MJ had the smoothest turnaround jumper ever!

@TellenJones

15 күн бұрын

MJ probably intentionally missed those free throws at the end to keep his scoring at 45 and sent a message to Orlando.

@MrTomNguyen

14 күн бұрын

his baskets are some of the cleanest drainer I've seen. it's textbook arc towards the basket. even the 3s.

@mauricedues231

12 күн бұрын

I agree ⚡️ 🏀

@ranilaacnip4404

2 күн бұрын

The 1 and only MJ,never surrender..orlando always lead,but end up loser..so sorry monster baby shaq.

@cdogg22

2 күн бұрын

@@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.

Jordan scoring 45 and sweeping on a team where the previous year, a player said “45 ain’t 23”.

@MrTomNguyen

14 күн бұрын

Longley almost lost it again with em turnovers. panicky butterfingers. Jordan had to work overtime!

@Stevesautopartsify

6 күн бұрын

Jordan missed his final 2 FTs on purpose to cement that 45!!

@switrexland7757

2 күн бұрын

Nick Anderson - Orlando Magic

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

@Rambo20244

15 күн бұрын

lol as a jordan fan I never thought of it that way

@timstark4731

15 күн бұрын

@@Rambo20244 I have no idea if it's actually true, but it seems like about the most vindictive Jordan thing to do

@Pepsolman

15 күн бұрын

Jordan wanted to remind them that it was 23 that beat them and 45 that closed out the sweep.

@jpyourpt

13 күн бұрын

Darrell Armstrong confirmed that story

@user-jg6gu87tfcdrtbb

12 күн бұрын

​@@Rambo20244lol if you don't know the story, you are not an MJ fan.

We will never see another Michael jordan in the nba lucky the plp who witnesses MJ greatness 🎉

@russ1of1

15 күн бұрын

Kob

@tuffymiller7371

14 күн бұрын

Kobe was the closest

@MrTomNguyen

14 күн бұрын

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.

@trinalewis6489

13 күн бұрын

@@MrTomNguyenomg !, me too.. boring ass 2024 finals

@tonyandrade7859

11 күн бұрын

@MrTomNguyen so true especially players complaining for every little touch they get

That was the official end of that era for Orlando. Jordan ended all that lol

@hollins625

18 күн бұрын

How would that series have played out if Horace had played? The Magic clearly missed him.

@davidschmidt1793

18 күн бұрын

@@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.

@hakeemolajuwon4352

18 күн бұрын

No he freaking didn't! Rodman was the guy who made this possible

@davidschmidt1793

18 күн бұрын

@@hakeemolajuwon4352 Rodman was key with his rebounding and on ball defense on Shaq, but Jordan was the best player in that series.

@moneymoney3235

18 күн бұрын

@@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.

You know it's automatically over when the goat hits consecutive field goals

@liamdamster

16 күн бұрын

facts, bro started 7/7😭😭

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

Guarded by Anthony Bowie

@TheGr8-1

15 күн бұрын

@@j-short5431you think JJ berrea or Jason Terry coulda done better?

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

@@TheGr8-1 were those two in the league in 1996? I’m confused.

@xxtetsukuroxx4879

15 күн бұрын

@@j-short5431 Even if they were in 1996, they wouldn't do any better

That Jumpshot was truly a thang of BEAUTY!!! Best to ever do it Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

Are these some of the plummers JJ Riddick was talking about who MJ played against?

@jlui21

16 күн бұрын

-- Bird was a concrete driveway contractor. Shaq was just a rapper. They couldn't hack it as plumbers; they weak.

@alanbrown3172

15 күн бұрын

@@jlui21 cut the cap, he hurt his back doing his moms driveway. he played basketball.

@jlui21

15 күн бұрын

​@@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.

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

No. This is a team without two starters MJ played against

@mcjr1989

15 күн бұрын

​@@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.

@kannon1610

17 күн бұрын

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.

@adonasbuhr2784

15 күн бұрын

This was pre-prime Shaq. Prime Shaq would have had 40 points in this game.

@jamoa3395

13 күн бұрын

Now you think, is shaq the most dominant 😂😂😂

and for anyone of age.........this is how summer vacation in 1996 BEGAN! :) especially living in IL. right in the middle of Bulls Central.

I forgot how nasty and dominant Shaq was. This is why I love watching these old games.

@MrTomNguyen

14 күн бұрын

it's why Kobe won so many rings...

