Bulls vs. Knicks - 1994-95 season (Christmas Day game)

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Scottie Pippen scores 36 points and adds 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks to help the Bulls defeat the Knicks on Christmas Day. Toni Kukoc added 25 points and 6 assists.

[@houwie300]

Haha Pip scored all points in overtime. My favorite player of all time. Just great.

[@SonOfBeaufort]

mine too

[@terrancewilliams1045]

Facts

[@ishhodcollins5220]

let be known Scottie played the entire game.

[@PHASE324]

Scottie Pippen Was A Beast!!! The Best All Around Player I've Ever Seen...

[@chibang492]

Scottie Pippen deserves to have his own documentary on ESPN. "PIP33"

[@MSP601MINDOVERMATTER]

i agree with you babe

[@Ivantheterrible81280]

Cucks don’t get docs made about them.

[@BarstoolBlues33]

Damn...that's a statline: 36 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assist, 5 steals, 2 blocks. Scottie did it all. When the jumper was falling he was one of the 2 or 3 best players in the league.

[@practicaldriver]

When his jumper was falling I'd take him over ANYONE. He was Mr. All Around

[@fitofito1001]

He was the best player during 93-94 season.

[@Hero-3]

1 and 2. Only hakeem met Scottie at the top.

[@erikhopkins9488]

and had NO help!

[@TheSands83]

Especially for the mid 90s East. Scoring was ridiculously difficult. They slowed the game to a crawl n the refs let way more physical play go in the East

[@fitofito1001]

Pippen was one of the two best players for about 2.5 years from beginning of 93-94 season to middle of 96. Bulls should win the series against New York if not for the worst call in the NBA history by referees in the final 2 seconds of game 5.

[@Maal7432]

Pippen was so sweet.

[@Mrgoose87]

favorite part was at 9:05 when kerr stopped pippen to apologize and pippen hugged him great brother hood and friendship among the team

[@MzShawtyv]

Pippen was my boy! Jordan was cool, but Pippen was my favorite.

[@marklucas3900]

Mine too

[@kennybegeske8824]

I Grew Up With Scottie Pippen

[@kennybegeske8824]

Now Let's Get Scottie Pippen Jr To The Chicago Bulls At The United Center

[@mr.t8355]

Pippen was a beast! He was the first before LeBron and Khawi there was Pippen! Had Pippen played in today's game he'd have just as Many points ted and assist as Lebron. He was one of the best in the game.

[@illyal55]

the intro still gives me chills

[@cashflodigitalsportsnetwork]

ikr right, those were the days

[@seanslawns]

This just brought me back to being 12 years old, playing outside all day waiting for this game. I was getting in trouble for sneaking back to the tv from the dinner table haha. Wow this is great

[@BrutallyH0nest]

You know Steve Kerr tells Pippen thanks for saving my ass at the 9:05 mark lol. I can't believe Kerr made that bonehead move at the end of the 4th. He usually shoots over 85% at the foul line. All he had to do was catch the ball. This is one of my favorite game endings as well. Pippen beastin with the blocks.

[@nubianlegalmind]

What a classic game. Bulls vs Knicks! Pippen v. Ewing! Jackson v. Riley! We haven't seen games like this since then. This was the BEST!

[@tremonburrell9298]

Kukoc was a beast 6th man

[@danmarino420]

Scottie Pippen=Most Underrated Player Of All Time

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

Yoooo KUKOC Burned Oak and Ewing on back to back ducks jheeeze 🔥🔥🔥

[@The735Truth]

My favorite part is when steve kerr thanked scottie for saving his life.

[@mgray3374]

The balance of Scottie and Michael as leaders is funny. Scottie embraced Steve Kerr after a mistake, Michael punched Kerr in the face lol

[@MoonKast_TV]

i prefer pippens leadership than a black eye lol

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

Pippen did it allll this game man 🔥🔥👊

[@Pacers2k7]

as a pacers fan I wish PG could be as good as scottie and hope one day he will be close but scottie was a defensive master an offensive nightmare that got overshadowed but the GOAT

[@nbastreet8275]

Now pg is better than Scottie haha

[@TheSands83]

@@nbastreet8275😂😂 what planet do u live on? Paul George is no Scottie pippen

[@EdmondLau2007]

You gotta wonder what Charles Smith ever did to deserve what Pippen did to him over the years... LOL.

[@theodeslewis5261]

EdmondLau2007 ...yes Pippen did him bad for along time...

[@Curtchrisdagod]

😂 Pip did him dirty for YEARS!

[@NYCGERSON777]

Facta

[@jonq8714]

LeBron is the poor man's Scottie Pippen.

