NBA On NBC - Magic @ Heat April 1995 Highlights Glen Rice Career High 56 Pts!

www.basketball-reference.com/boxscores/199504150MIA.html

[@MrWoo-jc8nt]

The intro music alone is pure nostalgia.

[@PhilJamrocDJMK]

Bro I felt that time travel trip it was epic

[@thekingofkingsrp]

I know I love it so much. I hate how fox uses it now for college basketball. It does not have the same feel at all.

[@pershingman]

True along with the story lines before the game, nothing like the NBA on ABC

[@iamnovinov]

I dont know if i'm broken as a person, but I SWEAR when i watch older games from the 90s like this....they looks so much more organized and professional than todays game. Watching this its like everyone moves at this perfect professional speed, i cant describe it better than that. The modern game does not move like these classic games......it just doesn't have the same premium feel that it did back then

[@realtalkfbs]

You not wrong at all. The league is so much younger now players don't have the same polish and fundamentals. Everybody in this game played at least 2 years of college, most 3-4.

[@elbowgang9715]

In the words of Kobe "they play accidental basketball "

[@silwavereznor1516]

They are mostly trash now, no plays at all and they run full speed here there everywhere, travel and carry a zillion times. The artistry of the game is gone

[@jay_ay_why]

I watch more of these vids than I do current NBA games.

[@adampruitt9211]

Yeah the current NBA is Boring 😴

[@chrisroberts933]

Me 2

[@chrisroberts933]

I'm a Laker fan and a former referee. I watch old Eastern Conference battles: Knicks, Pistons and Orlando.

[@jay_ay_why]

@@chrisroberts933 I love those matchups.

[@hectorlopez1069]

I wish i was a kid again, but that's why we have KZbin to watch these old basketball games of the 90s.

[@neongreenninja5433]

1990s were dang good .

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

Long before Wade, Zo, Hardaway, etc, Glen Rice was the Miami Heat's first star player.

[@yellowduck-2024]

The original Heat team of Rice, Smith, and Seikaly was underrated

[@sebastianlajos866]

@@yellowduck-2024That squad would’ve been just as competitive as the Zo and Hardaway teams imo

[@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893]

Glenn Rice was such an Awesome perimeter shooter, great to see he won a ring comin’ off the bench with the Lakers, along with Mitch Richmond, another awesome shooter respectfully, those 2 dudes were consummate professional’s 💯

[@uppercaseLOGO]

@@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893Glenn Rice was a starter and the 3rd option on that Lakers squad

[@yellowduck-2024]

@@stevenjamesgiurbinojr6893 It's Glen. And he was a starter with the Laker. Get your facts straight

[@thekingofkingsrp]

Triple header sunday NBA on NBC was so epic!!

[@christopherhughes719]

Thank you for these uploads! The closest I’m going to get to a Time Machine.

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@rusbenreyes5695]

NBC on NBC, wow, what a memory 😊😊

[@bosskey7212]

the Golden era of the NBA, glad I was able to live thru and experience this

[@TimAtkinson-qs6sv]

Me too. Games were intense and competition great!!!

[@KOTJ412]

Even if they bring back the nba on nbc…there will never be an era like the 90s…it was just a magical time for nbc to cover & it was great time for all of us as youths. Great players & games! Will never be recreated in this era of nba bball!✊🏾🫡🤙🏾

[@mrmartywaring]

The NBA on NBC was epic! These openings got you hype!! Plus, this was a regular season game!!!

[@targetegrat]

I remember running home from school when they had those afternoon playoff games with the Bulls. 90s NBA was so special.

[@joegevorkyan7308]

Awesome upload! Glen Rice, among other players, like LJ and so on…. Took on 2nd/3rd player roles just to win championships. Didn’t let their pride get into the way! Rice was a beast!

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@hitek9too255]

He did. He complained on the Lakers about wanting to be used more.

[@markmaldonado3818]

Desperately miss The NBA on NBC. That song and intro. BRING IT BACKKKKK

[@mahirhsen5759]

The music, the dramatic backstory, and the intensity that these players brought every game

[@Μινρώδ]

I remember this game. Being a 16 years old Heat fan from Greece in 1995 - can you guess how? - expecting an article and photo from the game in the newspaper next day. Unbelievable to watch footage after all these years. Thank you very much MDBball. You're a treasure of a KZbin channel.

