The reason Jordan was scoring so many points in his early days was because he did not know how to get his teammates involved, how to make them better, so he took uopn himself to try and score all of the points he could. When Bird was scoring maybe 28 points, he also had 10 rebounds, 8 assists, but more importantly, his teammates (McHale, Parish, DJ, Ainge) were also scoring 20+ points as well. Larry knew how to make his teammates better, and he knew how to do this this at year one. Important fact: when Bird entered the league as a rookie, he inherited the worst Celtics team in history, they were the 2nd worst team in the 1979 season with a 29-53 record. By adding Larry to the same basic starting lineup, they went 61-21, the greatest turnaround in NBA history at that time, and went on to the Eastern Conference Finals, losing to Dr. J and the 76ers. He took a losing team, then instantly became big time winners. Jordan couldn't do this, it took him years to figure this out and learn how to win. And MJ credits Bird for teaching him ruthlessness, how to berate and intimidate his opponents, and how to make his teammates better. When Bird retired, MJ stated that he was happy that Bird was gone because he ruined a lot of MJ's games.

@zinnn.8842

Жыл бұрын

That's bullshit. It's not that Jordan doesn't know how to get his teammate involved. Most of his teammate is not good enough to make a basket against the Celtics who got 5 Hall of Famers.

@rickbort7875

Жыл бұрын

@@zinnn.8842 Did you even read my post? Nope. In his ROOKIE YEAR, Larry Bird took one of the worst teams in the prior 1979 NBA season, WITHOUT KEVIN MC HALE, ROBERT PARISH, DENNIS JOHNSON, BILL WALTON, but with the same aging starting line up that lost 53 games, and improved their record to 61 wins and 21 losses. A trip to the Eastern Conference Finals. IN HIS F***ING ROOKIE YEAR. WITH THE 2ND WORST TEAM IN THE PRIOR SEASON. In his time in the 1980s, Michael Jordan had NO CLUE how to get his teammates involved, to make them better, that was the biggest knock on the man in his early years in the NBA (I was there), he had to do it all by himself, which WASN'T WORKING. Bullshit? Yeah, riiiight.

@tber66

Жыл бұрын

@@zinnn.8842 Larry Bird was the consummate team player. By virtue of his "team first" attitude and all-around skill he turned very good players into great players and great players into Hall of Famers. Bird came into the league with very little around him to work with for teammates yet immediately Boston saw tremendous results.

@marykuettner752

Жыл бұрын

Sorry. Love Jordan but he had Paxon all along and his first two years Orlando Woolridge was scoring 22 points a game. Jordan was selfish and a ballhog. He didn't put it in those words but he basically admitted that his coach had to force him to pass and that his teammates were better than he had been giving him credit for. The excuse that Bird had 5 HOF doesn't really fly. He passed and assisted and made sure everyone got enough touches. McHale was sixth man and Parish was considered lazy. DJ was the only teammate that was a winner before he got to Boston. Walton was at the end of his career and was only there for Bird's last championship.

@rickbort7875

Жыл бұрын

@@marykuettner752 Yes, people tend to forget that Jordan was a "ball hog" in his early seasons when Doug Collins was coaching, who made MJ the center of their game strategy. In his first three seasons, the Bulls couldn't even break .500. It wasn't until Phil Jackson became coach that Jordan began to understand team work. His need to be "The Man" simply wasn't working, even if he took 40-45 shots a game, scoring 35-40 pts a night. They were still losing. It took Phil Jackson, and to a small extent Bird, for Jordan to realize he needed to trust his teammates, and learn how to make his teammates better. Not as dramatic as Larry, but rookie Magic took a 47-35 Laker team, 5th in the Western Conference, and with the most of the same players (Kareem, Nixon, Wilkes) took them to a 60-22 record, and won the Finals. These two guys proved that by adding one extremely talented player with the sheer, unshakable will to win, they can vastly improve a team overnight.

Jordan was a great single-double player, but Bird was the complete player and the most clutch player ever!

