Bulls vs. Blazers: 1986-1987. Jordan 53 points
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- Опубликовано: 13 июл 2007
- January 8, 1987
86-87 Blazers was an incredible offensive team. Led by Kiki Vandeweghe and Clyde Drexler, a total of seven players averaged in double figures in scoring that year. (This is probably an NBA record shared with the Showtime Lakers and maybe some other teams. But since I didn't have a chance to look it up I can't say I'm 100% sure). Considering the Bulls roster that year it was almost a necessity for Jordan to have a high scoring game in order for Chicago to have a chance.
Playing partly on small forward, Jordan started the game with ultra-high intensity. With jumpers and drives he first got Drexler into foul trouble, then Jerome Kersey. Finished with 53 points on 20-34 (59%) shooting. Also assisted big baskets at the end and came up with a clean block to seal the game in the crunch even though a bogus foul was called. 53 was his regular season-career high at that time.
There was a small problem in the original broadcast and that is at the beginning of the second half, the announcers faced a technical problem and it was fixed halfway through the 4th quarter. So, in that period there's no commentary but everything is pretty obvious, so it shouldn't be a major problem I think.
Enjoy.
Post game notes & quotes:
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CHICAGO - How long can the Air Jordan fly-and-drive show continue to run?
Michael Jordan stepped "forward" last night to show what a bargain he really is, scoring a regular season career-high 53 points in the Bulls' 121-117 victory over Portland.
His 53 were the most points scored by a Bulls' player at the Stadium since Chet Walker's 56 on Feb. 6, 1972. It was the 19th time this season Jordan has scored 40 or more.
He did it while playing an unusually-high 43 minutes, many at small forward. He did it because he refused to sit for his normal amount of time.
It's great theater now, but the season is not yet half over.
"A lot of people say to pace yourself, but I'm not a pacer," Jordan said. "If I burn out, I burn out. But when I play, I play hard."
Jordan is averaging 40.2 minutes a game, which is a bit more than Collins would like.
But Collins also would like his team to win, thus the temptation to over-use Jordan.
"I went into the season thinking I'd like to play him 36 to 38 minutes a game, leaning toward 38," Collins said.
Jordan sat for only 2 1/2 minutes in the first half, then two minutes at the start of the fourth quarter.
Jordan took himself out temporarily with 10 1/2 minutes left.
"I just couldn't get my wind," Jordan said. "I like to be rested at the end of the quarter. I was feeling good, but I needed a quick breather."
The Bulls led 2-0 and not again until Oakley hit a long shot to make it 98-97 with 8 1/2 minutes left. The first three-point lead was 104-101 - on a Jordan jumper.
Taking advantage of being double teamed, Jordan passed to three teammates, resulting in six key points. Including the assists on baskets by Brad Sellers, John Paxson and Charles Oakley.
His jump shot was working last night, mostly because he spent so much time at forward.
"I was getting the ball in great scoring position," he said. "When I play a lot of forward, I can post up but I got the outside shot a lot. The defense was giving me the outside shot because of my (quick) first step."
Collins saw the consequences on Portland. "He got (Jerome) Kersey in foul trouble and (Clyde) Drexler in foul trouble. They had to play Caldwell Jones more than they wanted to."
How good was Jordan last night?
"I thought it was the best game he's played all season," said Collins.
"Naw, I think the first Milwaukee game up at Milwaukee," Jordan said. "I didn't score as many, but as a team we played well."
Portland Coach Mike Schuler said Jordan has continued to improve and is tough to defend. "You can't just run at him when you get the ball. He'll just go right around you, but we had no choice except trying to double and triple-team him,"
"He gives you problems everywhere and the whole league is trying to figure out how to defense him. You ask me the best way to defense him, it's when Doug takes him out."
Doug Collins can be forgiven for not wanting to take out Jordan.
"Michael's an energetic guy. If he weren't playing basketball, he'd be out running around, shooting pool or something," Collins said. "You have to chain him to the bench."
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MJ is simply amazing...he's the greatest player of all-time...no doubt!!!
I was at that game in Chicago Stadium, January 8, 1987. Seeing Jordan live was unforgettable
I cant overstate how nasty and unstoppable MJ was when he was young & on his game. His moves are so graceful,precise, ingenius. Speed bursts you expect only from guys 6'2" &under.
The FG%s he hit in his prime were absurd for a nonCenter/PF. Kobe is an imitation, but nowhere near as great; none playing today are.
