1997 NBA Finals Game 6 Introduction

After MJ's flu ridden Game 5 against the Utah Jazz.

[@xodus112]

This shit feels way more epic and cinematic than it does now. It's all about the presentation. The NBA on NBC was the best.

[@vdubb20]

You said it, man!

[@JimmyJam1125]

ofcourse. and all time great theme song written by John Tesh. and then you have living legends. Costas in the studio and Marv Albert on the mic.

[@888francisl]

The NBC intro still gives goosebumps... It makes as if the NBA is the only thing that mattered in the world! The best!

[@pedrogates3189]

francis lindayag they have to bring that theme back

[@gilbertlopez742]

​@@pedrogates3189They have to bring back real NBA basketball again. Because today's NBA, stinks.

[@nickelcityyt4026]

Got damn I wanna cry with how nostalgic this is. This was OUR GOAT right here lol

[@chaseofori-atta2225]

The intro alone gives me chills...the good kind--miss these 90s vibes..#NBAONNBC

[@GoldBlueDude]

My high school basketball team, adopted the "WHAT TIME IS IT!!, GAME TIME, HOOOO!!" We won the state title that year...

[@chaunseybillings5381]

I miss the NBA on NBC and Marv Albert that into almost made me 😭 I can fly

[@carlcarlson331]

Everytime someone asks me "what time is it?" I scream "game time hut."

[@kennybegeske8824]

Michael Jordan And Scottie Pippen Are The Legends Of Chicago

[@raider8sox]

long live jordan man!!!...

[@tony0785]

Do you think abc and ESPN can duplicate nba on nbc, I don't think so smh

[@BrandonKohout]

Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball player of all time.

[@hybrid5568]

Song makes me believe i can fly

[@kennybegeske8824]

We Got Game Needs To Upload Chicago Bulls Vs Utah Jazz 1997 NBA Finals Game 1 2 3 4 5 6

[@glennanthony9414]

MJ inspired me with flu game, now my teammates and opposing team now have COVID19

[@350mack]

R.i.p bill walton 😢

[@statboy08]

Need to get it back too -response to RyySin

[@howardpower]

The pregame dramatic entrance kinda puts me to sleep. But go jazz.

[@HAA2k]

ABC/ESPN pay attention. This is how you present NBA broadcasts

[@beani24329]

Their way of broadcasts are strange camera angles and cutting crowd noise so Van Gundy and Jackson can be heard better with their useless gibberish.

[@sillygoose635]

no, it's really not.

[@HAA2k]

@@sillygoose635 yes it is

[@mlchachere]

​@@HAA2kDon't comment ever again

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

Facts.

[@optimistic1__299]

MJ got his own intro before the game!! GOAT 🐐...

[@heynerobregon2571]

This comment is so underrated!!!

[@kwhardin]

proof the 90s was the best decade ever

[@superben790]

It was the best decade ever and I remember the 90s Bulls as a Chicago Bulls fan

[@pedrogates3189]

Word up

[@lousanto1054]

It was really good times to be sure. What a great era in sports! The Bulls ruled the NBA in the 1990s to be sure. I thought the Rose Era Bulls would bring another championship era, possibly putting Chicago in the same franchise echelon as the Lakers and Celtics (who really, are the only 2 NBA teams to hold dynasties in more than one era) and have another era of dominance. I could have really seen a team with LeBron, Rose, and Davis... Wow. 2-4 more titles.

[@chadbaughman401]

@@superben790Same here I’m a bulls fan as well

[@chadbaughman401]

@@superben790 Yep

[@disgustika]

The R. Kelly music into the NBA on NBC theme, super epic

[@wilnerolivier7971]

That comment sure aged well!!

[@disgustika]

@@wilnerolivier7971 Damn youre right LOL

[@dbreiden83080]

At this point in MJ's career he was literally bigger than the game itself. An Iconic legend soaring through the prime of his career. Like Ruth was to baseball Jordan will forever be to basketball..

[@chrisanderson7984]

Also like Ali in boxing

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

But Jordan didn't play in an all-white league.

