Bulls vs. Heat - 1997 Playoffs Game 3

[@uzernam3]

NBA on NBC!!!!!!!!!!! On a Sunny Sunday afternoon to watch the Playoffs. Damn i miss the 90's

[@alexedsell8138]

Man that was my childhood

[@dreamcage1801]

My childhood era. P.S.: NBA and NBC are likely going to be returning in the 25-26 season

[@YhwhKhaiMostHigh]

Everytime I watch these classics I get upset. I really miss the oldies.

[@egpytiankobe]

I love how cool Scottie was after that hard foul by PJ Brown...He's like "Hey that's playoff basketball." Man it's softer than a baby's butt these days!

[@GeoAce777]

LMAO EVERYONE IS SOFT

[@AHMAD-2324]

MJ was so charismatic, The dude just had it all. The Game, the swagger and the charisma#G.O.A.T

[@jonathanelam2846]

In Awe looking back at the skill of Pippen and how Critical he was

[@jeterj1107]

Scottie Pippen's game is was textbook. From the 16ft bank-shot, to the triple threat, his game was amazing. He was/is so underrated because he played with the GOAT. People forget how far he took the Bulls w/o MJ, before receiving the shaft in the Playoffs...

[@errrjuny]

The greatest duo to ever play so far...

[@m74d3]

+Gary Thompson I respectfully disagree

[@m74d3]

***** with literally the only comment you made, so it was the only thing I could have been referring to. That the people you named were better Duos than Jordan and Pippen. I don't agree. Get your head out of your ass *****​

[@willydoe7315]

Kobe Shaq up there.. but Shaq was lazy and jealous teammate, pippen super underrated

[@terrelljackson1995]

@@m74d3 who better than pippen and Jordan don’t say wade and lbj

[@1103bullsnation]

Rodman played a lot of mind games on the Heat and they fell for his trap. While MJ and Pippen did their usual scoring on the Heat. It was nice to watch.

[@jumpnam]

I've not seen many teammates since that were as close as Jordan and Pippen were during the second three-peat. They were more like brothers at this point in their careers, so in sync oncourt. When Jordan returned he realised how important Scottie was to the team and to him; Pippen's abilities allowed Jordan to still be Jordan well into his thirties, a time when the vast majority of athletes are rapidly declining. As Mike said to Pip while being presented with the Finals MVP, "you're my MVP, dog."

[@egpytiankobe]

Rodman is HILARIOUS!!! He had everyone on the Heat flustered and was smirking about it. I miss The Worm!

[@timhoward5]

No he didn't, just Zo, which is know for quick temper.

[@mariopantoja8259]

Thank you for that Pippen ad.

[@dredae76]

Jordan " I'm doo doo and you're shit". LoL I remember laughing so hard when I first saw this years ago.

[@brianwilkinson9110]

I still get goosebumps watching these games

[@34stzoo]

I love Rodman!!!! I miss this style of basketball!!! We have the water down version now!

[@egpytiankobe]

Loved Rodman in this game!!! He got on everybody's nerves...Even the great John Crotty!! LMBO!!!!

[@johnyb9519]

9:10 Marv Albert "The No Lay Up rule continuing for the Heat". The no lay up rule....I miss those days man.

[@runner6500]

I had to pause the video to say thanks for keeping the Pippen commercial.

[@z71chevyz71]

2:43 what a shot omg jordan was so tough.

[@blackadam06]

@rfe8nn2 "Micheal Jordan should of stayed retired after his second retirement" Perhaps. But people forget that B4 injuring his knee after the '02 All Star break, he was 5th in the league in scoring...at 39 yrs old His injury is what caused them to fall 2 games short of making the 8th seed for the playoffs. 25ppg 5apg 6rpg

[@lions3]

"He's doo-doo..", "and he's shit!" hahaha

[@meharinationsportspodcast2582]

Jordan always considered Mourning as a soft player because he couldn't handle pressure when the bright lights were on him in his early days in Miami. Throughout their playoff history (Jordan vs Mourning) even in Charlotte, Mourning only won one playoff game through 95 to 97. Basically, Mourning was all bark with no bite against the Chicago Bulls while his rival Patrick Ewing and Reggie Miller gave us 20 times more hell in the Playoffs.

