Michael Jordan’s Top 60 Career Plays

Get your highlight reels rolling. Number 23's in the house. That's the very few people on this planet that can do this. He blew the layup. The rebound is off. They get it to Jordan. Here's trouble. Three on three. Jordan in deep. Jordan all the way! Score! He put his right arm out full length, held it, and brought it back as he flew by the basket. Sensational. That's the most frightening thing a defender can see. You be the only guy back on defense and he's coming at you. Very short on that one. Ahead to Scottie. Had to run out, catch it, now throws it back to Michael. One hand from 15 off the ball. Oh, Kathleen, what a shot. A save and a shot by MJ. With four seconds left, they've got feet on the floor. Jordan steals, put it up three-pointers. He made it at the buzzer. Going down the stretch. Jordan got it back on the inside foul play. Ray smartly, and with a gentle push, hit him out. The Cowhide Blue. Here's Stacey King, high right. Jordan on the move, baseline left. Oh! Oh, no! John, you and I have seen Michael play every game, right? We haven't seen this one yet. 49-44 jazz. Pippen, down to Jordan. Look out and run him out. Oh, my goodness! You talk about a hammer. He was looking down in the basket on that dunk. Michael Jordan with 22 points. Unbelievable. Harper's alone. A 13-footer and he misses. Rodman can't tip it in. Rebound O'Neal now. Stolen by Jordan from Hardaway. Picked him. Bluffs one at the line. They leave him open. Oh, the Bulls are up. Oh, baby! He left jockstraps all over the hardwood down here. Oh, but how he read that play to steal the pass, Brent, and then pump-faked the ball, as only Michael Jordan can do. Jordan to the hole. Wrapped up by Ostertag and somehow, some way, he scores. Here's a man 7'2 and 280 trying to wrap you up and somehow you have the strength and the body control to get off a reasonable shot. And Jordan flies in for this rebound. Under four and a half minutes to go. Here's Jordan. Oh, yeah! The mustard shot by Michael. I thought he was going to pass it at the last moment, but there was no one there to pass to. He had to throw it up and it banks in. He'll show that one for years to come. 17-game losing streak at Philadelphia on Wednesday night. Jordan a little acceleration. How did he find lonely in the lane? What a wonderful pass, indeed, by Michael Jordan to Luke Longley. But a bounce couldn't be any better. You got 12 points and everybody in the starting line-up has scored. High game at 89, and Ewing wants the ball and gets it. Now this is defensive awareness. Michael Jordan knows what's going to happen. Wow, is he up there. Check what? MJ. Oh, how he did it! And Michael shakes the finger, but he finally got his dunk on Mount Batumbo. And he's going to say after the game, well, it took a long time, but it was worth it. Jordan. They set that up. They brought the defense out high, they brought it wide, they opened the whole entire middle. Jordan gets the step on down. Get the ball up first. Super play. Super, super play by Michael. He's got six. Get it into Anderson. There's the double team. The help and Michael gets the ball back here to Pax. He gets going down the lane. Pax feeds him, he takes one dribble, and it's a power slam. Jordan and Gene, but Gene didn't stay with Jeff. Oh, man! And he will shoot out again. And yes, he does. Michael in transition. Yes, sir. Michael down the lane, a blind pass, and his teammate hammers it down. Lovingston had to go high to get it. Finds Paxson. Jordan drives again. And a foul! Count it and a foul. Mike Boone drove the middle. The two of their top perimeter guns shooting blanks at the moment. Jordan. Look at that move. Get your highlight reels rolling. Number 23's in the house and has gone to work. 30 points. Throw it up over his head. Now, just watch this. As he spins baseline, he comes into the traffic, just throws it up. Did he even like that? Michael even said that was a deep one. It's going to be a spectacular night for the Bulls as Jordan has come up with another steal. Puts on a show. High wire acts of Jordan and Pippen. They do it defensively. Michael Jordan with a takeoff in the crush. He hit the free throw and has one more. Here comes Mike. Oh! Oh, yes, here comes Mike! Oh, what a play! We said he was on the runway the last time. What a play and he wants a timeout. Scott