NOBODY defended Michael Jordan better
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 30 мар 2024
- Michael Jordan is widely considered the greatest scorer and playoff performer in NBA history. However, there was one coach who gave him the most trouble, which was Pat Riley. This video discusses how he helped the 1993 New York Knicks and the 1997 Miami Heat defend Michael Jordan to near-perfection, and how the Chicago Bulls were still able to come out victorious.
Subscribe to the official channel of the author of “The All-Time Greatest NBA Book” series, Basketball Universe, to enjoy the most unique NBA RUclips channel that discusses topics that no other channel does. Make sure to give the video a thumbs up to allow the Basketball Universe to expand even further!
Here are the links to purchase “The All-Time Greatest NBA Book: Counting Down the 50 Greatest Teams, the 50 Greatest Playoff Runs by a Player, the 50 Greatest Playoff Moments, and the 100 Greatest Players” and “The All-Time Greatest NBA Regular Season Book: Counting Down the 300 Greatest Seasons by a Player”. Enjoy the two books that contain the most extensive list of the greatest seasons, teams, and players. If you enjoy reading about the history of the NBA, then those two books are a must-have to add to your collection.
The All-Time Greatest NBA Book: Counting Down the 50 Greatest Teams, the 50 Greatest Playoff Runs by a Player, the 50 Greatest Playoff Moments, and the 100 Greatest Players: www.amazon.com/All-Time-Great...
The All-Time Greatest NBA Regular Season Book: Counting Down the 300 Greatest Seasons by a Player: www.amazon.com/All-Time-Great... 
Спорт
![Kehlani - Next 2 U [Official Music Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MpI7ekFG8A0/mqdefault.jpg)
Never stopped him, only slowed him down temporarily
You can’t stop him. Only hope is to contain him
If Jordan ever had a bad playoff game, you could bet the house on the over for the next game.
Every single time he looked human, he would come out and drop 50. It was incredible.
And, if MJ had a shooting slump, he didn’t slack off on defence!! That’s why he’s the GOAT
Facts.
3-18 in Game 3 vs the Knicks
18-30 in Game 4, 6 3ptrs made. 54 points
Those playoff failures played a HUGE role in how Riley viewed Jordan. I remember him say, during the second 3-peat that nobody is winning anything as long as Jordan was in the league because nobody was stopping number 23. As GM, he also retired the #23 jersey in honor of Jordan, even though he never played for the Heat.
Yeah Jordan said that Knicks series was more brutal than even the Bad Boy Piston series.They dont make teams like the Knicks & Bad Boy Pistons anymore.
And we all know Lebron would cry and complain to the refs and commissioner about playing those series, making himself look like QUEEN James crying for calls!!!!!
The Knicks had no offense
@@melvynsngltn27 Yet Michael Jordan said it was his hardest series.Even went 7 games.Back then, teams too pride in playing defense.
@dirtyface-capone7622 yet nobody took the Knicks seriously with there lack of offense they weren't beating any championship team
@@melvynsngltn27 Michael Jordan took them seriously.They had the Bulls on the ropes.Reality proves your opinion a bit delusional.
Everyone seems to forget that Jordan had two injuries on his shooting hand in 1992-1993
You forgot to mention that mj injured his shooting hand in the 1993 semi finals against Cleveland. I believe that was a major factor in hos poor performance against the 93 knicks. He had on a brace in all of those highlights
I was about to comment that he’s wearing a wristbrace on his shooting hand so me must have had an injury. I didn’t remember him being injured but you confirmed it. So yeah that was very “convenient” to leave out that 😂
He injured it in Game 2 of the series after scoring 43 points in Game 1.
And yet Jordan scored 41 PPG on 50% shooting in the next series. So it didn’t bother him in that series? Come on, I’m a Jordan fan like everyone else, but let’s not make excuses. The Knicks had a lot to do with his inefficient shooting
@KobeFrijol for real. It wasn't a "major factor" in the series where he actually hurt his hand and averaged 49% shooting. 😂😂
“Poor performance”: ECF vs. 60-win #1 Def w/ injured shooting hand; avg. 4 3PTA/G, 11 FTA/G for 40 3PT%, 87 FT%, 32 PPG, 6 RPG, 7 APG, 2.5 SPG, 1.0 BPG.
