How Michael Jordan Intimidated the Bullets: The Ferrari Standoff & 55 Points Later!

As the Washington Bullets players were getting off the bus to enter the United Center, they were met with a confident Jordan, parked on his red Ferrari Testarossa and smoking a cigar.
MJ, known for his competitive nature and mental games, boldly asked Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, and the rest of the Bullets who would be guarding him that night. According to C-Webb, they let Jordan down by pointing to Calbert Cheaney, rather than accepting the challenge themselves.
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[@wingman-1977]

Michael wasn’t in the zone. He was the zone.

[@loviejohnson876]

LoL!!! FACTS.

[@rockfresh5359]

Big faxx 💎😎💎

[@kingreem1741]

Best comment

[@jermainemcarthur224]

Facts

[@ManoManov]

True that.

[@zoomkobe24]

Lebron would’ve told C-Webb “let’s team up” 😂😂

[@classicdufferin8739]

Hahahaha true

[@mrsjr78]

That was the great thing about MJ. Despite the greatness of any of those championship teams, if he had to, he'd just take over and get it done.

[@jethrojacinto2798]

"Have we won yet? Then I ain't tired" GODDAMN THAT'S MY GOAT! 😩

[@wilburcollier4927]

As a person who grew up in the 90s. I can watch the legend of Michael Jordan all day. Reminds me of the best era of basketball.

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

Old school 8th seed better than most modern league top seeds. Look at the talent on that Bullets roster.

[@3912James]

The Bullets was a dangerous 8th seed team....led by a head coach whose Denver Nuggets team upsetted the Seattle Supersonics in the 1994 1st Round Series.

[@at1212b]

Even the Raptors of this time would do really well today.

[@tech-no-logictech9743]

Or think of the Hornets with Zo, Mourning, LJ, Gill and Curry.

[@marcus.6487]

eggzackly, dat sqwad waz deep

[@kkbaby30]

That Bullets team had so much talent! I remember most of those guys being seen as having next after college. Just shows, MJ was on another level!

[@djlucky8745]

MJs will to win is unreal… He’s mindset of whatever it takes to get it done.. This is something he instilled in his teammates….Simply amazing body of work..

[@smokymcpot5917]

There's mj, and then there's everyone else. GOAT

[@bigchief4007]

There’s honestly no comparison to MJ! This guy was literally superhuman or something

[@steviechampagne]

It’s almost scary how good he was. He was just better than anybody has ever been. Bro was literally built different. That whole 90s era looks more exciting from a competitive standpoint

[@KobieeBryant]

Lmao Jordan says KOBE ima ride with JORDAN THE MAN

[@jeffreymichael1784]

The type of mentality that these kids today will never know or even the pro players in NBA today. Most of them tryin to diss MJ. But you can't argue what the eyes can see. Truly he let his game speak for years. LJ may have win 10 Chips, but MJ will still be my GOAT.

[@vegasmitch1472]

Damn the Bullets had a Nice Squad. Rod Strickland, Webber, Howard (Fab 5 guys), Chaney (28 points in this gm just went cold late), Harvey Grant, T. Murray, young Ben Wallace, Leglar (3 point Dude) Coach Bickerstaff.

[@lucianodadon7822]

They had a young Rasheed Wallace

[@kevinblock2307]

MJ had the best mid range game..unstoppable

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

And his mid-range game only started midway through his career. Once he lost a bit of a step, he learned a new way to drop 50 on their heads like it was any old Tuesday.

