Indeed -- I used to go the Omni to watch the Hawks battle these great players. If Bird and Magic were playing against each other my schedule was changed so I could watch it. You can't pay me to go watch Lebron.
@@jordandwiggins1026 - I understand -- As you get older priorities and timelines change. In 2022 I only have time for Atlanta Falcons games and Braves playoff-games.
The teams where so much better and the players where legendary. True there was no Klay Thompson, Steph Curry Splash Brothers funk and historical shooting percentages, but teams played defense in that era, and not everything came down to a three point shot, and a game of horse. No super teams but teams played defense, and who could forget that threehundred plus point game against Detroit and Denver. In one word legendary give me that era of play, to any highlight of today.
Magic retired just in time when Lakers were falling apart. If his career was long like Lebron James, he would be getting swept in 1992 and 1993 because the Lakers team was really falling apart. It would be just Magic putting up numbers.
@@spaceaustrailia5895 they finished almost .500 both years add magic to the team and they are definitely a playoff team. Probably not better than the Blazers or Suns. Magic is the GOAT of point guards so maybe he gets them there but I doubt it. The glory years were probably over. He's still better than LeBron though.
@@spaceaustrailia5895 Lakers still would have been a contending team. In 1993 the 8th seed Lakers won the first 2 games against the Sun's. The Suns won the next in LA. Game 5 came down to the last minute and the Suns won in 5. They went on to face the Bulls in Finals. Now would the greatest PG that was clutch would have made a difference?? Also, the Lakers had Portland's number that year. The Lakers swept them 5 games to nothing in the Regular season.
Way too many brain-dead three-pointers being shot today. That's not good team basketball. It's more fun to watch players who are in sync with each other and feeding off each other and looking for the best opportunity to score rather than taking the ball just beyond the halfway point and putting up a shot.
the fuck are you talking about? Have you even seen a NBA game lately? WHO puts up a shot beyond the halfway point? If you are talking about the Warriors, they are probably playing the best team basketball since these showtime Lakers
What the f*ck am I talking about? Gee, you're really classy. I don't watch a lot of modern basketball. I do like watching the Warriors and they remind me old school Lakers. But you should be more respectful and show a little class when addressing another person's point of view.
Andrew Schiff They think it's corny; old-school; not exciting; boring. But, they fail to realize that having an almost automatic shot like that would lead to MUCH success.
Magic was the best all around player in my not so humble opinion. His basketball I.Q. was off the charts. If I'm a GM and I'm starting a team from scratch, Magic is my first pick. To me he understood the game better than almost anyone who has ever played, period.
Oh you meant Magic that threw a hissy fit and cherry picked a winning team from the get go rather than join a losing Chicago franchise like Jordan in this video had no issues joining?
Him Bike ...You're absolutely and positively correct! The Showtime Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in game six and won the 1980 NBA championship.
Bruce Scott people don’t talk about Magic for GOAT very often because assists ain’t as sexy as 39pts And slam dunks. Magic beat bird in college Magic won NBA title as a rookie I love bird but I think Magic was better. Magic is the ultimate team player Basketball is a team sport
@@PInk77W1 ...Again, you're right! Magic played five positions in game six, during the 1980 NBA Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers, and both teams were not a walk in the park, either! Magic was the second rookie ever to win the NBA championship. The great Bill Russell was the first. Magic was also the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP, to say the least. Air Jordan was one of the best. The same goes for Johnson and Russell. The latter is the greatest winner in sports, PERIOD!!! I'm sixty-seven years old now, and I've been watching this sport for over five decades. Air Jordan was not the star when UNC defeated Georgetown. James Worthy was! Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. didn't care about statistics at all! He was the ultimate team player who had one focus...WIN!
Bruce Scott I’m 59 and don’t remember seeing Russell. I remember Wilt but only in his end part of his career. I love bird but Magic was better. MJ was great, I just don’t like his one on one style. I didn’t know Russell won in his rookie year. Thx
@@PInk77W1 ...You're welcome! My two late uncles took me to an NBA game at the old Madison Square Garden, which was located on 8th Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets. It was right after the Thanksgiving holidays in 1959. The New York Knickerbockers were playing against the Minneapolis Lakers. However, the latter won by three points. I was six years old, and enjoying myself watching both legendary teams going at each other. Elgin Baylor was in the Lakers' lineup at the time. That was my very first experience watching an NBA game.
***** Bro... I wish I could agree, but it has nothing to do with "it was better back in my day". The league is on the weak side right now, which is good, because maybe they'll start to get it back up to par.
Fake and Gay this is much better team basketball than we see today. We know what play is gonna come next: Lebron / Curry will dribble it down court and force a shot. That's predictable and boring
Apparently you're an immature fanboy. Suddenly the Warriors are good again and everyone who isn't a Curry fanboy is an idiot (they do play somewhat old school with Kerr coaching them) but your kind is just as bad as the Kobe fans who say Kobe is the best ever. Both Kobe and Curry shoot too much and throw up too many bricks if you ask me in crucial games. . I've probably been watching the NBA for longer than you're alive. The NBA today is engineered to make the players stats inflated. Curry is finally a great player but his finals performance was mediocre, he started making those crazy shots at the end of games, so his teammates had to pick up the lack and pulled it off because the Warriors are deep and Cleveland was undermanned. The Warriors got lucky because there's no way they would've beaten the Spurs (only team that plays entertaining basketball comparable to back in the day) It took LeBron 10 years to finally compete hard in all 4 quarters of a series and it took a miracle shot by Ray Allen for the Heat to win their last chip. Here we have Curry stinking it up for three quarters but he's the league's MVP, Next guy for MVP? James Harden, who killed his team's chances with more turnovers than points, terrible performance in the game of his life. The only thing that saved your boy Curry from having a terrible finals was the desperation 3s started falling for him for him in the 4th quater. An MVP in the 90s and prior would've given better playoffs/finals performances than the so called "MVP"s or "best players on the planet" we we have now. Get real and don't be a clueless fanboy. Your warriors are gonna go home quick if they meet up with the Spurs next year.
***** "The league is on the weak side?" Let's ask Lebron: "Hopefully the league can figure out a way where it can [go back] to the [80s] and [90s], where you had [three or four] All-Stars, Superstars or Hall of Famers on the [same team]. The league was [great then]. It [wasn't] as [watered down] as it [is now]." -- Lebron James: "LeBron hints contraction may help NBA"; msn.foxsport.com Dec 24, 2010 Checkmate... "and without a doubt the overall skill level is higher" Oh really? FACT #1: All of the Top 50 teams in league history with the highest FG% and assist ratio, are from the 80s & 90s. Not 1 team from this era is even in the Top 50 in either category. FACT #2: Only 64 teams in league history allowed fewer than 101 pts per 100 possessions. 1992-04 featured 48 of those teams, meaning 8 of those seasons are from the 90s ALONE! During MJ's ENTIRE career in CHI (13 seasons), there were only 2 seasons of teams (13 in total) that won 39 or less games. During the 1st 13 seasons of the 00s ALONE, there's been 182 teams like that LOL!! And from 2000-15, there's been 209 teams like that, as well as teams with 39 wins that even made the playoffs...ask the '08 Hawks. In fact this era (2000-15) has THE MOST 20-30 win sub .500 teams in league history. And your lil young a** is trying to claim that the "skill level" today is higher?!! That's a joke! And a BAD ONE at that! No kiddo, they're just playing under EASIER RULES that FAVORS perimeter players! That's a WELL KNOWN and established FACT! You uninformed Y2K fanboys don't know the meaning of the word skill! Kobe said it best: "You can't even touch a guy out there [today] without it being a flagrant foul. But these [kids today] might be a little [too sensitive] for that. The truth is [it] (past eras), made players [have to] be [more skillful]. Nowadays, [literally anybody] can go out there and [get to the basket] because you [can't even touch 'em]. Back then you had guys hand-checking and puttin hands on you on defensively. So you [had to] have [skill] in order to play [both ways], change directions, post up and have a mid range game. Because you certainly didn't want to go all the way to the basket. You'd get [knocked down]!" -- Kobe Bryant: "Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose Have Similar Injury Plights, Different Paths"; by Kevin Ding, NBA Sr. Writer, Jan 21, 2014 Oh yeah...that's checkmate again!