The NBA was sooooo much better in these days.
Today's games are just track meets with no personality.
The defense was wayyyy tougher !
Nice analysis.😀With the exception of against Boston in '87, Jordan's lowest-efficiency playoff series were all the result of huge defensive battles(90pts 80pts or even 70pts game), not scoring battles like we're seeing in this era. Jordan's efficiency was lower than usual, but opponents also had to deal with Jordan and Chicago's defense, and the entire team often self-destructed by losing their rhythm defending Jordan double team triple team like in this video.
That is why Jordan's efficiency may have dropped, it had no problem winning series. Especially in the '96 and '98 Finals, where the scoring and efficiency of the rest of the teammates was much worse than Jordan. so I`d like to say it was a series where both teams struggled offensively and were less efficient most players because of their defensive battles, but Jordan was always the best player on the team and that's why they were able to win the series.
Sooo what part of 90's you don't understand 😮😮
Didn't know 87 was in the 90's😂😂
@@spideyaes849 🧐?
Those 90s Knicks teams are severely underrated.
If not for the Bulls, they get a chip or two, and everyone views Patrick Ewing differently.
He would be mentioned with Hakeem and Shaq.
Their defense was outstanding, they were physical, and they had a superstar scorer.
Up and down the lineups, they had bruisers.
Ewing
Oakley
Mason
Charles Smith
Larry Johnson
Starks
Derek Harper
Etc etc
TRue words spoken, they advantage at almost every position except sg and SF.
No, those 90's Knicks teams were choke-teams led by Riley not making the right decisions and their personnel being low-mentally concerning how to break down an opponent.... Did you even watch those series? Mark Jackson was a passive point guard who didn't attack mismatches; Gerald Wilkins didn't get enough shot attempts, along with Xavier McDaniel -- that's on Riley; even Riley admitted in '93 he didn't play Oakley enough; Riley tried to use Anthony Mason like Ben Wallace when Mason could hit the baseline and 15 foot jumpshot while attacking the rim.... Starks couldn't handle the ball and he erratic and wild with the ball and the Knicks' guards didn't consistently go to Ewing and that entire team was not disciplined defensively and prone to foul trouble..... Why do you think Jackson, McDaniel, and Gerald Wilkins got the hell out of there? They lost in 7 games to Chicago in '92 with those guys and in 6 games in '93 without them....I mean Doc Rivers was NEVER a winner, just a basic point guard and they started Starks over a veteran who had been an established all-star in Rolando Blackman, whom Jordan stated that along with Dumars was his toughest defender, but Riley didn't even use him to play major minutes that season to be a factor...then they had Charles Smith who was a perimeter power forward playing out of position and it showed he wasn't tough enough in game 5 in '93 or throughout that series -- those Knicks' teams could NOT handle the trap well and they got beat for loose balls and could NEVER control the momentum of a game to dictate how the game was going to be played against Chicago. Why? Because those Knicks' teams were NOT legit when it came to championship-level basketball....The reason why Chicago could control those series' is because they faced tougher challenges against 'The Bad Boys' who won back-to-back titles defeating the Lakers/Celtics in the process and eliminating them 3 straight seasons, so the Bulls were about chemistry at both ends, even though Jordan was great -- there was no way the Bulls should have beaten those Knicks had the Knicks had the following abilities: skills, patience, chemistry in the half court at both ends, and an ability to draw fouls while recognizing the clock and situations.
There's a reason why it took them 7 games to beat the Bulls in '94 without Jordan; there's a reason why they couldn't get rid of an inferior Pacers' team so easily; there's a reason why they had a 3-2 lead vs. Houston and blew it, then in '95 in the 2nd round down 3-1 to the Pacers then losing at home in game 7 -- then what happened? Riley was out. Why? He realized a while ago these guys were 100% incompetent; so he wanted more power to make personnel moves to get better players.... Riley was just a builder type coach, remember, he was trying to get from under the shadow of the Lakers and validate his coaching without Magic and mainly Kareem because the Lakers in 1989-90 underachieved having a 63-19 record losing in the 2nd round to Phoenix without Kareem, so Riley had to go, even though he was listed as coach of the decade and now what? He just made the Knicks credible but that was it....Why do you think it took him all that time to win in Miami, he came there in 1995-96 and finally won a title with Wade, Shaq, and had Mourning to come back in 2005-06...So it took him a long time to get things done in Miami but the Knicks with what they had in 1990-91 in getting beaten in the first round to getting Riley in 1991-92 taking Chicago to 7 games to 1992-93 to getting to the Conference Finals to 1993-94 getting to the Finals -- that's just 3 seasons but Riley was NOT in charge of personnel because he wasn't good at personnel -- he's improved since that time but even now the Heat don't have any real consistent draw but yet their teams are competitive but cannot win a title.