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@darrengordon-hill]

RONY SEIKALY

[@Μινρώδ]

@@darrengordon-hill Absolutely correct 👌🤝

[@darrengordon-hill]

@@Μινρώδ 🍻🏀

[@Charlie-fo5ds]

90’s NBA..the best

[@dc7424]

WE DONE WITH THE 90’s!!😂😂😂😂

[@jasonzabludowski7179]

8 year old me was at this game with my Dad(RIP). One of the few times in the pre-Pat Riley we got a national televised game, let alone the Sunday NBA on NBC game

[@wolfwiles]

16:06 Penny was just so smooooth man 🌊🌊🌊

[@kristianolliviere9045]

Fun Fact: Shaquille O'Neal first game against the Miami Heat, played for the Miami Heat and kast game was against the Miami Heat

[@elnach3240]

Rice had such a pretty looking jumper.

[@bosskey7212]

I remember emulating his form as a teen growing up, he was one of my fave. players ever. Beautiful shot and perfect form, Rice was a beast especially when he was hot

[@OrionOodama]

Glad to see a Glen Rice performance for his career-high 56! I only used to know this feat in NBA trading cards, and apparently it's way lot better witnessing it even just in condensed presentation. This game, or his 1994-95 performance overall, raised his stock into a key trading piece for Alonzo Mourning. Nice to see Khalid Reeves making clutch shots as well.

[@Classicbasketballdvds]

I rem this game like yesterday. I rem being pissed that Glen Rice passed MJ's top scoring mark of 55 pts that season. When Glen Rice was on he was fun to watch

[@PA-zt6xu]

Moving the 3 point line in was a cheat code for players like Rice. 😂

[@Classicbasketballdvds]

factz, and reggie miller@@PA-zt6xu

[@neongreenninja5433]

Nice !! Glen Rice is a good shooter , dude was torching everyone

[@timhoward5]

*Only for Rice and Shaq to win their first title outside of Florida together.*

[@realtalkfbs]

I'm from Miami and this was one of the few national games we got back then. We was going crazy for G-Money that day!!

[@마메보이]

좋은 영상 감사합니다 제가 첨 NBA 경기를 보았던 1994-95시즌 ㅠㅠ

[@yellowduck-2024]

Why don't you type something people can understand

[@MDBBall]

👍

[@sanktheboat]

@@yellowduck-2024 I understood it perfectly well. Then again, even if I didn't understand Korean, I wouldn't be nearly as proud of my own ignorance as you appear to be.

[@BernardSantillan-bi9qg]

One of my fav during 90s NBA Penny Hardaway..

[@rashidumar3093]

I remember watching this game on our high school senior trip in Orlando.

[@Onlythestrongsurvive414]

The narrating in the beginning of the game get you so pump up (triple header)#nbc

[@scottijamez]

The nostalgia of this will never be duplicated 🔥🔥🔥

[@Panafrocanam2]

Yeah loved that whole NBA on NBC them esp with rivalries back then

[@mrmartywaring]

The transition from CBS to NBC was epic!!

[@hainavidotcom]

Fun Fact: the next game the Heat played was against a rusty MJ and Glen Rice was held to 12 points to MJ's 26.

[@yellowduck-2024]

Rice was overcooked

[@carlosvazquez5196]

And let me guess it was because mj .. maybe Pipp had a lot to do with it

[@hainavidotcom]

@@carlosvazquez5196 Pip had nothing to do with it. In fact Pip got roasted the games prior against Glen Rice and rest of the games. Bulls were below .500 Then all of a sudden MJ returns and owns it. Pips entire career is fully credited to MJ. without MJ pip wins nothing. But MJ was winning regardless with or without Pippen after 1990. Dominique Wilkins almost became a teammate. This is from his own mouth in person with me in Hawaii together. Pip avg 10 ppg his first 2 seasons didn't even start. Jordan owned it from day 1. Playing with coke heads. Meanwhile everyone else had hof players ad teammates. What about that time Grant Hill cooked Pippen in 1998? Jordan comes in and slows him down literally and wins the game. What about Jordan locking up VC in his prime to zero points way past his prime. Pip never did that. How many defensive players of the year Pip has again?

