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I miss those Saturday afternoons....Can still smell the bacon and eggs cooking watching MJ dominate....Priceless
@KarlMalowned32
14 жыл бұрын
This performance by Jordan is my "Lets see Kobe do that" game. Only Jordan can drop 55 in such a crucial Finals Game
@Jimbo19091
11 жыл бұрын
So many fucking three point plays, incredible.
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
I love the way MJ uses his dribble and change of direction. It's so smooth and sublime. In one of his famous highlights in game 3 of the 1992 playoffs against Miami when he weaved through several defenders for a dunk during a fastbreak.
@lunalane
13 жыл бұрын
55-point game and it was still close. Awesome era
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
MJ operates like a surgeon. It is so satisfying to watch. Like watching a skilled maestro picking apart and controlling the basketball game. He doesnt try to blow by you all the time with one move but he kind of has a certain feel for the game, making use of the space and subtle change of direction moves to put himself in the best position to score or create. This may seem weird but he reminds me of how Bird operates.
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
Yup, great point. If you observe Kobe, he mostly gets his shots in isolation and areas farther away from the basket. Whereas MJ operated nearer to the basket, actually around 15 feet and below. And he got his points from offensive rebounds, jump shots off screens, drives. He doesnt really waste time dribbling. Very efficient. He doesnt waste energy trying to do to much. Just picking his spots. What an awesome player.
@Balthus23
10 жыл бұрын
Michael Jordan is unquestionably the greatest player of all time. If you are a MJ fan or a true basketball fan, you can't miss "MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LEGEND OF THE GREATEST (Final Version): 5 hours and 5 minutes in honor of his greatness. Link: MICHAEL JORDAN: THE LEGEND OF THE GREATEST (Final Version)
@maykpo
14 жыл бұрын
Better late games from a player in nba history Game 1: 31 points Game 2: 42 points Game 3: 44 points Game 4: 55 points Game 5: 41: points Game 6: 33 points THE LEGEND
@smittyboy13
13 жыл бұрын
Sometimes after hearing people say Kobe, Lebron or whoever might be better then Jordan I go back & look at his game & it takes me back. Then you remember. There will never be another Jordan. Just count his rings.
@Amir883
13 жыл бұрын
A lot of people know about MJ's game 1 of the '92 Finals where he had 35 first half points (setting a Finals' record). But he also had 35 first half points in this game too.
@BigCrockDawg
14 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest playoff performances ever by the Playoff Performer himself...thanks for the upload!!!!
@JWalkerThePoet
14 жыл бұрын
After game 3 he was playing cards with Magic and Ahmad Rashad, they said that "KJ shut you down", he supposedly flipped the card table over, stormed out in a rage and said "Wait till tomorrow"...then he drops 55. If it was anyone but MJ the game would be considered the greatest Finals performance ever, but since it is him it is just another good game.
@Historicutuber
13 жыл бұрын
I think people just dont understand....MJ was the best all time, and on top of that he elevated the NBA to a new level.....
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
They were both shot blockers who could plug the lane and guard the post; West's dominant defense against the Lakers in the 1990 Western Conference Semifinals complemented the offensive brilliance of Phoenix guards Kevin Johnson and Jeff Hornacek as the Suns stunned 63-win Los Angeles. In the 1990 playoffs, West led the NBA in total blocked shots, averaging 2.56 blocks and 10.3 rebounds over 16 games.
@Sephiroth32vergil
13 жыл бұрын
This is why there will be no other like Jordan... He plays the greatest basketball when its not needed but when he needed he steps his game up to an even greater level... Jordan is the greatest...
@saturndual32
14 жыл бұрын
Kobe, Lebron and Wade are amazing on their own right, but Mike is just something else.
@mj23sendoh7
13 жыл бұрын
jordan was invincible then. his athleticism off the charts.
@BMag4ever
12 жыл бұрын
What I remember from this game is that if MJ hit his freethrows more consistently in this game, he could have easily scored 60+ Keep in mind he'd been playing with a sore right wrist for a majority of the season. Simply put MJ is the GREATEST OF ALL TIME.
@AZ602WS
13 жыл бұрын
I don't care if Suns been defeated so many times I still go for them. Go SUNS!
@molasda
14 жыл бұрын
The best player ever born !