[@HYB1111]

Look at how he is being contested. Hand I his grill almost every time, still getting buckets

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

@@HYB1111 He could create a jump shot anywhere on the perimeter and make it look so easy as if there was no defender with a hand up. And MJ's jumpers weren't high arcing shots but line drives that were so damn accurate. Like no one else. Unlike LeBron who many times has missed the entire rim. Just look at game 6 of the 2013 Finals versus the Spurs in the last minute. Bron put up an open triple and was an airball, not to mention he had just committed back-to-back turnovers just prior to that. And then after that air ball triple LeBron put up, he took the ball up court with one more chance to either tie the game with a three or lose the finals, and he bricked it. That's when Chris Bosh got the rebound and kicked it out to Ray Allen who hit the greatest finals shot in NBA history to tie the game and send it to overtime, saving LeBron and his embarrassing final minute performance. The fact that LeBron in that final 60 seconds had back-to-back turnovers, followed by an air ball three-point shot, followed by missing the game tying final shot was the worst collapse in the final 60 seconds of an elimination Finals game in NBA history. The name LeBron James should not even be mentioned in the same breath as the true GOAT of GOATs.

[@HYB1111]

@@Daveyboy_GolfR 💯 Facts!

[@LyricalMurderer1]

KD and Kobe better…

[@tudorm6838]

This ability of MJ's is not much talked about: if necessary, he can raise his level of play, even more, both in attack and in defense so that he can decide or turn the fate of a match if necessary. In this case, he scores not only 55 points but also 20 of the last 23 points of the Bulls in the last 10-11 minutes, as as shown in the video.

[@explosivehotdogs]

MJ can come across as arrogant in many instances but deep down the dude is actually humble enough to apologize for breaking away from the agreed upon strategy - that's a mark of greatness in my opinion.

[@fxxnxx2775]

Tom Brady comes across arrogant but we focus on his GREATNESS. WHY NOT DO THE SAME WITH JORDAN

[@bilogskii2216]

@@fxxnxx2775 We do focus on his greatness though. Everyone knows MJ is a big asshole but we still call him the goat.

[@mr_aythakorver1226]

'The Real G.O.A.T.'.

[@ricardoregalado7113]

The only one ☝🏾

[@cordelljohnson1060]

I went to this game and it was special, Washington played well, they had good young talent and this was just before Webber went out west to play for Sacramento.. Rod Strickland was playing well too! MJ was too much.. The fact that Calbert Cheney took away his post game, he adjusted and found another to score. MJ was a killer.

[@kickdreaming]

THE GOAT 🐐 🙌🏽

[@user-dk8bf3us1w]

oh yeah

[@steviechampagne]

it’s not even close. I’ve never seen anything like this. Jordan was like super charged Kobe.

[@NateInDC]

I'm a Bullets fan and remember that series, after the Bulls took game 3 in Washington, Jordan went on to say that Washington was the team of the future, unfortunately, the Bullets busted that team up, a lot of off-court troubles occurred and Webber and Rod Strickland was traded, by 2001 they all were gone and Washington had a reboot which landed Gilbert Arenas, Caron Butler and Antawn Jamison by the mid 2000s

[@brandonbennett7337]

Hell of a series I have this on VHS somewhere in my Bulls video collection.

[@michaelcar9268]

I use to record all bulls playoff games on VHS, I have no clue on what happen to my box of tapes lol. Moved so many times I'm sure it got tossed out. If I remember only 2 games would fit on VHS. Good old days. Our youth was fun

[@brandonbennett7337]

@@michaelcar9268 the best days of my life if you put the VCR on EP you could get at least three games on the tape.

[@cptnsx]

Think about this Jordan has TWICE as many 50+ point playoff games than Wilt and nearly THREE times as many 40+ point playoff games.

[@JayzoTheNextKobeBryant2.0]

THE GOAT 🐐🐐🐐

[@GojoRamsay888]

8:33 timeless move, kids these days saw this move from Harden. 11:06 kids would think it's from Kyrie.

[@Roy-ms8vt]

MJ was a beautiful player to watch so graceful in every aspect of basketball

[@ian_ford]

I remember this game. I just got home from my freshman year at college. Calbert had an excellent defensive strategy that would've befuddled Jordan in 1987, who then didn't have a consistent jump shot. But THIS Jordan had too many backup plans. "You reach, I teach" wasn't just a clever one-liner, it was a total mindset. Take away an aspect of my game, what what I do next. Game!