[@BarstoolBlues33]

Water is wet.

[@mr.t8355]

Absolutely! Pippen was a beast! People don't know if forget how great he was.What

[@jeffreystorm9264]

R.I.P. Anthony Mason

[@Eaglevision75]

You can tell there is a drop in talent level from the 90's to now. The game is also much more physical then than now with more relax rule changes. Scottie Pippen was one of the top 5 players in the league in his prime which was 93-98. Lebron James is the only player who is similar to Pippen and I believe Pippen is still better than him. James scores more points yes but Pippen has more of an offensive arsenal. Post game ,sky hook and mid range jumper. On defense there is no comparison as Pippen's reputation was built on defense though Lebron is no slouch.

[@Maal7432]

Pippen is not better than lebron. Stop it.

[@Hero-3]

Well, Lebron is t known for defense. For example he always passes off the tougher assignments in clutch moments.

[@jayrobb9]

The NBA now is so much about athletics and 3-point shooting. Pretty much every NBA player now has a very similar skill set. I still watch it and follow it, but with nowhere near as much joy as I once did.

[@nbastreet8275]

Bro said pippen is better than lebron💀

[@ReekeMoyel]

They aren't really the same kind of player. Lebron is mostly all about offense, in an era were defense is hobbled. Pippin is very good on offense, though certainly not "top guy" status, but on defense Lebron doesn't belong in the same category as Pippin. Throw Jordan into the mix, who was nearly as good as Pippin at defense and better than Lebron on offense, and that's why people laugh when it's claimed Lebron is better than Jordan. If Lebron had played the 96 Bulls, it would have been Pippin guarding him, and it would have been the worst night of Lebron's career. If Pippin was on Lebron's team, they would not have done as well as the 96 Bulls with Jordan.

[@jaranarm]

But you forget that the Bulls went 8-2 before MJ came back. They took a while before they found their rhythm, so it should be no surprise they close out 13-4 even with MJ back.

[@OneGloriousBastard]

That was an awesome defensive finish by Pip. Shades of Game 5 of the '93 Eastern Conference Finals with the successive blocks.

[@MoonKast_TV]

poor charles smith lol

[@GamerFace167]

Scottie，s jam looks so slick

[@stipstap1983]

Pippen went HAM!

[@finalman25]

wow what an introduction..brings back memories

[@laughouts]

you see Steve Kerr telling Scottie you save my life..lol..and that hug he gave Scottie funny!!!! It was a good game..I remember this game I was still living in Jamaica.. watching this game with my Grandmother who was also a Bulls fan to end...

[@Curtchrisdagod]

Pippen used to DESTROY the Knicks, everytime he saw em!

[@RR0849]

This was such a fun game. IIRC Kukoc was upset about the previous play and thus decided to take the ball to the hoop strong and dunk on Ewing. And gotta love Kerr's assist in the end of fourth - it's a lot easier to watch now than back then. :D

[@G0FlyAKite1]

Toni Kukoc=Croation Lamar Odom Kukoc was damn good.

[@dolpoobniala8765]

Scottie Pippen the prototype LeBron

[@bobby19761994]

Pippen played great in this game. i believe 94-95 was the best year he ever had. the bulls had lost catrwirght, paxson, scott williiams, horace grant, and jordan was retired still for the first 65 games. if pippen had to miss the first 65 games with jordan still retired, the bulls would've had one of the worst records in the nba would've been a lottery team. the bulls supporting cast around pippen was medicore at best they had no interior defense or rebounding at the power forward spot

[@lefonzopollock4345]

Pippen without Jordan and the Bulls were almost the same team! No one talks about Pippen did this without Horace Grant!

[@alaskanmarine1]

Thank goodness he wasn't traded that year, I remember him almost being traded that year. Reinsdorf should've fired Krause before letting the dynasty blow-up.

[@MoonKast_TV]

if he gets traded jordan doesnt come back.

[@tanosando]

Wow, how diverse was Pippen... people sometimes forget that, cause of Michael.

[@elhefe6029]

Nba on NBC theme song is something I'll never forget

[@bpolk80]

i remember watching this game live, this is one of the best games i ever saw Scottie play. he dismantled the knicks by himself.

[@vincemc2259]

Pip dismantled the whole league once MJ retired. One "fantom foul" away from the NBA Finals

[@jesusmedrano32]

Sucks Pip never got the respect he deserved. But true fans know he was a beast.

[@arya8]

Classic defense. Scottie was one man wrecking crew. Scottie and the Pips was the saying those days for the Bulls, offcourse before You-Know-Who took over the reign once again in Chicago land.