DUDES!!! LARRY BIRD WAS 23-11 AGAINST JORDAN ALLTIME, INCLUDING A 6-0 MARK IN THE PLAYOFFS. AND IF THAT WERE NOT ENOUGH, HERE IS A BIRD GAME WINNER IN JORDAN AND PIPPEN'S FACE: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6h1mbSfoLXZmqQ.html

Jordan and Bird didn’t guard each other…

Jordan gets 40 points against Bird. Big deal. Did he have more assists? More rebounds? More steals? So what you are telling us is that assists, steals and rebounds don't matter because they don't win games. Baskets only win games. Do you really believe this?

@ccjtv809

Жыл бұрын

Doesn't Jordan have the 3rd most steals in NBA history

@arthurnelson

Жыл бұрын

Bird played 1556 games and Jordan played 2514 games. Bird had more competition than Jordan did. Jordan was better at defence, athleticism and making buckets. Bird was a better rebounder, and passer and had more ability to score from anywhere on the court over Jordan. Read Rick Bort's comments . I agree with him.

@pauloliveira

Жыл бұрын

The game plan by the Celtics against Jordan was to let him get his points, so he wouldn’t involve any of his teammates. Hence 0 - 6 against Bird’s Celtics. Look at Bird’s stats 26 - 12 - 10.

@phyliso

Жыл бұрын

​@arthurnelson I'm not so sure about that more competition. We all know the 90's was the most dominant era of the NBA

@arthurnelson

Жыл бұрын

@@phyliso Hate to say you are wrong, but you are. The 80's had more great players.

Bulls were 0-6 vs playoffs Jordan scored 63 in the playoffs still lost and I was a Jordan fan that hurt. Lol

Jordan took 30 - 35 shots a game … he’s bound to get 40 Points a night ! Jordan was a scorer , Bird was a team player , did it all ! Larry’s more likely to get a triple double and find different ways to contribute to a win !

@FreedomFighter2112

Жыл бұрын

When it mattered most...Most game-winners (last minute) of All-Time: #1) Kobe = 26 (in 1346 games) #2) Jordan = 25 (in 1072 games) #3) Bird = 24 (in 897 games) #4) LeBron = 19 (in 1366 games) ... However, when it came to overall game-winners ratio, here are the best of All-Time: #1) Bird = 2.67 #2) Jordan = 2.33
 #3) Kobe 1.93 #4) LeBron = 1.39

@andybilakshow260

Жыл бұрын

@@FreedomFighter2112 The results are in. *Bird wins it by a landslide*

Like the dude said below: Jordan got the points (and it wasn't on Bird, it was on the Celtics), and Bird won the games...like, 70 % of them.

Actually Jordan averaged 33 against the Celtics with Bird while Bird averaged 27 against Jordan's Bulls. They did not always guard each other. Michael admitted he hated playing against Bird and thanked God when Bird retired. There were moments in those games when Jordan couldn't make a basket with Bird on him.

I think it's better stop the video if you're talking so you can't miss any clips. Especially the good part.

@orion351us

Жыл бұрын

That was annoying me.

Jordan even scored 63 in a play off game vs the Celtics. Amazing. Spectacular. And still lost. Larry was ok with that. 😂

Bird has to be top 5 greatest by any statistic

When Person called that timeout, he took himself out of the game.

you should check out the video showing what started the fight between him and Dr. J. Also check out when he was embarrassing a guy and asked him if his mother was watching.

In Bird's 60 point game against the Hawks, he was 22-36 shooting, but scored 32 of his 60 points in 14 minutes. The reason he scored 60 was because Kevin McHale had just set the Celtics scoring record with 56 points a few days before this.

@justinpitcock5312

Жыл бұрын

22-36 is off the charts elite and 32 points in 14 minutes is the same, off the charts elite!! He also told McHale to go for 60 in that game and McHale came out and rested the last couple minutes of the game. 😂

When Michael Jordan was averaging 40 pts a game against the Celtics, Larry Bird was not matched up with Jordan. That task went to the whole team. As for Larry's 27 points a game, his rebounding, steals and assists kept the whole team involved to beat the Bulls. Just saying. Have a good day guys. Love the channel. ✌️

@PixelPro-4000

Жыл бұрын

Also, Bird frequently passed the ball, and wasn't selfish with it. Just because he got 27, doesn't mean he wasn't an even more powerful offensive force as he got the ball into the hands of his teammates.