[@maverick2730]

You're a liar! Michael Jordan had an consistent midrange jump shot his entire career. It was his 3 point shot that got better as he age. You obviously didn't watch Jordan like you're claiming you did. Bottom line there's no way a shooting guard can average over 30 points a game without having a consistent jump shot especially 37 per game and 35 points per game his two highest seasons prior to winning titles. You have no idea what you're talking about! I'm exposing as many of you folks on Social Media as I can.

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

@emyhw He says befuddled Jordan in '87? The guy who won DPOY, MVP, Scoring Title, Steals Leader, Total points leader, All NBA 1st and defensive 1st team, All-Star Gm MVP, Playoff PPG Leader, record 200Stl/100Blk, only player in NBA history up to that point to post back-to-back 50-point games in the playoffs. And for good measure, won the slam dunk competition. No player including LeBron James have recorded all those accolades throughout their entire careers, let alone in one season like Michael did. Jordan was the god of basketball that season, there was no befuddling him in the '80s or '90s.

[@depannist]

⁠@@Daveyboy_GolfRpeople that didn’t really see Jordan play in the 80’s. They think all he did was dunk!

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

@@depannist Believe it or not, a lot of young people only remember the older 96-98 Jordan who played with Rodman, Harper, kerr and Kukoc. That was when Jordan was taking a lot of mid-range jumpers, so a lot of the kids think that he's known for having the best mid-range fadeaway jumper. Which obviously only came later in his career. That's why I always encourage these young kids to watch the "Michael Jordan Voyager" video on KZbin or "Jordan's historic Bulls mixtape" video on KZbin. Many LeBron fans have posted that after watching either of those MJ videos, they admit that MJ is easily the GOAT. And those people that you mentioned that tube think all that Jordan did was dunk, they think Vince Carter was better at dunking. But Vince wasn't a better in game dunker than Jordan. Jordan used to posterize 7 footers, or 2-3 players at a time almost every night. And MJ's layup package is by far the greatest ever. Those videos I mentioned have some early MJ layups that are truly incomprehensible. Anyway I'm sure you've seen them but if you haven't you should check them out.

[@teddybearthegamer317]

Another Gem Great Content Fam, Jordan is the G.O.A.T.

[@athingiemuhwideget]

Great vid man!

[@donjuanismo]

@Oldskoolbball This video and commentary is BRILLIANT!

[@alas3696]

Thats y he is the GOAT

[@nbagoats4819]

Bullets team was a young hungry athletic team. They would be a great team today.

[@LandscapeLoopIDN]

Imagine Michael with gather step allowed like in todays' NBA 🧹🧹

[@Daveyboy_GolfR]

Lol, yeah "gather step". I've seen LeBron take four steps after catching a pass on the break and no call. It was truly insane

[@jasonwolfe3252]

Poor Calbert.

[@patrickderocco296]

He killed'em with the mid range

[@kaukase539]

Michael Jordan is the Chuck Norris of Basketball

[@alanmolina7263]

That bullets team was really good, strickland was brilliant against m.j on crossovers, he almosta brake kerr ankle. And Tracy Murray against kukoc

[@danieloldman3012]

I like that little step back

[@GJevonCov]

Sick!

[@bgko91880]

Cheaney was a pretty good defender too. Granted, he never lived up to his potential after an early acl injury his rookie year. Shame, he was by far my favorite IU player who still holds the Big Ten All Time scoring record.

[@Biostalker420]

He's also the Last IU player Bob Knight was allowed to use the whip on too.

[@smokymcpot5917]

Me too. Was excited him entering nba , that injury was heartbreaking. Could have been a hall of famer.

[@christopherevans9119]

Only the G.O.A.T can style & profile like that 😂😂😂😂😂

[@FMACPII]

C Webb, Juwan Howard, Calbert Cheaney, Tracey Murray, Rod Strickland, Big Gheorgie Murressan. Yes the Bullets may have been a low seeded team and playing the defending champion Bulls on their home court but ya gotta admit honestly, they had some depth.

