Bulls @ Knicks - 1996 Playoffs Game 3. Jordan 46 points

[@srblond]

i miss rugged rivalries like this

[@kitengir]

this was a classic game I remember watchin this

[@vaughanjohnson6865]

One of the best games of all time

[@vaughanjohnson6865]

@2:00 you'd be hard pressed to find a shake m9ve better than this. MJs footwork had no competition

[@InfraaVerdaggens]

One of the best games of all time indeed. Starks's move is better than Jordan's.

[@jvanclief]

This was NBA basketball at its best- I was there for all these Knick-Bulls games @ MSG and there has been NOTHING since to compare- today's NBA basketball cannot compare...

[@Grimey7o7]

michael at 2:01. another reason why michael will always be the G.O.A.T. (greatest of all time)

[@KhanBat]

JORDAN "O What a move by Michael Jordan" Marv Albert voice

[@johnnyjr2345]

I saw we all get together, buy a Delorean, figure out the Flux Capacitor and we all go back and watch these games again in real time like when we were younger.

[@29mailliw]

I'm On board with that

[@like2seeit86]

90s basketball was so good and the Bulls and Knicks made 4 a nice rivalry!

[@gArBgebIN]

Man Oakley made rodman seem like an angel there

[@soulchorea]

If this game took place today, there would've been a total of 97 technical fouls called.

[@JamesChung6485]

tough tough game, so much heat and confrontation, love it. where is it now?

[@Gunbladewarrior]

This was the good old days. Growing up watching the bulls just beat down the rest of the NBA in the 90s was just a sight to see. I miss that. Basketball was alot more exciting back then.>_>

[@One7823]

Damn i wish i had that whole game now it's one of those games that defined Michael Jordan as the GOAT!!!

[@dimedropper1992]

its cool how oakley and mj were teammates at the beginning of their carrers in chicago and again at the end of their carrers in washington

[@pimpinainteasy4322]

What a crazy game. Games like this made me fall in love with basketball

[@Wis_Dom]

Now THIS is a playoff game! I can't even watch this run-and-gun, no defense, style that they play today. It's so damn boring. These weak-ass kids today seem to love it though. These players don't even earn their money nowadays.

[@craz4]

Love your uploads Starks23! another great game! Thanks

[@jayscribe7547]

Luv watching MJ!

[@bigben1986]

that 3 pointer that jordan hit (8:21) is such a hard thing to do. i've tried it on the basketball courts with my cousins and shit is insane. u have to be very strong to come off a move like that to shoot like that.

[@Cruzito420]

I was a Huge Jordan Fan back in the 90's. But people who complain and say there will never be anyone like jordan are living in the past. I'm actually rooting for guys to achieve greatness like Jordan or even better. Thats what makes sports so much fun, anything is possible and the fact of the matter is that records are meant to be broken.

[@Lontheman]

In echoing the feeling of a lot of other posters here these were the days when the NBA was FUN.When you got home from church and you ran to turn the game on while Mom cooked. You remember as a kid seeing Dr J dunk? Kareem skyhook? Magic with the look-away pass? Dawkins smashing backboards? King with the turnaround jumper from the baseline? Moses bumping down in the low-post? Bird sinking another 3? Those days are gone but the highlights do live on here and for that I am grateful for.

[@rrTale]

One of my favs, the defeat takes some of it but its still one of most enjoyable games to watch. The referee almost stole the show though lol. Thanks starks ur doing a great job, its nice to see this again.

[@esrefb]

One of the best games ever and I'm not even a Knicks fan. Totally forgot about that Van Gundy incident. I was falling from my chair. It's hilarious. Man, Oakley totally terrorized this game. what's ironic is that I think they waive off the basket when he literally punches Pippen at 5:27.

[@yb25]

lmao. Oakley is hilarious, but this is classic late 90s Jordan. Not as explosive as he was pre-retirement > best post-up guard (tied w/ Magic). His fade-aways are legendary. Simply the G.O.A.T.

[@beat958]

story of the system that we live in today always trying to make people forget the past to make more money today but thank god youtube is here.