[@allengreene9954]

That Heat team had no offensive fire power Besides Hardaway and Mourning all though Hardaway had a lot of games where he went ice cold at times. Mashburn was no show at times in huge games against New York and Chicago and was a huge defensive liability. and The Heat relied on the 3 ball too much like Charles Barkley said you don't live by jumpers you die by jumpers. I mean New York and Miami tried to play bully ball to beat The Bulls at time it could work but it wasn't going to work all the time. and you got to have some more scoring and both teams didn't have enough scoring.

[@allengreene9954]

People forget game 1 and 2 were very close games. The Heat defense was on point. If the offense could have done something it would have been a 6 game or maybe 7 game series

[@rattlehead54321]

***** like what happened in the 2000 nba playoffs game 7 against the knicks when Mourning gambled on Ewing and left him wide open for a dunk to take lead and win the series.

[@allengreene9954]

rattlehead54321 Yeah that was a bad play by Mourning.

[@wuliwei6939]

Mourning stole a ring before he retired thoughGotta respect him for coming back after that kidney ailmentA lot of people would just retire

[@zylzyl3823]

The defensive mind set of the Bulls dictated by PiP with his aggressive and relentless playing nature .... Unmatched , before of after

[@RoDiggityDangit79]

R.I.P. Brian Williams

[@wuliwei6939]

Bison Dele

[@miguelperez8805]

@@wuliwei6939 How he died????!!

[@TheSands83]

Miguel Pérez some kind of deal lost at sea

[@supervegito8513]

@@miguelperez8805 Got murdered by his brother in the South Pacific

[@fredrichoshunrinde873]

Way to notice that guy in the corner of that shot.

[@Drew-wo6xr]

How many times was Toni Kukoc left wide open 3-pointers during this game?

[@mikeqto4056]

Damn, jordan and pippen having a bad game but still win the game🏀🔥🏆

[@richardpeetrinpeetrin9817]

It's the Scottie Pipen-Micheal Jordan Comedy Hour!😅

[@SeecretWeapon]

and this is Jordan after his already built some kind of legacy not getting star treatment. today they hand it out before you earned anything!

[@lewis20002000]

People forget Ron Harper can be as good a wing defender as Jordan and Pippen. Along with Rodman, the Bull easily had 4 of the top 15 defenders in their era of basketball, maybe 4 out of the top 10 during certain stretches of the 90s.

[@dredaillest]

9:28 look at the mascot in the corner right after pippen made that shot! haha

[@FunkyFranky80]

Poor Majerle. The Worm was already in his head 😆

[@fredrichoshunrinde873]

Scottie is my #2 ALL-TIME, I'm tired of these foolish kids arguing nonsense. Show me a more valuable number 2 (only behind the GREATEST EVER).

[@TheSands83]

Number 2? He’s a great player but that is insane bud

[@chipdouglas03]

i loved that pippen nike commercial...so sick

[@1polymath]

Lol! I'm so glad you added that commercial!

[@noelweru9764]

The Heat played a brand of basketball that bordered on sacrilege by today's "soft" standards.....they would own the East & make Lebron cry all day if they were in today's game. Pat Riley.....helluva coach, but the Bulls trifecta....MJ, SP, DR too good & too mentally tough over these clueless Miami team.

[@scorpionJB]

Rodman acted a fool in this game...lolllllllllll..he put on a show on that court..

[@kajunshaman]

People forget that the Heat had just come from a 7 game war with the knicks and were spent from that series. Also, game 1 and 2 in Chicago were close, with Miami leading at some periods. I think experience and the clutch instinct the Bulls were so used to decided the series. The Bulls were in their comfort zone. The Heat instead had never played a conference finals. The Bulls had literally been playing conference finals and finals since the time of the Bad Boy Pistons. Plus, raw talent put the scales on the Bulls' favor. That's not to say that the Heat were no good. They could compete against anyone. But it just wasnt enough and for all of these reasons I knew the series against the Bulls was already predictable. I'm surprised the Heat went away winning one, even if it was in Miami.

