@@TellenJones That's correct. He switched back from 45 to 23 in 1995 after Game 1 of ECF when the Bulls lost the game and Nick Anderson said "45 isn't 23". The bulls went on to lose the series in 1995 and in 1996 MJ was out for vengeance. I miss the old NBA...today's game is just not the same.
its truly sad that I enjoy watching old Bulls game more than the Mavs Celtic finals 🤣. Jordan just seems to be made for basketball and floats around the court.
Supposedly, Jordan intentionally missed a couple of free throws late because he intended on scoring 45 points before the game because "45 ain't 23" from the previous year
@@hollins625 If not for injuries, including Shaw's and Nick Anderson's, I believe that wouldn't have been a sweep, but Orlando was not beating Chicago.
@@davidschmidt1793without Rodman they don’t win. Mj wasn’t good enough to run it back with the same roster as the year before. Also injuries for Orlando.
@@alanbrown3172 -- cap? lol. Bird and Hakeem are my 2 favorite players. This world's inability to read between the lines divides us like bidets and toilet paper.
Some of it was Rodman having off the charts motor and off the charts raw athleticism proportional to his frame, but I genuinely can't square the circle even with those two things in his favor. Like, it shouldn't be possible no matter how hard he works or how good his leg day routine is for him to defend Shaq.
Let's assume a star player has a relatively healthy career that last 15-16 years. That player usually doesn't hit prime until 5-6 years in. In this game Shaq had gotten better vs when he got taken to school by Hakeem, but he still wasn't prime Shaq quite yet.
The fact that Jordan had 45 points after wearing 45 and being eliminated the year before… also missing two free throws to leave 45 on the scoreboard… “I took that personal.” - Michael PettyJordan 😂
I remember watching this game with my granddad. Both of us yelling at the tv. I was yelling at the computer screen now like it's a game of today. I miss my granddad and when the NBA was electrifying!
Watching this game shows us that there are no players like Jordan in today's NBA. Look at this effectiveness on the jumper, the fade away, and on top of everything doing this in a conference final. Jordan grew up in the biggest games, on the biggest stages, that's a big difference. Maybe the person who comes closest to Jordan in terms of shooting in today's NBA is SGA
As a 53yo former Southside Chicago native this brings back a lot of great memories. The city was always electric during playoff time. I remember watching this game in real time. My daughter was 1 yo about to turn 2. In a couple of months she'll be 30. Damn time flies.
MJ missed the free throws on purpose so he could end on "45". Dummy Nick Anderson the year before said that number 45 just wasn't the same as "23". Jordan and the Bulls sweeping the Magic was awesome. Wish that era a basketball never had to end.
This might be a stretch, but mj was petty like that... do u think he missed a free throw on purpose so he could land on 45 pts... remember, in 95, Nick Anderson said 45# ain't 23# referencing that MJ at the time was wear jersey 45 wasn't the same MJ who wore 23... maybe it's me, or im reading this too deep, but it's crazy that MJ scored 45 in the final game of a sweep wearing 23🤷🏾♂️
Kobe is the closest to MJ. There's no one else. Especially some queen that keeps jumping team to team every 4 years to get bailed out by super stars yet still has 6...SIX Finals L's. "GOAT"? 💀 🤣 🤣 🤣
that 3 when he kicks his leg up.........ill never forget that one. its one of his highlights just as much as any dunk to me. there was another play in this game where they are in transition and he pulls up at the FT line and palms the ball, toying with the backpeddling defenders.......faking......no one ever includes that one in their highlight stream. but i remember it. what i time to be alive and a teen.
This is why I laugh when guys like JJ Reddick say that this was a league full of plumbers etc. This era was the golden age of team basketball. Guys played defense and ran offense as a TEAM. Every non star player knew what their roles were, and never deviated from that. The Bulls were an ELITE defensive team, and so was a team like the Sonics, Knicks and Pistons to name a few. In the 02-03 season, The 90's era player Jordan plays 82 games, averages 20 pts, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals a game-AS A 40 YEAR OLD!
I was watching the Finals today 6/14/2024. Really, Really, nothing compares to Larry's Celtics and Michael's Bulls. So I had to watch some old highlights.
