Bulls vs Heat 1997 - Game 3 - Michael Jordan 34 points

[@alexanderthegreat3]

MJ is GOAT for a reason the youth should be shown MJ film nothing compares to MJ greatness !

[@egpytiankobe]

LOL!!! @ 5:12!! Rodman drove Zo CRAZY this entire series!! I loved Rodman! Such an antagonist.

[@TakinDubsShaq]

3:00 he made a shot over 3 defenders without stretched arms. He's the GREATEST

[@j-short5431]

They were all under 6’6

[@allengreene9954]

"The best of 7 Eastern Conference Finals series" Got to love Marv Albert.

[@terrancestanley4459]

Pat shouldn't have said they were giving him special treatment. .lol..

[@ChrisJWatts504TV]

+Terrance Stanley I Agree!! Lol

[@jxn23]

I love that dunk at 1:10! What a beautiful spin and slam.

[@1CHOZN7]

You youngers better take notes!! If you plan on Being great, you first have to study the greatest!! MJ

[@orlandolewis1629]

Exactly

[@j-short5431]

Is greatness required when you’re going up again to both Voshon Leonard and Dan Majerle with the bad back?

[@1CHOZN7]

@j-short5431 No Kobe, Eddie Jones, Starks, Gill, Houston, Hill, Barkley, Wilkins, Magic, Shaq, Ewing, Hardaway, Richmond, Thomas, KJ, Malone, Drexeler , Dream, Duncan, Robinson, Kemp, Payton, etc? Which all except 1 is American players, unlike this European league tailored for none defensive, none physical, none jumping, no toughness, slow, 3 point shooting European players to outshine the blk American players 🤔 🙄! Foh

[@j-short5431]

@@1CHOZN7 You’re just throwing out names. Half those guys weren’t even in their primes? The other half didn’t even guard Jordan

[@j-short5431]

@@1CHOZN7 slow, non-physical, non-jumping? You do know Michael Jordan faced Dan Majerle, and Jeff Hornacek as the opposite shooting guards in three of his finals, right? You’re casual. Get out of your emotions.

[@Retrolock]

Man, MJ, backing down is unstoppable! He's the best SG post player of all time!

[@hassanabdallah2972]

mj was so fundamental!!! He is always there on a follow up miss. How many great shots has the goat had on follow up misses? I seen so many here against Utah was best one in flu game, He not just the goat but the achiles of basket ball

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

The major adjustment the Bulls made was spread out the triangle offense and ran more pick and roll sets, along with Pippen and Jordan going into the post more. This caused problems for Miami's backcourt and the driving lanes were wide open, and it did helped that Miami kept turning the ball over during the third quarter which broke the game over.

[@j-short5431]

The adjustment the Bulls made was Michael was guarded by 6’3 Voshon Leonard

[@HOTRAILProductions]

The first two games of this series were ugly because Miami was overplaying the passing lanes, and "snake-biting" the Bulls on the forearms during the shots. They put the Bulls to the line themselves. For Game 3, the Bulls spread out the triangle a little to open up the lanes to dunks and lay-ups.

[@Kestrel222]

omfg MJ at 2.15- that is an unreal double-fake fadeaway even by his standards. thanks as usual FE23

[@willallen3664]

They don't have teams like this anymore miss the 90s

[@Fantumh]

This is the only Jordan game (with the Bulls) I ever taped and it was a good one. You knew coming off a bad game, Jordan was going to come out with intent. I wish I'd taped all of them. But without cable at the time it was a rare day to have good reception while taping off of the TV. Considering the number of times Jordan was hacked on the arm with no calls at the beginning of the series, it was pretty hypocritical of him to suggest Jordan was being given special treatment.

[@Bountyville424]

i wont call jordan GOD cuz there's only one...but he's the greatest too ever pick up a basketball

[@uberathlete]

That is an effin sweet fadeaway.

[@delfra70]

MJ was MJ and Pip was Pip, they lit Miami up. Though the other offensive stars had less than stellar games, the Bulls still dominated. To me this is what set the Bulls apart from other great teams like the Lakers and Celtics, they had such a dominating smothering defense. High scoring teams usually struggle when their offense is not clicking, but because the Bulls were so special on defense, they could struggle offensively like this game and still beat you by 25 points, now that's scary.

[@apimpnamedslickback8519]

Like Jurassic Park on the court in these NBA DAYZ 😂

[@jordanrioscreations]

Back when playoff games were played on back to back nights.

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

Some games still are played on back to back nights...

[@jordanrioscreations]

Mickey Johnson I'm almost certain there were no back-back playoff games for the same teams this year.

[@Punjabiballar]

Pippin makes the perfect 'Robin' to Michael's 'Batman'...

[@cccccc14]

kobe's my fav player but Jordan is the god of basketball

[@davidsimmons9152]

Pat teams never could beat the jordan bulls in the playoffs

[@mikemcgrath6150]

That's bc Jordan's teams were never good enough to get to him in the 80s.