Riley
@@plainsimple244 yawn with your novels troll
@plainsimple244 the Knicks were garbage on offense
@@melvynsngltn27 Yeah they were terrible, I blame Riley for that, he didn't know how to get Mark Jackson, Gerald Wilkins, and X-Man more shots and then Starks would hold the ball and not give it to Ewing, especially once Wilkins left...should have kept Gerald Wilkins and then they got Rolando Blakman and played Starks, who was a terrible player.... Look, Starks was a turnover waiting to happen and he could barely shoot consistently, he did well in playing good position defense but that's it, I couldn't trust that guy on the court not to turn it over; then they got Doc Rivers who couldn't score and had to play another non-scorer Gregg Anthony...it's stupid... How the hell does it take you 7 games to defeat the Bulls without Jordan? HAHAHAA
it was ugly but MJ made it ugly back and did some circus shots that were just legendary and every boy sees those when we close our eyes, 20something ears later
He didn’t find a way to contain the goat… he just lost to the goat in pre creative ways.
90s the best era in nba history jordan the best ever.
😂 yeah but if MJ was not shooting at his best he also was doing other things on the floor in those series
Softest whistle in NBA history even as a kid I knew they rigged it for that fraud to win.
Facts
@@eib3137 blasphemous considering whst goes uncalled or gets called today.
@@eib3137🤡
@@eib3137troll
Great breakdown. Maybe these people that say the athletes are better today will realize how harder it was to get your shot off when your being grabbed and pushed around. It was a different game and we should respect those players and not compare eras. It was a different game.
How many teams today play with the instensity & passion as either of these teams on defense?
0
For some reason the league allowed the Knicks to zone up my for a good bit of the total possession and of course the assistant coach
Refs allowed it aa long as players kept moving. Even the Bad Boy Pistons played zone.
Pat Riley was the common denominator.
Dad don't sound like a formula to stop. Michael Jordan that sound like you just went out and brutally flagrantly filed him and his teammates that don't sound like a plan or strategy. That just sounds like you just went out and played football when y'all was playing basketball. Make it sound right and just to add this people say Mike is not the goat. Look at what this man had to go through. Look at what he had to go through every year he was there
Lol, the entire 90's physicality sumed up to today's Dreymon Green, meaning Green is the entire leagues physicality 😂
It wasn't that they were able to contain him he was playing a triangle offensive where he was limiting his style of game so they took advantage of that and that poor game that you said three of 18 the next game he said to Phil Jackson fuck the triangle give me the damn ball because Michael wanted to take revenge people were saying that John Starks stopped him that the Knicks were too rough he scored 54 points on them and then a triple double in the next game Michael was just insane even starks was like there's no way you can stop they knew he was just limiting himself to play the triangle offense
In other words he needed the whole franchise spinning around him to get those points.
In other words there were enough players who could score a lot as well in these conditions.
In other words his score was pretty modest when he was not allowed 100500 FGA's per game.
@@aurora-cj6uiwhat are you rambling about?
John Starks blew hot and cold on offense. If he could have been just a little better at consistently putting the ball in the hole, the Knicks probably would have at least once won a title during that era. In the finals against the Houston Rockets Starks had games especially the last one where he just kept missing but Pat Riley was always loyal to his main guys. Too bad that those Riley teams that faced the Bulls didn't have someone like Tracy Mcgrady now the conversation changes.
Starks had one poor shooting game against the Rockets in 1994…..game 7. Had he shot the ball better and the Knicks win that series, instead of losing in game seven, he would have been the Finals MVP
@rondu33 l was talking about Starks not only in that game but in general. Everyone who watched always talked about him being a streaky player. That's not a big revelation.
