Bulls vs Heat 1997 - Game 3 - Michael Jordan 34 points 

3:00 he made a shot over 3 defenders without stretched arms. He's the GREATEST

MJ is GOAT for a reason the youth should be shown MJ film nothing compares to MJ greatness !

MJ I love you ❤️

LOL, Lebron would shit his pants if he had to go up against MJ. Dirk kicked his ass, what do you think MJ would do?

MJ ❤️❤️

Easily a 40 or 50 point game if they needed it...

i dont understand why ppl get so mad when others say kobe is better. the majority of us kno it and the ones who dont, r not gonna change their mind. i doubt mj himself would get as mad as some u do. kobe himself knows it. and seems that bcos ure so busy defending mj, that u 4get kobe is an all time great whether u like him or not

at 6:00...now that was a foul...

Go watch Kobe's 81 point game. Kobe's jumper > MJ's jumper

@davedropd1 Did you forget that the Celtics got beat by Riley's Lakers all throught the 80's? No need to feel sorry for him all those rings he got.

You dang right she was!!! Hannah's hotter NOW, but Willow was hot for days! LOL!

You youngers better take notes!! If you plan on Being great, you first have to study the greatest!! MJ

Pat shouldn't have said they were giving him special treatment. .lol..

LOL!!! @ 5:12!! Rodman drove Zo CRAZY this entire series!! I loved Rodman! Such an antagonist.

Pat teams never could beat the jordan bulls in the playoffs

This is the only Jordan game (with the Bulls) I ever taped and it was a good one. You knew coming off a bad game, Jordan was going to come out with intent. I wish I'd taped all of them. But without cable at the time it was a rare day to have good reception while taping off of the TV. Considering the number of times Jordan was hacked on the arm with no calls at the beginning of the series, it was pretty hypocritical of him to suggest Jordan was being given special treatment.

Kobe is a all time great but better than Mike LMFAO he copied Mike and still couldn't duplicate it next go checc there career fg percentage Mike's is higher Mike a better defender lead the league in steals scoring dpoy 5 MVP's 6 finals MVP's 10 scoring titles 9 time defensive player I tell you what let me know what Kobe did what did he accomplish

mj was so fundamental!!! He is always there on a follow up miss. How many great shots has the goat had on follow up misses? I seen so many here against Utah was best one in flu game, He not just the goat but the achiles of basket ball

The first two games of this series were ugly because Miami was overplaying the passing lanes, and "snake-biting" the Bulls on the forearms during the shots. They put the Bulls to the line themselves. For Game 3, the Bulls spread out the triangle a little to open up the lanes to dunks and lay-ups.

I love that dunk at 1:10! What a beautiful spin and slam.

"The best of 7 Eastern Conference Finals series" Got to love Marv Albert.

The major adjustment the Bulls made was spread out the triangle offense and ran more pick and roll sets, along with Pippen and Jordan going into the post more. This caused problems for Miami's backcourt and the driving lanes were wide open, and it did helped that Miami kept turning the ball over during the third quarter which broke the game over.

i wont call jordan GOD cuz there's only one...but he's the greatest too ever pick up a basketball

Dan Majerle hated having to guard MJ in this series. lol

Anyone that says Kobe has a better jumper than MJ needs to watch this.

god you gotta feel sorry for riley....he's a great coach but the bulls put the knicks away all times but in 94. And then he gets it in miami too. Bulls really were like the 90's version of the old celtic teams... nobody could touch'em

thumbs up if you think most heat fans today were cheering 4 the bulls back then

Yeah Pat riley, Magic and kareem never got calls from officials. Lol

Man, MJ, backing down is unstoppable! He's the best SG post player of all time!

Like Jurassic Park on the court in these NBA DAYZ 😂

Besides 8 more scoring titles, a higher FG% and playing great against elite defensive teams, what separates Kobe and MJ is that Mike didn't have his best games against lottery teams. If Kobe "has the most offensive weapons ever" then why didn't he score more against the Pistons and Celtics in the '04 and '08 Finals. You better not say that they played zone defense.

omfg MJ at 2.15- that is an unreal double-fake fadeaway even by his standards. thanks as usual FE23

the move on hardaway at 1:16 is fucking nasty....look how quickly he does it...his footwork was unreal

How the F do you hit that fadeaway at 2:13

The refs can effect the game w just 3 to 4 key whistles. The games back then were that close.

Lebron James should watch clips like these and realize if he wants to take his game to the next level he needs a post game.

Back when playoff games were played on back to back nights.

2:12 is why he still dominated, look at that fadeaway ! you can't defend that

@rafikz77 he not a ball hog ballhogs dont win titles

Pippin makes the perfect 'Robin' to Michael's 'Batman'...

There aren't many guards in the history of the NBA who have been devastating post players.

kobe's my fav player but Jordan is the god of basketball

no shit and doo doo this game!