[@hitek9too255]

​@@hainavidotcomFun fact: Jordan is 1-9 without Pippen.

[@hainavidotcom]

@@hitek9too255 Super Fun Fact: troll lies, Pippen 7.9 ppg, 10 ppg his first 2 seasons. NO impact didn't start, mostly during that same stretch. Charles Oakley was the second-best player then playing with crack-coke heads. (Cocaine Circus). Mj avg over 35-40 ppg. 1991 and 1998 no all-star. Mj dragged him and won it all. We were around then. You weren't.

[@mattarby8931]

90s greatest decade ever ❤

[@targetegrat]

I always used Glen Rice on NBA Live on the 3pt shooting contest. Good memories.

[@bosskey7212]

96-97 Was Rice's GOAT season, it was his second year of three in Charlotte. My man shot 47% from three while averaging 26.8 pts a game.

[@PA-zt6xu]

Yep. Think of it like this he was doing that with no moving picks or a green like to shoot 20 3s. Man think if he played today in his prime.😮

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

Pretty high scoring for the 90s

[@yellowduck-2024]

This score is normal in today's NBA

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

@@yellowduck-2024 that's why it's pretty high for a decade that avg under 100 pts in its entirety

[@yellowduck-2024]

@@G-TV_TheOneManArmy The Magic averaged 111 ppg in 1995, while the Heat averaged 101. Both were offense-oriented teams

[@G-TV_TheOneManArmy]

@@yellowduck-2024 isn't it more higher than the average game in the 90s especially late 90s

[@LallanAlexHockstetter]

I prefer low scoring games

[@jasonelliott7977]

I remember eating bbq and watching this game.

[@DWade561]

I was at this game 1st NBA I ever attended, big Magic fan back then all I remember was the Heat PA announcer kept saying Glen Rice 3Threeeeeeee the whole game lol

[@Salazar824]

That dude RICE was HIM! my man was a smooth operator.

[@Jab72284]

This was the first NBA game I ever went to. Supposed to have upper deck seats but ended up 4 or 5 rows behind the basket. Place was electric in the 2nd half.

[@lamontejamison302]

Horace Grant is underated!

[@PA-zt6xu]

Yep

[@rashidumar3093]

Imagine thinking while watching this game live that the Miami Heat would actually have more championshps than the Orlando Magic.

[@thegoat531]

Real basketball. K. Willis was also doing work. 41 had such a great game.

[@coreyrowe4119]

Glen Rice's final days in Miami.

[@chrisuncleahmad789]

which absolutely nobody would have thought at the time of this game.

[@yellowduck-2024]

He really reached his prime in Charlotte

[@kristianolliviere9045]

Glen rice getting traded to Charlotte was a blessing in disguise for him because he became an all star

[@yellowduck-2024]

@@kristianolliviere9045 But the Hornets traded him to the Lakers when he was in his prime. Otherwise he could have been a hall of famer. He basically became a journeyman after he left Charlotte

[@hectorlopez1069]

Back then when basketball was important to watch. Those players weren't horrible, they sure played like we wanted them to play.

[@yellowduck-2024]

If Rice played in this era. He would have a few 60 point games

[@hitek9too255]

​@@yellowduck-2024Yea in the G-League.

[@michaelcavallacci2945]

@@hitek9too255. No. He was a deadly shooter with size and strength (6-8” 230). He had a quick release and could get his own shot. 85% FT shooter also. Played in a tough defensive era not like today’s pick up street ball NBA. Where nobody plays defense and teams routinely score 140 pts a game.

[@hitek9too255]

@@michaelcavallacci2945 It was watered down, diluted 90's dudes filled with expansion teams.

[@PA-zt6xu]

@@michaelcavallacci2945yep and rice moved well without the ball. He would easily be an all star player in todays league

[@alexl.4362]

Crazy how the Lakers capitalized on a lot of these players later. Good job by Jerry West.

