played at an Mvp level straight all the way through and was never the reason why they lost any of the times. He was the only reason why they made it as far as they did in each of those last 3 seasons and gained the respect of everyone in the league even Jordan. Magic recognized Jordan at that point as being the Goat at that point before everyone else did because his basketball iq was so high. Funny thing is while he was admiring Jordan, Michael Jordan was looking at Magic as the Best player in the league at that point and knew that for himself to ever be the best he had to not only beat Magic Johnson, but learn a few more things from him( court vision, team leadership at the highest level, certain ways to execute assists, etc) and combine it with his skill set, then he knew he'd be totally unstoppable. That says a lot about Magic and legacy as one of the goats
Pat riley Lakers vs Phil Jackson bulls that will have been a legendary game
Pat Riley is not the coach of the Lakers during that time
@@geraldclydeabella3350 Pat Riley Knicks worked out nice 👍🙂 and just fine for Chicago
I liked Pat Riley HeaT even better 🙂
Was it Pat Riley calling this game? One of the voice sounded like Pat.
doug collins
Vernon Maxwell 4:24
In every ofence there is a player who asks for the ball with his back to the basket ... it no longer exists today.
this the team that would have beaten the bulls and who the bulls beat
The only way to stop Magic's postup is zone....too bad you couldn't do that back then
Magic would bust that zone up too. His passing was unstoppable and he had midrange game so he could shoot. Unstoppable.
That don't even LOOK like the Lakers. Showtime was over, No Pat Riley No Showtime. Had they been Showtime and Pat Riley had still been there, the finals would have had a different outcome. The way the Lakers played in 91 was to place Magic as the head man, Give him the ball and get out of the way and that was the WRONG way to go about it. Showtime and making his team mates better players led to 5 titles and they should have stuck to what they knew. You got a PROVEN winning formula, why change it? The new Lakers coach wanted to make a name for himself and he did, a embarrassment.
DoubleVisionandco : The real issue was that magic was getting old.
30 going on 40.
Remember they lost the previous year to the Phoenix suns who exposed them as old men.
Summer Tyme Magic was 2nd in MVP voting in '91. His age had nothing to do with them losing. They just happened to run into a determined Jordan.
LakersDynasty42 I don't think it would have mattered how determinded bull breath was. Without Pat Riley and playing in the new style they were playing in they barely got by several other teams.
DoubleVisionandco Riley was a great coach but I really don't think he would've coached that team to another title. No matter what you think about Jordan he played great in that series averaging 30 points and 11 assist while also playing great defense. The Lakers didn't have an answer for that.
+LakersDynasty42 that wasn't the issue either James worthy got hurt and so did b Scott
Magic could do everything. Lebron is always reluctant to go into the low post but Magic would do whatever it takes to win. Plus Magic perfected his hook. Lebron never perfected a go to move other than a point blank layup or dunk.
No he's not...
I came to see magic highlights and they put even the rockets missing shots or making shots or loosing ball like wtf.....i came to see magic highlights!!!!!!!!!! Or change the name of the video geeezzz
Magic could score
I know this video is about the greatness of Magic Johnson but I've got to first comment on something I saw written here...VERNON MAXWELL TOOK MORE SHOTS IN THIS SERIES THAN OLAJUWON!! That is stunning, but it probably shouldn't be when you consider the type of unpredictable person and player that V.Maxwell was!! Vernon Maxwell probably believed that he was better than Olajuwon and the best player in the NBA in 1991!! LOL
About the Magic Johnson GOAT comments on here, I think Jordan edges him out(due to being 6-0 in the Finals with 6 Finals MVP's) but I take no offense to anyone who considers Magic the GOAT, I only get offended when THE CLOWN WHO HAS BEEN HOPPING TEAMS AND JOINING WITH ALL STARS SINCE 2010 is considered a GOAT. It's a huge insult to guys like Jordan, Magic, Bird, Kareem, Olajuwon, Barkley, Ewing, Karl Malone, Wilt, Kobe, Tim Duncan and others who were elite players who didn't take SHORTCUTS IN THEIR PRIME for easy rings!