[@dxtremecaliber]

@@terancetheindomitable9701huh tf u talking abt?

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

@@dxtremecaliber When Babe Ruth played baseball, Black people weren't allowed to play. It was an all-white league. You didn't know that?

[@skutms0481]

Please come back to NBC

[@HennesseeVol]

👀

[@DeanOrbong]

YEAH!!

[@oeao2841]

MJ gave his heart, souls and body to the city of Chicago and the NBA

[@Real-Izm]

You can tell Randy Brown absolutely lived for that “WHAT TIME IS IT?!” That was his “This is why I’m here,” moment. 🤣

[@WMB6022]

It's crazy how they were calling him the game's greatest player while he's STILL playing

[@fredfells209]

At that time today's greatest player that's playing not all time greatest player.

[@PremierLeagueProductions]

Fredric Felder stop lyin

[@1Circusman]

@@fredfells209 Nope, Jordan was already getting GOAT drops by 93'

[@shibbyjim]

He already was the GOAT

[@kdavis508]

They were already calling him that in '91. Well, at least in Chicago where I grew up they were. Maybe they were elsewhere too.

[@ReveiwKing999]

Newman walking out of a spaceship with a megaphone at 1:30- "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN...MICHAEL JORDAN!"

[@dbreiden83080]

BEST NBA finals INTRO of all TIME!!!

[@mizztree81]

I was 15 yrs old when this aired and I jumped and shouted like i was in church when they won this title! And I loved the coverage! NBA on NBC had you thinking you was about to witness someone walking on the moon or something LOL... those were the days and I don't think we will see days like that again.

[@matt7352]

Space Jam introduced me to basketball and Jordan. Then to later find out it the baseball thing was true and he came back to win 6 championships. He never lost a finals. It's like losing wasn't an option. He showed that this series battling a flu in the biggest game of the series. I can't believe this dude never lost a finals.

[@marsrox2]

He won 3 before leaving for baseball, & another 3 the year after coming back from baseball. He didn't win 6 automatically from his return

[@kylesteinhauser2535]

I cannot possibly have any more goosebumps

[@ドラゴンボール_おたく]

Michael Jordan is a hero

[@Dead_Moneyy]

i just nostalgia'd everywhere

[@leighackerman6979]

This game alone proves that MJ will always be the goat.

[@ethanswiech3148]

Crazy to think that this game was 18 years ago. Everything feels so recent.

[@DrSanto91]

+Ethan Swiech i know right i was 6 years old, and i am 24 right now, time does go by very fast.

[@spinner9057]

+Jose Mercedes I was six going on seven that year. I feel old, lol.

[@lousanto1054]

Pretty much 24 years now. Wow...

[@rockabillyboy5312]

24 years now

[@cubswin3838]

MJ will ALWAYS be relevant! GOAT!

[@andrewvigliotti7020]

This is by far THE GREATEST INTRO in NBA Finals history and nothing has come close to it since - and I have a feeling nothing will anytime soon.

[@hollowaz134]

r kelly i believe i can fly intro gives me chills man im 22 years old such chilhood memories

[@Hasan9t]

nah, you're 30

[@PhillyCYOSports]

Chills

[@JimRagan1967]

I agree,..even in today's NBA era MJ's iconic legend still lingers on for us who remember what great basketball was all about.

[@NewWaveFan1]

Intro was dope... GOAT MJ 6 for 6 Finals.. I believe he touched the sky..

[@robat228]

Wow Jordan was called the greatest with only a mere 4 rings while magic and Kareem were out there with more? Almost like rings aren't everything

[@yankee_tango]

@thegreatestusurper Check your NBA history, Michael went to 6 NBA finala and he has a ring for each one being on the Bulls team that dominated the 90's.

