Bulls vs. Sonics - 1996 NBA Finals Game 6 (Bulls win 4th championship) 

@@rashard4 cant agree more. Jordan and Pippen woulsnt have 2nd chance shots without Rodman's amazing rebounding offensively and defensively

theCrimsonViper had 11 offensive rebounds, what an absolute weapon he was

@@Headset537 other than rebounding. He was an xfactor on scoring.

MJ's 1st 3 peat. Lakers had Magic with aids and no Kareem. Drexler by himself lol. Then Barkley, and Kevin Johnson lol. 1995 Eatsern Conference Finals MJ choked on a key play in Game 6 and lost to Shaq and Penny 6-0 my ass. Oh MJ was rusty right? He dropped two 50 point games prior to that series. They desperately needed Rodman's help. Rodman's offensive rebounding won the following 1996 series, most long time Bulls fans agree. Jordan not only shot terribly from the field, he was absolute s--- in the fourth quarters too (shot 33.3% in them, and only 15.4% in the fourth quarters of the three close games). In the two close wins of the series, Rodman averaged 11 offensive rebounds/game. He was setting records, and when MJ was shooting the team out of the game with bricks (rest of the team struggled shooting wise too), it was Rodman getting all those rebounds to give Bulls the extra possessions. Bulls as a team shot much lower than Sonics in that series...why do you think they still won? They got 34 more possessions from offensive rebounds (Rodman alone had 41!). MJ's scoring could have been replaced in that series, but Rodman's historic offensive rebounding? Not so much. Rodman should have been the MVP of that Finals. The Bulls shot much worse from the field than the Sonics in the Finals but still won. How did that happen? Simple. The Bulls got more shot opportunities from offensive rebounds basically negating many of their misses. Rodman, by himself, secured and additional 41 possessions for the Bulls with his offensive rebounding including 2 games where he tied an NBA Finals record. That's like playing H-O-R-S-E and someone giving you multiple "do overs" after you've missed. Jordan didn't have to contend with a generation behind him - go look at the drafts from '86-'95; there was very little top-end talent entering the league and a good number of 'em were on the Bulls. Payton was injured in the NBA Finals in 1996. Horace Grant was also very underappreciated as a Bull, a key in the Magic beating the Bulls in '95, and injured in Game 1 in '96. Also, while people give Jordan credit for the titles he didn't win because he quit on his team (twice), they also don't factor in the extra wear and tear those years would've put on him in the later years, probably costing him a couple titles on the back end. He also didn't have to exist in a social media world - he was prickly with the media and always felt maligned, even by the mostly flattering "The Jordan Rules" - imagine him exposed to the comments and 24-hour sports news cycle of today. He's a notoriously terrible talent evaluator - imagine if the Bulls had felt compelled to pick the players he wanted. We all know he didn't want Scottie Pippen; imagine if he had to play GM and coach and SG. Or if the Bulls weren't able to lock Scottie Pippen into a now-impossible ridiculously low contract. Jordan has a grand total of 1 playoff GAME win without Pippen. Jordan also played in a watered-down league as the NBA expanded from 23 teams to 30, and the West was the deeper conference back then. So basically when Jordan was winding down his prime, all his competition was ALSO winding down theirs, and most were even older than he was. LeBron, meanwhile, has had to play his last two Finals against TWO league MVPs in their prime that partnered up while his "superstar" teammates are both guys who have won a total of zero playoff games without him. LBJ's a pass first player. 10k+ assists 10k+ boards 30k+ points will NEVER be done again. LBJ GOAT no question. Bigger, stronger, faster. Rings are a team achievement, not an individual accomplishment. Facts. Keep hating.

@@Sytadel basically a nonsense reason by a brontard

I know, it is so unwatchable now.

he retired a few years earlier fool

Yea where real men played

Rev JGCE 😁😁😁 players nowadays are cry babies!

The Bulls were hitting 3s

Ed Kenneth draymonds like that now though

SchmeichelP just stop it!