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
What Phoenix really needed was someone who could block shots, defend centers, and regularly sink jump shots from at least fifteen feet. Over the years, Phoenix possessed a number of centers who could fit two of the three criteria, but not all three and especially not the combination of jump-shooting and shot-blocking.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, West and Miller proved serviceable overall yet good on defense: they helped the '93 Suns rank ninth in Defensive Rating (points allowed per 100 possessions) even though almost all the team's forwards (including Barkley and Chambers) were mediocre-to-weak defensively.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
• The situation proved eerily similar the previous year in Game Seven against the Rockets in 1994. I have to watch the game again to be exactly sure in my numbers, but approximately, at least, in the 39 offensive trips down the floor where K.J. either attempted a field goal, attempted free throws, made a pass that directly led to a made field goal or made free throws, or made the final dribble of the possession, the Suns scored 53 points, or 1.35 points per possession.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
... yes, the ACL tear in February 1995 amounted to Manning's second such injury, but the first had come in his rookie year in 1989. In the three seasons (1992-1994) prior to him signing with the Suns, Manning had posted the three highest scoring averages of his career and made his first All-Star appearances. Indeed, when Phoenix inked him prior to the '94-'95 season, Manning arguably constituted the fourth-best forward in the game after Barkley, Malone, and Pippen.
@aztlanacion
14 жыл бұрын
thank´s bro...¡¡¡ gracias por el video...desde México DF se siguen tus videos que subes y espero sigas subiendo más¡¡¡¡ thank´s again....¡¡¡
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
Bird wasnt athlelic but he understood the game and he didnt need to "out-athlete" everybody to be dominant.These guys now need to think the game more if they want to move to the next level.Look at Tim Duncan,not that athletic but wired the same way as Bird and Jordan.Goes to his spots and milks it.He has mastered certain subtleties of the game as you said. Even Nowitzki seemed to have "gotten it" with the way he performed last year.It was awesome to watch, unstoppable in the 4th qrtrs.
@84Terminator
13 жыл бұрын
I remember it like it was yesterday .. damn I miss the glory days of the bulls
@TheMrfrank993
12 жыл бұрын
il miglior giocatore di tutti i tempi
@PJAriz
13 жыл бұрын
When god was inventing basketball and creatig the players, he created the perfect player... and the result was Michael Jordan!
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
In the 1995 playoffs, just like in the 1994 playoffs, Barkley faded badly after Phoenix went up 2-0 on Houston and then broke down physically late in the series. In 1995, he tore his meniscus in the second half of Game Six and thus hobbled through Game Seven, playing heroically on the one hand (23 boards) and atrociously on the other (he committed 7 turnovers and was responsible for about 10 of Phoenix's 14 turnovers by holding the ball so long and causing three-seconds violations by teammates).
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
As for Barkley, he may have been past his "peak" by the time that Manning arrived, but he still averaged 26.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, and 3.8 assists in the second half of the 1995 season, not far off his MVP statistics from '92-'93. The problem was that Barkley was never willing to make the sacrifices and exercise the discipline needed to win a championship.
@honeyfarmer0
14 жыл бұрын
I knew you knew in the critical moment, we all knew he would score and we all had the feeling he would.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
In Phoenix's other 63 offensive trips down the floor in Game Seven in 1995, the Suns scored just 38 points, or merely 0.60 points per possession.
@tallballa44
14 жыл бұрын
michael's midrange is soooooo smooth
@sopa71479
14 жыл бұрын
This was against a stacked Suns team that had the league MVP in barkley, thunder dan, kj, and tom chambers. mj quite simple an incredible performance, if he just casually played his game with no sense or urgency the bulls would be getting blown out
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
Yup, it's like the predecessor of present crossovers. It's not mechanical or exaggerated like the once you see today. It's more like "in the flow" type of move. From what Ive observed a player can only use the crossover for a while until defenses begin adjusting. Then they revert back to change of direction moves similar to what MJ does. Its harder to guess than the typical crossover because the change of direction happens within "the flow".
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Back to the center position, the problem wasn't that the '93 and '94 Suns lacked defensive centers, but that they lacked all-around centers. Manning was akin to Chambers in the sense that he constituted a tall forward who could fill-in at center, except that Manning proved better defensively and thus a better complement to Barkley, who amounted to a defensive liability. Still, Manning's best position at the time that he joined the Suns was probably small forward.