[@Lamppostout]

He'd already been 4-0 by that point. He'd three-peated. By that point legends like Magic Johnson were calling him the Greatest Ever. Lebron hasn't won 4 rings and he's never three-peated. I know you didn't mention Lebron but I think we can all agree based on his record he's not the goat. :)

[@jbsmg]

And there are people who think LeFlop is better than Jordan 😂😂😂

[@johndooley661]

After the flu game in Utah it was a foregone conclusion that the folks who came to game 6 were going to be celebrating a title . This was the intro of a special night. I like how the first few seconds after the space jam intro the announcers were silent. They knew it too that this was going to be a championship night.

[@TO8]

MJ's flu game inspired me to play with stomach flu twice - once in a high school b-ball game and another for a b-ball tournament.

[@jayscribe7547]

He has a way of inspiring people

[@GoldBlueDude]

I bet the opposing team appreciated that!!

[@JThom-yh3ef]

Oh my that R Kelly intro…Who would’ve ever thought that he would be in a situation where he is right now back in 98…😖😖😖😖

[@rayshardsmith2546]

Man he married Aaliyah in 1995 .. we all knew Kellz was weird despite being a musical genius… don’t be like these broads with that cancel stuff lol this era is so soft

[@drebush585]

For the last 13 years Michael Jordan has made the spectacular appear routine…….2 nights ago he may well have reach the moment that will forever define him by fighting off illness to lead the Bulls to a critical win…..proving that he possesses abilities that others have ever known

[@jeffvoss5723]

Hell of a hangover

[@rkf304]

few others😂

[@billyprince4981]

R.Kelly I Believe I Can Fly, November 1996

[@billyprince4981]

20-years

[@slaminjamin87]

pure classic

[@matthewhansen9423]

Cannot express enough...the Bulls and MJ were huge. No internet, no immediate 24/7 phone tech. But eveytime they it was true must see.

[@matthewhansen9423]

*they played

[@spinner9057]

Take me back to the nineties PLEASE!!!!!

[@deadpooli3]

ABC can't even compete with the intros.

[@Edlouis564]

Its 2023 and I am HYYYYYYPPED for this game that's already been played, If the @nba has any sense they would create these storyline videos before the playoff games.

[@eytchesonfilm]

I wonder how many times NBC used the same music for the intro. Haha, still great though.

[@josephkuan5899]

Mj is best

[@chrisanderson7984]

I remember this. Like poetry in motion

[@terancetheindomitable9701]

This was Marv Albert's last NBA Finals as an announcer.

[@andrefaelnar]

He had to deal with personal issues and allegations and no wonder why he wasn't able to cover Jordan's final year in 1998 because of that.

[@ElUnicoMaster]

He came back in 2001 Lakers vs Sixers NBA FINALS " AND STEPS OVER TYRONN LUE"

[@tehflo]

90's Basketball was the golden era of the NBA... i preferred the Cliff Levingston version of "Whaaat Tiiiiiime is iiiiit?" Gaaaame Time, HOOPS" oppose to the Randy Brown quick "whattimeisit?"

[@PremierLeagueProductions]

That Action Jackson shimmy shake Randy would do afterwards tho...

[@jesusparra8675]

Jordan was just way too legendary and always figured out a way to win, no excuses.

[@BrandonKohout]

The game’s greatest player soars to another title!

[@mistacheeto]

the music in the background from 3:41-4:10 is the same background music used in the bank robbing scene in Heat, that came out in the same year. AWESOME!

[@kennybegeske8824]

I Believe I Can Fly

[@carlosrome87]

I believe I can fly . I remember this song back in 1996 when he won the championship. They played it at the end . I was 9

[@bitw434]

curious, how did he achieve goat status in 1997 with only 4 titles?

[@JGarrison51285]

Don't question it blindly accept it

[@BrandonKohout]

This is the NBA on NBC

[@ShogunX11]

The night Steve Kerr gave the bulls the one for the thumb

[@MikeViLLaZ]

Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jordan ( I believe i can soar, I see me running through that open door!)

[@youngstanbk]

here from JJ and RJ podcast

[@dbadefense1990]

Yay! This vid is censor-free!!!

