Prime Michael Jordan 1991 Playoffs Highlights - G.O.A.T.! | GOAT EP 11/15 #Michaeljordan

...126.85 clobbering on Thursday. Here is Jordan, yes! Now Grant, posting on Oakley. And Jordan with a tough angle shot for a bonus, 12-6. Jordan, off the spin to the scoop! A spectacular shot by Michael Jordan! Michael Jordan was anticipating the trap, he dribbled around Ewing, pulls it back, concentration all the way. Oakley, posting, squaring up on Grant, and spinning in for a bad shot. ...feels the double and triple team. Here's Jordan. Nine points, and he's tied it. Jordan going left. Oh, take a 42-40 lead. Jordan with the left hand, under, around, and hooks it by Patrick Ewing. Ewing's outstretched on. Here's Jordan. And this time it is on Tucker. Trent Tucker played him about as well as you can play him. He got help from the next defensive player near the middle of the floor, but Jordan reverses, pulls it back, on the arm. ...leading the NBA in scoring for the fifth consecutive year. Personal foul. Here's Jordan. By a 71-68 advantage. Jordan, yes! So the Bulls, by far... Chicago has come down in what they call their spread set. Michael Jordan blowing by the defender. It's just a wide-open court. And Van der Wey follows up. He does not agree with the call. That's his second. ...83, and the big 77. Shot clock at three. Here is Jordan. Yes! Two clutch shots by the Bulls. And the Chicago Bulls have defeated the New York Kicks. 89-79. Jordan using the pick, met on a switch. Now backing Hawkins. Yes. The Bulls 8, and the 76. The Bulls are so athletic, they can switch at times on the floor and still not wind up with a real pen matchup. Jordan with the reject. And an official timeout. Spectacular move by the 36-year-old Ricky Green. Pippen getting down in a hurry, and he answers. Four out of five in the 76ers' favor. Hawkins had nowhere to go. Anderson stopped. That was deflected. Talk about concentration. Left hand down for the low pass. Right hand up to challenge the shot or the overhead pass. Hershey tries to shake him with a little fake back to his left shoulder. Jordan's right there waiting, waiting. Six. Jordan goes to the fadeaway. Seven points for Jordan. Michael Jordan took over the game in New York last Thursday. That's a steal by Jordan. Was not between Jordan and the front of the rim. Therefore, instead of taking it out on the side, he gets to shoot two free throws. Turner got the step. Gilliam lost it. Hands in. Lead to easy scores at the other end. And Jordan, the best finisher in the game. Charlotte for Kurt Ramos. Average just under 19 a game for the Hornets. Here's Jordan. They want them to know that we can shut you down whenever we want. You're not getting back in this game as Michael Jordan continues. No threat. 0 for 2 from the field. Jordan. Right behind Michael Jordan. There is nowhere for him to go here. And somehow he finds a teammate under the rim. He just has such sensational hang time and the ability to see the entire field. The ninth team in NBA history to win 60 games in a season. Michael Jordan. Cross court to Hersey-Hawkins. There's Jordan over there on him. Hersey-Hawkins gets the first Philadelphia bucket. We are tied at 2. Michael Jordan after a basket. Something Chicago does so well. Gilliam blocked from behind by Jordan. The uncontested jump shot from 18 to 20 feet. Scottie Pippen's face. Tipped away again. And Horace Frank gets it right back from Michael for 2 more. The pinpoint passes through two big men who are trapping him. But Charles is one of the best. Eight points now for Armand Gilliam. But Michael Jordan is trying to take over a bit for Chicago. Michael. Again by 2. He's answering the call here. Jordan got himself open for 2 more. He has 15. We're tied at 41. Jordan wide open again. I'll tell you what. You can't leave him open like that. Going to go in against Cartwright. Comes up short. Rebound pulled away. Pippen got a 3-on-2 Chicago break. Look out for Michael. Another unbelievable move for Michael Jordan. He has 19. Jordan holding it. Looking over Hersey-Hawkins. Now he'll take the shot over Hawkins. And he drills it. They're running Hawkins up the baseline. Trying to knock Jordan out of there. Michael is staying right on him. And that's his third foul. Plus the technical. Puts Jordan at the line. Now at 22 points in this first half. For Chicago. Pippen doing a good job on Barkley. Barkley on the ball. Passes walking up the floor. His men is up here with the basketball. They're scrambling to pick up one. Jordan with two. Sixers right on him. Mahorn knocked Cartwright out. But Gilliam never went for the ball. Michael. Hung in the air for one instant longer, didn't he? Now you saw him get plenty of time. Eight seconds there. Jordan is taking it over for Chicago. He has 30. 