1990-91 bulls in the playoffs: 3-0, 4-1, 4-0, 4-1. MJ in the finals that year 31.2-11.4-6.6-2.8 on 56% FG. It maybe the best overall playoff performance off all time. At this time MJ was at the best of his skill while still at the best of his athleticism, which put him simply in a class of his own this year.

Wow prime MJ was waay waaay faster than Kobe. 1991 is my favourite version of MJ, just a perfect mix of speed power and skills.

NBA basketball in the 90s was faster and harder than today's. Todays nba is much slower and softer, and that's the reason shooters like Thomson and Curry today have a field day with shooting 3s. It is amazing how much tighter the defenses were back then and how much faster the players were, due to the tighter defenses.

@adrianroberts7656

4 жыл бұрын

Facts!!

3:28 this never gets old...the multiple replays drives the point further home. What an incredible time to have been alive although I’m around 7 at the time

Jordan in his prime was absolutely unmachable

@SmoovyNovaFan

4 жыл бұрын

2006 Kobe and 2018 Playoffs Bron is close

@mickeyjohnson5247

3 жыл бұрын

@@SmoovyNovaFan Nope....

@SmoovyNovaFan

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyjohnson5247 yes

@mickeyjohnson5247

3 жыл бұрын

@@SmoovyNovaFan nah

@racebannon3014

3 жыл бұрын

@@SmoovyNovaFan nope

Man he was spry this game, holy shit. Cat-like explosiveness.

Anyone who thinks he would be even remotely contained by today's "superior" athletes is seriously, seriously mistaken.

@clarencesimmons8580

3 жыл бұрын

This Friday mark the 30th anniversary of MJ baseline dunk on Patrick Ewing game 3 of the 1991 NBA Playoffs between the Bulls and Knicks.

Mj was at least 20 years a head of his time lol!! He was just that good.

@junheeho6311

8 жыл бұрын

20 years? He would be relevant to basketball for eternity. Even if basketball is played at the highest level by cyborgs or human with cyborg parts in 9016, MJ will still be one of the top 5 full-human to ever play this game.

@1CHOZN7

8 жыл бұрын

+Jun Hee Ho. look at Mj swag...its in basketball 20 years later. These guys still haven't added the fade-away to their guy now besides kobe. They still not doin his famous craddle dunk in a game. Nor can they do half of his moves with the ball!

@casino144

4 жыл бұрын

@@junheeho6311 That's crazy!

3:31 - is the sickest basketball move by Jordan, or anyone, EVER! Just beautiful!

@bigrivermedia762

4 жыл бұрын

Clark Bucher even though I’ve seen it a thousand times, I didn’t know it was coming here and it was like watching it again for the first time.

@g3synth205

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed! And to dunk like that over 7-foot-tall, Dream Team member, and future Hall of Famer, Ewing made it that much more impressive. You can see how much higher he was than Ewing in the slow-mo.

@adrianroberts7656

4 жыл бұрын

An artist at work!!

MICHAEL JORDAN THE BRUCE LEE of basketball ..

4:19 Pause the video and look at how much of Jordans arm was on the rim. This man had HOPS!!!

@g3synth205

4 жыл бұрын

That's in my top three, if not my favorite, of Jordan's moves/dunks in his whole career.

@justapuk10

2 жыл бұрын

How was jordan and pippen not at the least investigated for assault on patrick ewing??? 🤷‍♂️

Wow the dunk on Ewing unreal. Michael the goat 🐐 no doubt.

Much respect to that sportsmanship by both teams at the end as well...

@harrispierre77

4 жыл бұрын

That's why they got swept. The next season Pat Riley stopped that crap and the Knicks finally became contenders. I respect sportsmanship but when you are trying to win you need the eye of the tiger. Especially when you are outmatched.

@casino144

4 жыл бұрын

I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD LOOK ALSO, VERY CLASSY.

@casino144

4 жыл бұрын

@@harrispierre77 I thought is was definitely classy, bit I totally agree with you. Next year Riley had them coming for their heads!

Grant had great hands and Jordan is the most underrated passer in NBA history. Equally as talented if not more talented passer as LeBron, just far less willing.