Huge thanks go out to the maker of this vid, hadnt seen this game before.
MJ, just based on this footage alone, was clearly faster and quicker than Kobe...
I hope you guys realize what youre seeing here...There isnt anybody on Earth this good, and I doubt there will be for a very long time...
I swear i thought the highlights were sped up because of how quick he is. It’s insane.
@@houstonsherfey4721 yea there are insane skills/traits he possessed that flew under the radar of many fans due to their awe of his high flying style...his ballhandling skills and quickness were as high end as, if not higher than, any iverson like little guy or pgs were...some of the crossovers he used to split double teams and traps with are nastier/better than anything ive ever seen isiah iverson hardaway curry or kyrie do tbh...idc what their dribbling drills before tipoff look like or how many times they can put it thru their legs while the defender steps back and gets bored enough to get slightly careless or risky and get burnt...i care if u can take the ball away from them with a dbl team and/or stop them dead in tracks with a decent trap...Kawhi Leonard for example in the 2019 finals yes his team won but everytime a trap or a firm dbl team went his way it pressured him to have2use his left hand to dribble and he struggled with that had to pick up his dribble pretty much every single time sometimes turned it over and on other occasions barely managed to pass it away without turning it over...mj circa 1985-1993 blew past/thru those traps and any imperfect dbl team efforts like they didnt even exist and routinely displayed/applied his best/flashiest dribbling skills and crossover moves while doing so.
Facts!
A never before seen variety of moves and creativity in one player...before or after him...
MJ didnt hit 54% from the field during the86-87 reg season, but he did score 37+ppg at close to 50%, which is still absolutely insane considering the diffficult nature of his midair circus moves combined with the energy being expended collecting those 200+steals and 100+swats...MJ did hit 53 or 54% a year or 2 later while scoring around 35ppg and he did also get another 200+steal100+swat yr.Kobe is todays best, and he aint close to this, altho you can tell he has done a good job of studying MJ
God what an athlete
The steal at 2:14 is NUTS. What other player has that kind of hand quickness and anticipation? Unbelievable at such a close distance to have that sort of reaction time. The perfect bounce pass at 3:13 between two players who were about 8" apart is also crazy.
Clyde the glide was pretty nasty too.
MJ was the best to watch, especially when he was real young and a 1-man machine in the 80's....... amazing. To shoot over 50% field goals while being almost your whole teams offense and through triple teams and everything takinig so many attempts and averaging 37 ppg...... amazing.
so fast, so quick, so skilled, so agile.... amazing.
80’s Jordan was the best bucket getter of all time. Absolutely ridiculous.
Another exciting game, the legend on the making, i wish MJ stayed young forever..Thanx starks this is a treat
And the entire sequence from 3:36-3:41 shows why his concentration is without equal. Double-teamed, losing his footing and falling yet still maintaining the dribble against reaching hands, going between his legs and playing with the ball a bit while guys are swiping at it, and then having the vision and concentration to make the right pass under that kind of duress. Amazing. People have no idea. Look how he keeps that ball alive and stays under composure!
So I'm supposed to believe that Lebron is faster than THAT man there?!!!
Right.....🙄
Dp you nailed it. Maybe only an Isiah, Stockton, could change direction on a dime like MJ. 6 footers, not guys 6'6. Good point, Kobe is perhaps the closest imitator, but not the same. Too bad for the young folks who didn't see (MJ) him live.
I imagine it was similar when Baylor came into the league in the late 50's.
Maybe it's just me, but I LOVED the fact that there was no commentary for that stretch.
Really, trying to describe some of the plays wouldn't do them justice.
That steal was unreal indeed.
AND, he altered and expanded his game as his career progressed. From an attacking slasher with med. range to a mid range sniper and post up player as he filled out and gained strength as he got older. And learned to incorporate his teammates as well.
actually 63 pionts was droppet in 1986 season, and ofcourse 1992 finals was amazing...but in 1993 Jordan was scoring 41.0 point averages at 53 percent!!!!
Right. It is absurd to hear others bring Kobe into a discussion with Mike. Magic and Larry, even with their different styles, are more worthy rivals.
jordan was double/triple teamed in like 90% of the plays shown in this vid...
Jordan could move in 4 different directions before Kobe could move in 2.And still take and the shot.
I like how this comment section is a mix between old and new comments.
Just goes to show MJ is the GOAT, we still coming back here to watch him play.