This what i always respected about the Bulls.... whenever they lost they didn't change up the team and wasn't requesting trades (Well at least not yet..yea Scottie was on some bs later) they put pressure on management to keep the core together and pushed each other to get better so they can get revenge on mfs
@@j-short5431 Rodman was a free agent dummy and the Bulls were only team to take a chance on him. They didn't switch out their team for him or no player
Looking at this I was contemplating the fact that the two three-peat Bulls teams played in arguably the greatest decade in the History of the game when it comes to the Centers playing without ever having an even remotely good 5 on their roster.
When they say Kobe needed Shaq to win I often refer back to this stacked team he had that couldn't get it done. So what he did? He fled to LA to link up with the King of LA
Not winning a ring is the only reason this magic team isn't viewed as a super team. If you look at that roster though they were definitely a super team with prime Shaq, Penny, and Grant.
This is basically a microcosm of being a 90's east team fan that wasnt the bulls, no matter how great your team was they just couldnt surpass MJ. I legit hated him back in the day but after 4, 5 and then 6 you just had to give him his props
And what's crazy is that with the outside 3pt snipers of D-Scott, B-Shaw and Nick Anderson, to go along with 6'8 Penny's ability to post up and slice up defenses with his penetration and passes, and a young, agile, extremely mobile/powerful post presence in Shaq, this ORL team would wreak havoc in today's soft ass, small-ball, finesse league. With the way teams are constructed in this era, the league would have NO ANSWERS for them whatsoever. They'd kill the top teams in today's NBA!
Here’s the irony… when the Magic were beating the Bulls the year prior, Nick Anderson made the comment that “45 ain’t 23”… the very next year, in the closeout game 23 had 45… coincidence?
Bruh..starting to see once the guys started to get a bag ..this era wasn’t used to defending that type of shit..Penny Grant Hill crossovers coming straight at you dudes wasn’t ready
After watching this, there was no such a thing as prime Shaq, it was just full grown man Shaq, heavier, stronger. Much respect to him, but the truth is if he couldn't beat this bulls he wouldn't beat the Warriors champions either, specially not the Durant's.
It's fun when I watch this old games I can't stop to think that the media wants us to believe LeBron was at the same level of MJ and yet again another time when anyone can see that MJ was really at another level. I imagine LeBron in the same situation at 0:50 and I can't help but to laugh!!! Maybe LeBron would still be arguing with the referee for a previous situation and not following his man, but let's say he did go back on d (as unlikely as it sounds), he'd would probably fly back 20 feet and fake some kind of injury and they probably would at least give a T to Koncak, instead MJ didn't even show any signs of complaint!
Stay off the drugs pal. Lots of max guys in this generation go missing in any sort of big game. It's sad to see so many showboats being considered great players today.
Scottie...do you still not see why Michael still says that "he could not have done it without you" and that, you are a very valuable teammate to him? As evidenced from this game? I hope that you get in a better place from your troubles...
Shaq had a huge flaw in his game and that is that he wore down as the game went on and he wore down because he couldn't get easy buckets at the free throw line. It was only once he hit his prime and teamed up with Phil and Kobe that he could overcome this flaw.
I remember being 8 years old watching this on vacation at my uncles with my parents. I wanted to finish the game before we went out to dinner, but after watching for another 10 minutes Jordan was just absolutely destroying everyone, it was embarrassing. Me and my uncle were just laughing watching Jordan dominate and fake everyone out. It didn't take long to say screw it let's go to dinner now, they have absolutely no shot of dealing with MJ or beating the bulls. MJ was so insane.
Magic was a great young team. But who always stood in their way was MJ#Goat# Keep in mind the bulls knew Magic would come out very strong. As long as they kept it close, the bulls knew they could beat the Magic. 🏀🏀
Two great teams but unfortunately the Magic were missing their third best player Horace. Still, I think peak Penny was one of the best players in the world. To me it's one of the biggest what ifs in NBA history: What if Shaq doesn't leave Penny? How many titles does Orlando win? 2-5?
@@ry_an. lol who the lakers had?? shaq was the main drive for the lakers... he said if shaq didn't leave penny... you gotta be joking with this comment
@@Rambo20244 no guarantee they even beat the Bulls on 97 or 98… they certainly aren’t gonna beat the spurs in 99. And then the lakers arrive in 2000. Young Kobe would still be a threat.
Shaq should thank Jordan for retiring after the first three peat. He wouldn’t have that championship had Jordan not retired. They would have won 8 straight.