@themispavlitsas5748

4 жыл бұрын

nice joke

Jordan on a beautiful dismissal of the defense!!! Lol

@puredistancegolf

6 жыл бұрын

LOL!

Jordan owned The Garden. That was like a home game for him.

Also, at 4:37 you can see one of Jordan's bag of tricks in action - he grabs Wilkins' stiff arm with his hand in order to give himself the half step he needs to get by him. This is one of the rare times you'll actually SEE this, firstly because he didn't always do it (usually only to guys that were handchecking extremely with stiff-arm force trying to push him out, like Wilkins here), and second because when he did, it was usually so fast/subtle that you couldn't see it except on slow-mo replays

@AnHebrewChild

11 ай бұрын

Amazing catch

Well stated my friend... These 8 minutes sums up what MJ was! He is better than a video game player...not normal, and it scares people thinking " How can he be so good ? " Damn

He is running the court like a cheetah...

That first step is incredible!

MJ so f'ckn quick.

Ewing is the most dunked on HOF center of all time. Scottie and MJ just about made a career of dunking on Ewing LOL

@cdplaya1973

6 жыл бұрын

KewlDad Ewing was a dunk dummy

1:34. What seperates Jordan from almost every other great-speed. He covers almost the entire court in under 4 seconds.

Omg! I mean.. Omj!

Starting at 3:31, Jordan gets the ball, is met by Starks and Vandeweghe, fakes Vandeweghe, so Oakley comes over to help, Jordan shakes off Starks, spins around Oakley, and DUNKS Over Ewing!!!!!!! Jordan did that move on FOUR Defenders!!!!! DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! May be THE Greatest move of All Time!!!!!!

god that burst of speed at 3:07!...i love those plays when he used to fake like he was gonna use the screen and then explode in the other direction...you get to see his ultimate explosiveness in these plays..i've even seen him pull of similar speed in those plays in the 2nd 3-peat when he was a much older man

MJ was so fast.

His stamina and Endurance was absolutely LEGENDARY!!!#G.O.A.T.

How can anyone watch these videos and dare comparing Lebron to Michael?

Just get chills off that Dunk 😖

That was classy of the Bulls to acknowledge the Knicks in the hallway to locker rooms after the game.

My goodness...I remember watching this as a kid..wow just the skill level of MJ and how he made the bulls raise their game...the perfect basketball player...no comparison...

Yeah, I've always loved that sequence. The way he eludes the double team with the escape dribble followed by the hangtime jumper is awesome. So quick.

ewing dunked on by pippen and jordan in the same game, poor guy.

that is one of the moves of the century

Mike was fast as fuck this game....

My goodness jordan got his hands defensively on everything

1:33 - Jordan had greater acceleration and speed than LeBron and this is past his athletic prime.

@SmoovyNovaFan

4 жыл бұрын

thats a flawed comparison😂😂because 1) Lebron is a 3 and MJ is a 2 2) Lebron has Karl Malone's body, down to the height and weight

What made Jordan so effective athleticially wasn't his end-to-end speed or quickness (i.e., changing directions/agility), though he was elite in all areas. It was his explosiveness -- that is, his acceleration -- that made him unstoppable. Whether it was off a first step or a change of pace or hesitation dribble, he was able to enter and exit an extreme lean and reach top or near top speed incredibly easily in all situations. You can see this here on the famous drive/dunk on Ewing.

Had Jordan not retired? The bulls run off 8 str8t titles!!

@racerdude888

5 жыл бұрын

They were 0 and 6 Against Houston in 3 seasons. Would have been tough but the Bulls were great in the playoffs so you never know

@leerussell8778

5 жыл бұрын

MJ was under ALOT of scrutiny at the time of his 1st retirement. Most of all that time off from basketball was therapy for him due to Mr. James Jordan being murdered. W/O MJ taking that time off I dont think he would have won 6. Jus sayn.