@Staip83
14 жыл бұрын
The Best .
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
In Phoenix's other 65 offensive trips down the floor in the 1994 Game Seven, the Suns scored just 41 points, or merely 0.63 points per possession. Signing Manning was supposed to address Phoenix's offensive inefficiency against a great playoff defense when K.J. wasn’t directly leading to points (and he and K.J. also could have comprised a great pick-and-roll tandem). But in 1995 against Houston, we'll just never know because the second ACL surgery short-circuited the prime of Manning's prime.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Jordan wasn't going to be denied in terms of individual brilliance, but in a team game, one man usually won't be enough. On TNT, Kenny Smith once mentioned how in Game Seven of the 1995 Western Conference Semifinals, Houston at Phoenix, Kevin Johnson was dominating the game, but there was still a K.J. scoring number at which the Rockets could win; the number turned out to be 46 as Houston won by one point.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
The second ACL injury short-circuited what might have been Manning's peak. What also hurts, though, is how Manning came back to become perhaps the league's top reserve over the '96-'97 and '97-'98 seasons and then in April 1998, he tore his ACL for the third time. The Suns would win 56 games that season, by far their most since his first year with the team, but they would end the campaign and play the playoffs without Manning for the second time in four years.
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was one of the plays that I vividly remembered.That was pretty intense defense by Jordan but credit Thunder Dan for competing. Wicked shot. MJ was pissed because he tried so hard to stop it. Haha. Love it!
@sabishiihito
13 жыл бұрын
Those huge mitts of his really came in handy...
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
As for the '93 Finals, K.J. indeed played well below his standards in his first two games, but the Suns didn't simply lose for that reason. Barkley also struggled in Game One, shooting 9-25 from the field and starting the game 2-11 as Phoenix fell into a twenty-point hole in the second quarter. What made that performance hurt worse was that the Bulls geared their defense to stop K.J., who'd recorded 23 points and 16 assists in the Suns' win at Chicago in the 1993 regular season.
@djannias
13 жыл бұрын
Yeah Balthus, thanks for this. Man I gotta admit I miss watching him play.
@roger711d7
14 жыл бұрын
He is the best player star in nba
@24CJKOBE
13 жыл бұрын
when he decided to come to play, there was nothing anyone could do.
@Cruzboy
13 жыл бұрын
man i miss the old NBA... it's just not what it was in the 90's. :0(
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
And while Miller was always overweight, his weight proved low enough in the 1993 playoffs that he could make a major difference: he blocked more shots than anyone in the '93 postseason and averaged 2.46 blocks per game in those playoffs. Indeed, the Suns would not have won the West without him, especially given how Miller absolutely dominated the overtime session of winner-take-all Game Five against the Lakers in the First Round.
@MACS86PT
11 жыл бұрын
at 4.50 he s manouvering in the air like a smooth cat..just crazy
@deepeej
14 жыл бұрын
cant believe this is already 17 years ago!
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
So by Game Seven of the 1995 Western Conference Semifinals versus Houston, Manning was in street clothes after knee surgery, Barkley was playing on a knee that would require arthroscopic surgery after the series ended (even had Phoenix won, he probably would not have been able to continue playing), and Majerle was in a deep slump for the second straight postseason against the Rockets.
@TwoThreeForever
14 жыл бұрын
if Jordan made all 18 of his free throws (missed 5), he would have had 60 points (1 shy of matching Elgin Baylor's finals record of 61 points set in 1962.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Thus matters were in the hands of K.J., himself playing with an undiagnosed hernia and a resultant sore hamstring. In the 48 offensive trips down the floor where K.J. either attempted a field goal, attempted free throws, made a pass that directly led to a made field goal or made free throws, or made the final dribble of the possession, the Suns scored 76 points, or 1.58 points per possession.
@Silligk
11 жыл бұрын
jordan absolute beast in 1993, probably his prime.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Evidence of the esteem that NBA and media people held him in circa 1994 can be found in the fact that the Atlanta Hawks traded the best player in their history, Dominique Wilkins, in exchange for Manning, whom they obviously deemed the superior forward. So when the Suns signed him, he was probably in the prime of his prime: he'd averaged a career-high 23.7 points, a career-high 7.0 rebounds, a career-high 4.0 assists, 1.4 blocks, 1.3 steals, and a .493 FG% for L.A. the previous season.