[@BarstoolBlues33]

@retrotw Closest in terms of defense? Pippen is the greatest defensive perimeter player of all time, not Jordan.

[@josephblueshield5333]

I'ma True Miami Heat Fan Since 1996 It's 2021 Now 25 years heat Fan I never did like the bulls let alone Jordan but I gotta say I give Michael props he eliminated my heat 2 years in a row I don't hate players or other teams its just there not my teams, but Jordan is the greatest he's the goat the best ever in my books

[@allengreene9954]

It was a beautiful day in Miami but it wasn't a beautiful day for the Heat😢😢😢😢😢

[@nassieranderson1440]

Allen Greene Heat nation

[@allengreene9954]

+105623332926418174189 Yep. Heat Nation😍😍

[@wuliwei6939]

That Heat team was good, but the Bulls were just in a different level

[@allengreene9954]

Wu Liwei Yes that’s true.

[@PaulToppers]

Doo Doo and Shit sure work good together

[@scottbignell]

Damn, the Heat had such a good lineup that year: Mourning, Tim Hardaway, Jamal Mashburn, Dan Majerle, PJ Brown. It just goes to show how good the Bulls were when they could embarrass a team with such talent. Although, if memory serves me correctly, the Heat were injury ridden that year, and never really hit full swing. Shame. They could have been a monster team had they stayed together and stayed healthy.

[@cliffiez]

from the mid 70's until the late 90's the game was a totally different animal. The same could be said of heavyweight boxing. We will never see the kind of athletes that we did in those two sports. Plus, this Bulls team was jackson in his prime as a coach, with his preferred coaching staff. The Bulls ran the triple post more expertly than it ever was or has been since. Remember that 72-10 season the Bulls had would have been more wins had Rodman not been suspended for 11 games.

[@barackillbombya3835]

Or when Longley went down with a knee injury in February. They lost their consecutive games during that stretch.

[@CoreyT127]

People forget how good some of the teams those bulls teams played were! The 97 heat were 61-21 then they played a 64-18 jazz team! 96 Sonics were 64-18 the 98 jazz were 62-20 the 96 magic were 60-22 the 93 Knicks were 60-22 and the Sun's were 62-20!

[@RomeNtheHouse]

MAN... I missed NBA on NBC, and basketball in the 80 and 90s. The games were much more physical and competitive. God I cant even remember the last time i see

[@elguache8991]

You know youre goat when they say-M.J is coming from a horrible game" and he still had 23 pts

[@boogieloo1831]

Miss this physical ball and how there were no layup policies instituted by teams back then. They stood in the middle without having to clear out every three seconds and they were going to punish you if you dared try to get to the hoop. This is why today's game is so much easier as you have no resistance in the middle and there are countless drives to the hoop today - which is also why today's guards and small forwards are so effective. They're not better than these players no matter what young, unaware kids think - they just play in much easier conditions. If MJ, Pip and many forgotten players of that era played in today's game with today's media coverage of every player who is half decent, they'd dominate getting to the hoop every possession and thus shooting open shots from the outside as a result - plus today has so many more foul calls and free throws, it's just a scoring fest today. Back then, so many games ended with teams scoring just 70 to 80 points per game but once the rule changes and new foul interpretations kicked in, we saw dramatic increases in scoring from teams league wide as well as all the starting perimeter players.

[@MrSlik25]

i LAUGH WHEN PEOPLE SAY THE 90'S WERE WEAK...SHIT WAS HARDCORE AND DUDES WERE AS SKILLED AS EVER.

[@randybeasttriguero8738]

mj is so good and pippin

[@riyuski666]

i always laugh at rodman. he was really hilarious hahaha

[@alaskanmarine1]

Best Duo in the game.

