Bulls vs Sixers 1991 Playoffs - Game 3 - Michael Jordan 46 points

1991 NBA Playoffs
Bulls vs Sixers
Game 3
Sixers win 99-97
Bulls lead series 2-1
MJ scores 46 in Game 3
Box score:
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[@KQH8]

Classic Jordan, I am glad that I was born in the era that was able to watch him play.

[@flexjay87]

We got lucky !

[@Tamba117]

90-91 Jordan...Best ever!

[@antoni7515]

Wow! MJ in his prime and with a bad leg, there was no stopping him back then! lol ;-)

[@tobyncummins]

1:00 I bet Rick Mahorn regrets leaving MJ hanging with the fist bump...

[@R34ISdabest]

thnx foremily23 for this classic clip, continue to do wat u do best. shoot i remember back in the day. use to watch barney to learn english, i was fobby azn back then but hey man i miss the old days. thank god i witness jordan from 96 and up.

[@meg-k-waldren]

min 1:51 stats is what makes this dude the GOAT. With the level of difficulty of shots he took, with end-of-shot clock shots he had to take, with the double and triple teams, the dude shot 51%. I mean... damn. And 89% at the line. Damn.

[@puredistancegolf]

Absolute mastery of the game.

[@Chihouse23]

Man, Jordan's jumper was so silky smooth.....the 15 footer was money all day! BTW, look at Phil as he heads off the floor letting the ref hear it,lol. Getting a jump on the refs before the next game, gotta love it.

[@sbeallvln]

You can imagine some people thinking, “OK, Philly just won one game and now Jordan is hobbling, and the next game is at home-plus the Sixers beat the Bulls despite 46 points from Jordan. Chicago’s in trouble now! Nope-swept the last two games, swept Detroit, beat Magic’s Lakers in 5. No problem. That’s the greatness of both Jordan and this Bulls dynasty.

[@michaelmcmillan1425]

Not really. Jordan had Pippen, and Horace Grant. Barkley NEVER had the "HORSES" to compete with them. Not to mention Bill Cartwright was a BEAST with the Knicks as a scorer. Before he got traded to the Bulls. He became more of a defensive player once he got to Chicago. This wasn't a Shock at all!

[@panjiherboroX3]

@@michaelmcmillan1425 basketball is a team game , the fact Jordan had pippen and horace grant doesnt mean they Are Super Team. MJ teach SP to be this level and also leading his teamate .

[@MrVSax]

this game and the 1st game of the finals vs LA were the only two losses in their championship run of '91. And both losses were by 2 points or less, and were determined by game winning three pointers... If those plays went the other way...Chicago would have gone undefeated in their '91 championship....this is a very underrated team when it comes to the best NBA teams of all time (the Bulls of '91).

[@AnHebrewChild]

I still say that 1991 was the best of the Bulls championship teams.

[@christopherhoward8128]

At this time (1991 of the NBA playoffs) every fan was thinking about the coming showdown between the Bulls and Pistons...I almost forgot about this series.

[@louisvilleky502sopranos7]

He was a machine. Goat

[@2CrazEy1]

Mutual respect, i wish the NBA had this today.

[@WilliamDMurphy]

Lack of competition. I think the 80s-90s had the best competition. Rosters were deeper with NBA-ready talent. Didn't have to worry about drafting guys and waiting to see them develop. Also, look at the physicality of the game then. Handchecking was legal. You could pretty much ride someone the entire way. There was no such thing as flagrant 1s and flagrant 2s. If MJ played today, you would never be able to keep him from scoring less that 50 a night!

[@rafikz77]

Handchecking was not legal

[@giga18116]

@@rafikz77 it was

[@rafikz77]

@@giga18116 no it wasn’t look it up

[@giga18116]

@@rafikz77 i think i did, rules are bias since 2004 (if im correct). Pussy ball. I don't even watch nba anymore (besides local patriotizam and fan of nikola jokic)

[@rafikz77]

@@giga18116 jokic is awesome My favourite player to watch

[@turtleislandlac1490]

Jordan is hurting and scores 46 and shot 59 percent. Kobe was hurting in the 2000 Finals and averaged 15.6 ppg and shot 37 percent.

[@a6life874]

Totally different injuries..kobe was tough asf, hater.

[@turtleislandlac1490]

@@a6life874 Jordan sprained his ankle while slipping on melting ice in 1993. Had to be carried off the court by two teammates. Came back to score 15 points in 12 minutes. Jordan also had a n injured groin in the 1989 Eastern Semis vs. the Knicks. He was hobbling around but scored 47.