76ers chipping away at that Bulls lane here in the third. Michael Jordan, though, is beginning to warm up here in the third. He has 32 points. Not with that man operating like he can. Armstrong. They need help down inside there. Right there. Nice. He's amazing. He is absolutely amazing. Two of those tonight. But that one wouldn't fall for. Now Scottie Pippen just inside the three-point line. Ten seconds on the shot clock. There it is. They're wearing it out, Pete. And that's what smart teams do. Is he going to start taking over again? He might be about to. He has 40. This has been spectacular. He has. He tries again. Has the ball. Chicago gets one point out of that. An opportunity to make it a three-point play. Jordan gets it to wear him in on the front edge of the rim. His first basket of the night. Jordan collects the loose ball. Two-point lead in the game. Jordan's bullet passed the spotlight. He's got to get over on this side so the double team means anything. Now you're going to see what happens. This double team is no good. You got the baseline and boom, the slam dunk. Michael Jordan, now this is what he does. He sizes up. He sees the double team. They allow him to go outside. And this is a nightmare if you're a big guy. Michael Jordan coming at you with a slam dunk. Four assists already Saturday, entire game. Ten points, three assists. Michael with the drive, laying it off to Stacey King. Four seconds to shoot for Philadelphia. Anderson knows it's dripped away, too, at the buzzer. Slam dunk. Now Michael in transition. You find two guys. And there's John Paxson spotting up again. Andre Turner made a better shot. With the shot clock running down. Not good. Watch Ron Anderson. Here he comes. And see the gap? You cannot do that with Michael. You've got to make him go around you. He's too good. He'll step right through you. A lot like Kevin McHale. The Sixers start. Jordan. Nine double figures with ten. Michael Jordan. This is a couple jump shots. Spinning drive. Rick Lahore just gets right out of his way again. And, you know, I know I keep heart. Michael Jordan from eight feet away. Seven-point Bulls lead. That's from holding the basketball from the floor the last five and a half minutes. That's the first field goal. Michael weaving in and out of players. The little finger roll off the big hand drive. And great play by Michael Jordan with it again. Charles Barkley holds it. Jordan has Chicago's last six points. Understand that it's going to be a physical series. His presence in the game. You can make it up in the last three quarters. Hard right. Yes. Good play by Pippen on a double up. And Jordan was able to. Between the Bulls double teams and a lot of other teams is the aggressiveness. The strong, tight aggressiveness. This is the most I've ever seen Michael Jordan talk to the opposition during the course of the game. I think Ahmad mentioned it before the game. He's never seen him as focused as he is for this one. Thomas had a save and another steal by Jordan. Putting the move on Dumar. Talk it over. Well, it was anticipated that this would be a physical series. And Michael Jordan told us prior to the game that he's in Chicago on Tuesday. Jordan sweeping play. Dumar again from deep. Hard right on the rebound. And Rodman and Jordan going at each other. Now on Rodman. His third. This has been brewing throughout the first half. Michael Jordan just gave Rodman a little tap. Thomas fires through the air ball. And a runner stopped by Jordan. Tremendous series of defensive plays at both ends of the floor. The block shot by Pippen. Tied it up right away with a three-point shot. Trying to break their spirit right here. Instead it winds up being an air ball pass. But then the next block shot. Pistons have done a terrific job on Jordan. Hard right. Yes. Jordan thus far in the third. Armstrong with the fake. And the bucket. Bowls 81. Pistons 74. Jordan posting. And then flipping to Pippen. Just hit. The crowd gave him a 10. 