[@teddybear6078]

i remember this game because me and my cousins was playing nba live 95 on Christmas day

[@MoonKast_TV]

i think 95 was the very first nba live it was fire!!

[@dlawson688]

wow, what a game by scottie!!!

[@G0FlyAKite1]

Is this the game Skip Bayless was talking about when he said Pippen was still in his prime after Jordan left? He also said the Bulls should have won the Title this season & the Knicks were favored by the refs.

[@slipamo4309]

If the 94-95 Bulls had Horace Grant, Chicago would've made it to the finals. No doubt

[@2008sALINAs]

I agree. They missed Grant. It was just a different team. People put so much emphasis on Jordan wasnt "ready" when he averaged over 30 pts in 95 playoffs.

[@EdmondLau2007]

They ended up losing Grant, Scott Williams and Bill Cartwright. Although Cartwright was pretty old by that time, he was still a solid, reliable center. That's a lot of rebounding and interior defense to lose.

[@ChrisM07]

I agree but at the same time it would've been difficult to pass up on the offer from Orlando, they were seen as the future of the East and probably even the entire league at that point.

[@anthonyharp7696]

@@2008sALINAs he wasn't ready look at his percentages

[@MoonKast_TV]

@@EdmondLau2007 paxson also retired

[@eddie-oh2ir]

Scottie was great and this was without jordan this was his best ball by far

[@MrVoyager1980]

scottie pippen in his prime.......

[@fetchmeastorm3670]

There's all kinds of different ways to lead a group of people. When Steve Kerr goes up to Scottie after the game, Scottie takes him into his arms. Exceptional leadership style.

[@muslimman30]

the intro used to make these games so exciting

[@reverend07]

back to the days when Bulls is the most dominant team in NBA... 90's rocks

[@JBin614]

I remember watching this game live. When Steve Kerr slapped the ball at the end of regulation instead of catching, I almost lost it lol. Good thing Bulls went on to win.

[@NEONOIRERA]

Kukoc Balled our this game

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

Kizer Sosei KUKOC was a key reason that team went for 55 wins

[@xxxxxJAYMILLZxxxxxxx]

Kizer Sosei he blew by Oakley and Ewing in the same game and your gona say he scored some points, stfu

[@cactusjack2264]

This was one of the seasons Scottie PROVED that he can LEAD and also PROVED that he didn’t need MJ.

[@chaunseybillings5381]

I remember watching this game playing NBA live 95 My childhood

[@peskelj]

You could say the same for Toni Kukoc

[@chaunseybillings7889]

I miss the bulls on Christmas night man these was the days

[@marcosmoreno9325]

Yo coleccionaba tarjetas y en especial del gran scottie pippen y aun las conservo era mi idolo

[@tatetvproductions1468]

Bulls were 34-31 when MJ came back, pip led the bulls in all 5 categories ppg rpg apg spg bpg, he kept the ship afloat

[@theodeslewis5261]

Pippen was the second best player in the 94-95 season...Hakeem Olajuwon number one...

[@martinsimek]

He was better than Hakeem

[@BarstoolBlues33]

Scottie Pippen is my favorite player of all time, but Olajuwon and David Robinson were clearly the best players in the league that season.

[@theodeslewis5261]

@@BarstoolBlues33 ...I can agree...

[@BarstoolBlues33]

@@theodeslewis5261 Big Dave gets underrated because of that series vs Olajuwon in 95, but he was a beast and one of the best floor raisers the league has seen...just look at how bad the Spurs were in 97 when he only played 8 hurt games. They fell from 3rd in defense to DEAD last without him and a top 10 offense to one of the worst. He completely carried those 90s Spurs teams.

[@stevesibaja3123]

Even without Jordan Scottie Pippen carring the Bulls to beat the Knicks

[@neoellinas]

Definitely one of the best Christmas night games in NBA history! As a Knick fan I was bummed about the loss but the truth is that the Knicks of 94-95 didn't have the same edge they had the prior three years. They fell to 12-12 with this loss, and though the team soon went on a run and finished the season with 55 wins, just two less than in the previous year when they made it to the Finals, it was pretty obvious something was missing, as was later proven in the playoffs and the crushing loss to the Pacers.

[@mickeyjohnson5247]

You know your history buddy.... The Knicks lost their edge and a part of their toughness this Season....

[@chaunseybillings7889]

I miss these days 😢😢😢😢

[@stipstap1983]

Much better crowd in the United Center back then. And keep in mind this is before Jordan came back out of retirement and to the Bulls for the 4th, 5th & 6th rings. Today's lower bowl crowd sucks unless it's a playoff game with Derrick Rose in the lineup.