I always forget how good of an announcer Skip Caray was - most people knew him for his work on the Braves on TBS but he was great at basketball and great at football too in the early 1990s when TNT had the NFL. He was a network-level announcer in every way. We lost him too soon.
What a great team we had: Kareem passing like a guard, Magic playing three or four roles each play, a legendary fastbreak, and even well known plays that everyone was expecting and yet always succeded, like the backdoor from James Worthy and the alleyhoop by Cooper. What a team! And so much fun to watch.
that's how mj scored so much as a youngster, he knew how to glide to the cup by tracking his teammates movement to get defenders to go around him, something that seems undermentioned about his legacy. he instinctually knew that and probably did it better than anyone in the nba at the time
I've seen Magic doing things here I never saw him doing in 1990 or 91. He was faster and more daring, but he also got better in other things like 3 point shooting. What a great player indeed.
Nzinn73 I am not sure I am seeing Jordan exactly getting schooled here. Lol. Magic had a great work ethic, helped him to keep improving over course of his career.
Three of my favorites(Jabbar included),but let's be fair,Michael played very well against team which was 3-times better,imagine,great Bob Mcadoo was not even a stater,those Lakers had one go the best(if not the best) rosters ever.
Let's be fair. For the Bulls in this game, Orlando Woolridge (30 points), Quintin Dailey (26 Points) and Wes Matthews (18 points) all scored more points than Jordan's 16.
I am not MJ obsessed but he was showing us the future with no fear whatsoever just playing ball. Definitely more than a BB player a real competitor within.
TBH, I think Jordan knew this from the start, but he didn't have any help around him until they got Pippen, so he kind of had to do it all for the Bulls. ETA: Magic is my favorite player, but he had the perfect roster around him to take advantage of his game.
@@fester2306 It wasn't that Jordan didn't have help....it was thst he and Magic played different...Jordan was a scorer not a passer that made teammates better. Had Magic and Mike swapped teams, the results still would've been in Magic's favor because those guys would have been running and scoring whereas the Lakers would just have added JUST another scorer that needed the ball...now that's not to say Jirdan never passed, but that was the weakness in his game...Pippen came along and became the facilitator they need...and with Lakers and Boston getting older, they eventually began winning
Doug in San Diego I love Magic he's in my top 5 all time and nobody that knows Ball would have him outside of the top ten greatest to ever live... BUT you are forgetting one key point. Mike was a WAY better defender than Magic. Magic was decent on D and could play pretty good team defense but he wasn't in the same stratosphere as Jordan when you are talking individual defensive capabilities. Magic would struggle with quicker point guards but with guys like Cooper helping him out and Kareem protecting the rim he played well enough for the Lakers to be the team of the 80s. Michael may be the best defender at the shooting guard position of all time. Again this is no knock on Magic and I do agree with you he was a lot better than Mike at distributing the ball and at 6'8+ he was a better(not by that much) rebounder.
+Doug in San Diego I agree with a lot of your points but to say Michael is only a slightly better defender than Magic is wrong bro. Jordan was a 9 time all NBA first team defender. Magic NEVER even made one all NBA defensive team, not even second team. Also I don't see how 5 of 8 is better than 6 of 6 when it comes to rings. 5 of 8 is better than 5 of 5 I'll give you that, but 6 rings trumps 5. Granted Magic's first 9 years were better than Mike's but Mike's last 9 were better than Magic's last 9. I also disagree with Karl Malone in your top ten. You say it cannot be debated, not true. Here's my to ten(no particular order) which I feel can pretty much not be debated. Jordan, Magic, Wilt, Russel, Bird, Kareem, Kobe, Duncan, Oscar, and then either Shaq, Lebron, or Hakeem. Honorable mention(Dr. J, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, Jerry West) Please tell me how Karl Malone( with no rings) is more deserving to be on this list. By the way the conversation is all with a good spirit. I love debating hoops with other people that love the game and it's all respect.
+Doug in San Diego I hear you but don't forget two of the greatest white boys of all time John Havlicek and the great Rick Barry. Rick is only player to lead the NBA, NCAA, and ABA in scoring. He averaged over 30 .ppg four times. His second year he averaged 36 ppg 9 reb. and 4 ass. I would put Barry and Hondo over Pierce and Clyde but it's splitting hairs.
+Doug in San Diego no, magic was at his prime in 1988-1989 and 1989-1990 season, he played his best and most matured basketball during these 2 seasons, and physically and technically and wisely. Also , you overlooked the 1990-1991 season, that he led a whole new laker team with a new coach, a new system and without jabbar and Cooper , to the NBA finals . That was his wisest season.
+Doug in San Diego +thkalas Yup. I was talking about physical prime as in speed, quickness, jumping, strength, agility, and power(among others). That's why I didn't just say prime. Prime is when your experience and knowledge meet your athleticism for a window of a few years. They are going in opposite directions and, depending on the sport, they overlap in that sweet zone where you don't get outsmarted by the vets but have enough athleticism to keep up with the youngsters.
Magic was the most unique player in nba history, a 6’9” point guard that played all 5 positions when needed. Also, people think magic was slow but he was fast and athletic too in his prime.
@@StuntMasta I've gotten into many a debate about Magic's speed and athleticism; there are a ton of ignorant b-ball fans who mistake Magic's "old-man" looking moves for unathleticism but few points could run a pace as fast as the Showtime Master.
Jordan averaged about 33 points a game from 1984 to 1989. He had a great game literally every time he played in the 1980s.
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No, he didn't. For example, how is only scoring 19 points on 9-19 shooting in game 3 vs Boston in the first round of the 1986 postseason a great game after his 63-point performance?
@@royjohnlouguzon21 You're looking at the stats from the wrong game. You're looking at the stats for Bulls AT Lakers from December 2nd, 1984. This game is Lakers AT Bulls, February 19th, 1985. Recognize the uniforms and the arena before spouting off next time. I mean, it says which game it is in the title of the video, dude.