[@afavoreddaughter6270]

MJ I love you ❤️

[@jonnytrelll]

4:19, absolutely beautiful move

[@szaret1]

the move on hardaway at 1:16 is fucking nasty....look how quickly he does it...his footwork was unreal

[@j-short5431]

Hardaway was 5’11….

[@LakersDynasty42]

Anyone that says Kobe has a better jumper than MJ needs to watch this.

[@LakersDynasty42]

Besides 8 more scoring titles, a higher FG% and playing great against elite defensive teams, what separates Kobe and MJ is that Mike didn't have his best games against lottery teams. If Kobe "has the most offensive weapons ever" then why didn't he score more against the Pistons and Celtics in the '04 and '08 Finals. You better not say that they played zone defense.

[@j-short5431]

Mike is being guarded by Voshon Leonard and Dan Majerle in this series. Chill. Because Mike wasn’t doing all this against the Detroit Pistons and the Boston Celtics.

[@uberathlete]

There aren't many guards in the history of the NBA who have been devastating post players.

[@davedropd1]

god you gotta feel sorry for riley....he's a great coach but the bulls put the knicks away all times but in 94. And then he gets it in miami too. Bulls really were like the 90's version of the old celtic teams... nobody could touch'em

[@sportjames23]

LOL, Lebron would shit his pants if he had to go up against MJ. Dirk kicked his ass, what do you think MJ would do?

[@j-short5431]

The same thing Bird and Isiah did against MJ😂😂

[@afavoreddaughter6270]

MJ ❤️❤️

[@Jumpman1989]

as you can see here, with 3:30 remaining to the end of the 3rd quarter, Jordan had 29 pts on nice %. If he wanted he may have scored 40-50pts easily but the Bulls did not need so many pts cause the lead was huge already. My point is, there was a massive number of this type of games when he could've scored a lot more but he didn't for the same reason.

[@TheRatedIX7]

Dan Majerle hated having to guard MJ in this series. lol

[@delfra70]

@gbinct You're right. as great as MJ and Pippen were, they were also two of the best post players in the game, they were just so well rounded, i have never seen teammates who were so complete offensively and defensively. As strong and physically gifted as Lebron is, if he never develops any kind of post game, he will always be limited and containable, mark my words.

[@mrznwalker]

Man MJ got away with so many travels! Like on the replay @3:42 when he shot that 3 pointer, he shuffled his feet like a deck of cards lol.

[@English_MoFo]

Well today they take 5-6 steps

[@buckda54]

@TheLuckytee I bandwaggoned from the Bulls to the Heat right after MJ retired from the Bulls. That was the ONLY time I left a team for another.

[@TheLuckytee]

thumbs up if you think most heat fans today were cheering 4 the bulls back then

[@JelaniWood]

I miss the grindy hard fought NBA where every bucket counted

[@English_MoFo]

Anyone over 30 does. The league turned into entitled drama queens that flash guns on instagram live

[@HOTRAILProductions]

98-74 Bulls for a 3-0 lead! I just wish they could have swept them again!

[@JakeBayCity]

Lebron James should watch clips like these and realize if he wants to take his game to the next level he needs a post game.

[@j-short5431]

He should realize if he wants to take his game to the next level, he should have the other team sign Voshon Leonard and have them guard him

[@DTDB1225]

Good Lord Jordan was amazing

[@helenlundeberg]

2:12 is why he still dominated, look at that fadeaway ! you can't defend that

[@LuigiLaker]

The Heat were probably getting REALLY sick of Michael and the Bulls after this game..

[@mikemcgrath6150]

The refs can effect the game w just 3 to 4 key whistles. The games back then were that close.

[@andrewhoyle1521]

Yeah Pat riley, Magic and kareem never got calls from officials. Lol

[@AHMAD-2324]

Pat Riley this has nothing to do with bad calls. They have Michael Jordan...And you don't it's really that simple!!

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

Lol yup....

[@ryanmurphy7116]

How the F do you hit that fadeaway at 2:13

[@THETOYOTAable]

alonzo no rings in mj era, rings in 2000s era, is prove to all of you young people who never watch b-ball in the physical mj era the 90s,

[@j-short5431]

MJ, no rings in the 90s, n ended two breaks in the 90s

[@delfra70]

@uberathlete Yes indeed. We always look at things on great or wanna be great players like size, speed, power, strength and athleticism, but sometimes we overlook the smaller things like moving without the basketball, post up game, footwork, timing, focus, determination, i could go on. It's those little things that can really elevate a player to new hieghts in his game. Little things can become big problems if you can't develop them.

[@English_MoFo]

One time Phil told the media he’s got a 3 headed center with 18 fouls to give, inventing his “hack a Shaq” The refs made him pay the next game by calling EVERYTHING a foul on Shaq 👀

[@tamellnewton5417]

Kobe is a all time great but better than Mike LMFAO he copied Mike and still couldn't duplicate it next go checc there career fg percentage Mike's is higher Mike a better defender lead the league in steals scoring dpoy 5 MVP's 6 finals MVP's 10 scoring titles 9 time defensive player I tell you what let me know what Kobe did what did he accomplish

[@popeyeisgood]

damn...21 fg for the whole team in one night..either they dont know how to shoot or the bulls just play extremely well in the defense. yea when jordan was 34, he still plays like no one else, just amazing. he is just special that's all. yea sometime you wonder if someone like kobe deserves an mvp trophy.. and his lakers now just really,really sucks compare to the bulls back then. the lakers is way over-rated.