Williams able to get to the loose ball but he's bottled up Jordan with the recovery. And Jordan is fouled. Michael Jordan very upset. Jordan with the strength, the concentration. Ahmad Rashad earlier this year had spent a day with Michael and gone through his workout training program and said it's really a difficult one. This guy has built his body up and added great strength to a great talent. Pippen by Scottie Pippen. Almost three seasons. Ruffin has it blocked by Longley. Jordan, what a play to Pippen. Pass by Jordan. A wraparound pass as he was facing the other way. Hit Pippen almost perfectly in stride and Pippen took it in and threw it down. Personal inbound. 27.1 seconds remaining. 15 on the shot clock. Detlef Schrempf finds Reggie Miller, blocks away and a play! Michael Jordan, wow! Thank goodness, where did he come from? Jordan with the block and then the save which was unbelievable. Pippen inside, quick pass, Michael blocked but he's still out and he's fouled. Jacobs up in the air, hangs, readjusts, lays the ball in and draws a foul. Down right into the hands of Wilkins. Michael Jordan around everybody. Up the board. Some drive by Michael Jordan. The score is 99-83. It's a seven second disparity between the shot clock and the game clock. Jordan, yes, and it counts! You know, it would have been better for Child to foul him all the way. For Chicago! Whoa! Almost had a pick. Ball tapped loose from Elo and here comes Jordan. Behind the back, Pippen! Pippen was just going to be the trailer, he cleared out, Michael gave him a great pass. Layup, Scottie. Rebound taken down by Steve Johnson up to Michael Jordan. To the hole on Tyler. Dunks over Terry. Terry fouls him, it counts. Did he get up there? Just Terry's first, but Jordan now has 11 here in the third. First half of the game against the Celtics Thursday. Jordan trying to fake bird, can't do it. Hits the jumper. 63 points and you're looking at an all-time record. Oh boy. Michael Jordan. Moncrief tried to get it away, but broke it up by Daly and gets it away to Jordan. Oh! Showtime for Mr. Jordan. And we are tied at 102. And a great defensive effort by Jordan who has it on the break. Driving all the way in. Oh! An unbelievable ball! He put it in and it counts! Can you believe that? Smith, he grabs it across the arm. The hang time, he gets fouled, he lays it off the glass. Watch that English catch the top of the glass and fall in front. Michael fakes on Wilkins, backs him out, headed the key with a scissor dribble, nearly lost it. Now takes it right side, cuts back left, down the lane. Oh! And a foul! He came, the scissors dribble, he down the middle, he goes up high, powering and gets spun around as he slams it. Oh, you talk about excitement here in a stadium. Outside to the left, one bounce dribble, now to Jordan. Michael in from the left side, jammed it right over Rollins. Michael Jordan just went by everything. Levingston went down on a fake and up over Tree Rollins, seven-footer, boom, down, slammed. Faxon looks for, and there's a bounce pass to Jordan under it, got slammed up, and he threw that thing in, going to his left, put it back in his right hand and slammed with his body, only half-turned to the hole. How about that? Herb Williams with a follow-up, blocked by Jordan, cleared by Jordan, here come the Bulls back looking for the lead. Three on one, Michael Jordan in for the right for the dunk! Oh! Monster! Blocked shot by Jordan a second ago, he took it all the way down, Scott Skiles waiting underneath the basket, Michael just spread-eagled almost right over the top of Skiles. Jordan over the timeline into the forecourt, drives the middle! Bam! Jordan has decided to take this game into his own personal care. Time-out clears. Pippen, finds Jordan, Rodman is on him, one-on-one, five seconds to go, Jordan, off the glass, yes! Now this is a great move. Now watch going down in here, how he sucks up the defense, there's your elevation, off balance, doing a split in the air, banging it off the glass. Pippen gets it to Jordan, Michael challenges and slams! And it'll carry by, it wasn't there, Michael in on top, everybody 49. He brought his man in that time and that sort of clogged things up, Jordan, oh my. That's what everybody's been waiting on, we'll have that one on replay. Now watch this, everybody calls him Air Jordan and this is