Wow Karem, Magic, Mj, Worthy, so many legend in this game.. Back in 1985 Jordan became the only rookie in NBA history to lead a team in four statistics (points, assists, rebounds, steals)
I remember.... he was quite dominant for a few years in the early/mid 70s. Later, he found his niche as a great reserve player for the Lakers. Although I was young then, I could still remember his Buffalo Braves years and knew he could really contribute coming off the bench for the Lakers. And he made some big contributions to a very talented team. Tremendous talent
I like using the skyhook when I play. It really is unstoppable. Your left arm creates distance. Your right shooting hand is so far back, a defender can not reach to block the shot.
@2:38 You've seen all the major Magic no-look passes, but I've never seen this one. This is why I like watching old games, because you'll see something that's not in a Superstars highlight package most times. Sheesh Magic!!!
+Doug in San Diego plus they had Mike McGee - who Chick Hearn aptly dubbed "point a minute McGee" cause he averaged something like 12 minutes and 12 points, makes you wonder why they didn't play him more.
MJ learned a lot from his battles with the 76ers, Pistons,Celtics, and Lakers he knew they were the elite teams and MJ was putting everything in his memory bank and unleashed it on the 90s and they did not have the mental or physical toughness to get the job done against the Bulls
Ojewelo1996 Not necessarily. Just much faster pace and more posessions per game. Magic took about 2 second to go cross court, where nowadays most teams consume all 8 seconds and use up mort of the shot clock. The Lakers determined the pace the game was played in those days (at least, most of the times), and that was super fast.
So wild the deception plays w/ Lakers - love watching that. It's such a huge sell, like so easy to miss. You just don't see that kind of thing at *all* in basketball today. It's all straightforward rhythm, really honest game to hit. Probably b/c shots are more from the outside these days, more likely to miss so it needs the rhythm more.
Sometimes, the only way you become great is when you get humiliated once in a while. Magic Johnson wouldn't be the player we remember him today if he didn't have those "Tragic Johnson" moments in the 1984 Finals. He was already great by 1984, but winning titles in 1985, 1987, and 1988 just took him to a different stratosphere.
@@randybutler1697 If Magic played in 1992, he would of gotten swept. Magic retired just when the Lakers fell apart. The 1992 Lakers were worse than this team right here. The 1993 Lakers were useless. If Magic Johnson played for 2-3 more seasons, you would of witnessed him not making the playoffs for the first time.
In the late 80s (88 & 89) defense became very tough and physical because of the Detroit Pistons' stye of play. "Defense Wins Championships" became the mantra across the NBA. From 1988 until hand checking was banned and zone defenses instituted, the defense was much tougher than it is today. That is mainly due to rules changes.
In my opinion, the 2 greatest ever to do play the game. This video shows why you need more than just 1 good player to be a winning team. Once you find a way to slow that one player down, the other players have to step up, and if they're not that good, they can't, and the team loses. You definitely don't have that problem with Magic & Kareem plus more on your team.
Loved watching Kareem play. As a 5-6 year old my older brother talked a lot about how great this Lew Alcindor was at UCLA. Then I saw highlights of Lew Alcindor at UCLA. I was astonished. I bundled up a sheet of paper and would throw it into a lamp shade pretending I was Alcindor. I also remember sitting in a bar in college watching Kareem breaking the all time NBA scoring record. Wonderful basketball player who gave this spectator a helluva lot of enjoyment. Cheers to you Kareem.
@@eggsdabomb You are right. Wilt was another who could be called the greatest ever. They were almost polar opposites but, I loved watching both Wilt and Kareem.
Basketball was exiting to watch back in the days. I remember a night before , I used to wake up early in the morning on Sunday because the Lakers were on the road and had to play at 9am on CBS. Those were the good old days of the NBA.
Jordan's athleticism was 50 years before its time. You can drop him in today's NBA and his athleticism would still stick out like a sore thumb. He makes it look like he's the only player not wearing ankle weights.
U do know magic won a championship as a ROOKIE (only player in nba history to do so)...without kareem, worthy, and any showtime laker....and did it while playing CENTER (bcuz kareem got hurt)....and did it on the ROAD in philly (game 6 of the finals)...and against the jordan (dr.j) & shaq (darryl "chocolate thunder" dawkins) of that time.... ...magic also didnt need a system (jordan needed the triangle offense & a hall of fame coach to get to 6 finals)...magic CREATED a system...it was showtime....plus, magic took THREE different coaches in THREE different decades ('70s, '80s, & '90s) to the finals....jordan needed ONE coach to make it 6 times in JUST the '90s.... ...oh yeah, and magic had a rival (larry bird)...jordan never did...and magic saved the nba from bankruptcy (we wudnt be talkin about jordan if it wasnt for magic fyi)... Jordan may have been the GOAT (greatest of all time)....but magic was the greatest PLAYER of all time...
loo0oop recheck the 'won a championship without kareem' argument please... Because if you think that the championship is just the last 2 games, we should stop this conversation
Marios Komodromos and u make it seem like kareem did it ALL by himself...to GET to the nba finals! For a ROOKIE...to HELP kareem GET there and then to WIN it when he gets injured...while playin center...is pretty impressive....considering he does this the year AFTER he beats his rival (Larry Bird) in a college championship game...
Yeah the commentators even said how it was a really great all-around team effort by the Lakers to so effectively contain Jordan, and mentioned how, even facing that, he really only took one bad shot the whole game.
7:28 ... those two plays in a row are why that Laker team was probably the best ever. Known for their unstoppable fast break, and then they could pull off these types of plays. And if all fails....SKYHOOK! Add in a former MVP in McAdoo ON THE BENCH. Just ridiculous.
i wish the refs still officiated like this. that charge called on jordan when he jumped into kareem is called a "player control foul" where the dudes are out of control. they could call that on lebron, wade, irving, and HARDEN especially... part of greatness for a lot of these cats is all about getting the calls too
I agree with you to a point. When I say players had better offensive skill back in the day, it's because most NBA players pretty much completed 4 years of college where they honed their shooting skills, whereas today's NBA superstars complete one year of playing college ball, then they come into the NBA pretty raw without a ton shooting skill, albeit they do play a much more aggressive defense in this day and age. A much more stylish and graceful game back then as compared to today.
Meg Doyle Whooaaa!!! Slow your roll. Magic was OKAY??? Think about what you're typing!! Magic is a LEGEND!!! He has earned all of our RESPECT. A 6'9" guard who PLAYED EVERY POSITION ON THE FLOOR! WELL!! Are you kidding?!!?! Don't get it twisted, Jordan is one of the all time best ever, but so was Magic!
Did MJ guard Dominque?? No.. Did MJ guard Bird or Isiah?? No. Magic is a PG that can guard bigs and smalls. But great teams have defensive specialist like Scottie Pippen, Joe Dumars, Michael Copper to do the dirty gritty work so the the superstars can have energy to do what they are good at.
acorn sucks ummm are you sure? an injured jordan guarded larry bird that still managed to droped 63 on him? bird got destroyed and then got bailed out by his team. come on man.
"Notice how little respect Mike got from the refs..." You mean this was before they started letting him take 4 steps without a dribble and before they started calling fouls on people for not running away from him when he got too close to them.
M Fox not at all. in the 90s you couldn't look at Jordan without fear of a foul being called. Larry Bird talked about how he got away with murder on defense. no one else was allowed to defend like him.