[@yb25]

I'm a Bulls fan, but its so refreshing to see a guy like Oakley on the court- he represents the everyman in the league, not superbly talented like Jordan or Pip, but works just as hard. Back in the the 80s and 90s, you needed an enforcer on ur team 2 win. That's who Rodman was to Detroit and Chi-town

[@carlosgarcia1977]

This is the power of MJ than Lebron lacks in the 4th quarter

[@TwoThreeForever]

8:20 FREAKIN DAGGER 3 BY MJ AT A TOUGH ANGLE!!! listen to the New York crowd cheering for MJ right after the Knicks called time out after MJ's 3!

[@jacobjordan2326]

The games were so rough in the 90's even the coaches weren't safe. Check out what the ref did at 5:51!

[@shoeperstarr]

8:23 Clutch

[@alaskanmarine1]

I miss this rivalry, nothing today compares. Also miss the glory days, it was tough, hard, and ultra competitive and no one was more competitive then Michael.

[@bolder2009]

Oakley and Mason were as hard as they come. You had to man up when you played that 90's knicks team.

[@InfraaVerdaggens]

In these series, the Bulls won fairly only Game 5, all the others wins (1,2,4) were last-second ref travesties...

[@FactsNReason]

golden years baby --- miss that drama!!!

[@arto8854]

These True rivalries are a thing of the past. Everybody jumping ship to a team that's all but guaranteed to get to the finals.

[@allengreene9954]

Can the NBA please have these New York Knicks back?? It’s 2019 and it has been a clown show for the Knicks and the Bulls suck as well. Back then the East was loaded Chicago, New York, Indiana, Miami, Orlando, Charlotte and Atlanta. There was like 5 or 6 decent teams in the East.

[@hornetsfan2009]

6:11 referee gets revenge on the coach!!! i like it!!

[@blackadam06]

1989-91 NBA Defensive Player of the Year 1989-93, 1996 NBA All-Defensive Team 1990, 1992 NBA All-Star Team 1991-94, 1997-98 Led the league in defensive rebounds 1992-98 Had 7 consecutive seasons where he led the league in total rebounds and rebounds per game He was JUST AS dominate defensively on perimeter, as he was in the paint. He ROUTINELY guarded Bird, Magic, MJ, Drexler, Richmond, Pippen, etc. His Rep & Body of work speaks for itself..

[@whiteboi626]

wow that was one heck of video awesome

[@MsSuperstarnurse]

This game was a classic example of righteous basketball!!

[@DicksonPau96]

Okay, MJ is really the best ever.

[@ipitythefool97]

plumber

[@Wis_Dom]

Yes. MJ is the GOAT

[@MrKapsou]

Oak would be fouled out by the end of the 1st quarter nowadays....

[@mookemook1]

Mannn That FadeAway is Impeccable!!! @ 0:18 billionAire!

[@lawrencesmith5661]

Scottie Pippen wanted to act tuff he saw it was Charles Oakley LoL 😂😂😂😂 and had a change of heart real quick

[@bradleyboyer9979]

Oakley and Pippen were buddies. Oakley played for the Bulls when Pippen entered the league. He ain't scared of Oakley. Oakley is part of MJ's entourage, even today. 😂

[@hoodiestimbs2783]

Even the coach was getting hit.

[@HeadlessEye]

5:51 Someone needs to do that to JVG again. Like before every game

[@dabomb2045]

Knicks were really the only team to play the Bulls tough in this 96 playoff run. I dont count Seattle really because the Bulls had a 3-0 lead and took their foot off the gas in Games 4-5...before finishing the job back home in 6. But this series vs NY...the first 2 games in Chicago were close, the Knicks won this game, and Game 4 wasnt decided to the final seconds.

[@TBlake34]

Come on, how can you watch his antics in this game and not enjoy it. My favorite part is when Oak saves the ball then intentionally hurls himself into the Bulls' bench.

[@SeecretWeapon]

7:02 HANDLE!

