Michael Jordan 1998 vs Sonics - 40 points with the flu

[@MIKESOWELL]

Michael to me was the greatest scorer ever. So little energy wasted in his scoring. He and Bird were phenomenal.

[@Cwm368]

Oh yeah I remember this game! Thanks for posting... bring back memories of his greatness.

[@191peachtreetower2]

MJ, THE UNDISPUTED G.O.A.T!

[@bwink23]

look how the bulls maintain their spacing within the triangle. what a great team that was.

[@sportjames23]

Craig Sager with the sideline reporting in this game. Rest in Peace, Craig.

[@TFordSuperstar]

I was at this game!

[@MrHavok29]

I love when people say that Payton could handle Mike. Look at the Clinic here! :)

[@zmoneytmnt]

4/5 for 12 points against Payton the so called Jordan stopper

[@MrSAPITO1976]

ONE MORE THING...Michael is a rare species as far as athlete...gifted and all that shit...but for the sake of those who talk age...Michael was 34 going on 35 in this 1997-1998 season...Gary was in his so called prime...Michael was passed that shit (keep in mind he is a rare species) and Payton still can't guard his ass.

[@dwightoliver416]

Miguel Paredes he's going 36 in this season mate

[@ShaWiffle]

MJ was born in 1963 so he turned 35 years old in feb of 1998. Past his prime, MJ said in 1996 that he was still close to his prime, saying that hes at 96% or something. But its hard for the eye to see but mike himself knows. That was in 1996 at the age of 33. In 1998 he was clearly past his prime but still on top of the rest of the league.

[@JakeBayCity]

Vern & Doc - my favorite TNT announce team.

[@EvilZeroSc]

Michael the Greatest Kobe the best of his Era

[@jordanlover23]

FE23, was this the game where Jordan and Pippen combined for a massive block on Payton on the fastbreak? It was either this game or the game in 1998 in Chicago (I know Doc Rivers was commentating, too). One of the best blocks I've ever seen.

[@JZ2001JC]

Checking ticker scores at 3:52, the Nuggets were 2-31 at that time (check out their record on the score ticker). I guess my answer to "has anyone been as bad as the 09-10 Nets is yes up to this point of the season".

[@victormartin3539]

The goat Michael Jeffrey Jordan smashes Gary Payton

[@thettruest]

thank you

[@RockoML]

@tblacc11 Things that Jordan HAVE DONE that Kobe HAS NOT DONE: #1) Rookie of the Year 1985, #2)Defensive Player of the Year 1988, #3) 200 steals and 100 blocks in the SAME SEASON, #4) 50% FG, #5) the league scoring champ 8 years in a row, #6) holds the highest PPG for career with 33.4, #7) Most points scored in a playoff game with 64 #8) scored 3,000points in a season, #9) lead the league in steals, #10) won a college championship game....oh yeah! He's also in the Basketball Hall of Fame.

[@lukmansa8309]

wow.. his jetpack never run out of fuel... true GOAT.

[@midwestking100]

I agree the 80s and 90s was definitely the golden era of the NBA....I'm trying to watch a basketball game of today in its entirety, but I can't

[@genustinca5565]

Why not?

[@aak7230]

Can you have you show the continuance of the player introduction of Bulls of this match by all means?

[@char4ever]

Various season that I came up with this defensive assignment. Just some discussion here. MJ in 98 was more a jump shooter and back up turn around fadaway shooter, so Payton could not play him at all at the post with MJ size advantage. Hawkins was at least taller able to pump. See MJ's turn around jumper at 7:13 on Payton. Payton could not guard him at all when MJ has his back to the basket.

[@havlorech]

It's weird when you don't see something for over a decade and you completely forget about it, and once you see it again it's like you just saw it yesterday. Of course, I'm talking about Dennis Rodman's goofy picture in the starting lineups.

[@scotts3909]

Love Rodmans profile pic at :23

[@MrSAPITO1976]

4:53 THAT IS SIMPLE, SMART AND EXPERIENCED BALL

[@xdachinamanx]

seattle should've never traded Kemp

[@derkach77]

GREAT

[@EvilZeroSc]

@mrblend By that logic then Jordan is also the best in the end of his era....

