Young Michael Jordan vs Loaded Reigning 6 time Division Champion Milwaukee Bucks (Rivals)

Michael Jordan had been on a tear scoring 40 points in 4 of the Bulls previous 7 games, including a 58 point outburst against the Nets just 2 nights prior to this contest against the Milwaukee Bucks. To say Michael Jordan was dealing with fatigue would be an understatement.
The Milwaukee Bucks were an ultra-talented team with 3x All-Defensive star Paul Pressey, former Rookie of the Year and 2x All-Star Terry Cummings, Hall of Famer & 7 time All-Star Jack Sikma, John Lucas who was in the midst of his inspirational comeback story from drugs that season, Sidney Moncrief who was a 2x DPOY 5x All-Star & Hall of Famer, Ricky Pierce who became an All-Star and was the 2x Sixth Man award winner, and they had role players like the 7'3" Randy Breuer who could put the ball in the bucket too.
The Bucks were known for aggressive traps and aggressive double teams under Don Nelson. The Bucks were a team of tenacious defenders, and bucket getters. The Bucks were also 6 time reigning champions of the Central Division. So battling fatigue and the usual tough competition, Michael Jordan was in the midst of an uphill climb. To make matters worse, Michael picked up his 4th foul! The Bulls were down, it looked like the Milwaukee Bucks would defeat the Chicago Bulls.... until Michael Jordan checked back in, in the 4th quarter, still in foul trouble, but with one objective on his mind.... WIN.
(1986-87 Season)
TIMESTAMPS:
1:12 - Michael Jordan scoring load on the 1980's Chicago Bulls
3:19 - Game begins
3:26 - Michael Jordan steal from Sidney Moncrief & 2 hand breakaway dunk
3:40 - Terry Cummings baseline jumper
3:47 - John Lucas scoop layup
4:03 - John Lucas 3 from the right wing
4:23 - John Lucas for another 3
4:48 - Terry Cummings pull-up jumper
4:56 - Terry Cummings catch & shoot jumper
5:23 - Michael Jordan catch & shoot jumper
5:55 - Sidney Moncrief denies the entry pass
6:29 - Michael Jordan transition dunk
8:31 - Ricky Pierce corner jumper
8:49 - Michael Jordan hard fought bucket vs Sidney Moncrief
9:28 - Doug Collins' coaching staff including Tex Winter & Johnny Bach who would later work for Phil Jackson
10:20 - Terry Cummings step back jumper
10:30 - Terry Cummings put back dunk
10:44 - Michael Jordan jumper (wet)
11:33 - Michael Jordan Euro step baseline scoop layup
11:57 - Paul Pressey jumper for 3 (wet)
12:02 - Replay of Terry Cummings block on Gene Banks
12:08 - Paul Pressey lefty layup
12:25 - Sidney Moncrief elbows Michael Jordan in the face
13:10 - Michael Jordan baseline jumper, and 1
13:40 - Ricky Pierce contested fadeaway rainbow jumper with MJ draped all over him, and 1
14:20 - Milwaukee's "3 man game"
14:28 - Terry Cummings post-up on Charles Oakley, clear out isolation 1 v 1
14:55 - Terry Cummings jumper (wet)
15:35 - Michael Jordan crossover & weaves through traffic for the layup
17:08 - Jack Sikma jumper
17:22 - Michael Jordan has his shot blocked but doesn't give up and works hard for the and 1 three point play
19:34 - Terry Cummings jumper
19:44 - Michael Jordan clutch jumper
20:02 - Terry Cummings crossover & pull up clutch jumper
20:21 - Michael Jordan hard fought clutch bucket and 1 three point play
24:53 - What this game meant to the Bulls
25:22 - Michael Jordan's 17th point in the 4th quarter
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Blitz Sports Network PSA: Always remember, the individuals who say "Michael Jordan didn't face great competition in his era" are trying to tell you something IMPORTANT. They are trying to tell you that they didn't watch the Michael Jordan era, and there are much better things you could be doing with your time rather than listening to their takes on an era they didn't even watch. Would you go to someone for an opinion on Shakespeare if they had never seen the plays Macbeth, Hamlet, or Othello? Of course you wouldn't. Consider the source. Nobody who watched that era would trash the talent all around the league. Michael Jordan played in a great era with a great blend of fierce competitors, awe inspiring athletes, lock down defenders, knock down shooters, and ultra skilled ballers.