[@3912James]

The Bullets would have upsetted most of the higher seeded teams that year (obviously except the Bulls who had their hands full in sweeping a team that was in all 3 games).

[@j.michael]

No one, absolutely no one is in MJ's class. Tier 1 is Jordan. Tier 2 shuffle who want, but none belong in in the Jordan Tier. None of them!!

[@tremaynedixon3379]

U know u real when they drape the towel around ur shoulders when u hit the bench. James brown style😂

[@mansamusatheogjr4177]

I was 10 years old when this happened. I watched all 3 games of this 1 v 8 match up lol.

[@mannyjoseph4520]

Cant believe people compare other players to Jordan and think that someone other then Jordan is the GOAT. It's laughable

[@barney5583]

mannyjoseph4520, exactly...they don't take into account everything he accomplished. The simple fact that he was not only the best offensive player but best defensive player too is one of the main reasons no other compares.

[@souja6feet653]

🐐 smoke cigar and go hoop like it's nothing 🔥🔥🔥🔥🤔🤔🤔 MJ

[@moneymaker251]

Black Jesus woke up and it was all over...Nobody in today's game is even close to his playing ability , killer instinct and dominance to win...This is the only goat ..everyone else is fighting for third .....second is taken ..Kobe..Love that era of basketball..true game

[@spenser6353]

Chris Weber and juwan Howard didn’t turn the down the challenge of guarding Jordan. They’re power forwards not guards

[@brandonlandry5257]

Jordan was so great

[@sentokigames151]

That was basketball...not like the game today...soft weak take turns at throwing the ball and see who misses first.

[@frankstudent]

Too many Hardens…not enough Kobes.

[@dannywest9256]

Mike learned so much trash talk from Larry 😂😂

[@NotAnAstronaut2k]

Nah he learned it from his brothers.. you act like he didnt know how to talk when he came to the league lol

[@mikiseifu989]

Aren’t you tired? Have we won yet?

[@JoeHowze]

I never hear no mess about lebron doing some cool mess like this. 😂

[@Janon743]

I’m sure you know about the game 6 vs the celtics (the evil looking lebron game) the game 5 vs the pistons and LeBronto though

[@tylerriley2587]

Wizards upper management failed at keeping young talent when the Bullets got Chris Webber back in 1994 they lost all their first-round picks to Goldens State so when they trade Webber to the Kings they were not able to build for the future when Mitch was there

[@user-mf4sc8im8y]

If Webber doesn’t get in trouble , they don’t trade him

[@seanfelder3977]

Micheal made the bullets look silly and embarrassed the team

[@hazydog5387]

Man you got no LJ in your intro bro😮

[@davidspencer6641]

A lot of so called stars were scared to get embaressed by checking jordan

[@scrillamanjaro6708]

8:00 A LOT A LOT of contact. Actually normal defense on MJ. That’s a flagrant and ejection today

[@benjaminchisolmjr7863]

And Shannon not tooo sharp try to say LeBron's Era is tougher than Jordan's Era I think it's his man crush on lebron.

[@Lorenshyne]

0:43 whats the song? intro song

[@douglasjackson8151]

Who’s going to check me 😂😂

[@kickdreaming]

NAMASTE 🙏🏽 FROM BROOKLYN.

[@nixdapogs]

Double Nickel

[@jamesmccray9303]

That bullet team had a lot off potential cwebb Howard and Rasheed Wallace came a year later

[@anselmobarrera6568]

Let's be honest about 1 thing MJ offensive arsenal compared to LeBron is not even close

[@le2949]

G.O.A.T. FOREVER!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MrVladislav85]

Великий!

[@cortneyward6176]

THE REASON MJ WAS BETTER THAN KOBE AND THE REST. HE COULD TAKE OVER ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE!!!!

[@chadc5925]

My bullets should have kept that squad they would have been a hell of a contender in the next for 5 plus years.....DC was live with Webber and Howard and Rod

[@betterthanyesterday3912]

Fun fact: I could contain MJ but my high school coach never played me so I never got the chance. And we didn't have a weight room.