You obviously don't watch enough games of him playing. Draymond has been like that since his college days in Michigan. He might be overly excessive when he trash talks and frustrates the refs, but you can't deny his competitiveness that rivals Rodman and other older guys.

Jordan and then are better

players now are flopping

These days we know the alleged stories about James Jordan repeatedly raping his daughter, from Deloris' book. This used to be one of the most iconic moments of my life, but like so many things, it wound up being tainted.

At this point Jordan had just came back from a brief retirement ( a year & a half). He had just retired after his father James had just got killed.

Jordan played like trash that series

Especially because Jordan was in his prime

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥❤❤❤❤❤

Same, that theme will always remind me of 90’s basketball

NBA pregame show with Ahmad Rashad doing highlights and haddaway what is love beat in the background. I KNOW someone remembers that ☺️

Delusional..😂😂😂

Tga alegria ka??

@@wilmarmacalalag7538 hahaha

That’s what Jordan created around him. He demanded guys get everything from themselves

I felt the same way brother D

Best team ever.

In study hall back in the mid 90's in Chicago I read the sports section exclusively because I couldn't get enough of the Bulls. What a great era in sports history.

FlaatBeat Don’t Forget The Spurs In 99’ When Jordan Left Once Again

@Ro 2 all them regular season wins mean nothing if you can't get to the finals to prove it. The Rockets were unproven up to those Bulls championships. Bulls would've beaten them in 6 despite what they say.

@Ro 2 no sir. The Rockets weren't beating the Bulls in any year

@Ro 2 just talking your bs huh?

MrH1120 n you’re fucking insane Hakeem had the Bulls numbers. The Sonics would’ve won if they had Payton guarding MJ earlier, he was below average this series...Rodman’s dominance on the boards saved the Bulls.

True passion.

Exactly!

Same!!!

Nick Bowman the warriors duh

Nick Bowman warriors are the greatest team off all time

David Targos lost to raptors. lol

@@davidtargos6278 warriors bandwagon smh

@@shanese8471perhaps the 80s Lakers and Celtics era is more iconic but this era is what made the nba famous worldwide.. as a kid from Sweden, no one ever watched a game of nba basketball, you couldn’t find them on tv, but every single kid knew who Michael Jordan was.

Good point. It was Rodman and Kemp who were the better players in the Finals that year. Just can't have dual MVP players- one from the winning team and one from the losing team

Holy crap, great example. Look at him absolutely sprint back into the right lane for the pass from Pippen... Absolute thing of beauty

This was the era when superstars played all 82 games also.rodman was a beast by the way.

@@michaelkawell3300 their bodies held up well unlike these muscular new players who get injuries every now and then

Hell yeah the worm. Hes always had my respect.

Me too. the 80's /90/s 00's were the golden age for the NBA.

Yes but I keep sayin, without jordan chicago hasnt before or after jordan ever won a title.i could have won a ring on his teams.

@@chuckyboy7940 nah boi, then why they didn't win a single ring when he left?

Its because mj wasnt there. Rodmans good but like I keep saying theyve never won without jordan. They definitely won without rodman. Lol

Nobody feared Pippen til midway through the 2nd 3 peat 😂

Debu Pegasus Kukoc was not only 3-pointer,he was all-around player,just couldn’t guard as effectively as Scottie,plus Ron Harper was hell of a player,solid scorer and excellent defender.

FUCK--- you

Butthurt

League Bat hmm conspiracy theory

Mayan Empire that was luck

NBC = STFU child

You don't and don't lie

the goats literally always have and will be wilt chamberlain and bill russell

the goats are wilt chamberlain and bill russell

@@youtuber3328 nah they garbage compared to MJ. the goat discussion has always been stirred up by copers who try so hard to cope. MJ is the undisputed goat of basketball. Its not an opinion or are there any discussion needed for this. It is a objective fact.