More like, Michael Jordan begged Dennis Rodman to come and save him from more beatings from Orlando. Rodman - 3 years with the Bulls and 3 rebounding titles with the Bulls. No Rodman, no second threepeat.
no muscle flexing from everyone. Unlike today's game players flex their muscles like they already won the ballgame, even it was just 10 seconds away from the opening buzzer.
But Jordan can’t go left, can’t shoot 3’s, isn’t that clutch, played against plumbers, didn’t play against any skilled players since he was the only one with skill and on and on and on. Great video. I relived that excitement again. When basketball was basketball.
People act like Phil was a genius for knowing that every player is different and you have to treat them accordingly to maximize their potential. That shows how dumb people are....they lack basic common sense. It doesn't require a doctorate or masters to have common sense 😂
@@Benji-rn3fl Teachers, coaches or anyone that deals with the public should know that everyone is different and they require different methods to achieve positive results. It's sad that Phil is one of the few coaches that actually possessed common sense and applied it.....go figure😂.😂
I think it's funny how people expect others to see LeBron James as the Goat because of numbers and accolades. People like that really don't understand what it means to be considered Goat. MJ23 is still the Goat for a reason and for anyone that seen him play in his days, WE clearly understand.
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Jordan never got revenge. Penny, hardway was injured right before the Eastern conference finals. Matter fact I think it was in the first round. That's the injury that basically robbed him of his career. He was never the same if you watched the game even right after the injury happened.
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MJ had the smoothest turnaround jumper ever!
MJ probably intentionally missed those free throws at the end to keep his scoring at 45 and sent a message to Orlando.
his baskets are some of the cleanest drainer I've seen. it's textbook arc towards the basket. even the 3s.
I agree ⚡️ 🏀
The 1 and only MJ,never surrender..orlando always lead,but end up loser..so sorry monster baby shaq.
@@TellenJones That's correct. He switched back from 45 to 23 in 1995 after Game 1 of ECF when the Bulls lost the game and Nick Anderson said "45 isn't 23". The bulls went on to lose the series in 1995 and in 1996 MJ was out for vengeance. I miss the old NBA...today's game is just not the same.
This was the golden age of basketball. Really miss 90s basketball.
We will never see another Michael jordan in the nba lucky the plp who witnesses MJ greatness 🎉
Kob
Kobe was the closest
its truly sad that I enjoy watching old Bulls game more than the Mavs Celtic finals 🤣. Jordan just seems to be made for basketball and floats around the court.
@@MrTomNguyenomg !, me too.. boring ass 2024 finals
@MrTomNguyen so true especially players complaining for every little touch they get
You know it's automatically over when the goat hits consecutive field goals
facts, bro started 7/7😭😭
Guarded by Anthony Bowie
@@j-short5431you think JJ berrea or Jason Terry coulda done better?
@@TheGr8-1 were those two in the league in 1996? I’m confused.
@@j-short5431 Even if they were in 1996, they wouldn't do any better
Supposedly, Jordan intentionally missed a couple of free throws late because he intended on scoring 45 points before the game because "45 ain't 23" from the previous year
lol as a jordan fan I never thought of it that way
@@Rambo20244 I have no idea if it's actually true, but it seems like about the most vindictive Jordan thing to do
Jordan wanted to remind them that it was 23 that beat them and 45 that closed out the sweep.
Darrell Armstrong confirmed that story
@@Rambo20244lol if you don't know the story, you are not an MJ fan.
Jordan scoring 45 and sweeping on a team where the previous year, a player said “45 ain’t 23”.
Longley almost lost it again with em turnovers. panicky butterfingers. Jordan had to work overtime!
Jordan missed his final 2 FTs on purpose to cement that 45!!
Nick Anderson - Orlando Magic
Lol facts
@@Stevesautopartsify EXACTLY!!!
That Jumpshot was truly a thang of BEAUTY!!! Best to ever do it Michael Jeffrey Jordan.
That was the official end of that era for Orlando. Jordan ended all that lol
How would that series have played out if Horace had played? The Magic clearly missed him.
@@hollins625 If not for injuries, including Shaw's and Nick Anderson's, I believe that wouldn't have been a sweep, but Orlando was not beating Chicago.
No he freaking didn't! Rodman was the guy who made this possible
@@hakeemolajuwon4352 Rodman was key with his rebounding and on ball defense on Shaq, but Jordan was the best player in that series.
@@davidschmidt1793without Rodman they don’t win. Mj wasn’t good enough to run it back with the same roster as the year before. Also injuries for Orlando.