@AHMAD-2324

5 жыл бұрын

We think that would have happened but I'm gonna say no. Because I believe he would gotten worn out. We talking about a player who did not take breaks on defense, who was the best offensive player/closer for his team a top 5 Defensive player in the NBA and played full throttle for all 82 Game's. So over that grind of 82 I believe by '94 he would have hit that wall from fatigue. But Hey, You never know but IMO I'll say NO 7 at most.

@wallacesharpe196

4 жыл бұрын

I agree silvester dorsey and I also think if they stayed together in 99, 00 and maybe 01 the would have won it all so to me i got Jordan and the Bulls winning 11 in a row

By the way, how quickly (and intuitively) he spins off Vandeweghe at 2:02 after the steal is amazing. Just so instinctual. And while it may look like he fouls Kiki there, it's more a matter of Vandeweghe holding onto the ball very tightly while trying to pass it. Jordan's strip was on the ball.

@puredistancegolf

6 жыл бұрын

Weird, I just watched this and commented the exact same thing and I didn't even read your comment until now. It struck me the exact same way. Lighting fast mental processing as well as a lighting fast body.

that move at 1:10 should be on every highlight clip of mj ever made. it has it all. quickness. hang time. elevation. touch. going left. wow.

"This is an ego problem for Patrick Ewing"... Unbelievable to always have watched Jordan continue to abuse Patrick Ewing and my Knicks. I had high hopes for those Knick teams. Sad to say there were no championships, but these games were amazing and competitive. Literally like a war!

Unreal

Pay attention Kobe fans and watch the Greatest Of All Time, dont bother commenting back, just take notes.

3:35. damnnnnnn.

3:31 one of the best moves you will ever see

Very true but you have to admit of all the HOF centers Ewing seemed to get dunked on by everyone.

Idd, he was still fast in that 2nd repeat! I even think he was one of the fastest players I have ever seen, if not the fastest...

i miss this type of uptempo basketball look how hard the bulls and jordan going at the knicks

2:16.... Scottie Pippen made a career out of dunking on Patrick Ewing.

First 3 peat is better than second one. They were younger and faster. But second 3 peat they had better bench players.

Jordan climbed Ewing. I love that baseline move, first time i saw it, i made sure to add it to my repertoire

Michael speed demon Jordan

Whoa

This is an ego problem for Patrick Ewing.

Pippen dunking on big going right, then again going left

It's the HANDS man I'm tellin ya it's all about the HANDS!!!

MAN, I wish Horace Grant had never left the Bulls!

indeed. that's so fast.

Why ain’t we talmbout that Pippen dunk on Ewing at 2:15???

can you upload the entire game

Well....Kobe you've got some work to do...

Beginning @ 3:32 and ending @ 4:15 - Marv Albert: “That is one of the moves of the season.” Yeah, one of the moves, but not “The Move” 😁😎

@g3synth205

4 жыл бұрын

It was THE move to me. I think it's way more impressive than the hand-switch move.

@markghgarcia

4 жыл бұрын

SpamTheManChan That look that both Oakley and Starks made after Jordan made that move is still funny as hell 😂😂

Kobe Who, Kobe What........................

Even look at 2:00. Little reactionary spin moves like this you just don't see very often by anyone else.

Elimation games @ da garden always had werid feeling in da crowd

everyone got dunked on. every Center. go at them enough they will. Hakeem has 3000 blocks been dunked on plenty

was this the game Phil was rocking JOrdans?

3:32

That would explain why MJ is 6'6", and no one else in his family is taller than 5'8". Lol

3:33 You’re welcome.

he has those big mits unlike the Dr. Mike took it to a higher level

3:33 and LeBron thinks he is better than him LMAO

Jus embarrassing 1st Pip then MJ ..... MJ is the 🐐 for that dunk on Ewing

Same team that took bulls 7 games next year in the bulls best season so far!!!!????? Weird the Knicks were 8 seed and got sweep!

Butthurt Isiah Thomas said he would pick Lebron over Jordan. I wonder which metric he was using because it wasn't offense nor defense.

Get 40 more views then it would be equal to MJ's total career points. XD

3:28 uh huh

kobe prime cant win this time jordan

@1.08: "skrt skrt"

MJ so f'ckn quick.