[@AAM2011]

I miss these introductions sooo muchhh in the 90s compared to the trash introductions now

[@jeffreybanks0519]

Marv Albert: "YES"

[@Tyweezy84]

Nah why Kevin Willis was get’n buckets like that tho 🔥🔥🔥😂😂

[@Mark-xl1ze]

The Battle of Florida

[@changkwangoh]

Such an irony that Shaq didn’t win a title with the Magic but won with the Heat lol lol

[@JWNS08]

Glen Rice also won the 3-pt shootout at the all-star game in 1995.

[@willharper7888]

Glenn Rice was a pretty good ball player folks....whoa!!👏☝️

[@TomDelayBeats]

Why not post the game in its entirety?

[@NeonPolygons]

anyone notice how audible the cheerleaders are? i never heard that in any nba game before...in fact most nba cheerleaders don't really cheer during games

[@kristianolliviere9045]

This is how we do it was the number one song that day

[@Kicks-iw2xe]

Five years later shaq shaw salley and rice were winning a ring together in LA

[@IAMGavinMitchell]

Glen Rice, in this era, would be tough to stop.

[@juancarlosmoreno5003]

The Miami arena now is a parking building in from the Miami metro rail brings good memories

[@michaelcarter1180]

This a regular Sunday showcase with a build up like a championship game lol

[@pepsiguy52883]

It’s hilarious when you look at this and who would ever thought the Heat would be the team with 3 titles when Orlando had this team wow

[@NostalgikOne]

90s NBA on NBC and MJ made me fall in love with basketball…it’s almost depressing that I can’t even watch a full game these days because the NBA product is trash now 😑 Oh well, still have YT for the classics!

[@dumisatonyjohnson8145]

Glen Rice was pretty much Miami’s Mitch Richmond

[@PA-zt6xu]

He and Mitch were different types of players. Mitch could shoot but he could also play iso ball. Rice was more of a move without the ball pure scoring jump shooter.

[@joelb9]

This era are quicker than todays era. This ‘95 Magic would destroy all todays teams in NBA

[@warrnp845]

Maybe the starting 5. That magic bench is suspect. Lol

[@leeirorere8313]

Great upload. Do you by any chance have the highlights from the Rockets vs Bulls 1/22/95with the NBA on NBC extended intro by any chance?

[@MDBBall]

Sadly not yet Lee

[@leeirorere8313]

@@MDBBall That’s fair. What about Rockets vs Suns 12/25/93?

[@MDBBall]

The one i have doesn't have the full intro sadly

[@leeirorere8313]

@@MDBBallThat is fair. What about these games. My final list: Spurs vs Clippers 12/25/92 Sonics Blazers 4/24/94 Sonics vs Nuggets 12/25/94 Rockets vs Knicks 2/19/95 Jazz vs Hornets 3/19/95 Hornets vs Pacers 4/9/95 Suns vs Blazers 4/9/95 Rockets vs Spurs 2/18/96 Suns vs Mavericks 3/3/96 Spurs vs Lakers 4/7/96 Suns vs Lakers 4/14/96 Lakers vs Sonics 1/26/97 Hornets vs Knicks 2/2/97 Sonics vs Lakers 2/16/97

[@yellowduck-2024]

@@leeirorere8313 You are asking too much

[@timhoward5]

*Prime Rice, they couldn't hang.*

[@Bigreid92]

The old Miami Arena 😢

[@d.i.g.i.t.a.l.9268]

I never seen Glen Rice and Lex Steele in the same place at the same time 😂😂

[@GQguy24]

I always hated the Orlando Magic when I was a kid in the 90s. But that’s because I was a born and raised Chicago Bulls fan. And when MJ came back they were our biggest rival for two years there. Especially with traitor Horace Grant deciding to leave us to go play for them. That being said……I always loved the Orlando Magic uniforms. In particular these black ones and those electric blue ones. They seriously should switch back to those as their regular uniforms.

[@gregoryrowlerson8457]

Hey, I wonder what would happen if they moved the 3 point line closer today? Would the players take more 3's? 😅

[@PA-zt6xu]

Players would shoot 40 3s a game and with the more moving screens I could see a team shoot 80 3s in one game😂

[@ILoveOldTWC]

I couldn't stand the Orlando Magic that year. I was happy that Miami beat them in this game. I was also happy that the Houston Rockets swept them in the finals.