[@madazza]

It would also be very hard wearing a straight jacket!

[@dexsanders9124]

​@@madazza😂😂😂

[@richprokop5155]

AND LeCHOKE FANS SAY HE IS BETTER THAN GOAT MJ... THEY R DRINKING GOOD STUFF..

[@eppskevin]

Juan Howard looked the same age his whole career and even now

[@robertwilliams3887]

I remember this playoff game too Calber Chaney got cooked

[@AVENUE.183]

Scottie needs to stop saying he was better then mj

[@richardditan9399]

Even if he was saying it, no one will believe

[@williambrabston3045]

That bullets team was kinda loaded. Young but loaded.

[@truckinndrivin3089]

What's crazy todays kids says that MJ only had players like Stockton, mark price and players that size playing defense on him. It didn't matter who they had he blew by Juwan Howard I believe he's like 6ft 9. Keep listening to Media

[@Tippotipo]

Those kids never watched MJ play. Some of them avoided mentioning Laimbeer, Ewing, Wilkins, Xavier XMan McDaniel, Mourning just to name a few.

[@kingsleyjackson8287]

Destroying his future team

[@NormaHernandez-wz7mk]

That one hurt Jordan definitely earned it though

[@mtb4l673]

Ask Calbert who’s the goat and he’ll tell you

[@lmcgjr.4032]

Where was Pippen?

[@Oldskoolbball]

he wins the game for the bulls at the end with a slam dunk, but he gets injured badly from his back.

[@beforethemayflowermanofhue5435]

Nahhh. Look at the Atlanta hawks game with mookie Blaylock. Bulls lost. 😢. Ijs. Like they do with Bron but Bron isn't this good

[@johngalt9737]

Rod Strickland was a bad ass MFer

[@junglekutz5625]

To even think that someone has to lead by example in order for others another to rise to the occasion. #bullshit. The average person isn't wired to see and understand people at face value (for exactly who they are and what they come with). Being that most are too busy finding fault or wanting to have or be what someone has or is. Whether you're in a union, on a team, part of whatever group.......if you can't rise (on your own) when things get rough. There will never be anyone that will be able to lead you to whatever mountain or sunset. If the words that someone is passionately speaking doesn't register.......maybe you need to be elsewhere or listening to someone else. As it really isn't normal to tell anyone what to do, as that's a burden in itself. As it's not the same as giving personal needed guidance to someone that's in need of it.

[@ivanvargas6590]

It was Jordan againts the bullest

[@joinpsye7045]

Only this game makes him the only existing goat over the wannabe! Main man on a offence 55, and main man defense Strickland and Murray, Jesus F Christ!

[@steviechampagne]

bro Jordan is simply the GOAT. Lebron is an athletic beast, but he has nothing on the absolute killer mentality that MJ had. He was the ultimate basketball player, the final boss.

[@jeremywck8757]

Sorry, in what way is LJ more athletic than MJ? If LJ is an athletic beast, then MJ was an athletic GOD!

[@ewolffman]

is this AI?

[@nycjt6267]

I always wondered since Jordan was such a gambleholic did he ever bet on the Bulls while playing?

[@Janon743]

Taking the phrase “bet on yourself” literally lol

[@zipo1039]

Thats the context of scoring and winning not cherry pickin points like the other fraud goat and still loses the game

[@abdulaliakbar1175]

Why don’t you do videos on LeBron? Are you a HATER???

[@abner0584]

There’s no greatness in Lebron, so yeah no video.

[@abdulaliakbar1175]

@@abner0584 Stop smoking CRACK!!! Hater!

[@denzelxebec]

@@abner0584😂

[@lamefart8831]

Why should he? What's the channel's name?