Are these some of the plummers JJ Riddick was talking about who MJ played against?
-- Bird was a concrete driveway contractor. Shaq was just a rapper. They couldn't hack it as plumbers; they weak.
@@jlui21 cut the cap, he hurt his back doing his moms driveway. he played basketball.
@@alanbrown3172 -- cap? lol.
Bird and Hakeem are my 2 favorite players. This world's inability to read between the lines divides us like bidets and toilet paper.
No. This is a team without two starters MJ played against
@@jlui21shaq won 3peat and 3 finals mvp and league mvp in 2000s bro...dont disrespect greats
MJ make it look so easy on those pull up jumper.
The fact the Rodman gave up 150lns to shaq and STILL managed to defend shaq in the paint. That will always amaze me.
Some of it was Rodman having off the charts motor and off the charts raw athleticism proportional to his frame, but I genuinely can't square the circle even with those two things in his favor. Like, it shouldn't be possible no matter how hard he works or how good his leg day routine is for him to defend Shaq.
This was pre-prime Shaq. Prime Shaq would have had 40 points in this game.
Now you think, is shaq the most dominant 😂😂😂
Man, it’s so still so sad what happened to Penny Hardway.
Injuries got the best of him.
45 points on the close out on the road
Against prime Penny and Shaq
🖤❤️🤍🐮🦬
“Prime” 2nd and 3rd year 😂😂😂
@@moneymoney32353rd and 4th
@@moneymoney3235 one year before they beat bulls and reached the final...
...and he got 45pts on purpose; he missed the free throws...remember "45 not as good as 23"
Let's assume a star player has a relatively healthy career that last 15-16 years. That player usually doesn't hit prime until 5-6 years in. In this game Shaq had gotten better vs when he got taken to school by Hakeem, but he still wasn't prime Shaq quite yet.
I forgot how nasty and dominant Shaq was. This is why I love watching these old games.
it's why Kobe won so many rings...
@@MrTomNguyenWrong. Shaq wasn't 💩 w/o Kobe
@@FrokuBabayy Agreed
@@FrokuBabayy Exactly! Both of them needed each other to win those rings and it helped Kobe and Shaq mature. The guy above sounds like a hater
Michael Air Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, & Da Bulls! ❤
and for anyone of age.........this is how summer vacation in 1996 BEGAN! :) especially living in IL. right in the middle of Bulls Central.
The fact that Jordan had 45 points after wearing 45 and being eliminated the year before… also missing two free throws to leave 45 on the scoreboard… “I took that personal.” - Michael PettyJordan 😂
I remember watching this game with my granddad. Both of us yelling at the tv. I was yelling at the computer screen now like it's a game of today. I miss my granddad and when the NBA was electrifying!
This version of the Magic would be a problem in today's NBA and they couldn't get a game against the Bulls.
You just know Mike wasn’t gon let that playoff elimination slide. In a typical goat way 🧹
MJ 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐
Watching this game shows us that there are no players like Jordan in today's NBA. Look at this effectiveness on the jumper, the fade away, and on top of everything doing this in a conference final. Jordan grew up in the biggest games, on the biggest stages, that's a big difference. Maybe the person who comes closest to Jordan in terms of shooting in today's NBA is SGA
Against Anthony Bowie?😂
@@j-short5431penny hardaway??
@@shiningking In his 3rd year? Not guarding Jordan?
@@j-short5431 he went to finals in 1994 kiddo
@@shiningking No he didn’t kiddo. And when he went to the Finals, they had all 5 starters
As a 53yo former Southside Chicago native this brings back a lot of great memories. The city was always electric during playoff time. I remember watching this game in real time. My daughter was 1 yo about to turn 2. In a couple of months she'll be 30. Damn time flies.
Like got dam you seen how he made the fade away on penny Hardaway like there is no comparison in the guard position with Michael Jordan 😊😊😊
MJ missed the free throws on purpose so he could end on "45". Dummy Nick Anderson the year before said that number 45 just wasn't the same as "23". Jordan and the Bulls sweeping the Magic was awesome. Wish that era a basketball never had to end.
Awesome Bulls❤
MJ is unbeliavable
This might be a stretch, but mj was petty like that... do u think he missed a free throw on purpose so he could land on 45 pts... remember, in 95, Nick Anderson said 45# ain't 23# referencing that MJ at the time was wear jersey 45 wasn't the same MJ who wore 23... maybe it's me, or im reading this too deep, but it's crazy that MJ scored 45 in the final game of a sweep wearing 23🤷🏾♂️
Where was Nick in this game?