Showtime was no myth! Turn the lights on, it was a magic show! The proficient teams?!: The Houston rockets championship teams. They faced the best competition of their era and any collective era,and Beat 1,2,3,4 seeds! There is no comparison.
Nzinn73 you can see that Jordan has the tools for greatness, and that Kareem still has that hook going late in his career. Lakers obviously have the far superior team at this point.
I came to enjoy these vintage highlights instead I see constant trolling in the comments. Jeezus people take up a chair drink a beer and enjoy this clip.
Actually ... what impresses me even more than the Jordan-Magic thing is the effectiveness of Kareem with that Skyhook. I had forgotten the beauty of it, and how it is a shot that is impossible to defend.
Genius comment! we lose focus when we get brainwashed by the talking sports heads.The skyhook demonstrated here proves how Shaq or any modern day NBA center could not stop Kareem in his prime. You are not going to see MJ in the NBA any faster or athletic than you see here so this game is how you can compare the old school greats with the modern day players. We love Jordan and Magic but in this video Kareem is the GOAT
Magic was the best overall basketball player in history. He was a team player who could have put up consistent Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant ball hog numbers but instead shared the ball and allowed his teammates to shine, too. His trick plays and no-look passes are legendary, his dribbling superb. And then there was the time when he played center for an injured Kareem. The best, I tell ya.
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Basically any game in the 80's that featured any combination either Magic, Larry, Isiah or Michael playing against each other was an instant classic.
Indeed -- I used to go the Omni to watch the Hawks battle these great players. If Bird and Magic were playing against each other my schedule was changed so I could watch it. You can't pay me to go watch Lebron.
@@JA_WILL Your loss if you miss out on the best player of the current generation.
@@jordandwiggins1026 - I understand -- As you get older priorities and timelines change. In 2022 I only have time for Atlanta Falcons games and Braves playoff-games.
@@JA_WILL I’m not a fan of Lebron, but I would definitely want to go see him. Not that serious 😂😂
the golden age of basketball, simply amazing!
yup. look at the passing and hardly any dribbling.
The teams where so much better and the players where legendary. True there was no Klay Thompson, Steph Curry Splash Brothers funk and historical shooting percentages, but teams played defense in that era, and not everything came down to a three point shot, and a game of horse. No super teams but teams played defense, and who could forget that threehundred plus point game against Detroit and Denver. In one word legendary give me that era of play, to any highlight of today.
@@mathewidicula6425 celtics lakers and arguably pistons were superteams.
@@mathewidicula6425 great era tho my favorite to watch
This was the golden era of basketball. Great teams, great rivalries.
These Lakers where the best team in the 80's and Jordan was a rookie. He took his lumps like everyone else
Them and the Celtics
Magic retired just in time when Lakers were falling apart. If his career was long like Lebron James, he would be getting swept in 1992 and 1993 because the Lakers team was really falling apart.
It would be just Magic putting up numbers.
@@spaceaustrailia5895 they finished almost .500 both years add magic to the team and they are definitely a playoff team. Probably not better than the Blazers or Suns. Magic is the GOAT of point guards so maybe he gets them there but I doubt it. The glory years were probably over. He's still better than LeBron though.
@@spaceaustrailia5895 Lakers still would have been a contending team. In 1993 the 8th seed Lakers won the first 2 games against the Sun's. The Suns won the next in LA. Game 5 came down to the last minute and the Suns won in 5. They went on to face the Bulls in Finals. Now would the greatest PG that was clutch would have made a difference?? Also, the Lakers had Portland's number that year. The Lakers swept them 5 games to nothing in the Regular season.
@@MrJpk741 In what universe is Magic better than Lebron?
You old heads need more meds tbh
3:35 Jordan with the 1984 fadeaway!Crazy how much he developed that shot
I don't know what it is, but I find this brand of basketball much more interesting that what's being played today.
Way too many brain-dead three-pointers being shot today. That's not good team basketball. It's more fun to watch players who are in sync with each other and feeding off each other and looking for the best opportunity to score rather than taking the ball just beyond the halfway point and putting up a shot.
the fuck are you talking about? Have you even seen a NBA game lately? WHO puts up a shot beyond the halfway point? If you are talking about the Warriors, they are probably playing the best team basketball since these showtime Lakers
What the f*ck am I talking about? Gee, you're really classy. I don't watch a lot of modern basketball. I do like watching the Warriors and they remind me old school Lakers. But you should be more respectful and show a little class when addressing another person's point of view.
+Andrew Schiff I was talking to the other guy lol
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They think it's corny; old-school; not exciting; boring. But, they fail to realize that having an almost automatic shot like that would lead to MUCH success.
Magic was the best all around player in my not so humble opinion. His basketball I.Q. was off the charts. If I'm a GM and I'm starting a team from scratch, Magic is my first pick. To me he understood the game better than almost anyone who has ever played, period.
No actually Bird was even better, but Magic was up there certainly better than Lebron.
Counter Strike Disagree. I’ll take Magic over Bird.
Too bad he played D like Harden
Oh you meant Magic that threw a hissy fit and cherry picked a winning team from the get go rather than join a losing Chicago franchise like Jordan in this video had no issues joining?
are u nuts??
i was in the 10th grade when this game came on Tbs , i recorded the Whole Game on Vhs an i Still have the Tape to this Very Day 2020.
Magic's face on the no-look passes 😂
Fooled everyone in the house except Coop!
Master magician 🎩 indeed
Kareem and his sky hook... unstoppable
Magic scored 42 in game 6 of finals in his ROOKIE year playing CENTER.
Him Bike ...You're absolutely and positively correct! The Showtime Lakers defeated the Philadelphia 76ers in game six and won the 1980 NBA championship.
Bruce Scott people don’t talk about Magic for
GOAT very often because assists ain’t as sexy as 39pts And slam dunks.
Magic beat bird in college
Magic won NBA title as a rookie
I love bird but I think Magic was better.
Magic is the ultimate team player
Basketball is a team sport
@@PInk77W1 ...Again, you're right! Magic played five positions in game six, during the 1980 NBA Finals against the Philadelphia 76ers, and both teams were not a walk in the park, either! Magic was the second rookie ever to win the NBA championship. The great Bill Russell was the first. Magic was also the only rookie to win the NBA Finals MVP, to say the least. Air Jordan was one of the best. The same goes for Johnson and Russell. The latter is the greatest winner in sports, PERIOD!!! I'm sixty-seven years old now, and I've been watching this sport for over five decades. Air Jordan was not the star when UNC defeated Georgetown. James Worthy was! Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. didn't care about statistics at all! He was the ultimate team player who had one focus...WIN!
Bruce Scott I’m 59 and don’t remember seeing Russell. I remember Wilt but only in his end part of his career.
I love bird but Magic was better.
MJ was great, I just don’t like his one on one style. I didn’t know Russell won in his rookie year. Thx
@@PInk77W1 ...You're welcome! My two late uncles took me to an NBA game at the old Madison Square Garden, which was located on 8th Avenue, between 49th and 50th Streets. It was right after the Thanksgiving holidays in 1959. The New York Knickerbockers were playing against the Minneapolis Lakers. However, the latter won by three points. I was six years old, and enjoying myself watching both legendary teams going at each other. Elgin Baylor was in the Lakers' lineup at the time. That was my very first experience watching an NBA game.