14 already for Dumar. He's not bad considering he had nine in game one. Jordan 15. Watch how he fights through the screen. Fights through the Pippen screen. Now he's up in there. He thinks that he's discouraged the shot. Michael just takes it right over Jordan. Slapping the ball away. It's showtime. Get the cameras rolling. Keep an eye on Jordan coming down in here. You see, he'll try for the shot block, but he loves to strip you. And if you are dribbling, he'll go for the bounce. Now once again, they make the steal and they convert. Axson will take his time. They're bringing Cartwright to the ball. Now Michael's on a one-on-one. Jordan from outside. He's down to the third quarter. Dumar's punching away at the ball on Jordan. Jordan pulls the trigger. You see with this lineup, Bill Jackson was concerned prior to game one. He says that Detroit gets away with a lot of it. Up until this time. 15 and 20. You just can't get it done on the road that way. Three for glass, and the Bulls take a 10-8 lead. He has seven. Again, he's stepped in only three shots, and that was early. Here's Jordan in the race with Thomas. The Bulls now by 14. Here is Jordan. Isaiah trying to get back, but Michael for two more for his total of 16. A nine-point lead. The crowd, Cartwright. With four. Sally has three. Here is Aguirre. Tripped up. He picked up the fourth foul. Michael Jordan. Sweep them to end it. You can see Jordan there posting up. Looked like he was going to shoot. Dropped it off to Horace Grant. Horace, of course, laid it in. He's looking. He'll score if he has to, but he would rather feed the ball off. And Pippen able to feed it off to Jordan. Turnabout is fair play, and their defense right now is doing it. The Bulls' energy level is high. We'll go back to the acquisition of Bill Cartwright, who's come up very strong in the playoffs. Here's Jordan. Nice job, in particular with the situation these days in the NBA where you can win it. It counts. Yes, and the foul. You don't have to have the superset. Timeout has been taken. Three minutes gone by. And the fourth. The Bulls lead by 20. Scott. The free throw line. This Bulls team is they have a number of people who can write decision, and then perhaps the best finisher in basketball is Michael Jordan. Gave him a chance to double. As soon as he caught the basketball, he turned and went. Keep an eye on Scott and Jordan down low. The battle taking place, the bodies, the arms. It's a battle out here. Nine o'clock Eastern time. Game three of the four in Los Angeles next Friday. Game four in L.A. next Sunday night. Michael Jordan has 25. Here's Wade at 75. You turn the Lakers season around. Tell you the secret. Basketball has a full head of steam, but that gains control of the dribble, pulls up so he gets the good look at the basket, the good position, and then he is ready to open this thing up and wants to get everybody else involved. Good decision at the end leading to score. Scott, rather than trying to extend and block it, basket's good and a chance for the three-point play. Play defense, maybe pick up some early fouls. Jordan backing Scott. Yes. For Jordan, thought he'd be cutting by. Thompson steps out on the switch and Grant able to take the pass from Jordan. Something that you saw time and time again in the series against Philadelphia. Break at the defensive end for Michael Jordan. Good look by Worthy, but Jordan over for the block. They've readjusted the clock, and they say one second remaining on the 24. One of the things that Michael Jordan does so well is block shots. Jordan into the point guard spot, playing Levingston at the small fold. Keep in mind that Michael Jordan is playing with two fouls right now, yet he decides he's going to step in and take the offensive foul with about a minute and a half left in this. Pippen had the mismatch, found Jordan open. Here's Michael, and that is only his second field goal. Bulls posting. Here's Jordan, the first half. Bulls 40 and the Lakers 37. Jordan a quiet first half by design, looking to get others involved. Now Michael