[@chaunseybillings5381]

I miss these days the NBA on NBC The bulls on Christmas night

[@teddybear6078]

this was that real shit this game is better than the nba on tv now

[@TRJ2241987]

It's crazy that I remember these NBA on NBC Christmas Day games from 20 years ago better than I do.....pfff....like ANY game of the last decade? These games used to be GOLD every single year. Remember 1995 in Orlando the great duel against the Rockets when Mark Bryant began dominating Shaq with five fouls, and then Penny Hardaway hit the crazy running gamewinner that danced all over the rim before going in....this '94 game when Scottie blocks Charles Smith twice at the buzzer again!...sigh......

[@jayrobb9]

Is this the most Bulls-centric highlights package in history? Watching this clip you would be forgiven for thinking the Bulls won 237-0.

[@MarioCindric]

People like to forget how great Pippen and Kukoč were. Only way for Knicks players to stop them was to beat a crap in them.

[@teddybear6078]

man this bring me back r.i.p uncle ant we was watch this man

[@erikhopkins9488]

How did he NOT win the MVP? He did everything from scoring to selling popcorn!!

[@MoonKast_TV]

he should have won it but david robinson dropped 71 that year

[@TariqBusy]

Scottie and Toni on their game. Meanwhile, Steve Kerr is reminding everyone why he was picked up on waivers from Cleveland.

[@ARyesMP]

@soloist93 Word up! Dickie Simpkins! I forgot all about that guy!! LOL!!! I remember these good ol' days. Pippen is so underrated, but he is one of the top 15 best players of all-time and one of my top5s. Pippen deserved more credit to Chicago's legacy. He contributed soooo much, as much as Jordan, yes I said it, as much as Jordan. But you gotta give it up to Kukoc too, he was also a great all-around player.

[@tatetvproductions1468]

36 pts, all 7 points in O.T and 2 consecutive blocked game tying 3 pt shots...wow

[@redskins2k]

can u upload the full game, scottie? i thought it was the most underrated game, i saw it on nba tv last xmas

[@treskingos]

Steve Kerr with his signature move...hands on my head after a dumb pass to the opposite team🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jeffprilbuno472]

The GREAT SCOTTIE PIPPEN

[@SeanyP89]

can anyone tell me the song they're playin right as time runs out in regulation, the house music sounding one?

[@teddybear6078]

that was so.pretty when.pippen shot that 3 point shot in the corner

[@moonoink]

if another basketball league became more popular than the nba, NBC would love to air those games

[@RickGrimes807]

4:36 was so dramatic...all the Knicks team were narrowing down on the lone Pippen who still made that shot!!

[@SeanyP89]

can anyone tell me the song they're playin right as time runs out in regulation, the house music sounding one? much appreciated if you can

[@soloist93]

Dickie Simpkins: the greatest Bull ever!!!

[@PensFan30]

Nostalgia is a bitch.

[@DESIPLAINES]

OMG I couldn't stop laughing after the final play. Classic Pippen.

[@northcarolinaname]

ummm on 6:50 wtf was steve kerr doing?? why did he slap it away when he coulda just caught it??

[@MovieHound17]

@jayhov15 Pippen=The most overlooked champion,with out pippen i dont think jordan would have been as great!jordan would say the same thing

[@netcap001]

@hangtime23ful i believe adding kukoc and kerr was a good move. replacing aging cartwright with new centers wasnt a bad move either. the bulls had a lot of injuries in 93,but these excuses somewhat only count for their opponents.

[@tyndaledahnweih937]

What's the name of the song played at 7:15?

[@shawndavis5141]

Everybody Everybody by Black Box

[@MrAce-lm8es]

The 1st pieces of "The Bulls 1st 3-peat", Gone. Horace Grant Bill Cartwright Scott Williams

[@dlawson688]

wow.

[@Hero-3]

Jordan won w last second shots. Scottie won w last second blocks. Together the won on both sides.

[@cooljjjj]

Yeah, it's kind of funny watching it now, but back then..lets just say it's a good thing the Bulls won anyway.

[@hugolata66]

fenomeno play

[@chomongo23]

No Victor, that team won 47 games that season. They were 34-31 before MJ came back.

[@dsc5754]

Did Steve Kerr get an assist for that 6:45 😅

[@leecarouthers9139]

I told my friend the same thing lol!!!!!

[@cowboykiller47]

lol what the hell was Steve Kerr doing?

[@Sight2Behold]

I bet Charles Smith will hate Pippen for the rest of his life 😆

[@tinkerbell3264]

no micheal jordan on 1994-5 why ?