What a fun game to watch. I wish the NBA today was this much fun to watch.
***** Bro... I wish I could agree, but it has nothing to do with "it was better back in my day". The league is on the weak side right now, which is good, because maybe they'll start to get it back up to par.
Fake and Gay this is much better team basketball than we see today. We know what play is gonna come next: Lebron / Curry will dribble it down court and force a shot. That's predictable and boring
Apparently you're an immature fanboy. Suddenly the Warriors are good again and everyone who isn't a Curry fanboy is an idiot (they do play somewhat old school with Kerr coaching them) but your kind is just as bad as the Kobe fans who say Kobe is the best ever. Both Kobe and Curry shoot too much and throw up too many bricks if you ask me in crucial games. . I've probably been watching the NBA for longer than you're alive. The NBA today is engineered to make the players stats inflated. Curry is finally a great player but his finals performance was mediocre, he started making those crazy shots at the end of games, so his teammates had to pick up the lack and pulled it off because the Warriors are deep and Cleveland was undermanned. The Warriors got lucky because there's no way they would've beaten the Spurs (only team that plays entertaining basketball comparable to back in the day) It took LeBron 10 years to finally compete hard in all 4 quarters of a series and it took a miracle shot by Ray Allen for the Heat to win their last chip. Here we have Curry stinking it up for three quarters but he's the league's MVP, Next guy for MVP? James Harden, who killed his team's chances with more turnovers than points, terrible performance in the game of his life. The only thing that saved your boy Curry from having a terrible finals was the desperation 3s started falling for him for him in the 4th quater. An MVP in the 90s and prior would've given better playoffs/finals performances than the so called "MVP"s or "best players on the planet" we we have now. Get real and don't be a clueless fanboy. Your warriors are gonna go home quick if they meet up with the Spurs next year.
*****
"The league is on the weak side?"
Let's ask Lebron:
"Hopefully the league can figure out a way where it can [go back] to the [80s] and [90s], where you had [three or four] All-Stars, Superstars or Hall of Famers on the [same team]. The league was [great then]. It [wasn't] as [watered down] as it [is now]."
-- Lebron James: "LeBron hints contraction may help NBA"; msn.foxsport.com Dec 24, 2010
Checkmate...
"and without a doubt the overall skill level is higher"
Oh really?
FACT #1: All of the Top 50 teams in league history with the highest FG% and assist ratio, are from the 80s & 90s.
Not 1 team from this era is even in the Top 50 in either category.
FACT #2: Only 64 teams in league history allowed fewer than 101 pts per 100 possessions. 1992-04 featured 48 of those teams, meaning 8 of those seasons are from the 90s ALONE!
During MJ's ENTIRE career in CHI (13 seasons), there were only 2 seasons of teams (13 in total) that won 39 or less games.
During the 1st 13 seasons of the 00s ALONE, there's been 182 teams like that LOL!!
And from 2000-15, there's been 209 teams like that, as well as teams with 39 wins that even made the playoffs...ask the '08 Hawks.
In fact this era (2000-15) has THE MOST 20-30 win sub .500 teams in league history.
And your lil young a** is trying to claim that the "skill level" today is higher?!!
That's a joke! And a BAD ONE at that!
No kiddo, they're just playing under EASIER RULES that FAVORS perimeter players!
That's a WELL KNOWN and established FACT!
You uninformed Y2K fanboys don't know the meaning of the word skill!
Kobe said it best:
"You can't even touch a guy out there [today] without it being a flagrant foul. But these [kids today] might be a little [too sensitive] for that. The truth is [it] (past eras), made players [have to] be [more skillful]. Nowadays, [literally anybody] can go out there and [get to the basket] because you [can't even touch 'em]. Back then you had guys hand-checking and puttin hands on you on defensively. So you [had to] have [skill] in order to play [both ways], change directions, post up and have a mid range game. Because you certainly didn't want to go all the way to the basket. You'd get [knocked down]!"
-- Kobe Bryant: "Kobe Bryant and Derrick Rose Have Similar Injury Plights, Different Paths"; by Kevin Ding, NBA Sr. Writer, Jan 21, 2014
Oh yeah...that's checkmate again!
+Mygaffer If low post offense is the main reason you enjoy watching the nba, which is for me, then today's league is unwatchable.
I always forget how good of an announcer Skip Caray was - most people knew him for his work on the Braves on TBS but he was great at basketball and great at football too in the early 1990s when TNT had the NFL. He was a network-level announcer in every way. We lost him too soon.
Arguably the two greatest players in the history of the NBA
What a great team we had: Kareem passing like a guard, Magic playing three or four roles each play, a legendary fastbreak, and even well known plays that everyone was expecting and yet always succeded, like the backdoor from James Worthy and the alleyhoop by Cooper. What a team! And so much fun to watch.
that's how mj scored so much as a youngster, he knew how to glide to the cup by tracking his teammates movement to get defenders to go around him, something that seems undermentioned about his legacy. he instinctually knew that and probably did it better than anyone in the nba at the time
I've seen Magic doing things here I never saw him doing in 1990 or 91. He was faster and more daring, but he also got better in other things like 3 point shooting. What a great player indeed.
He was slowing down by then, but he added 2 his repertoire w/ the 3 & more post ups & still making that ball disappear running the break
Nzinn73 I am not sure I am seeing Jordan exactly getting schooled here. Lol. Magic had a great work ethic, helped him to keep improving over course of his career.
Hiv slowed him down. Who knows how long he had that.
Showtime became Slowtime. But it was interesting with a young Vlade.... a running, 3 point shooting center.
Yea he was a post up player that year
Three of my favorites(Jabbar included),but let's be fair,Michael played very well against team which was 3-times better,imagine,great Bob Mcadoo was not even a stater,those Lakers had one go the best(if not the best) rosters ever.
A lot of former UNC players on the court: McAdoo, James Worthy, Michael Jordan. Was Mitch Kupchak still with the Lakers then (as a player)?
Let's be fair. For the Bulls in this game, Orlando Woolridge (30 points), Quintin Dailey (26 Points) and Wes Matthews (18 points) all scored more points than Jordan's 16.
@@fancybrooks3156 Kupchak was indeed a Laker at this time. He played 6 minutes in this game, had 2 points and a rebound.
He may have lost but it's experiences like this that made Michael Jordan whom he was.
The most amazing players in NBA history. It’s inspiring to watch.
I feel young again. It is so nice to see these elite class basketball players. Thanks indeed... 🙏🙏
I am not MJ obsessed but he was showing us the future with no fear whatsoever just playing ball. Definitely more than a BB player a real competitor within.
5 hall of famers on one court at the same time wow
Unreal how Magic would push the ball and pressure the D damn near every possession, and yet still not get out of control ala Westbrook and others
The guy's nickname is magic for a reason.. remarkable player. Magic is my all time favorite.
lmao, westbrook pressure is like, runs to the free throw line, take a jumper, miss, get pissed xD
Franky Boy damn that's accurate
Franky Boy Can you repeat that again ? 5/6 games triple doubles ? Rekt ? GG?