[@davidca96]

"Jordan......yes"

[@addinan]

@2:00 he has the same move like Penny Hardaway against the Heat in 1997 Eastern Conferense Round1 Playoff

[@Wis_Dom]

+Frank Castle You mean Penny has his move. lol

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

+Wis Dom Tell him bro... lol

[@boogieloo1831]

- obviously it was Mj's move first but that raises a great point. Next to MJ, I've always felt Penny was the most polished player even as a rookie and young player that I've ever seen, except for MJ. He had almost as many moves in the post and at the basket. MJ could simply do more but still, Penny had almost as large hands, he could pass the ball a la Magic Johnson (who he was often compared to) and he was a good defender as well. He was really an MJ lite without the freakish level athleticism, but still very good athleticism. Yes, Kobe, later in his career, developed many of the same post up moves training under Hakeem - but Penny, like MJ, came into the league with an incredible, fully developed arsenal of moves.

[@chrismzac]

and, look at Kobe now, and the next couple years... he's declining yo...jordan won his last ring at 36, kobe is only 30- lets see him in two years... mj= clutch, consistency, longevity, creativity, killer, merciless, inside/outside, defense, GOAT!

[@retrokid62]

MJ will always be my fav Super Hero

[@rsx2]

96 playoffs the Bulls were hurt. They had a lot of people with injuries going into the Finals. 6th man of the year Kukoc wasn't even on this game because of injuries. Pip was hurt, so were Ron and Luc during the Finals. Yet they still managed to pull through.

[@DomRico77]

OmG, this game was brutal!! Oak was the Garden Landlord. HE don't like Bulls soliciting in his property....

[@bobby19761994]

in the playoffs you can clearly tell pippen was playing on a bad ankle. his offensive game was highly affected by it.

[@bostonianbond007]

Love the physicality of this era. And the referees are allowing it without too much technicals being given out. Players are just laughing it off like longley and harper when Oak had a few words for them at halftime. If it happened today, players would most likely brawl and suspensions would be given out together with hundreds of thousands of fines.

[@bigben1986]

i was at this game. it was a great game indeed.

[@rmur23]

This was when playoff basketball was for real... not the whistlefest like it is now. Hard fouls, refs let the guys play... guys got their points the hard way, not giftwrapped at the charity stripe. Not to mention, the best SNEAKERS EVER with the AJXIs and Air Pippens.

[@DoJoStan]

@RingoChen that was the good old days, when refs wouldn't call fouls due to a little push or shove.

[@doesitreallymatter23]

@blackwolves355 you mean the low ie black/varsity-reds?

[@LakersDynasty42]

Actually the Pistons walked out on Chicago in '91. In a world where you have athletes going to jail and driving drunk, not shaking hands seems pretty small. If people can only criticize LeBron for not shaking hands then he's doing a pretty good job of staying out of trouble.

[@bigben1986]

i remember watching these playoffs with my homeboys and homegirls in my cramped hot ass apartment while my moms made hot ass friend chicken lmao everybody cheering going nuts. those were such good times. we watched bulls playoffs since the 80's and the early 90's were un fucking real man. so much fun a gut wrencher.

[@TBlake34]

Jordan is obviously the greatest ever, but if you want to see how the game has changed in the last decade, watch Oak and Rodman. You're exactly right, Starks, five minutes into any of today's game and Oak and Rodman would be done for the year. I miss that style, enough with the flopping Euro-ball.

[@kamibeavis]

back when defense was allowed to play defense. even van gundy got slapped by the ref. those days were fantastic. bulls vs knicks & previously bulls vs pistons were the best

[@T0mmyPL]

5:42 why they didn't count this baket ? Pippen was in mid air when there was contact with Oakley

[@JalalLatif]

Oakley was one of the last "Enforcers" left in the NBA by 1996. I don't think any of the big guys are like that now in the NBA.

[@cowboykiller47]

2:01 stuff of legend.

[@giemueluy]

5:22 after realizing who was trailing behind him on the break, steve kerr soiled his paints and blew an easy score! lmao

[@bradleyboyer9979]

Who is Oakley kidding? He had been a Jorran D rider for 40 years.😂 He is still part of MJ's entourage.

[@jmoney718]

The knicks were tough..Oak and Mase hit everything in their path...