This 1991 season was a true indicator of Magic's greatness because Pat Riley was gone, Kareem was gone, the remaining players from the Showtime teams were around 30, they added a bunch of new players, yet Magic led them to 58 wins(the 3rd or 4th best record in the NBA) and the Lakers made it through a VERY tough Western Conference to advance to the NBA Finals. You can make the case that the 1991 Western Conference playoff teams were way better than the West playoff teams the Lakers faced in 1980's. The Lakers had cake walks to the Finals most years in the 1980's.
I know you don't believe the Lakers had cake walks to the finals during their run!!! Apparently you weren't around....Every series was a fight...every team was good, hard nose playing teams.. the Lakers were just a superior team led by the Goat!!
@@randybutler1697 All true(except I'd put Jordan and Kareem above Magic!), I say cakewalk relative to what the Eastern Conference champion had to face in the 1980's(Boston, Philadelphia, Milwaukee, Detroit), even though the Twin Tower-Rockets tripped up the Showtime Lakers in 1986, they pretty much went untested in the Western Conference Playoffs until the late 80's. I'm not necessarily downplaying Magic and the Lakers because they were truly elite and were going to dominate most teams!
Also, you have to realize that its MOSTLY DIEHARDS who are old enough or SMART enough to understand real basketball commenting on videos like this, not youngsters who were raised on HOT TAKE CLOWNS(Stephen A, Skip, Nick Wright, Shannon Sharpe) and think LeBron, Giannis and Steph are the GOATS!! LOL
After the FRAUD FROM AKRON won another shortcut title in 2020, a youtuber made a list of the Most Difficult NBA Championships Ever Won, he went back to 1984, so 37 teams. Of course, most of LeBron's were among the easiest, but so were the Showtime Lakers, in fact 1987 and 1988 Lakers ranked as the easiest. Let me say again, this isn't meant to disparage Magic in any way because LeBron isn't close to Magic or a lot of the true GOATS, and I have no issue with anyone who considers Magic the GOAT!! This is the link to the video down below
ruclips.net/video/xqVIDt0ibGE/видео.html
This was the time Houston was coming together as a team. Vernon and Hakeem haven't had their dust up yet and it was believed that Don Channey was losing the team even though he won coach of the year in 1991. A year later he was fired and Rudy T took over and the rest is history.
@@olanrewajuogunse7177 I just looked up the Rockets stats from the 90-91 season and they actually had 3 other guys(outside of Olajuwon) averaging 17PPG in Maxwell, Otis Thorpe and Kenny Smith. I was stunned by that too(lol), it always seemed as if Olajuwon scored all their points, in a similar fashion to Michael Jordan at that time.
The problem was Vernon Maxwell shot 40%(.404) from the field during the year, the other 2 shot over 50% from the field, which explains how Maxwell could take more shots(56-45) than Olajuwon in this series against the Lakers. Maxwell was a guy who needed 25 shots to get 20 points and that's not gonna work if you want to win championships, but the Rockets were able to win the title with a somewhat reigned in Maxwell 3 years later.
www.basketball-reference.com/teams/HOU/1991.html
@@seeehorn that's the reason why stats could be misleading. You saw a highlight that Mainly feature Magic Johnson offensive output. Vernon Maxwell and Otis Thorpe wre the other two that scored in doue figures but neither one of these guys could create their own shot. They couldn't take anyone off the dribble either. They benefited from Hakeem being double teamed where he would kick it out to the open man. Otis was one hell of an offensive rebounder. But they were too inconsistent so the Rocket buildt from the draft bring in Hory and Sam Caseel and the rest is history. So it might have seen like Vernom took more shot than Hakeem every night but that's not true at all.
you missed the ending…
You just watch winning time? Lol
@@jhoward1107 yea!!! love it. They totally made out this game was poor for Magic but he put up 38pts!!
@@LiveForever41 facts, like it was a no brainer he would go for the game winner
Eimen. And. Eimen.