[@vernonleewarren280]

This Bucks team was really loaded. Its a shame they never won a championship. Jordan really played against some elite competition

[@johnmininger7472]

Normal to see Jordan's brilliance. What struck me was the view of 1980's downtown Chicago at the beginning of the broadcast. Made me realize just how much has been built since. The 80s feel simultaneously not that long ago and ancient history.

[@cs8062]

Amazing how this Bucks team didn't get to the NBA finals even once in the 80s. Shows how tough it was with the Celtics, Sixers, and later the Pistons.

[@vernonleewarren280]

Truth! The east was a bloodbath back in those days. Lebron would have gotten killed

[@Dr.Andre_Darby]

Terry Cummings was one hell of a ball player I came to see Mike but couldn’t ignore how hard Cummings was playing

[@victormartin3539]

Michael Jordan the best of the best the Beast of all beasts equals the goat

[@melvinwalls1426]

What was amazing about MJ game " ) it was second to none underpressure) the toughter the game the better he played*

[@theperfectstorm7641]

Jordan stepped up to take a charge with 4 fouls🤔 GOATNESS!

[@jamesmitchell3615]

Reminisce on the good days and times 💯🔥

[@gavinkiller9629]

Exciting basketball , miss those type a games.

[@tonysanders1299]

This Was Another Golden Ticket!! Michael Air Jordan Not Complaining To The World. That He Doesn't Have Any Shooters On His Team To Win Ball Games. He Just Go Out There Being The GOAT He Is. Thanks U Bruce Blitz For Another One

[@reueljacques]

MJ ♾️🐐.

[@BlitzSportsNetwork]

TIMESTAMPS: 1:12 - Michael Jordan scoring load on the 1980's Chicago Bulls 3:19 - Game begins 3:26 - Michael Jordan steal from Sidney Moncrief & 2 hand breakaway dunk 3:40 - Terry Cummings baseline jumper 3:47 - John Lucas scoop layup 4:03 - John Lucas 3 from the right wing 4:23 - John Lucas for another 3 4:48 - Terry Cummings pull-up jumper 4:56 - Terry Cummings catch & shoot jumper 5:23 - Michael Jordan catch & shoot jumper 5:55 - Sidney Moncrief denies the entry pass 6:29 - Michael Jordan transition dunk 8:31 - Ricky Pierce corner jumper 8:49 - Michael Jordan hard fought bucket vs Sidney Moncrief 9:28 - Doug Collins' coaching staff including Tex Winter & Johnny Bach who would later work for Phil Jackson 10:20 - Terry Cummings step back jumper 10:30 - Terry Cummings put back dunk 10:44 - Michael Jordan jumper (wet) 11:33 - Michael Jordan Euro step baseline scoop layup 11:57 - Paul Pressey jumper for 3 (wet) 12:02 - Replay of Terry Cummings block on Gene Banks 12:08 - Paul Pressey lefty layup 12:25 - Sidney Moncrief elbows Michael Jordan in the face 13:10 - Michael Jordan baseline jumper, and 1 13:40 - Ricky Pierce contested fadeaway rainbow jumper with MJ draped all over him, and 1 14:20 - Milwaukee's "3 man game" 14:28 - Terry Cummings post-up on Charles Oakley, clear out isolation 1 v 1 14:55 - Terry Cummings jumper (wet) 15:35 - Michael Jordan crossover & weaves through traffic for the layup 17:08 - Jack Sikma jumper 17:22 - Michael Jordan has his shot blocked but doesn't give up and works hard for the and 1 three point play 19:34 - Terry Cummings jumper 19:44 - Michael Jordan clutch jumper 20:02 - Terry Cummings crossover & pull up clutch jumper 20:21 - Michael Jordan hard fought clutch bucket and 1 three point play 24:53 - What this game meant to the Bulls 25:22 - Michael Jordan's 17th point in the 4th quarter This one was an uphill climb, but GOAT got the job done in the 4th quarter!