No! Your point w/ your statement!!! MJ took it personally " #45 Is NOT same as #23"😅
Kobe is the closest to MJ. There's no one else. Especially some queen that keeps jumping team to team every 4 years to get bailed out by super stars yet still has 6...SIX Finals L's. "GOAT"? 💀 🤣 🤣 🤣
Kobe not even close to MJ check the stats maybe 2nd 3 peat MJ but not before that it's not even close
@@youngskyler7568It is not all about stats
Grow up
You need to get out of the house. Try it some time.
So true👍👍
that 3 when he kicks his leg up.........ill never forget that one. its one of his highlights just as much as any dunk to me. there was another play in this game where they are in transition and he pulls up at the FT line and palms the ball, toying with the backpeddling defenders.......faking......no one ever includes that one in their highlight stream. but i remember it. what i time to be alive and a teen.
Penny was cold
man he was right there with MJ. truly tragic how Penny ended up.
Penny, Grant Hill, Tmac, Drose. Oh what could have been 😢
Jordan’s fadeaway was super smooth
Nobody were stopping Bulls at full strength, Defence was relentless.
This is why I laugh when guys like JJ Reddick say that this was a league full of plumbers etc. This era was the golden age of team basketball. Guys played defense and ran offense as a TEAM. Every non star player knew what their roles were, and never deviated from that. The Bulls were an ELITE defensive team, and so was a team like the Sonics, Knicks and Pistons to name a few. In the 02-03 season, The 90's era player Jordan plays 82 games, averages 20 pts, 6.1 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.5 steals a game-AS A 40 YEAR OLD!
I was watching the Finals today 6/14/2024. Really, Really, nothing compares to Larry's Celtics and Michael's Bulls. So I had to watch some old highlights.
Who's here after the Darrell Armstrong interview? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 45 on 23 shots! 😂😂
Luc Longley was sellin harddd 😂
Yes Lord.
This what i always respected about the Bulls.... whenever they lost they didn't change up the team and wasn't requesting trades (Well at least not yet..yea Scottie was on some bs later) they put pressure on management to keep the core together and pushed each other to get better so they can get revenge on mfs
Stop lying. They got Dennis Rodman
@@j-short5431 Rodman was a free agent dummy and the Bulls were only team to take a chance on him. They didn't switch out their team for him or no player
@@klasicktha1 The Bulls traded Will Purdue for Rodman. You Jordan Stan’s be lying on here like crazy 🤣
Yes!!! True facts Rodman was a free agent AND Phil Jackson had to breakdown the optics to Jordan & Pippin " why" Rodman was needed!
Nice work with the editing. Well done.
Looking at this I was contemplating the fact that the two three-peat Bulls teams played in arguably the greatest decade in the History of the game when it comes to the Centers playing without ever having an even remotely good 5 on their roster.
When they say Kobe needed Shaq to win I often refer back to this stacked team he had that couldn't get it done. So what he did? He fled to LA to link up with the King of LA
Penny so gewwwd, man!
Not winning a ring is the only reason this magic team isn't viewed as a super team. If you look at that roster though they were definitely a super team with prime Shaq, Penny, and Grant.
Horace Grant didn’t play. And stop trying to make it look like Jordan beat the super team.😂
Jordan killed Orlando in this game. Man Orlando has so much talent, should have won a chip.
Can't win a chip in that era when you run into Jordan every year.
@@Phillip-xi2cqthey ran into Jordan in 95....it wasn't him that stopped them in the Finals....it was Houston
@@FuShengAlex Bahahahahahaha... If you think an out of basketball shape Jordan in 95 is the standard.
@@Phillip-xi2cq just filling in the missing pieces to your undone puzzle.
Someone else other than Chicago stopped Orlando as well 😎
@@FuShengAlex WTF are you even on about ? Orlando was no big hurdle. They were paper thin the Bulls destroyed them the next season.
and shaq went to lakers🤣🤣🤣😂
This is basically a microcosm of being a 90's east team fan that wasnt the bulls, no matter how great your team was they just couldnt surpass MJ. I legit hated him back in the day but after 4, 5 and then 6 you just had to give him his props
Smoke Dogg, I thank you for your honesty AND respect for MJ basketball finesse 😊
And what's crazy is that with the outside 3pt snipers of D-Scott, B-Shaw and Nick Anderson, to go along with 6'8 Penny's ability to post up and slice up defenses with his penetration and passes, and a young, agile, extremely mobile/powerful post presence in Shaq, this ORL team would wreak havoc in today's soft ass, small-ball, finesse league.