[@NotImportant389]

i dont understand why ppl get so mad when others say kobe is better. the majority of us kno it and the ones who dont, r not gonna change their mind. i doubt mj himself would get as mad as some u do. kobe himself knows it. and seems that bcos ure so busy defending mj, that u 4get kobe is an all time great whether u like him or not

[@xXMadLuigi16Xx]

Half of those Miami Heat Fans were actually Bandwagon Bulls Fans.

[@szaret1]

@helenlundeberg yeh that move was unreal and he made it look so easy over two guys

[@Bountyville424]

@ForEmily23 i agree this bulls team would kill the Laker team of today

[@worldlfree]

Easily a 40 or 50 point game if they needed it...

[@lokey987]

5:36 nice move but MJ carried that ball LOL!!

[@jordanrioscreations]

Jim Gray's instigating ass.

[@frederik2334]

2 dislikes, Kobe and Lebron!

[@mookemook1]

ikr

[@Fantumh]

As long as the player doesn't actually put his hand under the ball, they'll never call that on anyone. Today's players get away with even more. Iverson is probably the worst offender. He outright palms the ball just about every time he dribbles.

[@lionelangemario]

at 6:00...now that was a foul...

[@mikedamz]

i've watched it and... MJ's >>>> KObe's

[@afavoreddaughter6270]

MJ I already know I don’t like both of the devils whom claim to have birthed me ..MJ I love you ❤️

[@sinles15]

@davedropd1 Did you forget that the Celtics got beat by Riley's Lakers all throught the 80's? No need to feel sorry for him all those rings he got.

[@PeterJustGames]

Go watch Kobe's 81 point game. Kobe's jumper > MJ's jumper

[@egpytiankobe]

LOL! Yeah he baptized him for sure!

[@illmatic826]

@rafikz77 he not a ball hog ballhogs dont win titles

[@Bountyville424]

@rafikz77 mj ain't a ball hog! most of the plays were drawn up for him, mainly in mitch match situations. and in the post! ain't damn ball hog..kobe is tho

[@egpytiankobe]

You dang right she was!!! Hannah's hotter NOW, but Willow was hot for days! LOL!

[@JBMUSICEXP]

We all know mj the best ever but pat was right. I remember watching a game and mj fouled a dude. Pip wasn't even near them he raised his hand and they gave him the foul instead. And let's not act like they dont do that for all stars.

[@halfshot253]

its called protecting your bread and butter pumpkin

[@mookemook1]

n hiz head the whole game

[@jaa0702]

carry..

[@blackadam06]

@shaqpopcorn34 Riiiiiiiiiight.....

[@uberathlete]

@delfra70 yup. Add to that his inconsistent jumper and mediocre movement without the ball. While talented, he is very flawed. Jerry West noticed that years ago.

[@billybryson2009]

no shit and doo doo this game!

[@ivanoschen]

where's Wade?

[@IAMiamiSteve]

5 cant

[@uberathlete]

@ivanoschen In high school

[@kaliaelizabeth]

LOL.. AIR VS. HEAT

[@egpytiankobe]

Is that a good or bad thing? LOL

[@shaftlamer]

@coffee because kobe supporters just have no facts to back their claim up. kobe wont win 6 rings. kobe wont win 6 finals mvp´s etc etc. those are the facts for MJ. where are the ones for kobe? let alone the fact that alot of noobs just havent seen michael play in his prime..how would they be able to compare?

[@iamgerald197]

Ìvl

[@FrostedLane]

Come on now, lets not be ignorant here. If MJ and LeBron ever played each other, LeBron would run Michael over like a fuckin freight train. Michael would have his little jumpshot that would work over for LeBron, but there is no way in hell Michael would ever be able constantly prevent LeBron from taking it to the rim over him.

[@skylar7144]

Sure MJ COULD! LBJ TIL THIS DAY has A WEAK POST GM. Get him to TURN and UR JOB is BASICALLY DONE! He lets POINT GUARDS to often MAKE HIM PICK UP HIS DRIBBLE

[@skylar7144]

PLUS his JUMPER is STILL OFF and ON.

[@26bisket]

Kobe is smaller than MJ and Lebron didn't "truck" him over....stop this mythical bs that would never happen

[@skylar7144]

FrostedLane SURE HE COULD DUDE! Its CALLED well PLACE BOW? Or IF U CROWD HIM, LBJ TURNS HIS BACK? TELL ME U HAVEN'T SEEN OTHER PLAY HIM CLOSE to THE VEST? and U WOULD B LYING!

[@j-short5431]

@@26bisketLeBron dominated Kobe.