[@kofiashiboe-mensah686]

oh like the game he scored 8 points

[@mouzesant]

Great video man 👍

[@rockfresh5359]

Mj forever ‼️🫡

[@KoreanKoalaRider]

5 star offense 5 star defense

[@thomasscott1570]

lbj can't fck with this guy.the swag of mj alone is way out of lebron's range

[@ReggieHammon]

Bruh just play the players talking or highlights!!! Nobody wants to hear you talk

[@JAWrightonline]

Michael Jordan intimidated the Washington Bullets. Clap...Clap...Clap. 🥱 🥱 🥱 Really impressive 🙄🙄🙄 Did he ever do that to Bird's Celtics or the Bad Boys Pistons?

[@octaviousmotley7653]

nope cuz that shit would not work lol

[@nunyabusiness7927]

Yes. He dropped 49 and 63 points in consecutive playoff games against the Celtics. Bird and Isiah Thomas have said that Jordan is the best player of all time. Jordan's teams were average when the Celtics and Pistons were at their peak. In his career, Jordan was 34-22 against the Celtics and 33-31 against the Pistons. Jordan also has the highest PER (Player Efficiency Rating) in the history of the NBA, higher than Bird and Isiah Thomas.

[@JAWrightonline]

@nunyabusiness7927 1) Jordan scored 49 and 63 points against the Celtics--two losses. In the elimination Game 3 in Chicago, Jordan scored a disappointing 19 points on 8-18 shooting and was outscored by his average teammates Dave Corzine (22 points) and John Paxton (23 points). On the defensive end, Danny Ainge lit Jordan's sorry ass up with 20 points. Of course, the Bulls were swept. Those 49-point and 63-point performances don't matter. He got his ass whipped and swept. 2) I'm sure Michael got some wins off Boston AFTER Bird and his crew (Parish, McHale, DJ) left. What was his record vs. Boston with Bird in place? His playoff record vs. The Bad Boys Pistons was 1-3-- a losing record. 3) PER means absolutely nothing to me. Any statistical formula that says James Harden was a better player than Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Hakeem Olajuwon can't be taken seriously.

[@nunyabusiness7927]

@@JAWrightonline You need to decide if you want to compare Michael Jordan to Bird, Thomas and Olajuwon, or the teams on which they played. Before Jordan won a single ring, he was better than Bird and Thomas, but his teams weren't very good. The only reason the Bulls had an opportunity to play the Pistons and Celtics in the playoffs is because of how good Jordan was. 1986 Bulls starting lineup: Gene Banks, Mike Brown, Michael Jordan, John Paxson and Granville Waiters. They also had the equally below average Dave Corzine going up against Bird, Parish, McHale, Ainge, and Dennis Johnson, with Bill Walton playing heavy minutes. One HOFer against five. Jordan was better than all of those players, but his team wasn't.

[@JAWrightonline]

@nunyabusiness7927 The only reason Jordan was and the Bulls were in the playoffs was not because of how good Jordan was but because of Jordan's key ally, Commissioner David Stern, and his Section 8 playoff system. A system that allows 30- and 38-win teams into the playoffs as eighth seeds. Jordan was better than Isiah and Bird before he got his first ring? Bird won three NBA MVPs before Jordan got his first ring, Isiah got two rings and a Finals MVP before Jordan won his first ring. And Jordan was better than them? Not happ'nin. You brought up PER. That's why I brought up Olajuwon. You made it a point to say Jordan was better than Bird, Thomas, and Olajuwon. You weren't gonna try to say he was better than Kareem. Good, you're not as dumb as you write. In a win-or-go-home Game 3 in 1986, facing the possibility of being swept and eliminated in Chicago, Jordan scored a weak 19 points (8-18 shooting) and was outscored by Dave Corzine (22), John Paxton (23), and Danny Ainge (20). Any of those guys in the Basketball Hall of Fame? Pathetic. Way to show up big, Michael...LMFAO 🤣🤣🤣 What Jordan did to the Washington Bullets (a regular sorry team) was far from awe-inspiring. What's next? The night he walked into the expansion Toronto Raptors bus and said he'd torch them for 50...🙄🙄🙄 How awesome...🥱🥱🥱