looking to break out. He's at four of six. He has eight points. Did a nice job in preventing that hard dribble move to the right. First picked up by Scottie Pippen. Give Jordan the ball live at the top of the circle. He loves to play from there, forcing teams to double from the wing, from the side, from behind, from on top. Six of eight here in the third. Jordan with the step. He was fouled. That's at least three, four times that Magic's turned to the official in the last six or seven minutes of play. Michael Jordan. This represents their biggest lead of the night. Jordan over Scott. Yes. Cliff Levingston is back. So Levingston, Williams, and Pippen up front. Jordan attacks into the back door. Here's Jordan. Yes. Game, the ball goes in Michael Jordan's hands. Well, so far this half, Bill Jackson has put it in his hands the entire third quarter. Scottie Pippen saying to Michael, keep it going. Got us on a roll. That has developed here with the Chicago Bulls now up by 14. Lakers have to get the shots up a little bit more frequently than the other day. Paxson. Paxson who becomes an unrestricted free agent at the end of this year. A perfect compliment to Jordan who receives double and triple teams. All you need to do is slide to the open spot and then make the shot when Michael delivers the ball. As Pippen is able to get to it and decides to regroup. When Jordan scored the 46, that was the one loss in the series to the Sixers. Jordan again. He has 24. The Bulls 84. Jordan with the ball at the top of the circle. He's so difficult to guard, particularly when you have shooters like Paxson spotting up on the wings. To play him head up one-on-one, a nightmare. 71. Michael Jordan. For some turnovers, some hurried shots. Try and get some easy scores themselves. And here's Jordan going for 12. He's got it. 12 for Michael Jordan. From the floor. And the floor. Pippen on the alley. Jordan's tongue is out. Something bad is going to happen to the opposition. Once again, the tongue out. There's the bad thing right there. Looks like Michael Jordan is trying to find a way to miss his shot. Instead of taking the easy one, he tries to make it hard and still comes up. He's cited to the fans. I love it. Chicago will live with that. Their defense is very, very good. Tenacious, aggressive the entire evening. First grad has had a form of trap. A double team can't give him a clear look at the basket. And Jordan hits from long range. Daylight for Scott. Jordan from downtown. Michael Jordan with a three-pointer. And the second man, Perkins, flashes right in behind him. Here's Jordan. Yes. Well, Michael Jordan getting off fast in this first quarter. Shot clock down at five. Three. Michael Jordan with a fadeaway. The shot clock was down at two. The game is tied at 23. Purdue came over to help out. Let's go back a moment ago when Scott was playing. Jordan right there challenges the shot. But the difference in size and the fade, the elevation by Jordan that Michael Jordan has built in Lovingston. Two-touch steal right there by Chicago. Jordan twice in a row dishing to Lovingston for scores. And Michael Jordan converts. He has 13. The Bulls lead by three. Pippen knocked it out. What a save by Pippen. Jordan. That is his third for the game. Beautiful look away. Jordan for Pippen. And the game is tied at 74. The Chicago Bulls have come roaring back. Lakers requesting the timeout with eight minutes and 42 seconds remaining in the third. Perkins with the left-hand flip. Turned back by Lovingston. And back down court, the look away from Jordan to Pippen. A 20-7 run by Chicago to tie it. Regrouping. And that fires. Yes. And that is his first field goal in quite a spell. He now has 21 points. To take the ball in the backcourt rather than advance it to halfcourt, feeling they have a better chance of getting it into Jordan's hands there than they would if they tried to take it at the halfcourt line. And the Bulls do not have any timeouts remaining. Craig Hodges, the three-point specialist, has checked in. Here's Jordan on the pull-up. Yes. The game is tied at 82 with 3.4 seconds remaining. Lakers call for a timeout. With the threat of the three-point shooters on the floor, you can't come and help quite as quickly on Michael. He gets Scott back into an area