[@megadarren2]

The NBA could return to NBC in 2016

[@andreaumoje5907]

greatest NBA finals momment

[@juliotenesacam]

i cant find that interview of Rodman and Jim Gray, if anyone please hit me up with the link i would appreciatte it. BTW MJ i love u and miss u so badly!

[@santoscalavera]

RIP Bill Walton 🕯️🕊️

[@superben790]

Let's go CHICAGO BULLS!!!!

[@dariusherring9730]

RIP Bill Walton 😢!

[@PhillyCYOSports]

This song will always make me think of Jordan

[@barcelonaguayaquil9213]

The best intros ever

[@350mack]

I remember this like it was yesterday 😢❤ 27 years sure has flown by. 😢

[@huntress1863]

He said a rather offensive comment against the Church of Latter Day Saints/Mormons earlier in the series, which caused a lot of anger from the fans....

[@NYCRyderman]

Dude had a hangover. He did not have the flu. Lol

[@blaq7427]

Whats the difference he was still ill

[@Aeradom2000]

Oh I'm sure it be so much easier than to play with a hangover than a flu..

[@blaq7427]

Damian Clark Actually he had food poisoning

[@osaji922]

blaq7427 Anyways. He had food poisoning. Why's it called the flu game.

[@blaq7427]

Osaji Obi Because at the time everyone thought he had the flu

[@osaji922]

seriously? Wish ABC could get back Monday Night Football or even get sunday night football

[@watdadilyo6]

great memories...but you'd think the man survived cancer the way they showed it.

[@singzz1607]

i belive i can fly~~

[@rxtsec1]

lebron is my favorite player and I believe he is the 2nd greatest of all time but this is why he can never be the goat (maybe if he wins another chip) however I don't see that happening

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

He ain't 2nd so be quiet

[@rxtsec1]

@@nonamewillbegiven2412 name calling and gaslighting me just because I think differently from you. Grow up and I stand by what I said. God Bless

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

@@rxtsec1 I ain't name call but I will now smooth brain

[@rxtsec1]

@@nonamewillbegiven2412 dude you told a grown man to be quiet because of a basketball player. Get a life

[@nonamewillbegiven2412]

@@rxtsec1 try harder and worry about your own life

[@francismarasiganiii4549]

if lebron can play in the finals with a flu and still win a championship... maybe i'll put him the same page as MJ.

[@Chechox9]

Look at the teams that Michael fought in the way to his 6 championships: NY, Indiana, Charlotte, Atlanta even in those times Miami had a good team to fight with Chicago, but in that team the Eastern Conference was much better than the Western Conference. Even LeBron with help couldnt match Dirk and the Mavs, the Eastern Conference level have down since Boston's Big Three age take away their stamina.

[@TyroneLT]

LeBron isn't MJ and never will be. So there's no point in comparing

[@richarddedios4055]

MJ is the GOAT!!!!

[@josh.brunty]

That R. Kelly “Flu Game” intro lol.

[@TheGameCube64Guy]

Well, Space Jam had came out during this season, so obviously "I Believe I Can Fly" was gonna be used to highlight the Flu Game as well as some MJ highlights in the 1997 Finals An absolute damn shame what R. Kelly turned into though

[@RedHotChiliBumz]

what song is playing at 4:44? in the background while walton is talking?

[@dboygreat]

I think it was the red elbow pad

[@redrockballa]

do you have the entire game 6 of the 1996 finals

[@shangtsungsavingyoursettin5654]

"Jerry Sloan is dead.

[@derochannelph8460]

Nice intro

[@stevengrvp]

Needed excapse

[@1990Thunderbolt]

@94122he Man whats so special about NBC is just the channel lets just stick of what we have in a modern days and GO LAKERS! :D

[@sdboltspadres2226]

utah got taken. haha

[@jayscribe7547]

Intro was wack

[@FrYLocK41]

You're whack.

[@mitchelljordan3521]

Jay Scribe you sound drunk u can't a better NBA intro that better this today

[@dooug89]

Your definitely a stupid moron.....absolutely 100%.

[@koriescott7227]

How???