[@a6life874]

@@turtleislandlac1490 doesn't dispute the fact Kobe was tough asf...your post reeks insecurity in the fact you brought up Kobe..especially when nobody questioned his ability to play through pain..and put up big numbers while doing so...Celebrate MJ..without taking digs at other players..shit looks weak.

[@popeyeisgood]

thanks foremily. it is cool that you have this game from the opposite side of the court, and now i can see it a lot better on that spin dribble double clutch jumper around 5:30. this man's foot works and body control is just out of the world, who can do it more fluid than mj?

[@blackadam06]

MJ was suffering from a bad case of tendonitis in his left knee that year. That's why he was hobbling around during this series, as well as the one vs the pistons that year as well..

[@flexjay87]

Holy Moses, how can this be 30 Years ago !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jerry328i]

cameraman fail on that first Jordan dunk

[@tooBlessed847]

To me some of the most iconic players and stadiums where back in those days such as the great Western forum, Madison Square Garden and I also like how dark the Spectrum was and it also had a really cool name. And also that NBA Playoffs (and Finals) floor sticker was also very iconic.

[@rafikz77]

True true

[@parridmaul1996]

Chuck was beast mode in his 76ers day's

[@gaetanodelprete5893]

Goat in action

[@peacefulmind1409]

Lebron is very overrated by some newbie fans

[@boogieloo1831]

23 MJ - exactly. And "newbie fans" is the precisely the proper term or "casual fans".

[@hulkyouup]

The Sixers only win in this series, Jordan almost single handedly beat the Sixers. The true G.O.A.T., no one else is even in the conversation in my opinion .... Heck I would have Wilt, Magic, Bird, Kareem, even Dr. J in the conversation before LeBum ....

[@nevelefilms7336]

The way the Sixers PA guy announces Jordan’s name after each bucket in a monotone fashion as the crowd quiets will never not be funny

[@jerrettyaccarino7383]

I was born where I got to watch Jordan,Kobe and lebron JORDAN is the greatest and Kobe is 2 absolute killer and relentless lebron is unreal but not a killer like those two

[@delfra70]

Yeah i remember this game very well, one of only 2 losses the Bulls would have throughout the '91 NBA playoffs on their way to stampeeding to the 1st of obviously 6 titles in the 90's.

[@pointgreece4331]

He is from outer space!

[@paeng46]

Everybody plays by the rule in the league. The 3 decades that MJ played, he'd never went around with it. He always plays by the rule. When there's a change in the rule, he follows it and he still beats the odds and the challenges in the court. He once said, "only intelligence and teamwork win a championship". He proved it. He won 6. He went short with the one in '95, but it was nearly close to taken.

[@LB14745]

Accessory transition time during this series. MJ moving his red band from the forearm to the elbow. Then it would change to black and remain like that for a long time. Except for moving it back to the forearm for a short period when he came back, and changing it back to red once in a while in 1996, and for some time in 1997 and 1998.

[@azbrown_knight8240]

This skill level is ridiculous. Not matched in any sport, of any era.

[@koolltrini4]

Thanks

[@RR0849]

Thanks! I can't believe the director missed that first breakaway dunk. Looks like it was a leaner.

[@maviebaby]

If Mike had a Skip Bayless the ONLY thing that would've been mentioned was the missed free throw and the fact that Barkley stripped Mike. The 46 would be irrelevant.

[@tomoconnor7451]

Mahorn with the snub at the start of game. That's all he needed. It became personal. Jordan would have played with 2 bad legs and a broken wing.

[@GREGNASTY]

"He's a WOW-WOW guy" #about MJ

[@MAED_Media]

Still don't understand how some people try to put Lebron up there with the GOAT.

[@taelabaho]

Defense of MJ is underrated!

[@ry_an.]

Is it? 9x all Defensive and DPOY

[@panjiherboroX3]

many Times he drived left one right foot cuz his left ankle is hurt. Very smart jordan

[@RichardHomolka]

A reminder that Hawkins, a Chicago boy, played Jordan reasonably well in the 96 finals

[@TwoThreeForever]

8:48 Barkley: ''oh sh** I forgot to shake the hand of the G.O.A.T.''

[@madferret96]

I just realized that maybe MJ was the precursor of wearing long shorts on the NBA

[@Kalmar917]

The best version of MJ was his second ring. 92 is where his athleticism and skill peaked. Haven’t seen anything like that since. Nothing close.

[@IAMiamiSteve]

after he hurt his foot after that break away dunk he pretty much did what he wanted

[@beaumiller81]

Greatest ever no doubt about it.Changed the game more than any player EVER.I really dont wanna ever see anyone ever pass his greatness...but Lebron this year is a fuckin stud.If he keeps going....