@FrokuBabayy

14 күн бұрын

​@@MrTomNguyenWrong. Shaq wasn't 💩 w/o Kobe

@jamiemontgomery7846

14 күн бұрын

@@FrokuBabayy Agreed

@samchristian37

14 күн бұрын

@@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

Man, it’s so still so sad what happened to Penny Hardway.

45 points on the close out on the road Against prime Penny and Shaq 🖤❤️🤍🐮🦬

@moneymoney3235

18 күн бұрын

“Prime” 2nd and 3rd year 😂😂😂

@timstark4731

18 күн бұрын

​@@moneymoney32353rd and 4th

@manoliswec5674

18 күн бұрын

@@moneymoney3235 one year before they beat bulls and reached the final...

@dbrown8553

18 күн бұрын

...and he got 45pts on purpose; he missed the free throws...remember "45 not as good as 23"

@adonasbuhr2784

15 күн бұрын

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 😂

This was the golden age of basketball. Really miss 90s basketball.

MJ 🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐🐐

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!

Penny was cold

@MrTomNguyen

14 күн бұрын

man he was right there with MJ. truly tragic how Penny ended up.

@studyroommusic

13 күн бұрын

Penny, Grant Hill, Tmac, Drose. Oh what could have been 😢

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"? 💀 🤣 🤣 🤣

@youngskyler7568

18 күн бұрын

Kobe not even close to MJ check the stats maybe 2nd 3 peat MJ but not before that it's not even close

@nikosofidemporas

18 күн бұрын

​@@youngskyler7568It is not all about stats

@marquanmr

18 күн бұрын

Grow up

@jerryjazzbo2845

17 күн бұрын

You need to get out of the house. Try it some time.

@michaellui74

15 күн бұрын

So true👍👍

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

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

Against Anthony Bowie?😂

@mcjr1989

15 күн бұрын

​@@j-short5431penny hardaway??

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

@@mcjr1989 In his 3rd year? Not guarding Jordan?

@mcjr1989

15 күн бұрын

@@j-short5431 he went to finals in 1994 kiddo

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

@@mcjr1989 No he didn’t kiddo. And when he went to the Finals, they had all 5 starters

This version of the Magic would be a problem in today's NBA and they couldn't get a game against the Bulls.

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 so gewwwd, man!

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🤷🏾‍♂️

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

Where was Nick in this game?

MJ is unbeliavable

You just know Mike wasn’t gon let that playoff elimination slide. In a typical goat way 🧹

Penny was destroying Pippen

@poloregal

18 күн бұрын

No the hell he wasnt. You numbnuts just want to trash pippen

@baltimoremike9161

18 күн бұрын

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

@mikeqto4056

16 күн бұрын

But Jordan was killing the Magic team w/45pts🏀

@baltimoremike9161

16 күн бұрын

@@mikeqto4056 this ain’t about the Bulls..it’s about Scottie ungrateful ass getting smoked.lucky 🐐was there

@tonejack1

15 күн бұрын

@@baltimoremike9161where you alive during this game?

Luc Longley was sellin harddd 😂

@bobbythespaceghost9934

17 күн бұрын

Yes Lord.

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.

and shaq went to lakers🤣🤣🤣😂

Shaq and Penny were tough to beat.

Jordan killed Orlando in this game. Man Orlando has so much talent, should have won a chip.

@Phillip-xi2cq

16 күн бұрын

Can't win a chip in that era when you run into Jordan every year.

@FuShengAlex

15 күн бұрын

​@@Phillip-xi2cqthey ran into Jordan in 95....it wasn't him that stopped them in the Finals....it was Houston

@Phillip-xi2cq

15 күн бұрын

@@FuShengAlex Bahahahahahaha... If you think an out of basketball shape Jordan in 95 is the standard.

@FuShengAlex

15 күн бұрын

@@Phillip-xi2cq just filling in the missing pieces to your undone puzzle. Someone else other than Chicago stopped Orlando as well 😎

@Phillip-xi2cq

15 күн бұрын

@@FuShengAlex WTF are you even on about ? Orlando was no big hurdle. They were paper thin the Bulls destroyed them the next season.

Jordan’s fadeaway was super smooth

Nice work with the editing. Well done.

Pippen was getting cooked 😭😭😭

@baltimoremike9161

18 күн бұрын

Facts..Penny had em all over the place..

@edwardoutlawjr8154

17 күн бұрын

Taking Pip to school lol

@AHMAD-2324

15 күн бұрын

Always vs Elite player's...That was Pippen flaw he couldn't guard BIG TIME player's. But he was an excellent help defender...

@mostmost1

13 күн бұрын

​@@AHMAD-2324people now try to rewrite history as if pippen was shutting down elite guys and saving the bulls. He harrrassed guys definitely.