[@trieunguyen5897]

both of these teams can beat the Warriors in 6 with or w/o Durrant

[@cliffiez]

Can you blame them? They didn;t have the luxury of watching real basketball like us older fans did

[@heymiguel85]

Seems everybody knew how to post in da 90's. Lostvart

[@mrcorleone4]

A possible flagrant foul lmao boy this game done got soft

[@fredrichoshunrinde873]

I try to tell these young guys, he would have been ejected and 1 game suspension for that today.

[@nickjarnell1]

No offence but anyone who says jordan is overrated is stupid. His playing career coincided with a young dennis rodman, joe dumars, gary payton, and clyde drexler all extremely talented perimeter defenders

[@yoe91]

3:44 "and the tongue...is off the bench."

[@stevenfrederick8461]

Damn. The Dynasty.

[@Martian1987]

(Oh shit!!) Phil Jackson @8:26 😂😂

[@hygory8576]

I Was Watching All Of This Growing Up Me And My Homeboy Raymond🌇💿💻💝🐼🏨

[@JM_Hansei]

Where can I find all the fulls games for this series?

[@timsmith1033]

90's nba basketball was awesome until the league overexpanded in 95 and the league has been watered since then.

[@blackadam06]

@rfe8nn2 Clyde Drexler said it best about MJ in the 80s: "If Michael had the same [supporting cast] as Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, he [would win] as [often] as they do. If your talking about who's [most valuable] to his team, it's Michael." -- Clyde Drexler: "What does he do for an encore"; Hoop Magazine Season Preview, Dec 1987 With the teammates Bird & Magic had in the 80s, their teams were STILL at least a playoff caliber team without them. That wasn't the case for CHI & MJ in the 80's..

[@shotguner4258]

The Knicks would’ve been a tougher matchup for the Bulls in 97

[@croc313]

Looking back. I truly believe that the league was fixed. Jordan is my favorite player but some of those teams they bear were a lil better and deeper.

[@AYCHMENG]

If u were a fan in the heat then. u deserve all the championships u got now

[@blackadam06]

"i see kobe taking and making fadeaway jumpers from just about anywhere effortlessly" Kobe has missed 20+ shots 33 times (and counting) in his career..a pace of once every 29 games. MJ only missed that many 24 times in 1072 career games, a pace of once every 43 games. MJ's high for misses in a single game was 27, kobe's was 30 (a NBA record) on 11/7/02 vs boston. And MJ didn't take fadeaway's from the 3-pt line because he had something that kobe lacks: Good shot selection

[@shinken209]

We don't see games like this anymore......physical to the point where so many fouls may lead to fights.....to "hatred"....will to win!!!

[@1Circusman]

Where Wade at?

[@klimundas1]

hes still in highschool lol

[@1Circusman]

abatch12 I know I was just joking

[@jmolson027]

20 years ago Kobe watched the move at 5:07 and realized a triple team was NBD. Honestly this bulls team was just too fucking good, the heat didn't stand a chance

[@sutats]

6:01 Rodman is a master of the antics.

[@Canon550]

@BarstoolBlues33 not close bro! jordan holds the record for most steals and blocks in a season, he has won an nba defensive player of the year award pippen hasnt. jordan lead the bulls in steals every season! so i think not...

[@jaediaz609]

Another great game by pippen

[@wuliwei6939]

Imagine if it was Lebron/Wade was Jordan/Pippen in those Bulls/Heat rivalry back then

[@largec]

What was the final score for this game does anyone know?

[@azraelfirstofhisname8695]

7:45 Us that Jimmy Johnson?

[@OneGloriousBastard]

@thepakibye Scottie Pippen doesn't travel on a single move in this clip lol. It's mostly skill and great footwork in the post which Lebron is still lacking after all his time in the league. Back then the NBA didn't allow players to blatantly get away with 3-4 steps like they do for the stars of today and Lebron is the main beneficiary of the lax rules. That dude blatantly travels every game.

[@yansjaylopen4992]

how can u compare lbj to this man look at him the way he play

[@ctttt7019]

Lol, Alonzo Mourning always let Dennis Rodman get under his skin. Always getting frustrated instead of playing through the mind games. That's why the Bulls had a gentlemen's sweep

[@MrPaxson5]

The best 2 vs 5 ever played the game

[@Tell_It_Right]

I think you should re-mix this and add more Rodman. Yeah, he wasn't a scorer, but he did everything else.