[@janolaivar]

I tot payton is the MJ stopper? Funny

[@23jamesdixon]

Is that Doc Rivers? Sounds like it could be him before years of coaching ravaged his vocal chords!

[@bwink23]

when u get old, your immune system isn't what it used to be, plus its damn cold in chicago and lost of wind during the winter. I've worked by the lake a few times in the winter and it fucking sucks.

[@chanoychon23]

he dont look so sick i think he just had the first syntomas of flu .. a little headhache and body sore , when i get the flu i cant wake up from bed ... i cant imaginate playing a basketaball game jajaja but anyway he was so strong he played every single minute of each game

[@kefir0076]

Is that Doc Rivers Commenting that game ?

[@TwoThreeForever]

yes, it has to be Doc Rivers.

[@iamraymondyip]

@kefir0076 That's what I was wondering, I think it is Doc. He's actually not a bad commentator. BTW - MJ ALL DAY lol

[@AwH22311]

@tblacc11 Kobe's played more games than Mike and he leads jordan in 3's attempted and made and turnovers. Those are the only statistical categories he leads mike in. ppg, rbs, assists, steals, double-doubles, triple-doubles, 40 point games 50 point games. And even worse Kobe's played w/better players. when u say he has 5 rings you really should say 2 cause the ones where he wasn't the best player on his own team don't really count in the rings debate. shaq won all the finals mvps.

[@rainierito]

is that doc rivers commentating?

[@mrblend]

@blackadam06 right now.. probably Wade. DeMar...but hes still learning.

[@mrblend]

@EvilZeroSc thats not logic at all. Since "The Arrival" game, MJ has been hailed by players and announcers that he is the best player in the game, and will be the greatest player of all time. And that was like what.... 1986 to the end of his career. Not quite the same with Kobe, so I'm not sure what logic your seeing. However, in the grand scheme of things you are correct in a way since we all look at things OVERALL.... i guess KOBE can be considered the best of his era.

[@kuriaki71]

mj amazing

[@leonblack751]

They said he was Sick

[@bwink23]

You know your a great shooter, when doc rivers says u have to make jordan drive instead shoot the fade away or jumper...that's not a smart move 10 years ago from 1998.

[@BigCrockDawg]

@tblacc11 As far as your 80 point game, I just want to reply with Kobe's other stats during that game. It was either 2 rebounds and 0 assists or 0 rebounds and 2 assists, I don't remember which. Jordan's 69 point game was against a team that went to the Conference Finals (what have the Raptors ever done again? Not gotten out of the first round) and Jordan put up 19 rebounds and 7 assists in his 69 point game. Your argument is a complete and total joke when you try to call Kobe anything near MJ..

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 LBJ consistently shoots in 47-49% from the field, which is VERY efficient for a perimeter player.. Kobe however consistently shoots 45% (mediocre) or LOWER from season to season. Kobe's a VOLUME shooter/scorer, meaning it takes him a TON of shots just to get his pts. Those kinda players are NEVER efficient at all...ask A.I.

[@simplygu]

The number of games Michael Jordan MISSED during the second Bulls 3-peat from 1996-98 including the postseason... ZERO!

[@jaymoney6233]

Simply amazing his durability was outstanding considering how hard he played on both ends

[@TwoThreeForever]

Kobe had 0 rebs. & 2 asts. Jordan had 18 rebs & 6 asts.

[@airjordan1585]

Why the hell is Hersey Hawkins guarding MJ and not Payton?

[@josephpolite5894]

airjordan1585 Don't want Gary in FOUL TROUBLE? MOST TEAMS...PLAYED 2..3 DEFENDERS on MJ to TRY? to wear him down.

[@mrblend]

@EvilZeroSc Kobe best in the end of his era. Make no mistake, when Vince and Tmac were relevant Kobe was third.. probably because of Shaq.

[@super3ric]

correction Michael at 35 going 36>

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 "The facts are the facts and yeah they say a lot but they don't say everything" What?!! Hmmm...I guess it's like that commercial says: "it makes sense if U don't think about it" LOL!!