I miss the grindy hard fought NBA where every bucket counted

alonzo no rings in mj era, rings in 2000s era, is prove to all of you young people who never watch b-ball in the physical mj era the 90s,

One time Phil told the media he’s got a 3 headed center with 18 fouls to give, inventing his “hack a Shaq” The refs made him pay the next game by calling EVERYTHING a foul on Shaq 👀

Jim Gray's instigating ass.

MJ was MJ and Pip was Pip, they lit Miami up. Though the other offensive stars had less than stellar games, the Bulls still dominated. To me this is what set the Bulls apart from other great teams like the Lakers and Celtics, they had such a dominating smothering defense. High scoring teams usually struggle when their offense is not clicking, but because the Bulls were so special on defense, they could struggle offensively like this game and still beat you by 25 points, now that's scary.

That is an effin sweet fadeaway.

damn...21 fg for the whole team in one night..either they dont know how to shoot or the bulls just play extremely well in the defense. yea when jordan was 34, he still plays like no one else, just amazing. he is just special that's all. yea sometime you wonder if someone like kobe deserves an mvp trophy.. and his lakers now just really,really sucks compare to the bulls back then. the lakers is way over-rated.

@coffee because kobe supporters just have no facts to back their claim up. kobe wont win 6 rings. kobe wont win 6 finals mvp´s etc etc. those are the facts for MJ. where are the ones for kobe? let alone the fact that alot of noobs just havent seen michael play in his prime..how would they be able to compare?

As long as the player doesn't actually put his hand under the ball, they'll never call that on anyone. Today's players get away with even more. Iverson is probably the worst offender. He outright palms the ball just about every time he dribbles.

The Heat were probably getting REALLY sick of Michael and the Bulls after this game..

@rafikz77 mj ain't a ball hog! most of the plays were drawn up for him, mainly in mitch match situations. and in the post! ain't damn ball hog..kobe is tho

4:19, absolutely beautiful move

They don't have teams like this anymore miss the 90s

@ForEmily23 i agree this bulls team would kill the Laker team of today

n hiz head the whole game

We all know mj the best ever but pat was right. I remember watching a game and mj fouled a dude. Pip wasn't even near them he raised his hand and they gave him the foul instead. And let's not act like they dont do that for all stars.

Pat Riley this has nothing to do with bad calls. They have Michael Jordan...And you don't it's really that simple!!

Man MJ got away with so many travels! Like on the replay @3:42 when he shot that 3 pointer, he shuffled his feet like a deck of cards lol.

MJ I already know I don’t like both of the devils whom claim to have birthed me ..MJ I love you ❤️

98-74 Bulls for a 3-0 lead! I just wish they could have swept them again!

@uberathlete Yes indeed. We always look at things on great or wanna be great players like size, speed, power, strength and athleticism, but sometimes we overlook the smaller things like moving without the basketball, post up game, footwork, timing, focus, determination, i could go on. It's those little things that can really elevate a player to new hieghts in his game. Little things can become big problems if you can't develop them.

@gbinct You're right. as great as MJ and Pippen were, they were also two of the best post players in the game, they were just so well rounded, i have never seen teammates who were so complete offensively and defensively. As strong and physically gifted as Lebron is, if he never develops any kind of post game, he will always be limited and containable, mark my words.

as you can see here, with 3:30 remaining to the end of the 3rd quarter, Jordan had 29 pts on nice %. If he wanted he may have scored 40-50pts easily but the Bulls did not need so many pts cause the lead was huge already. My point is, there was a massive number of this type of games when he could've scored a lot more but he didn't for the same reason.

@delfra70 yup. Add to that his inconsistent jumper and mediocre movement without the ball. While talented, he is very flawed. Jerry West noticed that years ago.

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LOL.. AIR VS. HEAT

@TheLuckytee I bandwaggoned from the Bulls to the Heat right after MJ retired from the Bulls. That was the ONLY time I left a team for another.

i've watched it and... MJ's >>>> KObe's

carry..

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@helenlundeberg yeh that move was unreal and he made it look so easy over two guys

Good Lord Jordan was amazing

Half of those Miami Heat Fans were actually Bandwagon Bulls Fans.

@shaqpopcorn34 Riiiiiiiiiight.....

5:36 nice move but MJ carried that ball LOL!!

LOL! Yeah he baptized him for sure!

Is that a good or bad thing? LOL

2 dislikes, Kobe and Lebron!

@ivanoschen In high school

ikr

where's Wade?

Come on now, lets not be ignorant here. If MJ and LeBron ever played each other, LeBron would run Michael over like a fuckin freight train. Michael would have his little jumpshot that would work over for LeBron, but there is no way in hell Michael would ever be able constantly prevent LeBron from taking it to the rim over him.

If the current lebron was on the Heat at that time, he would have pissed on the Bulls.

Thanks for the upload... what i like about those times... tha shoes.... pippen`s, barkleys, robinsons, rodman`s with nike not converse.. now.... mmm is hard to find a good pair....