Just months after their grueling seven game series in the 1992 playoffs, the Bulls and Knicks met again in Chicago Stadium. Michael Jordan scored 42 points on 15 of 34 shooting and the Bulls won 89-77.
Rare game. Jordan rarely had bad halves, and even more rarely bad second halves. Here he was 6-18 in the first half but bounced back for 9-16 in the second half.
Jordan was actually injured in 2 of the 4 regular season games against the Knicks this season, the first game in MSG in the early part of the season (the 37-point blowout) and the third meeting played in Chicago Stadium, a couple of months after this game. Pippen had a huge game in that one, but Bulls still lost. Then Knicks beat the Bulls again in the regular season finale winning series 3-1 and looking primed to conquer the Bulls to get to the Finals. Not so fast! lol
great upload i remember headline on the Sun-times the day after "jolly old St. Knick" . the bulls utilized the trap in the second half much the same way they used the trap against the knicks in game 3 of the conf finals that same year
@jimmychuang Honestly this game isn't really one of his best...he scored 42 pts yes...but he put up 34 shots...almost any good scorer on that amount of shots will hit the 40pt mark...
Bernard King,Cheeks,Stockton,Fat Lever,Mchale,Parish,Worthy,Mullin,Aguirre,Dantley,Wilkins,Rivers,Moses Malone...I could go on and on but I think we get the point. Not one of today's players have the basketball skill these guys had. Could Lebrick and Kobe and Wade have play then, ofcourse. Would I start the much more athletic Lebrick over say Larry Bird, not on your friggin life!!
oh yeah no doubt. What I said was more of a compliment than a criticism cuz MJ's standards are so high. Kobe's standards aren't compared to MJ. So this game by MJ was Kobe-esque (ie. mediocre) in terms of FG%.
Man, i miss the old Chicago Stadium. At 4:08 i had that same hat, damn i wished i would've kept it. Also miss Marv calling the old Bulls games, Marv over Costas anyday, peace.
it makes me upset that this was real basketball while today seems so fake for some reason. its about the egos of basketball players. mj helped a girl get a good seat while kobe tackles his friends like he did to pau in the olympic games. mj was also a guy that knew he had weaknesses even if others didn't believe it. kobe is a guy thats like we're supposed to win not anyone else.
i made my points,i know what i'm talking about. one thing for sure,the knicks were everything but untalented and teams emulated the defensive philosophy of chuck daily in the 90's,not only NYC. teams didn't shot that many 3's in the 90's compared to today's nba,check your sources. another thing where you are definitively wrong...the game was a lot faster in the 90's compared to today. the nba declined in 1999...the worst season ever.the lockout,the high school players,the rules,the money etc.
NBA is still a great game...it anything there might be greater individual talent now then in the 90s....I think ur being overly nostalgic here. Yes, there will probably never be another Jordan....but Kobe, Bron, Wade, CP3, Durant, Melo, Dirk, etc....arent too shabby dont u think?
First off it was the early 90's that were good, the talent starting declining towards the end and it hasn't stopped yet.The pure basketball talent of the 80's has not been matched yet.There was a perfect blend of "basketball skill" and athleticism, something that is lacking today.The basketball skill is so poor today the NBA is unwatchable.Today it's either a 3 or a dunk,bad dribbling,traveling and a SHITLOAD of badly missed shots.MJ,Magic,Bird,Thomas,Malone,Barkley,Olajuwan,Ewing,English...
Welp times change, it’s more players that are good this time and day. It’s entertaining and more people having a chance to win cause it’s more good players. They were dunking in the 90’s too though 😂
Yea it's so awesome to watch these guys throw up 30 3's a game,making 5, shooting a combined 40% & scoring 80 in 48 minutes with 45 fouls because these guys have no fundamentals so they get beat which is a huge dis & they hack the shit out of someone instead of getting the ball inbounds & up the court for a score. Had I watched the Finals it would have been great to see Miami as a team shoot 38%, Lebrick shuffle his feet all over the place & Wade do the Miller douchebag leg kick then fall down.
The late 90's were not great.The 80's and early 90's were great but those untalented Knicks team that beat up everyone to make up for the lack of talent ruined the NBA into what all these young idiots today call defense.You cant stop MJ so lets beat the shit out of him ala the Pistons.I live in Chicago & am the biggest MJ fan there is but those games in 97 & 98 were a far cry from the bball i grew up watching in the 80's.The late 90's was the begining of the thuggish no skills era we have today
If one of today’s players dunked it in the last second with the game out of reach like MJ did here, the opposing players would be crying that he broke an unwritten rule. The guys back then sucked it up and played the game like men. No whining to the media after the game, just use it as motivation for next time.
It's almost as if MJ during this season said to himself, "why am I wasting energy & movement beating guys off the dribble all night & trying to dunk on them, when I can just post up a few feet from the goal & turn & shoot on them ALL damn day! They can't block my shot because I have too much lift on my release. Yeah..I'll do that & then really kill 'em by doing all that other stuff down the stretch.."
No the game was on the way down way b4 1999.The Pistons started a trend that ruined the NBA & turned their Bad Boy crap into actual defense.The Pistons were talented & didnt need the thuggish BS but then the early 90's untalented Knicks started fouling everyone in sight to make up for their lack of talent which slowed the game down & made them look halfway decent.This is the model for todays so called BS defense which is nothing more than I got beat so I need to hit someone & brick up some 3's.
As I said the 90's is where the NBA started to decline & no I don't find enjoyment in watching Lebrick travel for 3 quarters & then disappear in the 4th & Nash is the epitome of how bad the NBA is when he's a back to back MVP.Shooting percentages are so horrible it's unreal & no I dont like watching todays 75-69 finals (with all the shitty new rules) either where both teams jack up 20-25 3's each & make 5.Games in the 80's were routinely over 100 points each with 3 or 4 threes taken per team.
The early 90s when we had teams like the Pacers, Knicks, and Rockets routinely playing in 70-65 thrillers? If you think today's NBA is unwatchable --- well, that makes sense because you are not watching. There were better big men in the 90s, but a lot of that is owed to the fact that the league has now become more of pg-oriented game, which I feel is for the betterment of the product. If you cant find enjoyment in Kobe, Bron, Wade, CP3, Durant, Melo, Rondo, Nash, Dirk, etc thats on you.
so let me get this straight, you're saying you dont enjoy watching Kobe, bron, Wade, cp3, durant, etc? And you talk about poor shooting, what were the % for those Knicks/Bulls games from the 90s? Or Knicks/Rockets finals....?
i like how fired up jordan were that year with the knicks. i love the intensity they gave out on and off the court. it is also such a weird comment from jordan about those three guys. and yes, they had a lot to prove and they still do, if they are still able to play the in the nba now.
NBA didn't start to decline in the 90's but in the late 90's.in the 90's,teams try to emulate the pistons by accentuate the defense. that is why scores declined,but players could still shoot the ball.plus, besides magic and bird,the best players of the 80's were at their pick in the 90's. and,they were more competition,more parity,more championship teams in the 90's than in the 80's. the game declined in 99 with the lockout,the decline of a great generation, the high school players...