[@brodericksimpson6049]

Mahorn left Jordan hanging on the fist bump lol

[@StoneGone]

😂🤣

[@jerry328i]

Jordan too fast for the camera @1:32

[@ericfresh]

@fedefertil777 not stupid at all the black and red jordan 6's are sweet shoes indeed

[@tabkitchen1983]

The crowd must of had a serious ring in their ear after the game "Michael Jordan"

[@devon8trillionaire]

Nigga was a beast kept hearing the annoucer saying his name lol

[@baeseok]

7:14 한명은 그냥 벗기고 림어택해서 둘셋이 가로막으면 (레이업을 가장한)행점퍼(오어 리버스레이업 오어 더블클러치)&보너스원샷...봐도봐도 신기하다 ㅋ

[@baeseok]

스크린 오고 마크맨이 그 오른쪽으로 반발짝 몸 흔들리는데 바로 왼쪽으로 '축지법'페너트레이션...정말 간결한데 정말 봐도봐도 신기하다 ㅋㅋ

[@Jmill32]

His name was Jim Barniak. Great announcer. Died long ago, think he had cancer or something.

[@lefty3295]

Too bad that first dunk didn't get much footage on this Sixers broadcast

[@ben10sutton]

oh my gosh jordan gets blanked when he goes to say safe look at 0:59 no way!! :O

[@nimphalhab8543]

Goat

[@MrYoumitube]

All I gotta say is WOW and Jordan is wearing the my shoes...I mean the best Jordans ever..Back in the day all the chicks in High School loved me for wearing these shoes.

[@thettruest]

both of them

[@Bountyville424]

@fedefertil777 the jordan 5's are the best

[@Videos4theabsurd]

Jordan is left hanging at 0:58 lol

[@meg-k-waldren]

Ikr. Hilarious.

[@BloodyandEnchained]

fun fact : jordan average 30+ pts and led the league in scoring for 7 straight seasons lebron : 30.0 ppg, his only 30 ppg season in '07-08'

[@TLPrans23]

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[@flykidj95]

also 31 ppg in 06 but yes mj is better

[@peacefulmind1409]

MJ is better in scoring, shooting percentage, steals and blocks.

[@peacefulmind1409]

***** Jordan scored 32.5 ppg in 1989 along with 8 assists and 8 rebounds.

[@boogieloo1831]

EveryDayIsAGoodDay - you're dreaming. LBJ has more assists and rebounds because of the position he plays. MJ was a shooting guard, a backcourt player, who played in a system that moved the ball around - not on player was supposed to rack up all the assists but as a team, they almost always led the league in assists. Assists and rebounds are position dependent stats and are not used in a cross position comparison for that very reason. And LBJ may be stronger but MJ dwarfs him in every other category in terms of athleticism and certainly in terms of skills. MJ jumped higher, he was faster and quicker, he had much better manual dexterity and was fully ambidextrous - plus he had those huge hands that allowed him to do so much more at the basket and all across the court - he dunked with his left from all angles easily and had ridiculous left hand layups. He was more agile and created in mid air in ways LBJ can't dream of doing. MJ took way more contact then LBJ since the rules allowed for so much more contact and there were big men in the paint back then. He finished at the basket much better than LBJ does - but LBJ plays in era where the number of free throws dwarfs the number shot in MJ's era. Everything qualifies as a contact foul today in comparison to MJ's era.

[@koolltrini4]

Why did Barkley change his number from 34 to 32 when he was on the Sixers?

[@discorock]

BALLER BALLER SHOT CALLER!!!!!!!!!

[@urbexindigo5164]

White guy announcer- "He`s a Wow-Wow guy" haha :-)

[@andrewhoyle1521]

One of only 2 games BULLS lost it the playoffs. I honestly might take this team over the 95-96 team.

[@calvinbrice.t2140]

Even though I’d take the 96 bulls, this 91 team is one of the best teams

[@SeecretWeapon]

his kneed pas starts off on his right foot then by 2nd qtr is back on his usual left leg

[@uberathlete]

Someone else wore 34. That teammate of his said that if he wanted to wear 34 he'd have to pay him.

[@tasospapadopoulos898]

MJ did things that anybody else did and i am not talking about advanced stats and similiar non sense bul...it. I am talking on the profound impatct in their peers and fans. I remind you the commetns of the couch of the USA olympic team when MJ was a kid. It was immediately understood that MJ was something special...the future goat. Is not far not to MJ but to the other candidates to compare them directly with this phenomenon....think:)

[@IAMiamiSteve]

jordan on the break away

[@elvis316]

5:50 The genuis of Phil Jackson. Just have three or four HOF players and it's easy.