[@nymphopath9816]

WOW! You uploaded another one. Thanks a trillion dude!

[@nymphopath9816]

How is it a Euro-step if Jordan did it FIRST?

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

Terry Cummings was a great player

[@vernonleewarren280]

Yes he was. No one ever speaks about him and how good he was

[@Vincer7915]

5:46 they called travelling. Now 4 to 5 steps,Non travel.

[@SwaggerLikeUz]

One of my favorite channels, fire uploads! I love how u included the time stamps. salute!

[@punyemas9783]

Those slowmo's are 🔥

[@gregmcclung7497]

He turned a bum franchise into one of the best teams all time. What loyalty can do for sports and cities. Wish players today understood what loyalty really means.

[@LordNuDTru141]

A bum sports city with some of the most placated fans the world has ever seen, like is that all U got? If he had played for NY or LA he would have really been sky high more so than he already is....

[@Enochrry6024]

​@@LordNuDTru141...Naah..he needed to be on a team that wasn't all that to show the world he's the goat💯.

[@mrall-purpose694]

@@LordNuDTru141what can be higher than what he is now lol… not playing for one of those major city’s prob the reason he is lengdary now…

[@leroybyrd6645]

The best!

[@eastbee103]

Loyalty works both ways!! The organization said that jordan was untradable!!

[@reueljacques]

That was a hard game MJ ♾️🐐.

[@dc4690]

24:05-24:08 (with the ref literally involved) and still nothing. That is the main dif between the era MJ played in compared to today’s nba. The commentators didn’t get all dramatic and tell the people watching how to feel.They didn’t even acknowledge it.Doug Collins,the Bulls coach (who was on that side of the court) wasn’t clamoring for a tech or whatever and it was his player. It didn’t even get a replay. And I guarantee it wasn’t on any sports show that existed local or otherwise. Also guarantee the media wasn’t asking either player involved about it after the game...or either coach.

[@HailKingCeezer]

Terry Cummings was a superstar. The East was so stacked.

[@eddieG667]

Those Bucks teams were really good. Took the Celtics to 7 games if I remember right and Jack Sikma was really underrated

[@wacojohnnydean1777]

The GOAT!!!

[@bobgosnell5866]

O that old cbs nba theme music.damn the memories.

[@reilym979]

Those are my favorite pair Jordan's in the introduction I remember him flying to the hoop in dunk contest looking majestic in the Air

[@jordanmichael6133]

Thank you for posting this

[@nickrw28]

Send this video to Lebron so he can see what GOAT really means

[@ilyakats54]

That’s why he’s the GOAT

[@AndyClarke-rv9pm]

Cummings was so good he could score for 19.57 both teams. Bucks had great teams in the 80s but Celtics and Sixers were always in the way.

[@bingcherry1122]

After seeing this game how can anyone doubt that MJ is the GOAT!!!!!!!!

[@mauricearmstrong4712]

Jordan had hair 😂😂😂

[@mrall-purpose694]

Ppl forget about Cummings. He had game. I knew him for more of his Spurs yrs.. Jordan could of had 15 ast a game if them dudes can make a damm basket lol..MJ still played tho, and didn’t pout about it.. they had to match his intensity, your game has to get better playing with MJ..

[@anthonyhaun1990]

Terry P with a MANS putback at 10:28 dayum!

[@raulgreen8369]

Of course this was on WBBM-TV Channel 2 in Chicago, WITI-TV Channel 6 in Milwaukee

[@edwinbonner2957]

Rasheed Wallace spoke about Terry Cummings, said he had grown man strength

[@treone3169]

Yea, the bucks knock the bulls out of the playoffs. Sid the Squid was great, the DPOY should be name after him.