[@lionelangemario]

check you facts.

[@Shermstyle23]

@mrblend Well the big difference is that Mj did amazing things when he first came in the league, whereas Kobe was being compared to MJ & was too young and immature and on the bench. So MJ earned his respect thru the game, Kb was just given the title based off of potential & not off of his accolades in the NBA. Mj was quoted as coming the leagued and embarassing it, Kobe was still on the bench due to inexperience & bad decision making on the court.

[@RockoML]

@tblacc11 i appreciate the insults. i now know you are 12yrs old.

[@jordanlover23]

I'm sure Dennis Rodman brought lots of germs to Chicago lol.

[@blackadam06]

He scores 40 pts, with flu like symptoms & with "NO" 3-ptrs LOL!! How many of the 2-guards in the league today are that efficient at scoring? Not one of 'em..

[@MrSAPITO1976]

Payton could not handle Mike...HAHAHA...the glove was a mitten ... he never won a ring being the man...he had to go to another team and become a journey man to get a ring...Even George Karl was a coach with mind shit before games and knew that nobody could stop JORDAN...He will get 30 to 40 a game...Gary Gary Gary...go pick up your body up... it still is going the other way after Jayson Williams crossed you

[@dpistons149]

freethrows all net from Jordan 1.18-1.34

[@JustNeedaBeerandPark]

@EvilZeroSc Since 2003

[@pmount55]

doesn't anyone who guards Jordan get sick as well since he has the flu?? sooooooo wtf how could they let him play?

[@Onslaught0830]

better letter than never you kid

[@Jordanhair]

cut,cut ,cut

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 My comments aren't opinion based, it's a fact. U cannot on one hand admit that he misses a lot of shots and then claim that this doesn't make him inefficient. That's a BLATANT contradiction, and defies ALL logic, reason & common sense.

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 Efficiency is about BOTH makes & misses. I don't know why this is SO DIFFICULT for kobe's fans to understand..SMH And in a comparison (which is what the initial topic was about), he CONSISTENTLY MISSES more shots than he makes when compared to MJ. Kobe has taken WELL OVER 20,000 career shots, yet he hasn't even made AT LEAST 10,000 of 'em (half) in 15 yrs of play, and isn't even CLOSE to doing so until sometime around 2013... Think about that for a second..

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 "compared to all his made shots those are easily ignore" That's the problem! U kobe homers are ALWAYS trying to disregard his missed shots, which you're SUPPOSED to compare to the made ones, in order to get an ACCURATE picture of what he's TRULY done in those situations, which will tell U how effective he really is! "that doesnt make him an inefficient scorer" Yes it does! If by your own admission he "misses a lot of shots", that's the DEFINITION of being inefficient..

[@trezeguet4ever]

I always wonder why mj was so poor from downtown this year when the three or four previous one he was a threat from beyond the arc

[@Onslaught0830]

if you cant read aint my problem. i know many lakers and kobes fans are jelous on MJ and try compare or say kobe is better which is totally fail so dont annoy me here.

[@blackadam06]

Sorry, just like kobe, he RELIES on it to score big in games..

[@jedipudu]

Guess we can say MJ was just sick in this game.

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 "kobe's scoring averages in points were always high when he started" Yeah, after the rules changed, which the league's own Exec VP ADMITS to favoring perimeter players.. And again, kobe consistently only shoots 45% year end & year out, and even WORSE than that when the playoffs begin. His track record PROVES it.. With just 5 more misses in this year's playoffs, he becomes the All Time leader in playoff missed shots.. Think about that for a second..

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 Are U like the rest of these kobe homers who just ignore facts that don't agree with what U wanna believe about him? Yes everyone misses, but that's not the point! When comparing people to determine who's "more efficient", the guy who consistently misses MORE shots per game is the less efficient player..period!! And his misses DOES make a damn difference, but it speaks to how frequently he's able to put the ball in the hole!