[@1CHOZN7]

Where's 3 or 4 HOF? And they all won together. Neither was a already champion and teamed up just for Jordan to win like these guys now days

[@midwestking100]

i love seeing mike and chuck go at it on the court

[@elijahf8]

Hersey showed up a few games, this series.

[@ltfbishop]

In honour of Magic Johnson's retirement.

[@thettruest]

dwade is better than lebron so far this year hes still far from it

[@Grovey-23]

Some of those games during the bulls reign. Don’t understand at the end of some of them they threw the ball to like grant at the end. What the shit always go to Jordan

[@ChaldeanPrince1]

@KQH8 lucky you!!!!!!

[@fedefertil777]

i know this a stupid comment,but.. 90-91 Jordan shoes are the best ever...

[@Tanfo77]

Nah, Vs (white/black) , VII (cardinals) , and XI (concords) are better looking on MJ.

[@cabshamster5431]

5:49 hang time

[@festusaniemeka3350]

Jus wide ope jump shots mike is way better than Kobe but through most of Mike’s career he had open after open shots unlike kobe

[@kuriaki71]

g.o.a.t

[@wornoutshoes11]

@madferret96 "u realized that MAYBE MJ was the precursor of wearing long shorts in the NBA"? dude where have u been lately? 27yrs to be exact since MJ started as a bull... were u or your parents been abducted by alliens or something? wow...

[@calvinbrice.t2140]

wornoutshoes11 he actually was.

[@gregchan2640]

That break away dunk hurt? does it MJ ? lol

[@fedefertil777]

@highflyer1985 lucky you! :)

[@andrewholt6386]

pippen shooting with 2 guys all over him with 6 seconds on the clock.........that guy was never a good decision maker in the clutch

[@89fatal]

Jordan and kobe do the same thing...

[@alikhawar6506]

***** Thats Jordan and KOBE. The man being talked about is Pippen. You see the difference?

[@k3n0ju]

I miss skinny Chuck.

[@oakmase]

he wanted to give a message and support to magic who was hiv positive in a time when it meant death.

[@westy44cal]

Im not sure if I wanna fuck with Manute. I mean that would be weird fighting a guy 7'7" and can hit you from a different zip code. But at the same time he weighs as much as my fat sister so maybe I could take him. MJ. Had Jack Ramsey speechless and he has seen quite a lot of basketball over his career

[@MrXian97]

Put on some audio in your shit!

[@chenuts512]

agreed.. you had less teams and in today's league where everything is a foul everything is a charge.. you can't even move on a pick... if you jaw or stare down someone it's a technical Jordan would rape in today's league.. he'd probably go to the line at least 20 times a game he'd get 17 to 18 points on free throws alone.

[@rafikz77]

Lol Zach Lavine would have dropped 60 pts on Hersey Hawkins

[@ry_an.]

yeah ok. Lmk when zach makes the playoffs. Zach is a good scorer but can’t play defense, and is streaky

[@MerkinMuffly]

This team wasn't nothing, the only reason they beat the Lakers is because Worthy and Scott were injured and never play in game 5 because of them.

[@boogieloo1831]

MerkinMuffly - b.s. Certainly the Bulls weren't stacked talent wise but Jordan made them great and their defense was torturous to the Lakers. And their offensive execution of the Triangle kept them scoring. The Bulls handled the Lakers in every one of those games with Worthy and Scott playing. Even the first game that L.A. won, Chicago was the superior team and MJ rattled out the game winning attempt.

[@rrTale]

Lol yeah dont expect much more from Rick Mahorn..

[@217ShowOffBoii]

I thought that was Shaq? lol

[@CiscoIsata]

He said whamo

[@KQH8]

@ChaldeanPrince1 Nothing like it, todays league is just depressing to watch. Desperate housewives gets higher ratings than todays league.

[@SkilledEddie]

Holy crap look at manute bol his legs look like long bamboo sticks

[@dorkod]

WHO DA FUQ DISLIKED THIS? RAAAAAAGE

[@Hooperlounge]

this video jus shows the lack of competition in the 90s jordan was jus too athletic for anyone at his position

[@gustavgus4545]

Perhaps. However, Jordan (in his prime) did the same thing to the athletic players he faced. Phil Jackson considers dennis Rodman to be the greatest athlete he ever coached, and jordan did the same jordan things against him. Richmond, drexler, and starks were very tough defenders as well.

[@rubenbarba4664]

I was better than Jordan 😂.