@yomama69ist
11 жыл бұрын
can u imagine what would have happened if mj hadnt retired in his prime we cpuld have seen even more performances like this not that we need any to know that he's the greatest of all time
@PhillyCEEZ
12 жыл бұрын
you have to admit tho, that 3 pointer before the half by thunderDAN was prettty fuckin amazing dude. it was pretty deep out..and MJ was PISSED. whatta clip
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Yes, his numbers dipped with the Hawks, but he was joining the top-seeded team in the East and obviously trying to fit into a highly successful team. Plus, Manning re-elevated his game in the 1994 playoffs, when he averaged 20.0 points, 7.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and a .488 FG%. So there's plenty of evidence to suggest that the Suns signed Manning at his peak, at age twenty-eight, and again, he was shooting a career-high .547 from the field when he tore his left ACL in February 1995.
@scarecrovv
14 жыл бұрын
no hd :( looks good anyway! thanks Balthus once again!
@Pawelino1000
14 жыл бұрын
marvelous move at 3:00,the greatest player ever
@PhillyCEEZ
12 жыл бұрын
@1:37, ...the jab step, the jumpstop, the finish. thunder dan was helpless.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
And playing Chambers and Barkley simultaneously proved especially costly when Dan Majerle and Richard Dumas were guarding Jordan, as in this game. Unlike Kevin Johnson, who could at least keep Jordan on the perimeter or in the post for the most part, Majerle and Dumas couldn't contain Jordan's driving game in the least and M.J. assaulted the rim in response.
@robertmendozanasty
13 жыл бұрын
KJ ONE OF MY FAVORITE SUNS OF ALL TIME BUT NO WAY CAN ANYONE GUARD MJ
@aldearey
12 жыл бұрын
55 in a finals game i remember that and what i dont remember is watching someone do it in the new millenium.
@illmatic826
11 жыл бұрын
why do some people still won't give this man his props???
@Ov3RaTed1
13 жыл бұрын
that's what you call talent.
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
MJ had pretty good handles but the era after him, they took dribbling to the next level. Im not saying its better or more effective but it certainly evolved. But the way MJ dribbled was uncanny, like he was floating, similar to how brandon roy or wade looks like when they weave through defenders. I'd say Kobe has more range but mid range game Id give it to MJ, he was stronger and more athletic, and more savvy in getting to his spots where he can take high percentage jumpers.
@CarbineDragons
13 жыл бұрын
Jordan beasted
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
And then Barkley committed a suicidal defensive blunder at the end of Game Six. So Barkley and K.J. each suffered two sub-par games in the 1993 Finals. K.J. took the first two games to adjust to Chicago's defensive schemes (as Magic Johnson stated on the NBC telecast before Game Three, the pick-and-roll was not working), while Barkley played poorly at the start and finish of the series. K.J. did score at least 19 points in each of the last four games and played some great defense as well.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Manning tore his left ACL in February 1995, ending his season prematurely. And after he returned in February 1996, knee soreness limited him for the remainder of the season. Manning would bounce back to become arguably the best reserve in the NBA over the course of the '96-'97 and '97-'98 seasons (he received the Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1998), but by that time, Barkley was gone and the Suns, although remaining a playoff club thanks partly to Manning, were in transition.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Thus Chicago proved determined to stifle K.J., constantly trapping him and clogging the lane on his pick-and-roll drives (sometimes employing multiple traps on the same play) and instead defended Barkley with single coverage early in the series. (And in those days, there's wasn't as much floor spacing or the modern defensive three seconds rule, so trapping on the pick-and-roll proved easier than now.)
@Bullsfan2008DR
13 жыл бұрын
Kobe has NEVER had a game like this in the Finals. In fact, in Kobe's game high in the Finals is 40.
@TheDudeAbides54
13 жыл бұрын
Funny story about MJ and this series. Krause at some point in the 93 season remarked to MJ about how great a SG Dan Majerle was. So MJ decided to destroy him when they played in the Finals (setting an NBA record 41.0ppg Finals average). Supposedly the first thing MJ did when the buzzer sounded in game 3 was to scream "Thunder Dan Majerle, my fucking ass!"
@thebigaznguy
14 жыл бұрын
ah i miss ahmad rashad doing post game interviews on nba on nbc.
@wolly1979
13 жыл бұрын
yessssssssssssssssssss.......and it countssssssssssss!!!!!!!