@FUBAR1986

Жыл бұрын

@@PixelPro-4000 exactly

@FUBAR1986

Жыл бұрын

Bird as a forward would not be guarding the other teams guard(MJ) they never were one on one

@meganmarie509

Жыл бұрын

I was coming to the comments to say the exact same thing lol

What bird meant by 38 to 6 was every time he hit a shot on Dr. J, he would then call out the score and ask him when are you gonna start guarding me? The fight happened about the time Bird hit 30 something on him. 😂😂😂😂

hey guys stop the tape if you want to talk

Bird told the Lakers the play. The Lakers had Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Magic Johnson James Worthy Michael Cooper Byron Scott on the floor and even though they knew the play they still could not stop him. Bird did that time after time and could not be stopped. Show me another player who constantly told the other team what he was going to do before he did it and the went and did exactly what he said. In the clip after Calvin Murphy, Bird gets the rebound of his own shoot and puts it in with his left hand. Birds psychological warfare along with this skill is unlike any other player ever in the NBA

You guys need to check out the "5 Times Larry Bird was Injured but REFUSED to Quit" video.

Pfftt... Jordan needed hofers and took years and years to realize and learn all the intangibles about winning to ultimately win a championship. Larry Bird on the otherhand walked into the league a complete player and made those around him into hofers and won championships.. Big difference.

Ok so if its a team thing, why does it matter that Jordan averaged 40? I think there's a little hole in the logic there Bud. Also, Wilkins did dunk on Bird, but it didn't happen again after Bird broke Wilkins ankles on that notorious step back.

Men, you MUST to watch two videos.. "Larry Bird most heated moments", with his big fights, and "Magic & Bird. A courtship of rivals", a real gem.

In that game against Dr J he was calling out their respective scores in the game each trip down like "24 to 6....26 to 6...28 to 6...". Bird is my guy, but Dr J is as cool as a player gets, imo.

3 consecutive MVPs. 3.....

Watch the overtime game between Bulls and Celtics. Closest Bulls came to beating Celts in playoff game. You will see how closely Bird matches up with Jordan and it is a fantastic game.

Guards were checking Jordan in those games. Larry was a 6-9 forward and not assigned to him except on switches.

When it mattered most...Most game-winners (last minute) of All-Time: #1) Kobe = 26 (in 1346 games) #2) Jordan = 25 (in 1072 games) #3) Bird. = 24 (in 897 games) #4) LeBron = 19 (in 1366 games) ... However, when it came to overall game-winners ratio, here are the best of All-Time: #1) Bird = 2.67 #2) Jordan = 2.33
#3) Kobe 1.93 #4) LeBron = 1.39

Well Jordan had 40 points he was a ball Hog while Larry would pass the ball

0-6 is the only stat that matters in Jordan vs. Bird.

I thought at the end of the day it all that matters is the win?! Now you are going to sit there and say BUT Jordan scored more than Bird? A win is a win. Bird was an all-around player looking to pass to make sure his team won. Seems he did that better than Jordan every time they played, he wasn't looking to pad his stats

Points per game don't tell the whole story. Larry is the best all around player, from the golden age of basketball. GOAT status is a subjective matter. Larry's talent and skill are undeniable. The greats praise him, meanwhile the only people who don't even consider him among the top players weren't even alive to see him in action. White boy can play ball.

12:25 Jordan was a shooting guard. Bird was a forward. The times they directly guarded each other was few. Just to retort. :)

There was a Bulls/Celtics playoff game in 85 or 86. MJ scored 63 points and lost.

If jordan and larry were the same age and entered the league at the same time? Jordan would not win a title. That's the difference between larry and mj.

Jordan lost to Larry six years in a row. Larry out scored Jordon every game

the amount of ads on this video were INSANE but my boys gotta get this bread

Stop the video when you talk, you’re missing what they are saying. What’s the point of watching the video?

You guys need to learn to actually listen to the stories instead of talking over it and missing so much. You're all likeable fellas so this isnt meant to be discouraging or anything like that.

