Michael Jordan 34 pts vs. Celtics - 1987

[@jxn23]

The shot at 3:40 should be on every Jordan highlight video. Just incredible. I love Danny Ainge's reaction too. So much hangtime in this video

[@donaldbaselisco4869]

And the crowd was like... 😎

[@LOYAL4YA]

The play at the 3.40 mark is one of my favorites. It's on the videos "Come fly with me" and "NBA Superstars".

[@sbeallvln]

That no-looker at 6:17! Awesome.

[@airtime23]

Who knows how MJ's numbers in the assist department would have been with at least ONE capable scorer by his side.....

[@raulgreen8369]

This was on FOX 32 Chicago in 1987 Bulls/Celtics at Boston Garden. Radio WMAQ ALL NEWS 67

[@nevelefilms7336]

Damn...that old Garden’s capacity wasn’t even at 15k; makes sense considering how old the franchise and building was

[@TheKingOfRuckus]

@jxn23 I hear you on that. Surprised you don't see it in highlight videos much. The shot is ridiculous, very tough to make unless you have big hands and superior control, and he did in traffic.

[@MrEAus]

Interesting how quiet the crowd was when Jordan was shooting a free throw (on the opposition team) - was that common politeness throughout the NBA stadiums at this time in history, or was it just a localized "Boston hospitality" trait or something?

[@MrKayNGee]

Take on Jordan on that Bulls squad and insert Bird. I'd like to see Bird try and carry that sorry lot.

[@mikemcgrath6150]

Bird in college took a second rate team to an undefeated record and lost only to magic who had three future nba players on it. They beat him bc they basically doubled and tripled him all game. The following yr he was drafted by the celts who the yr before won only 29 games and him being the only addition won 61 games.

[@davidschmidt1793]

@@mikemcgrath6150 There were a lot of changes from the 1978-79 squad to the 1979-80 one. The first major one was replacing the old coach for Hofer coach Bill Fitch. Second was removing some pieces(Jo Jo White,Billy Knight, Bob Mcadoo and so on), and starting to bring some young guys. The 1979-80 roster had Dave Cowens,Cedric Maxwell,Tiny Archibald. That's 2 Hofers,plus the coach,plus Cedric Maxwell who'd win the Fmvp for them. Then they replaced an old Cowens for a young Parish. Mchale and Ainge came later and so did Dennis Johnson. Bird always played next to great team mates and for great coaches(K.C. Jones came later) and the same can't be said about Jordan. Jordan's best team mate before Pippen was a young Charles Oakley,who never made an all star team even in his prime. In fact,neither of the starters that played with Jordan made an All star team until 1990(Pippen).

[@airtime23]

@ninkun813 No. It's not that he did not pass. But with great teammates chances are higher that your pass is converted into an assist/score :)

[@miguelgoncalves3546]

those dislikes are from the people better than mike

[@MrDewey86]

where is the foul at 1:45?

[@Andrew-rf3hu]

This Bulls team was so bad lol.....talk about Jordan and the Jordanaires

[@courtneywhite9600]

jordan didn't have any help that's why they lost

[@mikemcgrath6150]

He didn't have the smarts to make his teammates better.

[@vidalmoore3537]

@@mikemcgrath6150 he had the skill and Ability To be the best In the game

[@RohoicRamz94]

5:22 mark is too funny.Jordan is the only Bull amongst 5 celtics hes gets it and draws a foul.Larry Bird should thank God he played for Boston because if he didnt play with those Hall of famers vs Young Jordan MJ would have beat him every time.

[@JPLMONEY23]

@ghostmage2008 Overrated ? LOLZ

[@vanir23]

...Larry Bird had 37 points in this game.

[@x-man9473]

@@mikemcgrath6150 Exactly. Because Bird would always have a shootout with Jordan. Bird would lose that shoot out and put his teammates in danger-but Parish and McHale would bail him out.

[@x-man9473]

@@mikemcgrath6150 it's odd that this statement was going through your mind during a basketball discussion

[@vanir23]

You mean the way he carried a no name team to the NCAA Championship game while Jordan couldn't ever take a stacked team back there when he was an NC star?

[@x-man9473]

You mean the game where he got outplayed by Magic who would continue to outplay him throughout his NBA career?

[@vanir23]

@@x-man9473 yes, exactly that way.

[@stevep4574]

Highest scoring season wearing his ugliest Jordans 😝