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Oliver Miller could have developed into that guy, but he allowed his weight to slide backwards by 1994 and then the Suns waved goodbye to him. John "Hot Rod" Williams could have been that center when Phoenix traded for him in October 1995, but he was suffering from nerve damage in his leg due to a recent car crash and the Suns had dramatically diminished their three-point game by then, anyway (actually trading Majerle for Williams while simultaneously declining to re-sign Ainge).
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, Sir Charles could not take advantage in Game One. He did respond with a spectacular 42 points and 13 rebounds in Game Two, but Horace Grant scored a playoff career-high 24 on 10-13 field goal shooting. Thus in Game Three, Phoenix switched Mark West onto Grant instead. Plus, in addition to shooting below .400 from the field in Game One, Barkley shot under .400 in Game Six, including 2-7 in the fourth quarter and 0-5 in the fourth on the block.
@ToxiclRevieved
13 жыл бұрын
Blessed by God.
@TheTjzf
12 жыл бұрын
I never noticed how mean MJ's crossover was
@TwoThreeForever
14 жыл бұрын
if Jordan made his 5 missed free throws, he would have 60 in this game, not 55! GRR! he would have had a 60-point finals game which he should have!
@cplath
11 жыл бұрын
2:54 look at MJ accelerating 10 mph suddenly step down the gas pedal up to 60 mph all the way to the hoop. Damn
@rohw0016
12 жыл бұрын
u could close ur eyes and hear the shot go in and know it was MJ.. his shots when they went in had a certain sound to them, call me crazy.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
But at twenty-eight, Manning was very much in his prime when the Suns signed him prior to the '94-'95 season. He had played in the previous two All-Star Games, averaging over 20.0 points per contest in each of those seasons, and in his first year in Phoenix, he shot a career-high .547 from the field. Some of his other numbers dipped, but only because he was playing fewer minutes and attempting fewer field goals while playing with the likes of Barkley, Majerle, Wayman Tisdale, et al.
@BrunoLS09
14 жыл бұрын
1:55 I saw Jordan elbowing Ainge after scoring the lay up. LOL He knew when to hit the players when the referees weren't seeing. *sorry for the bad english
@moviehypno23
12 жыл бұрын
3:00 to 3:10 was damn near beautiful
@SorryIPooted
11 жыл бұрын
This guy crossed over more than John Edward!
@TheDudeAbides54
13 жыл бұрын
@adikillah Kareem was probably regarded as the greatest all around player before MJ.
@JustGM350
13 жыл бұрын
dont ever get MJ mad.
@tommos1
12 жыл бұрын
that drive at 1.30 was like a triple pump lol.
@davidzafiratos
13 жыл бұрын
7:10 - the turning point of the series!
@penguin55
12 жыл бұрын
@06:18 wow kobe even got that finger pointing move down
@TheRafaelBond
12 жыл бұрын
its pretty useless calling him the greatest basketball player ever,everybody with common sense knows that,Michael FKN Jordan is the Greatest Athlete ever!
@4how
14 жыл бұрын
一定是外星人!!! Jordan
@zpacify
12 жыл бұрын
He has potential if he keeps learning and improving his game. But I dont see the same instincts defensively and the offensive savvy. The player I see with similarities really to MJ is Wade. The way he gets his points and the his offensive and defensive instincts. Watch Wade operate and use his dribble and use the space around him to either eave to the basket or get open for the jumpshot. Or the way he gets points cutting to the hole or getting opportunistic offensive boards.
@ChandlerPol
12 жыл бұрын
The Suns did possess good rebounding and defensive centers in Mark West and Oliver Miller. Unfortunately, neither of them constituted much of a scorer or floor spacer (West couldn't space the floor at all), so Phoenix often resorted to Tom Chambers at center in this game. Chambers constituted a highly skilled and versatile offensive player, but not much of a defender and playing him and Barkley simultaneously against a slashing Jordan proved to be a major mistake.
@popeyeisgood
14 жыл бұрын
man he would totally get a t nowadays for arguing the call at 3:50. it was a lot more open for shit like this back then. and it means for fun and intensity.
@moviehypno23
12 жыл бұрын
@Historicutuber Exactly, it's almost like he made the players around him better just so they could attempt to challenge him (even though they really couldn't haha)
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