There are many situations where the Knicks would have been alot better off if Starks would have shot the ball the way he was capable of. He was a talented player.
@@gregoryphillips3969 yes, he was talented but he was not stable.
There is a saying: stability is a sign of a class.
@@gregoryphillips3969 nope
@nonamewillbegiven Nope on what. I didn't write anything that hasn't been said a thousand times about John Starks. Up is down and down is up. Don't believe your lyin eyes.
Simplemente le entraban a golpes...
This video.is 100% SENSELESS because at the end of the day, the Knicks and the Heat never beat Jordan. So the fact that you're pointing out what they defended him with is totally irrelevant.
I can see if they bring that kind of defense back and LeBron James really crying like a baby. He would not think about playing basketball ever again.
Wilkins was a better defender than starks...faster, taller, better vertical. Should have never let him go to Cleveland. 1993 may have turned out differently if he stayed.
Chicago swept Wilkins' new team Cleveland and he couldn't stop Jordan at all in the 93 series
@nonamewillbegiven There was no effective double team in Cleveland...nobody can stop Jordan on their own. The Ewing wilkins combo was effective because wilkins could force Jordan to the inside better than Starks. If only Gerald had been as good as his brother the Knicks would have won .
@@amarshall911 you say that like Wilkins had success guarding Jordan in 92,91 and 89. Here's a newflash, he didn't and or that double teams can stop him, here's another newsflash, they cant
@@amarshall911 the Ewing Wilkins combo was so effective on Jordan in 89,91 and 92. Oh wait it wasnt
@@amarshall911 and I thought the discussion was about Wilkins' defense, not his overall game smart guy
Yeah, this is why the Knicks and Heat eliminated Chicago from the playoffs with a healthy Michael Jordan.... The Pistons from 1988-1990 did nothing to eliminate the Jordan-led Bulls in the playoffs at the highest levels.
It's amazing how people don't even understand NBA history when it's right there in front of your face.
Trolll
So cheating. Grabbing, punching, etc maybe allowed (unofficially) but it's not basketball. If the counter strategy isn't basketball, then it's cheating.
But he didn't have competition he played in expansion weak conference not!@!! Do your research we done with the 90 millenial
Ooh his first playoff against the bucks Sidney monchief Terry Cummings 42 percent almost 5 t.o.v but a nice Stat line almost average ten assist close to 7 rebounds 2.5 stls
Let’s see Knicks,Pistons,Cavaliers,Pacers,Miami,Orlando,Atlanta,Nets,Washington,Charlotte,Philadelphia,Utah,Seattle,Phoenix,Portland, and the Lakers yeah definitely weak Foh
@@warreno.bryant4406Well, at least he made the playoffs unlike Lebron in is first 2 seasons 😂
Team of the times they was all defensive minded base on coaching and position
Imagine someone saying penny and Shaq, grandmama and big zo and a stacked heat weak. These youngins are funny
Bullshit, Knicks lost hater,
You are one triggered little snowflake. 😂
You're special.
@@tip7284calm down lil fella
@@brownboy6910dont project
Hakeem Olajuwon played better in the playoffs than Jordan and beat Pat Riley in the playoffs twice!
Oh yeah? Well what happened in 1991, 92, 93, 96, 97 and 98? I guess he took a pair of 3 year vacations.
@@mikedownload4029 so I need to explain NBA history to you? Jordan had Pippen, Rodman, Grant while Olajuwon was carrying bum teams to the playoffs his entire career... Maybe that's why Jordan only has 1 playoff win his entire career without Pippen
PLEASE explain NBA history to me. We can go year by year to see who had the most help and who did more with what they had. I'll start with the 1989-90 season and playoffs. I'll post that year and then IF you have the courage to respond, I'll go to another year's breakdown. If you make it to the end, we will summarize and let the readers decide who was right.
