1987 11 07 Chicago Philadelphia

Barkley's 34 pts 10 reb 7 asts are not enough to beat the bulls. Bulls behind MJ's 36 pts 6 stls and 4 blocks get the win 104-94. Spectacular rebounding game from Oakley with 21 rebounds.

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“A steal is credited to a player that legally takes the ball away from an opponent, intercepts a pass, or otherwise obtains possession on the ball following an opponent’s turnover (provided the ball has remained inbounds and the clock has not stopped). If a player deflects a pass or dribble and controls his deflection either away from an opponent or towards a teammate resulting in eventual possession for the defense, the player causing the deflection is credited with the steal. On this play, #11 in blue, Monte Morris, is credited with the steal since he deflected the pass in a controlled manner away from the opponent (even though Morris did not control the ball).”

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This was the season (87-88) that saw Jordan win his 1st MVP and this was Scottie Pippen's first NBA game.

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32:35 mark waving your hands is a controlled deflection!

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4 ligitimate steals for MJ with 17:23 mark a steal/block

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Remember the term, CONTROLLED manner! Either away from opponent or towards team mate!

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07/11/87

[@Kunson]

16:30 mark 17:49 mark 32:35 mark 37:46 mark 38:41 mark 50:07 mark MJ’s Blocks 44:13 mark 58:25 (only juice block, swats Barkley right after Brad Sellers foul) 115:03 123:16 2 deflections 49:50 & 56:30

[@jxn23]

You beat me to it. Jordan legitimately had 6 steals and 4 blocks in this game. I am planning on going through every single Jordan game available from the 1988 season to prove his stats were not faked. There is actually another clear steal at 17:23. I think the one at 50:07 would count as a block rather than a steal (although Chicago also gained possession as a result of the block)

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32:35 mark MJ in front of the hoop! Hey teammates im going to wave my hands in the air (mexican wave) then here's hoping the ball will deflect in a controlled manner, constituting a steal, according to the NBA law book!!

[@Scott-mk7tz]

I feel like Jordan really used and abused both Ron Anderson and Hersey Hawkins more than any other shooting guard/swing man in the eastern conference. He also had a lot of great games against Ehlo.

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50:07 mark, eyes in the back of his head deflection, block shot deflection to bulls possession

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16:30 mark NV (not valid) MJ deflection not controlled