@michalusOG Nope Jordan did NOT have a Better Fundamental Game or The EYES than Bird, Magic or Big O had. What MJ had was Great Post Guard Skills but what took over Games was his Athletic Ability. He is the Strongest Guard Bodywise and his Quickness Off the Dribble and 1st Step was Unreal, Nobody Could Stop It. He was The Best Individual Player but NOT the TEAM PLAY that Bird, Magic or Big O had
I beg to differ mj won more titles with less talent around him. He did not play with another league mvp or finals mvp teammate like those other players you named. Bird had 4 other hall of fame teammates at one point. Jordan mastered the team game he wasn't just an athlete. He had great footwork and fundamentals and was a far better defender than any of those guys.
@@jordanharp1979 bird and magic woulda won more but they played each other and other great teams of the 80s. They woulda won 8 or 9 if they played in 90s.
Jordan average played point in 91 finals and played it better than magic when it matters most, the NBA finals my boy
@@mikemcgrath6150 nope the 1996 bulls of Chicago beat either the Lakers or the Celtics of those years of the '80s. Jordan Rodman PIPPEN Kukoc Longley good night.
they lost cause Maxwell guarding magic?
Willie Dwayne dumbass maxwell outshot hakeem in this series lol. Glad they got rid of this awful coach.....or Houston would've never ascended.
Look at Sleepy Floyd with the turnover a 1 on 3 "fastbreak" lol
Willie Dwayne dumbass maxwell outshot hakeem in this series lol. Glad they got rid of this awful coach.....or Houston would've never ascended.
Look at Sleepy Floyd with the turnover a 1 on 3 "fastbreak" lol
Lebron James has never been this good.
God I hated Vernon Maxwell.... ( w/ passion )
Magic willed this team to the finals without Kareem
I hate highlights we have to see a simple assists..i mean if a crazy big time assists yeah ok good but a simple one? Come on lol
Better than Jordan
Lol 1 38 point game to satisfy your ass when Jordan dropped 40 over 30 times
@@senpai1574 Magic wasn’t a score 1st player lol
Hold up on the Magic love fest and calling him the goat because in that same year 1991 they played the bulls and Pippin the best on ball defender ever made Magic look average hit RUclips and send and check it out yourself
God damn they’re slow as fuck. They would get destroyed in today’s game 😂
Todays players play low IQ basketball with 0 contact, there is nothing todays players would bring to the table that these 2 teams would worry about.
Magic was a one-man show during the 91 season. So if I were the Rockets' coach, I would've had Hakeem guard Magic the entire game. Hakeem was so agile and strong, and similar in size, he would've been able to shut him down.
@alecsanderhamilton9224 best early 90's 88-93 players?
1 Jordan 3x MVP 3x Champ 🏆🏆🏆
2 Magic 2x MVP 1x Champ 🏆 retired by 91
3 Charles Barkley 1x MVP out of playoffs in 92
4 Olajuwon 1x DPOY 92 no playoffs
5 Isiah Thomas 2x Champ 🏆🏆 93 no playoffs 91 walk off head down vs Chicago no Dream Team
6 Ewing 93 East #1 seed
7 Drexler end of run with Portland near by 93
8 Larry Bird retired by 92, bad back from bout 87-89 thru 92
9 Karl Malone playoff choker rep beginning to manifest
10 David Robinson rookie in 90, on the rise challenging Hakeem for best Center title
11 Dominique Wilkins mixed team success with no real deep runs none past 1st round since 88 but he could still flat out light 🚨 up scoreboards
12 Kevin Johnson
13 SHAQUILLE O'Neal
14 John Stockton
15 Scottie Pippen
16 Joe Dumars
17 Brad Daugherty
18 Kareem Abdul Jabbar
19 Mitch Richmond
20 Tim Hardaway
21 Chris Mullin
22 Mark Price
23 Alonzo Mourning
24 Shawn Kemp
25 Larry Johnson
?
Lebron should be compared to magic not jordan
It's funny what they call a bad shot lol
Sucha shit era of basketball. Literally 0 strategy on offense or defense.
These guys would get smoked from today’s teams and just get blown the fuck out
Exacly. 80's defence is overrated
Never talk basketball
@@prod.mar1o191 no it’s not
man this is disgusting basketball 🤣. In the first 90 seconds no more than 2 passes in a possession & 4 post ups 🤢
don't mind watching players posting up down low all game