And I wonder how the Blazers and their fans felt, knowing that they had passed up Jordan for Sam Bowie in 1984.
I definitely watched this game a few weeks ago. Then, a few days later, I run into a random 50 year old guy at a basketball court in West Michigan. Without prompt, he begins telling me about the time he saw MJ drop 53 on Portland in '87. He even had Jordan's sick FGM/FGA numbers almost down pat. A strange coincidence for certain.
My teacher was on the halftime show here. He was the person who got blindfolded and tried to shoot the ball into the basket for some unreleased air Jordan’s
I would love to have Jordan on my fantasy team.. uaaaaaaoooooooo
Can you imagine Michael Jordan playing in the 1950s and 60s he's already the greatest NBA player to ever play in the NBA the last 15 years he would average 50 back then he would have averaged 60
Kobe wasn't this good at a younger age
Thank you for sharing.
Great editing job!
Lol, I was editing the same game :)
Gread add to your collection!
When Jordan does pushups, he doesnt push himself up, he pushes the ground down!
MJ can walk on water, even if its during a hurricane.
lol. look at the stutter step reverse spin move he put on kiki vandeweghe at 6:07. dat was sick. G.O.A.T. TOO GOOD. DATS WHY PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.
Just 1 more day before I turned 4 years old in ‘87.
look at the play at 6:00... amazing
at look jordan at 7:00 he ankle breaks the defending player with a simple spin move. crazy.
Anyone know where to find video of Mike Schuler falling in his press conference?
Thank you. For paying attention.
Michael avoids the body check..LOL. That was a different era for sure. Forget hand check, we are going to body check you! Now a days if you look at the offensive palyer it's a foul. Amazing. 45PPG AVG for sure in today's game a prime MJ is puttin' up
also, his moves at full speed sync up to music so well. Many of these MJ vids synchronize naturally with Michael Jackson songs like "Jam" fittingly.
MJ is a level above Kobe at any point in their careers. More athletic and more composed as well. MJ didn't have to force his offense as Kobe does at times.
Thanks, zopound.
This looks personal
Right badpx. Drexler, Erving and Worthy scored a great deal of their points in transition. MJ, like a Gervin or King, could work his points in half court as well.
He does.
Michael Jordan 3:38
I've seen this billed as "MJ scores 53 on Clyde Drexler" but that's a little inaccurate, since only 18 of the 53 were scored when Clyde was guarding him. Of course, that's because MJ got Clyde in foul trouble early. When Clyde was actually in the game, he played MJ pretty well. But nobody ever really stopped either of those guys.
In this game, MJ took a page out of Drexler's book and scored a large % of his points in transition, maybe more than I've ever seen from him. Great game.
he should say "with the 3 second rule and without handchecking"
Right Jimmy. MJ had multiple highlight moves in a game that would take other stars a week or 2.
G.O.A.T.
He was only talking about Jordan's stats in the Bulls 40 wins.
The day i was born !
Rejean LeBlanc I was born over a decade later
wow clyde drexler is fucking sick
Amen.
must admit this Jordan had some hangtime, can see him lead the league in scoring easily with his natural athleticism and quickness, but seems like Players are bigger and stronger today in general, even the average joe in the western world who works out, probably due to all the proteins and muscle enhancements, plus trainers who know all about workingo ut. Trust me I notice it all the times after being out the States for sometime and upon my return when I land I notice giants and it seems like im in a gladiator world coming from other countries where working out (pumpin) is not practiced as much.
So the point is that anyone who has played against a much stronger player knows that it's much more physcial and they wear you out, on top playing defense against them is a nightmare because they just bulldoze you over, perfect example of how lebron changed the game. So the game has evolved, even steph curry is swolled up. Players like Westbrook and Lebron would do a lot of damage in the 80's, , an exception was Karl Malone who was a player with a built from this era, and that the was mid 90's mailman , D-Rob was pure muscles..
+muslimman30 But you see with the way MJ is playing, he would get to the foul line in no time every game. His mid range game is up to par as well. Very accurate shooter, has high vertical which is almost unblockable. If Jordan in his prime was inserted hypothetically in today's game in his prime? Physicality wouldn't be a problem. Jordan dunked on Patrick Ewing, 240 pounds and 7 foot tall. Lebron is just 10 lbs. heavier and Ewing is 2 inches taller. Guess what? Jordan is more dominant than Ewing. And ofcourse, inserted in today's game as a rookie with his skills and natural talent, Modern training methods will be available as well for MJ thus conditioning him much more. 40 PPG would be no problemo.