[@teddyhart2913]

5:45 i know this is the pre-euro step era, but even by the rules of that time, Moncrief only took 2 steps after his last dribble. Why/how was that a travel, other than it just looked awkward for that time period?

[@superdunk7127]

Was Jordan the 1st to do a euro step? Before it was even called a euro step?

[@albertbrownjr1415]

Looks like he was the first to do a lot of things

[@eltonbosch8863]

they called it slip-through coz it's between 2 defenders... buy you're right, even before the euro step isn't know/invented yet we've been using that move it's just that it isn't called euro step... I'm not surprised that MJ did it first since he was the reason why millions around the world played basketball

[@jeremye.3911]

5:46 moncreif with the euro but was called for travel 😂

[@SniffyPoo]

Sedale played for the Bulls?

[@eltonbosch8863]

did he just stopped in the air at 0:08? or did he used some ropes/cables?

[@christoskonstantopoulos9923]

Mj for ever!!!

[@iljamusulin7255]

Wow, Cummings was so hot that he scored on both ends :)

[@ericwatler23]

Back in the day Jordan’s whole team sucked!!! That’s why he struggled other teams had awesome players Jordan had 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡😂😂😂

[@Dinojong]

Jordan had to score 50% of the points every night for the bulls to win back then. Those early Bulls teams were so bad.

[@algladyou]

Right? And they're not good shooters. They're talking about Lbj's assist when that depends on who is shooting the ball. Converting an assist.

[@asdsadasdasdas6214]

@@algladyou lebron assist is so overrated he and nash had almost an identical career total assist and LBJ had 1k+ turnover over nash. lebron assist came from him not able to play off-ball, can't do a thing without the ball on his hand.

[@CreatureWillis]

Date of the game?

[@JayDay32]

So funny to see a travel call. In todays game he could have taken 2 more steps and still not been called.

[@yungsquad8985]

That euro step by Moncrief was not a travel 😒

[@jamesstallworth2721]

Paul swung first and hit Charles in his face, but these announcers never mentioned that assault. Only Charles.

[@marleyking4208]

Charles Oakley alongside Jordan.

[@donmiguelarkanghel9537]

Man. That Bulls team suck. It becomes apparent when MJ goes to the bench.

[@craigjohnson5590]

LeBron who?....nah, not even close!

[@martalatona9394]

That was the best era for me. Miss Michael playing it was amazing to watch!😀

[@bingcherry1122]

At 24:07 a flagrant foul is being committed!!! If I was the ref I would call it and award the Bulls with two Free Throws and the ball!!!! And I would eject the player who committed the foul!!!

[@garyblubaugh2517]

Maybe in the 2010s or later Wasn't flagrant back then

[@foreverfree3953]

Wow.. Oakley was just awful... as were the rest of MJ's holdover rookie teammates.

[@javiercarrero1088]

Why is it that all these people look alot older then there age. Collin only 35 looks more like 45. Look at the players look older then 35. Geez

[@bingcherry1122]

If Dream Team One with all their players healthy and in their prime were here with MJ it would be a different story!!!! Because with Bird, Magic, Malone, Barkley, Drexler, Ewing, Robinson, Mullin, Scottie, Stockton, and Shaq (in place of Laetner) now Milwaukee will have their hands full!!! It will be very foolish to leave Larry Bird or Magic unguarded so you can double team MJ!!!! And Ewing, Robinson and Shaq will deal with the other teams bigs!!! It's like Magic says "The Dream Team baby ... there is only one!!!" Lol!!!!🤣🤣🤣 I wish I could set up a computer game with this match up - Bucks vs Dream Team One!!!!!

[@luizthechief]

5:23 10:44 13:10 19:44

[@MarkGentile-qj2ru]

First Mr Jordan had to purchase a camera travel to Canon city 3 different times to illegally video tape 23 in 75 so with out the videos and Mr Jordan paying the ultimate price LePussy James would be the goat my my has my three videos has stood the test of time

[@eastbee103]

14:27 and cummings works on Oakley!! 😂😂😂⏸️⏸️⏸️