With the way teams are constructed in this era, the league would have NO ANSWERS for them whatsoever.
They'd kill the top teams in today's NBA!
Imagine shaq guarded by bam adebayo or draymond green
Here’s the irony… when the Magic were beating the Bulls the year prior, Nick Anderson made the comment that “45 ain’t 23”… the very next year, in the closeout game 23 had 45… coincidence?
Jordan's Motivation AND he took it " personally" 😅
Penny was destroying Pippen
No the hell he wasnt. You numbnuts just want to trash pippen
Bruh..starting to see once the guys started to get a bag ..this era wasn’t used to defending that type of shit..Penny Grant Hill crossovers coming straight at you dudes wasn’t ready
But Jordan was killing the Magic team w/45pts🏀
@@mikeqto4056 this ain’t about the Bulls..it’s about Scottie ungrateful ass getting smoked.lucky 🐐was there
@@baltimoremike9161where you alive during this game?
Orlando Magic had a team similar to the 2024 Boston Celtics with the addition of Shaq and still lost to the Bulls.
After watching this, there was no such a thing as prime Shaq, it was just full grown man Shaq, heavier, stronger. Much respect to him, but the truth is if he couldn't beat this bulls he wouldn't beat the Warriors champions either, specially not the Durant's.
Shaq and Penny were tough to beat.
It's fun when I watch this old games I can't stop to think that the media wants us to believe LeBron was at the same level of MJ and yet again another time when anyone can see that MJ was really at another level.
I imagine LeBron in the same situation at 0:50 and I can't help but to laugh!!!
Maybe LeBron would still be arguing with the referee for a previous situation and not following his man, but let's say he did go back on d (as unlikely as it sounds), he'd would probably fly back 20 feet and fake some kind of injury and they probably would at least give a T to Koncak, instead MJ didn't even show any signs of complaint!
Magic team should have had at least one Chip.
The superstars then would be superstars now, but the role players then wouldn't dream of making the NBA. The skill level is different now.
Stay off the drugs pal. Lots of max guys in this generation go missing in any sort of big game. It's sad to see so many showboats being considered great players today.
Scottie...do you still not see why Michael still says that "he could not have done it without you" and that, you are a very valuable teammate to him? As evidenced from this game? I hope that you get in a better place from your troubles...
Shaq had to go ride Kobe back to rings😂😂😂. Poor old big fella😂
GOAT swept w 45 on their scoreboard from the year before 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆
Shaq being swept again, a dominant force indeed
Mans was swept 5 times in his career
Shaq had a huge flaw in his game and that is that he wore down as the game went on and he wore down because he couldn't get easy buckets at the free throw line. It was only once he hit his prime and teamed up with Phil and Kobe that he could overcome this flaw.
@@adonasbuhr2784 Shaq's just a Top 15 player...
Jordan gave Anderson "45" Better than 23 that night.
I remember being 8 years old watching this on vacation at my uncles with my parents. I wanted to finish the game before we went out to dinner, but after watching for another 10 minutes Jordan was just absolutely destroying everyone, it was embarrassing. Me and my uncle were just laughing watching Jordan dominate and fake everyone out. It didn't take long to say screw it let's go to dinner now, they have absolutely no shot of dealing with MJ or beating the bulls. MJ was so insane.
The Undisputed GOAT was pacing himself the whole game… no matter how good the Magic looked he knew he had their # the whole time
New genz say 80s 90s weak era but kid didn't know playoffs deadly
Beautiful.🍺
And Pippen was there, taking up space.
Magic was a great young team. But who always stood in their way was MJ#Goat#
Keep in mind the bulls knew Magic would come out very strong. As long as they kept it close, the bulls knew they could beat the Magic. 🏀🏀
Two great teams but unfortunately the Magic were missing their third best player Horace. Still, I think peak Penny was one of the best players in the world. To me it's one of the biggest what ifs in NBA history: What if Shaq doesn't leave Penny? How many titles does Orlando win? 2-5?
They probably could have beaten Chicago in 1998 but idk if they’d beat the lakers or spurs.