Bird swept Jordan TWICE in the playoffs

It's nice that you give us the averages for points head to head against Jordan and say well we don't want to talk about the team thing but don't talk about rebound steals and assist which you know isn't a team thing

I think you should watch the video where coach to Jordan out of the game against bird

Michael Jordan Did not win his 6 championships Until After Larry the legend Bird Retired

Bird never defended Jordan. So that one on one comparison doesn't come into play when basketball is a team game.

Yeah, Jordan scored a lot of points against Larry and his Celtics, but as Robert Parish said, we still won and "stepped all in his ass." Jordan's Bulls never beat Larry's Celtics in a playoff series.

But MJ never beat Bird! The problem was that MJ was all about MJ, while, Bird was all about winning with his team. Do you really think that MJ won all those games on his own?

Love this reaction! Please react to The Greatest Individual Seasons in NBA History. Thank you!!

Larry Legend is the G.O.A.T of trash talkers. 🏀

Michael Jordan put up 33.5 points per game versus Larry Bird in his career (not 40). Larry Bird averaged 26.9 points, 8.6 rebounds and 6.4 assists in 28 games versus Michael Jordan in his career. Bird was 6-0 in the playoffs. Jordan could not even one game against him. Swept both times

Jordan was a SG Bird was a SF Bird didn’t directly guard Jordan you Nerds!

you guys have no clue how a TEAM works lmao.

homeboy doesn’t know what he’s talking about, Jordan only averaged 30 points against the Celtics during Birds era, and even after. Bird averaged a dbl/dbl 23/10, 90% ft, against the Bulls. Dr J was spinning, LarryBird was telling him that he was up and by how much, each time down. If I remember right, it started at 6-6, when Julius said something about how LarryBird “took the day off “. From there on LarryBird started telling him the score, 8-6, 10-6, each time down. When it got to 28-6, Erving got pissed and talked some more shi£. LarryBird got in his face and told him “ it’s 28-6 MFer!” That’s when Dr J grabbed him and took a swing. Erving gets ejected, Bird scores 10 more. That’s why Dr j said that Bird was always a thought ahead. LarryBird knew that if he just kept on Erving, he’d get in his head.

You guys are really lebum fans,you just want points,if you put points for assists,Bird will always have an edge over Jordan

Basket ball isnt a one on one game. Who gives a fuck how many points jordan got? He got 60 points one game against the birds celtics but he still lost. And one on one its alot closer than you think bird was just playing to win and knew the safest way to do it

Bird 6 wins Jordan 0 in playoffs. Nuff said.

Here's the thing with Bird vs Jordan. It is very simple and is the same thing that happened with Wilt vs Russell. The Celtics would let Wilt score as much as he wanted but deny everybody else and the Celtics usually won with that strategy. The Celtics would let Jordan score as much as he could as deny everybody else. They usually won with the same strategy.

React to Jordan's trash talk. Shit legendary!

Jordon didn't score 40 or more a game. He had 63 pts while taking 41 shot in one game which made the point average so high. The 3rd and deciding game in the first playoffs Mikey only scored 19 pts. Mike averaged 30 shots a game. If he's not averaging 40 a game he would suck. Bird didn't guard Jordan but Jordan was on Bird most of the time until Pippen arrived.

(12:41) Quote all the stats, not just scoring, Larry could've averaged 30 plus per game but at the expense of the team! I prefer his 24 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and everything else he did to win the game over MJ's scoring. It took MJ many years to get a championship, Larry started his wins the 2nd year in the league after starting as a rookie with the worst team in the league for the 1979-1980 season, unlike Magic who started off with the best team in the league.

Bird was actually a good defender. But not against Mike. Hell, no one was really, lol. But, Larry Bird was a far better than average defender on defense. Look up his stats. He made 1st team all defense 2x, and 2nd team as well.

@carolehall1000

Жыл бұрын

Not for nothing, Jordan couldn't guard Larry either. No shade on Mike who was a superb 1v1 defender, Bird was just too big for him to guard effectively.