where he feels comfortable. After coming down, he almost. The spin by Jordan and hits on the rim. Michael saving it for overtime. Jordan loves to use the rim to come up on the other side. He drives baseline, sees the rotation coming, has the great ability to hang and reverse it for the score. Foul on Worthy. Jordan off the head fake. Yes. Michael Jordan with his. They've hit their last six from the field. Jordan. Yes, it counts, but he came up hobbling. Once again, landing on that right foot with the sore toe. If they're going to force him baseline, you've got to rotate sooner. Sam Perkins waits. It's too late under the basket with Jordan attacking the way he does. Foul called. We see here in the finals. Has he lost confidence? No, but they better start producing because the series is winding up short. And that shot by Chico went short. Jordan at the other end, able to hit. The Bulls lead up green and Worthy. In transition, the Bulls do a great job of keeping their heads up and looking down the floor, and then who better than Michael to catch and convert. Go off in front of the rest of the field. It's just a matter of whether or not the point guard sees him and can deliver the ball. Craig Hodges called for his second foul. In Englewood, it's game number four of the best of seven. Shot clock running down on the Bulls. Jordan gets it off, and Michael Jordan now has nine points, despite the jambed toe, and you can see he's a bit. To the shot by Devontz. Bulls lead at 39-35. Jordan around Devontz. Tremendous ball movement by Chicago. They really trust each other, believe in each other. After a complete swing rotation of the basketball, they wind up with Devontz trying to move out on Jordan. Just a mismatch there. No way Vlade can guard him off the dribble. This is all a result of the Bulls' offense and ball movement getting it to the weak side. Ready on the second quarter. Michael Jordan fires. Yes! For the half, along with six assists. Final seconds of the first half, and Jordan able to unleash and connects. Actually, that play had broken down on the weak side of the floor. The players had started too early, so Michael hit the postman and then moved in that direction to get the return. Three seconds is an eternity in the NBA. Jordan to the fadeaway. He hit the back of the. As he saw Devontz approach. He saw the poor shooting by the L.A. Lakers. They have died since midway through the second quarter. Jordan on the fade. Jordan from deep. For Michael Jordan. Up for six, and it leads to this. Coming up on two minutes. Remaining in this first quarter, Jordan off the steal. Michael Jordan with his second field goal. The Bulls defense finds a way to get easy scores. Fourth in the league this year in steals. Jordan, one of the best pickpockets you're going to find, and then one of the best finishers at that end. Armstrong and Jordan in the backcourt. Caught right. Grant pipping up front. Here's Jordan. Michael is now five for eight. He has ten. And two. So, Michael able to answer. And Magic looking to push it down court. Here's Green. Stripped by Jordan. Pippen with Perkins back. They change ends so quickly. They go from the defense to the. By four. Timeout has been called. Jordan, yes. 18 for Jordan. The boy from the field. And the game is tied at 76. And there's that weak side attack, as Jordan takes the lob off the back pick play and slams it down. Pippen played by Green. 20 seconds to go in the quarter. Here's Jordan. Oh, what a move by Michael Jordan. Going to the left hand and able to squeeze. Mike Fratello, Steve Jones. Michael Jordan, yes. He has 25. 740 remaining in the fourth. Now Campbell on Jordan. Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan can sense that the crowd is in it, that the Lakers are in it. He's going to take it into his own hands. He starts actually in the middle of the lane of finish. This far of the crowd. Jordan with the crossover and the bucket. He goes with Jordan against the double team, the triple team, the rotating defense, the pump fake, the rotations. Still finds a way to score. Michael Jordan with 30 points. The Bulls lead by seven. Final seconds. Magic's three-point attempt blocked. Pippen comes away with it. And the Chicago Bulls have won their first ever NBA championship.