[@hygory8576]

I Was Born And Raised In South Florida Always Rooting For A Michael Jordan and Da Bulls🌇💿💻🐼💝🗽🎄🌆🏨

[@anthonygaul2146]

The Goat of Goats.

[@fordgary3000]

Nobody is PERFECT AND WE ALL HAVE VERY BAD DAYS AS VERY GOOD DAYS AND OTHERS.

[@kianraz4129]

The main difference between these days and nowadays are: Bulls at that time were hard to play, Rodman was a delicate freak that chased everyone, but MJ, SP and others and Rodman himself too were talented and hard workers! Now they have a "I'm injured every three games since 3 years but hey I'm the best NBA player", a french idiot that thinks that by insulting everyone and making fouls they can actually win NBA POs and others that come and go because none has the talent and knows the hard work of winning NBA title! Nowadays Bulls will never win a championship... they can at best go to the Conference finals! It's a shame for a "brand" that made our childhood!

[@CoreyT127]

Yeah sure in a eastern conference where 52-53 wins gets you home court most years the past 15 years one year the #1 seed was 50-32? the bulls wouldn't even lose a game in the east playoffs on their way to beating which ever soft ass team made it outta the west! This heat team would beat anyone in the east!

[@1103bullsnation]

This should have been CHI vs NYK in the 1997 ECF and UTA vs HOU (Which was the best series in the playoffs) THANKS A LOT MIAMI!!!

[@justinguinn4370]

Lebron would be average back then

[@StephOkoye]

what was the score

[@harlemkiid149]

at 2:52 is Jimmy Johnson former Miami Hurricanes Head Coach

[@HRpaperstacks06]

should have never came to this. knicks vs bulls in 97 would have been a classic series...damn suspensions

[@rmur23]

lol you are completely clueless... please tell me how the 3 point line being "inches" closer and handchecking being allowed helped jordan. what rules helped him? larry brown who has forgotten more basketball than you know said that MJ would average 45 in todays league.

[@heymiguel85]

Vhs.......press the tracking playa!!!!

[@MrSlik25]

Jordan had multiple rivals...Isiah...Dumars....Dominique, Larry, Barkley, Magic was a rival also...Reggie...Malone, Stockton, The entire 90's NY Knicks....Jordan overcame so many HOF'ers on his way to #1 All-Time....Magic is arguably the greatest of all time...along with Larry, Kareem, and Wilt. They were all great you are right....but the things you listed as factors in MJ's greatness apply to Magic and Larry as well....Great teams, great coaches...and MJ had plenty of RIVALS. You know that

[@sarainfranksoonias3048]

that damn pippen commercial still makes my dad.

[@berserkgatsu10]

from 0:50 what they say can't hear good?

[@blackadam06]

@rfe8nn2 33.7ppg 5.4apg 6.3rpg 2.7spg 1.3bpg 49.4 FG% 85.1 FT% That's MJ's combined avg during the pre-pippen and phil jackson seasons, when Bird & Magic (BOS/LA) were in their primes. 34.8 ppg

[@RigbyBullnut]

Did Brian Williams call Dan Majerle a f***head at 6:28?

[@erikhopkins9488]

How's that seeing that scottie shot better in gm 2? 🤔

[@powerman1993tk]

That interview after game 2 was hilarious. MJ "I played like doodoo". "I'm doodoo he's shit". Pretty funny when the greatest player in the world can admit he played like shit!

[@MrSlik25]

yes he came in the league after Magic and Bird...but he played against Larry during his 86' title year...Bird was prime at that point...He set an all-time NBA record against Birds Celtics with 63 points in a playoff game...A record that still stands over 20 years later....And he also played against Magic during his 85, 87, and 88 title years...MJ faced them in their primes and skill wise was just as good as the both of them....if the 96 Bulls were the 86 Bulls MJ wins Title.

[@delfra70]

Amen to that brother, i could'nt have said it any better myself bro.