1989-90 The Houston Rockets were bounced from the playoffs in the FIRST ROUND, losing to the Lakers in 4 games. Otis Thorpe averaged 17.1 ppg and 9.0 rpg for the Rockets. Mitchell Wiggins averaged 15.5 ppg and Buck Johnson averaged 14.8 ppg and 1.3 steals. Vernon Maxwell averaged 12.5 ppg and 5.0 apg. Sleepy Floyd averaged 12.2 ppg and 7.2 apg. Seems like Olajuwon had a ton of help that year with 5 teammates averaging double digit scoring. So much for the bums you claimed he had on his team. Hakeem wasn't even his teams leading scorer for this playoff run. Otis Thorpe was at 20.0 ppg. Vernon Maxwell was second at 19.8 ppg. Sleepy Floyd and Olajuwon were tied for third at 18.5 ppg each. MAN that seems like a lot of help for Hakeem.
1989-90 The Chicago Bulls made it to the Eastern Conference Finals where they lost in 7 games to the eventually World Champion Detroit Pistons. Scottie Pippen averaged 16.5 ppg that season (less than Olajuwon’s number 2 guy Otis Thorpe who had 17.1 ppg and 9.0 rpg). Horace Grant averaged 13.4 ppg (less than Olajuwon’s number 3 guy Mitchell Wiggins who averaged 15.5 ppg). Bill Cartwright averaged 11.4 ppg (less than Olajuwon’s number 4 option Buck Johnson who averaged 14.8 ppg). John Paxson averaged 10.0 ppg (less than Olajuwon’s number 5 option Vernon Maxwell who averaged 12.5 ppg). Stacey king averaged 8.9 ppg (less than Olajuwon’s number 6 guy Sleepy Floyd who averaged 12.2 ppg) They beat the Bucks 3-1 in the first round and the 76ers 4-1 in the second round. All that “help” that you claim Jordan had… well, let’s take a look. In game 7, the great Scottie Pippen played 42 minutes and produced a WHOPPING 2 points. Yes 2, as in T…W…O in 42 minutes. He shot 1-10 from the field, had 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 0 blocks. But don’t stop there, let’s see what the rest of the Bulls starters did. The great Horace Grant played 45 minutes. He scored 10 points shooting a red hot 3-17 from the field with 1 assist, 1 steal and 2 turnovers. Starting PG Craig Hodges, who played 30 minutes, went off for 8 points on 3-13 shooting with 5 personal fouls, 2 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks and 2 turnovers. Starting center Bill Cartwright lit up the Pistons for 6 points on 3-9 shooting and 1 assist, 0 steals, 0 blocks. That is terrible help. That is no help at all from the Bulls starters, but at least the bench showed up. 6th man and backup PG B.J. Armstrong played 19 minutes and blazed the Pistons for 2 points on 1-8 shooting with 0 assists, 0 steals, 0 blocks. Ed Nealy, playing 18 minutes, chipped in 6 points with 0 assists, 1 steal, 0 blocks. I’d go over the remaining four bench players, but they scored a combined 9 points, so what would be the point. To sum it up, Jordan scored 31 points on 13-27 (48.1%) from the field, the rest of the team scored 43 points on 15-63 (23.8%) from the field. With help like that, why did Jordan even pass to them? Jordan averaged 36.7 ppg this playoff run. His next guy Pippen averaged 19.3 ppg, and Horace Grant averaged 12.2 ppg in the Playoffs. All well below the amount of help Olajuwon received this same playoff run.
In summation, Olajuwon had WAAAAY more help than Jordan and got bounced in the first round. Jordan had WAAAY less help all year long and STILL made it to game 7 of the EASTERN Conference Finals against the eventual champion Pistons, and may have made the Finals if his ENTIRE TEAM (including Pippen and Grant) didn’t choke and collapse in game 7. So much for your narrative that Jordan had so much help while Olajuwon dragged bums to success. Seems to me Otis Thorpe was just as good in the 1989-90 season and Playoffs, yet bounced in the first round.
You want some more evidence? 🤣
@@mikedownload4029 so you are looking up stats and making up your own story in your head?! This is why nobody respects you or your generation... You weren't even alive to watch Kobe get drafted and you think you know NBA history! You're sad
@@mikedownload4029dude you destroyed olajuwon with this comment.. it sounds like olajuwon is a lebron stan with "olajuwon dragged bum team mates" comment cause lebum stans always say bum dragged his bum team mates to the finals in '07..