I like to think in some alternate universe Shaq and Penny brought that chip to O-town.
'as long as' M.J. is 'there', the Magic 'win' NOTHING
@@ry_an. lol who the lakers had?? shaq was the main drive for the lakers... he said if shaq didn't leave penny... you gotta be joking with this comment
@@Rambo20244 no guarantee they even beat the Bulls on 97 or 98… they certainly aren’t gonna beat the spurs in 99. And then the lakers arrive in 2000.
Young Kobe would still be a threat.
Pippen was getting cooked 😭😭😭
Facts..Penny had em all over the place..
Taking Pip to school lol
Always vs Elite player's...That was Pippen flaw he couldn't guard BIG TIME player's. But he was an excellent help defender...
@@AHMAD-2324people now try to rewrite history as if pippen was shutting down elite guys and saving the bulls. He harrrassed guys definitely.
Getting fucked up.
Leave that man alone.
😂😂😂
Love you shaq.
🐈⬛👍🏾✌🏾
There are more interesting players to watch in this game then in the entire current NBA!!!
Shaq was a still a bully. Didn’t work on them bulls
Teacher (bulls) against the students ( magics) 😂😂😂😂
Shaq should thank Jordan for retiring after the first three peat. He wouldn’t have that championship had Jordan not retired. They would have won 8 straight.
True facts!!! You better believe the other NBA teams were ecstatic 😅
MJ GOAT ❤
😂😂😂 MJ 🐐 there's no debate
Jordan missed those last 2 free throws so he would end the game with 45 points
More like, Michael Jordan begged Dennis Rodman to come and save him from more beatings from Orlando. Rodman - 3 years with the Bulls and 3 rebounding titles with the Bulls. No Rodman, no second threepeat.
no muscle flexing from everyone. Unlike today's game players flex their muscles like they already won the ballgame, even it was just 10 seconds away from the opening buzzer.
Mike & them damm bulls.. 2* 🧹 magic
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Jordan missed the last 2 free throws on purpose so he could end the game with 45 pts. The King of Pettiness!😁😁😁
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People forgot that magics starting PF was injured in this series
Penny and Shaq were playing
Game 1 horace grant played...and the outcome still the same
Luc Longley was starting, bulls were missing a center. He was big and soft.
If Shaq and Penny stayed together, I'm wondering what other All-Star player they could have gotten to join them (other than Horace)?
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jordan has always been humble, o'neal has been too proud.
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I love these throwback Bulls games! Great memories of my childhood😊
Penny's knee is already hurt here, you can see the big bandage on the left knee, injured in the previous series against detroit
Jordan was on firer for Last Year The Orlando magic out them out the playoffs he was Hot he wait for this ravages
Lebron started playing like this,but said I wouldn't get a long career,so he start cry😂😂😂😂 baby that was a man's game back then
But Jordan can’t go left, can’t shoot 3’s, isn’t that clutch, played against plumbers, didn’t play against any skilled players since he was the only one with skill and on and on and on. Great video. I relived that excitement again. When basketball was basketball.
People act like Phil was a genius for knowing that every player is different and you have to treat them accordingly to maximize their potential. That shows how dumb people are....they lack basic common sense. It doesn't require a doctorate or masters to have common sense 😂
Yes! What's the saying, " 📚 Smarts is great BUT there is nothing greater than BASIC Common Sense!"😅
@@Benji-rn3fl Teachers, coaches or anyone that deals with the public should know that everyone is different and they require different methods to achieve positive results. It's sad that Phil is one of the few coaches that actually possessed common sense and applied it.....go figure😂.😂
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I think it's funny how people expect others to see LeBron James as the Goat because of numbers and accolades. People like that really don't understand what it means to be considered Goat. MJ23 is still the Goat for a reason and for anyone that seen him play in his days, WE clearly understand.
Where was Nick Anderson???
Great Question! Maybe Home w/ the flu😂
I seen Jordan miss 2 free throws at the end of the game so many times
Man, Longley was terrible... guy have 5 turnovers before the second half
Shaq just ripping the ball from him.
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Jordan never got revenge. Penny, hardway was injured right before the Eastern conference finals. Matter fact I think it was in the first round. That's the injury that basically robbed him of his career. He was never the same if you watched the game even right after the injury happened.
Marv Alberts > Breen.
Shaq making Luc Longley into BBQ chicken, I see why Jordan didn’t have anything nice to say and kept him out of the last Dance