+AstriBlair Yea true but that can't use that Jordan dunking on Ewing analogy, what I meant by that was having to guard someone one on one for 48 mins, who is just as quick as you but a lot heavier. With Jordan dunking on Ewing that is just someone waiting for you under the basket and you just fly over him. Without a doubt I consider MJ to be the best, most consistent mid range shooter of all time. But to say he would score 40 a game, not sure realisticly IMO mabye 32-34 ppg. At the moment I am going crazy; fuming (cavs fan) over how Steph Curry is destroying the league. Just don't get it, the only type of player that I cant think of stopping him would be someone like Kevin Durant, someone long to bother his shots..
+muslimman30 40 a game is very close. Atleast for Michael Jordan. Remember this era was where you had to pay the price for driving in the lanes. Jordan frequently got punished by the Detroit Pistons each time he drove, having 2-3 men try to swipe the ball resulting in very physical fouls to MJ while still dropping 35-40 points. In today's game, MJ would totally dominate. He got post game, quickest first step during his prime. He would score on the floor at will. Today's defense against him with both arms needed to almost be up in the air when someone drives, and knowing how improvisational and powerful MJ is with the ball at either the mid-range, running the baseline and beyond the arc, its not really a proble for MJ to score 40 or atleast average near it. Remember, this guy scored 63 points on the Celtics. Not a pushover defensive team. Today's league has many talent no doubt, but you know how MJ can be, both in-game and mentally. His athleticism has diminished during his wizard years which is when the rules of today applied and he still is averaging and almost led the league back then, what more during his prime when he literally flabbergasted thousands of people each night.
+muslimman30 Westbrook is a stat paddler and inefficient while Lebron has chosen to slim down, I don't think bulking up too much is that beneficial to you in basketball, you will just get heavy and slow.
NBA has no defense in paint today, because all players are going to shoot the 3, if MJ was in this era, he could easily drive and score everyday.
As for muscles, they started weight training in 90s, you can see 90s' MJ had bigger muscles, as well as other players.
The fact is, players were a little taller and heavier in 90s than 2000s. Today's league average height is lower than old days.
qui connait le titre de la musique que l ont entend au debut
You mean without "the 3 seconds rule and handchecking".
jesus watching this bulls team reminds me of watching this years Miami HEAT team with Dwyane Wade. They just had NO ONE that could score other than Wade and if eh played at allstar level or below they lost automatically, superstar level was needed to win in each game
These bulls really SUCKED huh? MJ had to carry everything, they didnt have NOBODY that could create offense other than MJ.
Yes he was.
this game was in 1986 btw, not 1987
How fast does your reaction time have to be to pick off that pass 2:14? that's just ridiculous.
7:00 quickness
In the bulls 40 wins this season, (essentially half an nba season) Jordan averaged 40.1 points a game, on 53% shooting....can u say, what the fuck??
bwink23 took 8 years for someone to reply..but what the fuck?
@@goodman5836 I mean that's pretty sick. Like...wtf?
Right, Ramses. That would take a lot of time, no doubt. And when did MJ have any center like Shaq? Or any above avg center, for that matter?
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Should be called jordan vs the blazers lol
3:35...awe$ome
He could in prime, at least.
lol, he ankle broke clyde at 7 30
Ok, MJ is killiing them, but everyone else sucks bull and blazers
Mike was just that great... Made everyone else look like they were in high school.
Faster? Quicker, no. Not quicker. .
@reneperezz Maybe but todays game is no where near as skillful!!!
Drexler and Vandeweghe suck?
Charles Oakley scream like a girl lol 4:47
todays bball is just as physical, you guys r just blind
this game proves to me kobe is the greatest cuz at this age kobe had all this with a 3 point shot..this game was boring alot of break out dunks ans layups so his fg% would be higher and that bullshit they wanna talk about the game was harder to drive to the paint cmon gtfo here that shit looked mad easy if you was nice
henrock973domrep - what fantasies you have. Kobe has stated countless times that MJ is the "master" as he puts it.
And no, it was twice as hard to drive than in Kobe's era - there were big bodies in the middle and there was physical hand checking etc. going on. Guess what? Can't judge from a highlight.
Kobe did not "have all this." Sorry, but no.