[@doesitreallymatter23]

why is the second half worse in graphics?

[@simplygu]

The Knicks won this game, but the Bulls won the series 4-1. The Bulls were 15-3 in the '95-96 playoffs losing only 2 other games to Seattle in the finals.

[@SWAGGER321]

Jordan came up clutch as usual damn...too bad they lost.

[@EJ_Ethan922]

this is when the NBA was at its best. the "rivalries" aint shit now. starks and mj used to battle

[@clutchcity25]

Scottie Pippen at 5:37: "Goddamnit!"

[@00Mindi00]

8:25 "Jordan.. for three, to tie it... HE DOES!!!"

[@guidi2005]

@BM1F There are reasons why. Rules have taken away the more physical play which invoked more rivals and hard play. Personally I still like watching the NBA very much and enjoy all the young players but those days were awesome.

[@AP-ok9rs]

2:00 oh my god.....

[@mookemook1]

ikr

[@dlawson688]

For the record, Pippen traditionally destroyed the knicks every year in the playoffs, so to have one bad series against them is not the end of the world.

[@josesemino8284]

And after 19 years Jeff van gundy still looks the same that guy does not age and James Dolan has to fire Phil Jackson and Fisher and bring back van gundy we need a coach like him really bad

[@LakersDynasty42]

Why are you bringing up the game? I know it's game 3, I can read the title of the video. My point was that everyone made a big deal about LeBron not shaking hands when it wasn't that serious. I think he should've showed respect to the Magic players but I'm not going to bash him for walking off the court.

[@cowboykiller47]

Todays NBA the whole Knicks team would have been ejected. Shows you the mental toughness of the Bulls.

[@joeznqld]

that was madd

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Pippen choked when it counted.

[@chitownref]

And so is Barkley and Ewing so whats ur point?

[@neightw]

These were the good old days. They let em play! They shouldn't have ever changed the rules to gear the game for offense.

[@kitengir]

i think cuz they said that he didn't have full posession when he got hit he bobbled the ball in mid air

[@Wrxrtd]

The kids in the NBA today dont have near the mental toughness required to compete at the level we saw back then. Imagine an enforcer like Oakley playing in the NBA today, he would send every player in the NBA today home crying.

[@PorkFrog]

Knicks, Bulls and Marv Albert...who needs anything else? Not sure why I lost interest in the NBA, but I'll tell you what, these games between the Bulls and Knicks were just raw spectacle. Much more going on here than b-ball Just all the psych-warfare and the test of wills and the physicality Don't seem to get that no more, that sense of intensity heard theories on how they ruined the NBA, but maybe it's something else Do today's players play with that gladiatorial ferocity of the past?

[@SeecretWeapon]

5:44 how is that not continuation??? today thats a flagrant

[@IrinaDerevkoLives]

Oakley knew what he was doing he was trying to mess up the 1-2 punch and what better way than to go after the #2 man on the bulls team. Jordan wouldn't of been affected by his nonsense.

[@badecon]

you can see that with old rules the defenses were hard and tough!!!just watch oakley!that was real basketball man!now nba just looks like wnba!!!

[@watdadilyo6]

we can thank these knicks for the stricter foul calls in today's nba. but for anyone who thinks kobe, lebron, wade, or any star in today's league compares to Jordan, those guys wouldn't stand one quarter in this game

[@royalzaheer7]

classic kicks the air jordans and the air pippens

[@bfnelson]

2:00. God bless his soul!

[@guzzy620]

Jeff Van gundy geting hit in the face thats so funny. lol.

[@KQH8]

Jordan had a willingness to win, that could not be duplicated, which is why he is titled with the Greatest Of All Time. Oakley was a tough guy, but Rodman would have fucked him up.

[@dustygrady]

This was New York's only win in the series. OWNED. Bulls 6 Championships Knicks ZERO

[@LakersDynasty42]

LeBron not shaking hands is not as big as everyone was making it out to be. I think he, Kobe and D-Wade would still put up great numbers in the 90's though. Players like J.R. and Josh Smith would get exposed though.