@chenito36

Жыл бұрын

@@carolehall1000 definitely agree

@chenito36

Жыл бұрын

@@carolehall1000 that's right. That was the reason why they never had Jordan guard him. All he did was take him to the post....., annnnddddd BUCKETS was soon to follow, lol

Larry Legend was the only player MJ never got the best of Larry Legend 6 MJ 0 Larry Legend and the Celtics swept MJ 2 times in the finals 🐐☘️

Who cares how many points Jordan scored against Bird's Celtics. He shot the ball way more than anyone on the court. Wins are what matters. To try to act like Bird isn't in Jordan's league...smh.

MJ comments are tiresome, the 1st 7 years nothing happened. After all the greats left, only then did he start winning. Larry with different teammates beat everyone, everyone. Great vid

Yall missed a great play because you can't do KZread premium. Come on man.

One on one, what a joke. team game guys, Larry was far better at getting his team involved, it is a team sport, correct? Oh yea, how did Michael do against Larry in 2 different playoff series? Swept, Jordan could not win one.

MJ said Larry Legend is the best small forward ever better than Lebron best small forward, go check out what MJ had to say about Larry Legend go check out what Kobe said about Larry Legend Kobe had Larry Legend in his top 3

Rather difficult to react to a video, if you are not paying attention to it.

Michael Jordan Never Beat Larry Bird in The NBA Playoffs: Bird = 6 wins MJ = 0 wins

Jordan was 0 for 6 against Bird in the playoffs. I dont care how many points you scored, if you cannot win, what is the point? Jordan never beat Bird.

Larry Legend was the only player MJ never got the best of Larry Legend 6 MJ 0 Larry Legend and Celtics swept MJ in the finals

nice plaque flex

I'd take Bird over Jordan 1v1 always.

You do realize that bird was not guarding Jordan bird was a forward OK just saying

Man yall are some real haters. Wow. This definitely ain't the page I want to see

jordan ever beat bird,

It was rare when they guarded each other. And, it was 30 not 40. You guys should not bother showing videos and just talk.

Jordan never beat Bird

Lose the dude in the red shirt, he makes you videos painful to watch. No impulse control. Talk, talk, talk all over the video...every time

You dont count Bird 6-0 against Jordan BUT you do count MJ 48 points per game against the Celtics? Bird and Jordan didnt mark eachother so no 1 on 1 . In actual fact on plays over those 6-0 games when MJ and Bird were directly opposed 1 on 1 its 38-33 in favour of MJ , so almost even and Larry was in his chronically bad back phase. You gusy are always about stats without looking at the facts or reasons behind those stats. Celtics still won. At the end of the day, its WHO won the game, There are sooo many sports where players on the losing team scored more points or goals individually. The fact remains MJ could not beat Larry Bird

You guys talk over the video to much😢

Watch games of Bird vs. Jordan. You'll see games. Larry had better stats than Michael. It wasn't just a "Team" thing. It was a "Bird team" thing. You'll see Bird hitting game winning shots over both Pippen and Jordan. Jordan is the GOAT, but even GOATs always have their nemesis.

You can't count each individual's average during a game when it is a team game and they are not playing one-on-one so that doesn't count. Jordan had that average against the Celtics in those games not against Larry alone and Larry had that average against the Bulls as a team and not Jordan alone . I love Jordan but stop trying to find a way to erase the fact that he never beat Bird.

@kevincusick7297

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough. So there is no chance to say who the greatest of all time is

@davidnoel2977

Жыл бұрын

@@kevincusick7297 if we were talking about who was the best at each position then it could be done that way but that goes for any sport. There are way too many factors involved to crown one over everyone else. There's a lot more nuance to it then people account for.

Ignorance is bliss...

Yes but Larry swept Jordan 3 times

You guys calling Larry Racist is BEYOND stupid. Sorry. But he's about the least racist person on the planet.

Like your content young men, but got to get your facts straight before you throw them out like that. He averaged that against Boston as a team, not Bird. MJ got buckets on all of them. Get your facts straight...

I love the bs new new new schoolers tell how it was and used to be and why. Lol. You don’t know shit. Lebron fans lol 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

Jordan was a ball hog that's why he got so many points bird was a all around player that's what makes him better

Just remember, Mike had to score all those points to keep the Bulls in the game. Larry never lost a series to Mike and the Bulls; in point of fact, the Celtics and Larry swept the Bulls 3 times.