@wisconsinlonnie4143

13 күн бұрын

Getting fucked up.

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.

18 күн бұрын

They probably could have beaten Chicago in 1998 but idk if they’d beat the lakers or spurs.

@fade2black1982

18 күн бұрын

I like to think in some alternate universe Shaq and Penny brought that chip to O-town.

@alejandrobarrionuevo9957

18 күн бұрын

'as long as' M.J. is 'there', the Magic 'win' NOTHING

@Rambo20244

15 күн бұрын

@@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

@ry_an.

15 күн бұрын

@@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.

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

15 күн бұрын

Stop lying. They got Dennis Rodman

@klasicktha1

13 күн бұрын

@@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

@j-short5431

13 күн бұрын

@@klasicktha1 The Bulls traded Will Purdue for Rodman. You Jordan Stan’s be lying on here like crazy 🤣

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!

Beautiful.🍺

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.

@j-short5431

15 күн бұрын

Horace Grant didn’t play. And stop trying to make it look like Jordan beat the super team.😂

Who's here after the Darrell Armstrong interview? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 45 on 23 shots! 😂😂

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!

@mcjr1989

9 күн бұрын

Imagine shaq guarded by bam adebayo or draymond green

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

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 😊😊😊

Orlando Magic had a team similar to the 2024 Boston Celtics with the addition of Shaq and still lost to the Bulls.

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.

The Undisputed GOAT was pacing himself the whole game… no matter how good the Magic looked he knew he had their # the whole time

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.

🐐🐐🐐

😂😂😂 MJ 🐐 there's no debate

Shaq being swept again, a dominant force indeed

@edwardoutlawjr8154

17 күн бұрын

Mans was swept 5 times in his career

@adonasbuhr2784

15 күн бұрын

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.

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!

Magic team should have had at least one Chip.

New genz say 80s 90s weak era but kid didn't know playoffs deadly

There are more interesting players to watch in this game then in the entire current NBA!!!

The best 👌 for you is to have the most amazing experience of your

Shaq had to go ride Kobe back to rings😂😂😂. Poor old big fella😂

Jordan the best 💪🏼

Mj

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.

Jordan was on firer for Last Year The Orlando magic out them out the playoffs he was Hot he wait for this ravages

🔥🏀throwback

28 Years Ago

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

The league should retire the number 23 #jordan

@Hakeem990

17 күн бұрын

I agree i can't understand why the NBA hasn't

@liamdamster

16 күн бұрын

​@@Hakeem990exactly he's literally the GOAT and best player ever

Man, Longley was terrible... guy have 5 turnovers before the second half

@mostmost1

13 күн бұрын

Shaq just ripping the ball from him.

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.

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?

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...

People forgot that magics starting PF was injured in this series

@hrln26

15 күн бұрын

Penny and Shaq were playing

@mcjr1989

15 күн бұрын

Game 1 horace grant played...and the outcome still the same

@mostmost1

13 күн бұрын

Luc Longley was starting, bulls were missing a center. He was big and soft.

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.

Jordan gave Anderson "45" Better than 23 that night.

And Pippen was there, taking up space.

Shaq last game with the magic

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.

Sweep

Penny's knee is already hurt here, you can see the big bandage on the left knee, injured in the previous series against detroit

If Shaq and Penny stayed together, I'm wondering what other All-Star player they could have gotten to join them (other than Horace)?

@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f

17 күн бұрын

Kemp

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.

@darinvee4980

8 күн бұрын

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.

GOAT swept w 45 on their scoreboard from the year before 😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆😆

His name is Michael MJ

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.

Magic mirror a week were new to me about it team is blue and we bulls . all like a takes keep everyone and say penny

it was more of rodman and horace grant’s impact

Pippen should have tried jamming that home at 7:23. Would have been epic

MJ's revenge after MJ's "choke".

Orlando didn’t do squat 😂 their biggest accomplishment was beating Michael and the bulls😂😂😂😂😂

Where was Nick Anderson???

The magic should of paid shaq but also shaq could of stayed and got some more help to get over the hump

6:48.

Damn they barely showed the score. 😆

It would be boring to watch MJ play in this era..

Penny was a step slow this game.

jordan really did have the best looking jumpshot, but was had the second? kobe?

Jordan missed those last 2 free throws so he would end the game with 45 points

SWEPT kids, SWEPT.

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.

Jordan missed the last 2 free throws on purpose so he could end the game with 45 pts. The King of Pettiness!😁😁😁