Sough ala Westbrook? Magic was doing this long before Westbrook was born
Magic could score thirty any time he wanted to but knew his whole team had to play well to be a champion. Michael learned this several years later.
Blah blah blah. JORDAN better than Magic.
@ You are a casual fan. Get out of here.
And then proceeds to score 40-50
TBH, I think Jordan knew this from the start, but he didn't have any help around him until they got Pippen, so he kind of had to do it all for the Bulls. ETA: Magic is my favorite player, but he had the perfect roster around him to take advantage of his game.
@@fester2306 It wasn't that Jordan didn't have help....it was thst he and Magic played different...Jordan was a scorer not a passer that made teammates better. Had Magic and Mike swapped teams, the results still would've been in Magic's favor because those guys would have been running and scoring whereas the Lakers would just have added JUST another scorer that needed the ball...now that's not to say Jirdan never passed, but that was the weakness in his game...Pippen came along and became the facilitator they need...and with Lakers and Boston getting older, they eventually began winning
Magic is in his absolute physical prime right here. He is more athletic and quicker in this game than I have ever seen him.
Doug in San Diego
I love Magic he's in my top 5 all time and nobody that knows Ball would have him outside of the top ten greatest to ever live... BUT you are forgetting one key point. Mike was a WAY better defender than Magic. Magic was decent on D and could play pretty good team defense but he wasn't in the same stratosphere as Jordan when you are talking individual defensive capabilities. Magic would struggle with quicker point guards but with guys like Cooper helping him out and Kareem protecting the rim he played well enough for the Lakers to be the team of the 80s. Michael may be the best defender at the shooting guard position of all time. Again this is no knock on Magic and I do agree with you he was a lot better than Mike at distributing the ball and at 6'8+ he was a better(not by that much) rebounder.
+Doug in San Diego I agree with a lot of your points but to say Michael is only a slightly better defender than Magic is wrong bro. Jordan was a 9 time all NBA first team defender. Magic NEVER even made one all NBA defensive team, not even second team. Also I don't see how 5 of 8 is better than 6 of 6 when it comes to rings. 5 of 8 is better than 5 of 5 I'll give you that, but 6 rings trumps 5. Granted Magic's first 9 years were better than Mike's but Mike's last 9 were better than Magic's last 9. I also disagree with Karl Malone in your top ten. You say it cannot be debated, not true. Here's my to ten(no particular order) which I feel can pretty much not be debated. Jordan, Magic, Wilt, Russel, Bird, Kareem, Kobe, Duncan, Oscar, and then either Shaq, Lebron, or Hakeem. Honorable mention(Dr. J, Elgin Baylor, Bob Pettit, Jerry West) Please tell me how Karl Malone( with no rings) is more deserving to be on this list. By the way the conversation is all with a good spirit. I love debating hoops with other people that love the game and it's all respect.
+Doug in San Diego I hear you but don't forget two of the greatest white boys of all time John Havlicek and the great Rick Barry. Rick is only player to lead the NBA, NCAA, and ABA in scoring. He averaged over 30 .ppg four times. His second year he averaged 36 ppg 9 reb. and 4 ass. I would put Barry and Hondo over Pierce and Clyde but it's splitting hairs.
+Doug in San Diego no, magic was at his prime in 1988-1989 and 1989-1990 season, he played his best and most matured basketball during these 2 seasons, and physically and technically and wisely. Also , you overlooked the 1990-1991 season, that he led a whole new laker team with a new coach, a new system and without jabbar and Cooper , to the NBA finals . That was his wisest season.
+Doug in San Diego
+thkalas
Yup. I was talking about physical prime as in speed, quickness,
jumping, strength, agility, and power(among others). That's why I
didn't just say prime. Prime is when your experience and knowledge meet
your athleticism for a window of a few years. They are going in opposite
directions and, depending on the sport, they overlap in that sweet zone
where you don't get outsmarted by the vets but have enough athleticism
to keep up with the youngsters.
Magic was the most unique player in nba history, a 6’9” point guard that played all 5 positions when needed. Also, people think magic was slow but he was fast and athletic too in his prime.
Big Mike people think Magic was slow? Who? Nobody thinks that.
@MANCHESTER UNITED F.C man please shut the fuck up
History .... *cough* *cough* Lebronnnn.....?
@M if you like "soccer" ( because real fans call it football) why are you looking at a bazketball video?
@@StuntMasta I've gotten into many a debate about Magic's speed and athleticism; there are a ton of ignorant b-ball fans who mistake Magic's "old-man" looking moves for unathleticism but few points could run a pace as fast as the Showtime Master.
Jordan averaged about 33 points a game from 1984 to 1989. He had a great game literally every time he played in the 1980s.
No, he didn't. For example, how is only scoring 19 points on 9-19 shooting in game 3 vs Boston in the first round of the 1986 postseason a great game after his 63-point performance?
Jordan only scored 16 in this game.
@@johnbrownwasright check again bro
@@johnbrownwasright Jordan scored 20pts and 53% field goals.
@@royjohnlouguzon21 You're looking at the stats from the wrong game. You're looking at the stats for Bulls AT Lakers from December 2nd, 1984. This game is Lakers AT Bulls, February 19th, 1985. Recognize the uniforms and the arena before spouting off next time. I mean, it says which game it is in the title of the video, dude.
Takes me back to when I was kid. So much talent on this floor. Possibly 3 of the top 5 players ever in the same game!
yo, that damn skyhook was straight up unstoppable.
and why does Pat Riley look like al pacino ScarFace?
Yea that hook shot was absolutely insane! No way to stop it
Wow Karem, Magic, Mj, Worthy, so many legend in this game..
Back in 1985 Jordan became the only rookie in NBA history to lead a team in four statistics (points, assists, rebounds, steals)
"Magic, 1 on 4. And he shoots a layup anyway."
Till this day I don't understand why centers don't develop their own skyhook.
bcuz todays players arent historians.. and they dont study player moves like they should.. only person is Kobe
Because none of them are Kareem Abdul Jabbar?
Hard shot to develop and master, that's why.
@ted smith wth are you racist
@ted smith It may be boring, but it made him the greatest scorer of all time....racist idiot!
James Worthy without goggles.
He started wearing the googles late in that season (1984-85).
People don't understand how good Bob McAdoo was - rookie of the year, MVP, put up 50 in a playoff game - his body just fell apart.
I agree mccado & his skill set was decades ahead of his time. He was amazing
Big Mac was an unbelievable shooter. After him, Dr. Buss went out an got Mychal Thompson. Those Laker teams had a ton of talent.
I remember.... he was quite dominant for a few years in the early/mid 70s. Later, he found his niche as a great reserve player for the Lakers. Although I was young then, I could still remember his Buffalo Braves years and knew he could really contribute coming off the bench for the Lakers. And he made some big contributions to a very talented team. Tremendous talent
Yes McAdoo was great sixth man.
After ALL those years, anyone's body would. But, NOBODY could stop HIM.
Thanks for reminding me how awesome that skyhook was and still is!
Man, you know Kareem was gonna do a sky hook and it's still unstoppable! What a shot.
I like using the skyhook when I play.
It really is unstoppable.
Your left arm creates distance. Your right shooting hand is so far back, a defender can not reach to block the shot.