why. Michael, hopefully to Mercer, Mercer on the run, oh! Oh, offensive play, a two-game set match, they're trying to foul, watch this, here comes Mercer on in, Michael not there, but there he is, what a defensive play by Michael Jordan, look at him, he slammed it against the board, he was upset, he hit his shot block. Take a look at this, a great player who never gives up on a play. Over to Jordan for three more, yes! Six three-pointers for Michael Jordan. An absolutely spectacular performance from Michael Jordan who has 35 at halftime. Come fake, doubled up, here's a pass stolen by Jordan, it's a three-on-two for the Bulls, Michael in the drive, in for the right, for the jab, head up, Kelly Tripuka couldn't run out of the play quick enough, Jordan was bearing down on him from the sky. Jordan, crossover, in the lane for the slam, he gave him the crossover, then he shook him with the hop step, rise, oh man, you just got posterized, poster tag, you know, there's nothing you can do about that, see that's Michael Jordan at his best. Rodman will defend on the inbounds, Pippen will toss in, B.J. Armstrong is on the floor for the Bulls, along with Michael Jordan, inbounds, a cart right to Jordan, time winding down, Michael for three, yeah, yes, unbelievable. As he looks to bring it in, he comes in, it comes, throws it away, double teamed, outside cheeks, ball tipped away by Jordan, it's loose to three, it hit to Jordan for the breakaway, Wingate hustles on back to try to defend it, Michael just up, over the top, powers down, with the hoop, mercy, the foul on Wingate is his first. He wants to post up down low, there Mike, look at this, oh, man, hang time move, you thought he saw all his hang times, oh no, there was a new one, man. He may not be the strongest right now, but he's certainly still up there, Jordan goes in for a dunk, and he jams it over J.B. That's what I'm talking about, when he dunks over the top of people, he went left side, right handed, and rammed it over J.B. Here we go, you see the timer naming it's deadlocked at 101. Good job, Gerald Wilkins. Well, you just have to come, you just have to come. 2.5 seconds, Jordan, again! And you just have to come. He has done it, again! Almost in the same spot by Jordan, loose ball to Grant, a head for Michael, into the front wing, behind his back comes left wing, now down the lane, all the way for the two hand slam, and the foul on Alan Ogg. That, is vintage Jordan superstar. I'll tell you, I hope nobody blinked watching that one, because this is Michael Jordan at his best, there's very few people on this planet that can do this. Now the big story here tonight, concerning Michael Jordan's physical conditions. He is suffering from flu-like symptoms. Michael Jordan from straight away! Looks like he's a boxer, just hanging on along the ropes, but able to hit for a three point Chicago lead. The Chicago Bulls have defeated the Utah Jazz, a courageous, classic performance by the flu-ridden Michael Jordan. D.J. Armstrong, right back, the Bulls can go up 14. Jordan past Petrovic, wow! Wow! Oh yes, yes, The last one was no, no, no! You can't believe it! Detroit will calm you down, they'll work their plays. This is one for the book, Hubie. He's done a lot of great shots, but I've never seen this before from him. As you see, it was an excellent save. Now when he gets it back, you'll see him elevate, do a 360 and just toss it up. Jordan trying to shake off starch. Oh, what a move by Jordan! Oh! Oh please, let's see that again! A hundred times! Zellers has Jordan. Jordan with two seconds to go, puts it up, and scores! At the buzzer! Michael Jordan has won it for Chicago! Michael Jordan hit the basket at the buzzer. As a disconsolate Lenny Wilkins leaves the floor and for the second time today, the visiting team has won the deciding game in an opening round series and the Chicago Bulls will move on to play the New York Knicks in the best of seven. Maloney's double, they swat at it and steal it! Here comes Chicago, 17 seconds. 17 seconds from game seven. Or from championship number six. Timeout Utah! 5.2 seconds left. Michael Jordan running on fumes with 45 points. At the end of the game, you gotta get it out of his hands. He's a killer. That may have been the last shot Michael Jordan will ever take in the NBA. If that's the last image of Michael Jordan, how magnificent is it?