[@Gianluca-xn7ri]

23'28" incredibile traveling from Penny Hardaway, incredible talented guy, one of my favorite player ever, but 4 steps is traveling

[@mikegames3464]

Fun fact. Michael Jordan needed 37 shots to score 55 that year. The same year. Glen Rice 27 shots to score 56

[@gabriel1095]

Rice was a much better three-point shooter

[@stevenvicijan4338]

Muy memoria. . .

[@kennybegeske8824]

Put This Game On NBA TV Hardwood Classic On TV

[@hahhhn5998]

21:50 broke nick Anderson ankles damn

[@kascnef]

Coming back in 25

[@nateboy1489]

How far the NBA has fallen. This was back when I watched. I haven’t watched consistently since the early 2000s.

[@adampruitt9211]

I stopped watching consistently after the Lakers beat the Celtics in the 2010 NBA Finals after that I would watch it sometimes but not all the time now I barely watch it anymore in 2024

[@stokesr08]

What’s the date of this game?

[@gwinbeer]

04/15/1995

[@stokesr08]

@@gwinbeer thanks!😁👍🏿

[@eliaskhoury-m5g]

How did Willis get jumpball over Shaq

[@ast.george3565]

notice how much you heard horace grants name. this is why shaq brought him to LA to win a chip in 2001. the same thing he did for michael in chicago. giving you a 60% fg% double double on 11 shots. Thats why he is going on the "no bull tour" and he has a right. that man had 13.5 points a game and 7.8 rebounds on 68.9% shooting in the eastern conference finals when they finally beat detroit in 1991. no way they beat detroit that soundly if he doesn't play like that. even in this game shaq got a wide open dunk because they were doubling penny hardaway and watching grant right below the three point line lol

[@gregoryrowlerson8457]

Did Horace Grant miss a shot?

[@neongreenninja5433]

Wow

[@coreyortiz9913]

is this the 1994-95 or 1995-96 season ?

[@HeathOverledger]

1994-95, a few days after MJ’s double nickel game

[@joshuabolden5875]

Rice was traded to the Hornets for the 95-96 season and Pat Riley took over for the Heat and brought in Alonzo Mourning and Tim Hardaway.

[@StevenAsadi]

@@HeathOverledger 18 days after

[@darrengordon-hill]

THEY DON'T MAKE INTROS LIKE THIS ANYMORE!!!!

[@changkwangoh]

GLEEEEEEEEN RIIIIIIICE……THREEEEEEEE

[@davidriley1702]

NBC Part of the Prime SportsChannel Networks family which also includes SportsChannels New England, New York, Philadelphia, PRIAM, 😊😊 Florida, Ohio,Cincinnati,Chicago and Pacific. Prime Sports Northeast, Pittsburgh, Southwest, Midwest, Rocky Mountain, Intermountain, West, Prime Ticket, and Northwest, NESN, Empire Sports Network, MSG Network, Home Team Sports, SportSouth, Sunshine Network, PASS Sports, Midwest Sports Channel Network, and the stations owned by and/or affiliated with NBC Fun fact: This is the year that Amy Stone left NESN for SportsChannel Chicago

[@carlosvazquez5196]

Billy ownes traded for seikaly. I couldn’t wait to see the warriors 4 - 0 start that year without Webber and see Tim hardaway spree and cwebb. Ahh the rest is history fucking nelly

[@airkuna]

what.....there was a list...top players/shots most 3 POINT SHOT ATTEMPTS PER GAME was likes 3-5/game!!!!!!???????? nowadays top players/3 point attempts/game is like 10-20/game :DDDDDDDDd

[@josephjohnson1057]

Sarah Palin approves.

[@smittyque2567]

Billy Owens was such a disappointment turning his back to MJ on a fast break and that was it

[@michaeljones1972]

Nutmeg Ghostface Killah

[@pc2650]

If Penny is selfish like Kobe and with that killer instinct. Magic probably will win a title

[@chrisb3976]

Back when the NBA was the NBA. Unlike todays bs woke, racist charade.