Miss this era so badly, it was so fun to watch.
@2:38 You've seen all the major Magic no-look passes, but I've never seen this one. This is why I like watching old games, because you'll see something that's not in a Superstars highlight package most times. Sheesh Magic!!!
Bob Mcadoo: What an incredible sixth man!
+Fernando Catan he was actually the 7th man (Cooper was 6).
+Doug in San Diego plus they had Mike McGee - who Chick Hearn aptly dubbed "point a minute McGee" cause he averaged something like 12 minutes and 12 points, makes you wonder why they didn't play him more.
The Lakers of the 80s were the greatest teams ever! No team not even the best teams today could touch them.
MJ learned a lot from his battles with the 76ers, Pistons,Celtics, and Lakers he knew they were the elite teams and MJ was putting everything in his memory bank and unleashed it on the 90s and they did not have the mental or physical toughness to get the job done against the Bulls
😂
73-63 at the half. Man, those were the days.
No defense
Ojewelo1996 Not necessarily. Just much faster pace and more posessions per game. Magic took about 2 second to go cross court, where nowadays most teams consume all 8 seconds and use up mort of the shot clock. The Lakers determined the pace the game was played in those days (at least, most of the times), and that was super fast.
Ojewelo1996 the Defense is Better than Nowadays
+Expósito Oculto more great passing and playmaking makes for more possesions. alot nicer to watch than the overdribbling show we see theses days.
It was way more physical than today's game though
That's the basketball I grew up with...I watched the 85 Lakers play in the playoffs after my High school graduation...my priorities were in order🥰🥰🥰🥰
Two of the best players in the history of basketball.
They are the starting point guard and shooting guard of any all-time team.
Great upload from the true golden age of the NBA
So wild the deception plays w/ Lakers - love watching that. It's such a huge sell, like so easy to miss. You just don't see that kind of thing at *all* in basketball today. It's all straightforward rhythm, really honest game to hit. Probably b/c shots are more from the outside these days, more likely to miss so it needs the rhythm more.
I watch this generation basketball,and i love the players we have today,BUT THERE NEVER WILL BE ANOTHER MICHAEL JORDAN!
Wat a move by magic I tell u wat people have to start giving magic more love guy was wilding
You are 100% correct sir! Magic is rediculously underated when compared to Jordan
Sometimes, the only way you become great is when you get humiliated once in a while.
Magic Johnson wouldn't be the player we remember him today if he didn't have those "Tragic Johnson" moments in the 1984 Finals. He was already great by 1984, but winning titles in 1985, 1987, and 1988 just took him to a different stratosphere.
and would have won 1992 had he not retired coz of hiv
Magic and Bird together changed the game. In my opinion, those two and Jordan are the greatest!
@@thkalas would have won in 91 if worthy and Scott would've been healthy
Let's not forget, it's 5 titles, not 4
@@randybutler1697 If Magic played in 1992, he would of gotten swept. Magic retired just when the Lakers fell apart. The 1992 Lakers were worse than this team right here. The 1993 Lakers were useless.
If Magic Johnson played for 2-3 more seasons, you would of witnessed him not making the playoffs for the first time.
Should be titled: Hall of Fame player against Hall of Fame team
Or perhaps GOAT vs HoF team.
I agree Jordan all by himself out there
Lakers were a super team
Really shows how much he needed better teammates and better coach ing system to compete with championship teams
@@tdanoticias3315 Yeah for pretty much that entire decade. Tapered off a bit though in the 90s but were back on top in the early 2ks.
Jordan even in this game was still amazing on the offensive end, and I am a HUGE Magic fan. Both phenomenal otherworldly players.
Magic was a real showman
Cooper's socks were iconic................. One of my favorite lakers ever...........
Another incredible pass by MAGIC at 2:35 ! Magic was *incredible*!
0:06 can we take time to appreciate rookie Jordan with the chain in his player pic 👌🏽
Magic makes being on a 1-on-4 situation look so easy!
Amazing hand switching lay up made by Magic! 7:50
In the late 80s (88 & 89) defense became very tough and physical because of the Detroit Pistons' stye of play. "Defense Wins Championships" became the mantra across the NBA. From 1988 until hand checking was banned and zone defenses instituted, the defense was much tougher than it is today. That is mainly due to rules changes.
In my opinion, the 2 greatest ever to do play the game. This video shows why you need more than just 1 good player to be a winning team. Once you find a way to slow that one player down, the other players have to step up, and if they're not that good, they can't, and the team loses. You definitely don't have that problem with Magic & Kareem plus more on your team.
MJ played like the Rookie of the Year and the team leader. Magic played like an All-Star veteran point guard.
This video should focus on Kareem, damn how do you stop that hook shot in the paint.
Right✔ I don't remember Kareem Abdul Jabbar ever getting 👦his hook 🔫shot blocked ever
@@abdulwaheed5367 oh you never heard of a guy named WILT CHAMBERLAIN?!
@@eggsdabomb of course I 🙋have
Loved watching Kareem play. As a 5-6 year old my older brother talked a lot about how great this Lew Alcindor was at UCLA. Then I saw highlights of Lew Alcindor at UCLA. I was astonished. I bundled up a sheet of paper and would throw it into a lamp shade pretending I was Alcindor. I also remember sitting in a bar in college watching Kareem breaking the all time NBA scoring record. Wonderful basketball player who gave this spectator a helluva lot of enjoyment. Cheers to you Kareem.
@@eggsdabomb You are right. Wilt was another who could be called the greatest ever. They were almost polar opposites but, I loved watching both Wilt and Kareem.
Jordan as a rookie was still having his way despite the players who was around him, the Lakers and the Celtics was the two best teams in the 80s.
Magic was the one having his way
@@spenser6353 Yeah but Magic had the better team around him, look what happened later in their careers.
Magic is my favorite player but you could see that Jordan was going to be something special.
Basketball was exiting to watch back in the days. I remember a night before , I used to wake up early in the morning on Sunday because the Lakers were on the road and had to play at 9am on CBS. Those were the good old days of the NBA.
You are sure that it wasn't you who has changed? As we grow older we loose the ability to enthuse about many things.
@@omnivorous65
Nop, basketball now a days is kind of boring. It is more like a " 3-point contest".
At that time all great players had their own style, after MJ, players started to imitate him
Jordan's athleticism was 50 years before its time. You can drop him in today's NBA and his athleticism would still stick out like a sore thumb. He makes it look like he's the only player not wearing ankle weights.
That no look from Magic @3:18 had everyone (including the camera man) fooled
That rookie Jordan looks pretty good, I think he will make the all-star game some day.
Nah he’s a bust
@@Rjptz Good call. Just like you said, he is now out of the league.
That damn sky hook was deadly! Undefendable, no wonder Jabar is the NBA all time leading scorer !
When the NBA was FANTASTIC!
the Magic Man.....my favorite player of all time.....SHOWTIMEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!
the good old days when there was real talent and the game was fun to watch
I take Magic over Jordan any day Magic makes my team an automatic contender I don't have to wait eight years to win a title.
+cflo1386 Did you "accidentally ignore" that magic was playing with Kareem while MJ was playing with....??
Word! I agree!