[@adamloader3787]

why is it everytime i watch a jordan vid their always has to be arguments bout kobe vs mj..each to their own..jordan is the greatest..but kobe is also great..so whatever lol

[@youtuber3328]

trading shawn kemp was PROBABLY a mistake from the sonics and please tell me why did david wingate become so cheeful and join the knicks he wasn't nearly that cheerful with the spurs sonics georgetown bullets hornets and sixers and please tell me did you all know that 8 nicknames including the record book still belong to wilt chamberlain and that there's a documentary called the greatest player ever starring wilt chamberlain and that in 1980 the nba declared the greatest player ever as bill russell

[@manredbad]

i guess then david robinson is better than jordan too because he had a 71. elgin baylor and david thompson too.

[@orlandolewis1629]

manredbad That's 1 game. Just has 10 scoring titles. Most in NBA history

[@tommyhtc]

magic cut and thet stupid defender kept on grabbing him 6:05

[@EvilZeroSc]

@mrblend Well, it nice that you give Michael a lot of respect....but dude don't try to take anything away from Kobe by saying the best in the "end" of his era....seriously who says that, that's my only point here

[@dimedropper1992]

hello 13's..............

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 Why do U kobe fans keep trying to equate him with MJ, based on 1 game? That's an "isolated occurrence", and DOES NOT reflect what he CONSISTENTLY does on the offensive end of the court. Cherry picking out 1 or a few of his "greatest games" to present as proof, is a GROSS misrepresentation of him..

[@Onslaught0830]

who cares about this 81pts game from Kobe?! Michael Jeffrey Jordan will be the greatest Basketball player of All time! MJ is in all Points above Kobe,u cant compare!also go check wikipedia,MJ's Award and Record List is Almost endless compared to Kobe, so GTFO! MJ the Greatest of ALL Time !

[@diamenz]

what r u doing watching mj vids then, go flock to the kobe channels youngster.

[@chitownmo]

You are joking right? Ginobili? Sorry there is not merit to that position whatsover.

[@aink]

haha the best comment ever

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 "you can't say kobe isnt efficient" What part of this are U not getting? Dude..do U not understand what the meaning of the word efficient is? No one's questioning if he's one of the best to ever do it, but U CLEARLY either A) don't comprehend the concept of efficiency B) or are U just playing the dumb role right now? He IS NOT an efficient player! Go check his PER (player efficiency ratings)...SMH

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 He consistently only makes 45% of his shots, which means he consistently MISSES 55% of the time! That means he doesn't even make HALF of his shots on a consistent basis! That's NOT efficient! He became the All Time leader for the most missed playoffs shots in history this season, and has taken WELL over 20,000 career shots, but hasn't even made 10,000 of 'em! U kobe fans REALLY need to learn how to deal with the facts of the matter, and stop deluding yourself about him as a shooter

[@diamenz]

69-19-7... mj (vs a playoff team) smh.

[@markokostickox]

yeeeeeeee man and I say why don't ginobilli guarding kobe bryant ?????????????????because ginobilli is the better player then kobe in every part my man in just every maybe not atraction

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 Kobe drives to the hoop LESS than MJ, CONSISTENTLY takes MORE 3ptrs & has LOWER FG%'s & scores LESS than MJ in the reg season, playoffs & finals. Not to mention over the last 8 yrs, he's taken MORE foul shots than MJ EVER HAS! And with all of that said, he only has 2 scoring titles to show for it?!! And U guys think he's the scorer MJ was, when he consistently only scores 25ppg on a mediocre 45% shooting? This is what he CONSISTENTLY does..NO..there's a BIG difference between 'em!

[@jenruchito76]

if MIchael Jordan coach a NBA team , he can be better than Phil jackson

[@blackadam06]

@deking27 "Call me ignorant" Ok then, you're ignorant, because U CLEARLY keep trying to substitute what U want to "think" about him in this regards, for what he's actually DONE & consistently does.. Anyone who tries to call someone who just became the All Time leader in missed playoffs shots, has TWICE set the record for the most missed shots in Finals history, and consistently misses 55% of the time (career 45% FG%), an "efficient" player, is CLEARLY ignorant LOL!!

[@lionelangemario]

against the worst defensive team in the league...