U do know magic won a championship as a ROOKIE (only player in nba history to do so)...without kareem, worthy, and any showtime laker....and did it while playing CENTER (bcuz kareem got hurt)....and did it on the ROAD in philly (game 6 of the finals)...and against the jordan (dr.j) & shaq (darryl "chocolate thunder" dawkins) of that time....
...magic also didnt need a system (jordan needed the triangle offense & a hall of fame coach to get to 6 finals)...magic CREATED a system...it was showtime....plus, magic took THREE different coaches in THREE different decades ('70s, '80s, & '90s) to the finals....jordan needed ONE coach to make it 6 times in JUST the '90s....
...oh yeah, and magic had a rival (larry bird)...jordan never did...and magic saved the nba from bankruptcy (we wudnt be talkin about jordan if it wasnt for magic fyi)...
Jordan may have been the GOAT (greatest of all time)....but magic was the greatest PLAYER of all time...
loo0oop recheck the 'won a championship without kareem' argument please... Because if you think that the championship is just the last 2 games, we should stop this conversation
Marios Komodromos and u make it seem like kareem did it ALL by himself...to GET to the nba finals! For a ROOKIE...to HELP kareem GET there and then to WIN it when he gets injured...while playin center...is pretty impressive....considering he does this the year AFTER he beats his rival (Larry Bird) in a college championship game...
That sky hook... man if the centers used that today... 30 ppg would be the norm...
Magic running a Showtime Lakers fast break was the absolute pinnacle of team basketball. It'll never be that good again.
it says Majin schools jordan but I can't tell,jordan was all over the place,doing everything for his scrub team.
MJ lead his team in scoring, rebounding, and steals.
+Andrew Wilson You forgot assists.
Buu isn't here
@@Amoneywilson00 assist too
Yeah the commentators even said how it was a really great all-around team effort by the Lakers to so effectively contain Jordan, and mentioned how, even facing that, he really only took one bad shot the whole game.
The title of the video should be "MJ gets bullied by Magic, Kareem, and Worthy"
I guess you saw only the first half. Second half is a nightmare for MJ
excuses are pathetic
@@mesariakyp6037
I mean yea they called hella fouls on MJ for playing D
5 friggin fouls...Lol
It wasn't his time yet he had to pay dues
@@mesariakyp6037 Just what do you think "bullied" means?
@@TheBmills415 A ROOKIE! And it took those 3 and the rest of the team to corral him.
How nasty was the sky hook! The shit was unstoppable.
Agreed it was the perfect shot, the only player to constantly contest it and block it a few times was Wilt.
+grosskopf2 And that was Wilt past his prime.
200mphz06 and a young Kareem
In the collegiate Pre-NBA olympic contest Jordan dominated Magic, Isaiah, & others in 84' and won the game.
The Cooper as backup for Magic and Scott swings momentum efficiently towards Los Angeles
7:28 ... those two plays in a row are why that Laker team was probably the best ever. Known for their unstoppable fast break, and then they could pull off these types of plays. And if all fails....SKYHOOK!
Add in a former MVP in McAdoo ON THE BENCH. Just ridiculous.
3:18 super sweet from Magic
The assist at 3:18 was pure 'Magic'
Those Laker road games were the best because always competitive and their home games were usually blowouts
thats what made him so good, those ball handling skill at that size. opposing guards had no chance to guard him.
i wish the refs still officiated like this. that charge called on jordan when he jumped into kareem is called a "player control foul" where the dudes are out of control. they could call that on lebron, wade, irving, and HARDEN especially... part of greatness for a lot of these cats is all about getting the calls too
3 GOATS playing at the same time
3? Explain that to us.
@@Romamb Jordan, Magic and Kareem
Magic was unstoppable!
It seemed like a one man team comprising of a rookie Jordam against the entire LA Lakers, Magic, Kareem, Michael Cooper, Byron Scott, etc.
I agree with you to a point. When I say players had better offensive skill back in the day, it's because most NBA players pretty much completed 4 years of college where they honed their shooting skills, whereas today's NBA superstars complete one year of playing college ball, then they come into the NBA pretty raw without a ton shooting skill, albeit they do play a much more aggressive defense in this day and age. A much more stylish and graceful game back then as compared to today.
MAGIC SIMPLY THE BEST.
Meg Doyle Whooaaa!!! Slow your roll. Magic was OKAY??? Think about what you're typing!! Magic is a LEGEND!!!
He has earned all of our RESPECT. A 6'9" guard who PLAYED EVERY POSITION ON THE FLOOR! WELL!! Are you kidding?!!?! Don't get it twisted, Jordan is one of the all time best ever, but so was Magic!
Meg Doyle U Buggin!
Did MJ guard Dominque?? No.. Did MJ guard Bird or Isiah?? No. Magic is a PG that can guard bigs and smalls. But great teams have defensive specialist like Scottie Pippen, Joe Dumars, Michael Copper to do the dirty gritty work so the the superstars can have energy to do what they are good at.
Jay Gatling Jordan did try guarding Bird, and got destroyed. how old are u?
acorn sucks ummm are you sure? an injured jordan guarded larry bird that still managed to droped 63 on him? bird got destroyed and then got bailed out by his team. come on man.
"Notice how little respect Mike got from the refs..."
You mean this was before they started letting him take 4 steps without a dribble and before they started calling fouls on people for not running away from him when he got too close to them.
Don't forget when they didn't eject him for punching Reggie Miller too
Annihilated By Society that was in the water down 90s. no more magic, bird, kareem, thomas.
M Fox ....
M Fox not at all. in the 90s you couldn't look at Jordan without fear of a foul being called. Larry Bird talked about how he got away with murder on defense. no one else was allowed to defend like him.
Annihilated By Society Any video of jordan taking 4 steps without a dribble?
Showtime was no myth! Turn the lights on, it was a magic show! The proficient teams?!: The Houston rockets championship teams. They faced the best competition of their era and any collective era,and Beat 1,2,3,4 seeds! There is no comparison.
Nzinn73 you can see that Jordan has the tools for greatness, and that Kareem still has that hook going late in his career. Lakers obviously have the far superior team at this point.
omg legendary video
THANKS!
Rip Orlando Woolridge
At 7:42 that layup by Magic. 🥵😤
I came to enjoy these vintage highlights instead I see constant trolling in the comments. Jeezus people take up a chair drink a beer and enjoy this clip.
+Its Faithful Cool thanks and cheers.
Actually ... what impresses me even more than the Jordan-Magic thing is the effectiveness of Kareem with that Skyhook. I had forgotten the beauty of it, and how it is a shot that is impossible to defend.
Genius comment!
we lose focus when we get brainwashed by the talking sports heads.The skyhook demonstrated here proves how Shaq or any modern day NBA center could not stop Kareem in his prime. You are not going to see MJ in the NBA any faster or athletic than you see here so this game is how you can compare the old school greats with the modern day players. We love Jordan and Magic but in this video Kareem is the GOAT
Magic was the best overall basketball player in history. He was a team player who could have put up consistent Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant ball hog numbers but instead shared the ball and allowed his teammates to shine, too. His trick plays and no-look passes are legendary, his dribbling superb. And then there was the time when he played center for an injured Kareem. The best, I tell ya.