@@youtuber3328 wilt is overrated bill is overrated that's it.

Yes and go Cubs

Jason Lassiter 2019 Warriors are the greatest nba team ever lmao

They lost against the greatest player lebron

72 ain't a thing without a ring... And they backed it up. Greatest team ever.

David Targos Warriors don't know how to do a 3peat. lol

MJ made N.B.A internatonal, and other players benefitted from it as Barkley says. Even today, even though there people who don't know Lebron in another country, bu nobody around the globe doesn't say he/she doesn't know MJ. His personality is sometimes quoted dubuious, but his fierece competetiensss DEMANDED others and only a few could get along with him well.

***** He was the PERFECT basketball player!

***** You done slurping on MJ black meat?

***** Magic and Bird turned losing teams into winning teams within the first year of joining, meanwhile the Pistons built their arsenal from the ground up. Bulls sucked ass with and without MJ until Pippen finally stepped up for them to win--then they took Rodman an original a Piston who was and is one of the best defensive and aggressive players of all time. All the cards were set up for them to win! All the odds were stacked against teams like the pistons and 90s knicks (real teams that did whatever it took to win). Only someone as unstoppable as Rodman could help them get the last three when they no longer had it in them. The league cheated for MJ and changed rules for him so he could dominate. (handchecking and three second rules) All they wanted to do was suck MJ who was so bitter, he told administration not to let isiah thomas play on the dream team--the greatest team ever assembled, when he was the greatest PG in the league at the time and IS top 10 best PG's of all time who paved the way for dominate players under 6'4". MJ was a whiny bitch who cried when he lost anything and he wasn't that fucking good, especially in earlier years without Pippen who forced him to use his team which enabled him to get even one ring. How about YOU get some knowledge of what you're talking about! Instead of dickriding, understand the logisitics connecting the nba and "his airness" I mean, with his PUSH-OFF "last shot" in 98 and his rigged "flu games" and excessive ballhogging how can he really be considered the best? None of that stuff would be excepted today. He had teammates who never got to show their full potential. besides, most of what you hear about him being the greatest comes from NIKE and Jordan Brand and its all a part of their marketing scheme to get you to pay 200 for some basic ass shoes.

SX BX you're a moron lol! The bulls were garbage without Jordan but Jordan made the playoffs EVERY single year he was there! Lebron didn't make the playoffs until 2006. Take your ass somewhere else

But gsw beat that with 73/9

73 and 9 warriors!!

If only that 73/9 came with an NBA Championship. 🤷🏿‍♂️

Sit down bozo. Dont bring that crap here. Sick of yall

Bro it wasn’t even that horrible 💀

​@@MarkCousin Actually, it is. They said there's so much defense in this 90's era? Can't see it here. They dont even contest shots properly, heck they also miss wide open shots as well.

​@@poyjuarez7670Gary Payton literally blocked someone the first play what u mean no defense 😂

@@sleepyboi6628 and? In the modern nba they block 5x per game, what's your point?

Which is saying a LOT!

Connor Barry in your dreams

Nikke dee in your dream

Connor Barry stop hating

Notenoughammoandguns been a bulls fan since i was 5 and i would admit. The GSW would destroy this Bulls team. Jordan would be jordan but the game has evolved. Rodman would be benched bc he cant guard the out side and that alone would exploit them. The bulls bench would not score more than 5 points against gsw bench. It would be a sweep.

Lol Scottie was an asshole

I'm glad I got to experience greatness. I'm grateful I was born in 90

+joseph yee Definitely the best.

And then the transition to the subtle beat with Marv saying something like "Listen to this capacity crowd..." lol

6 finales 6 ganadas

Ray Dominguez u need to add hakeem olajuwon PG: Payton SG: MJ SF: Pippen PF: Rodman C: Hakeem

@@geraldreyes2714 all from the same era. Btw check out Michael Jordan History on RU-vid

I got a fever, and the only cure, is more cowbell!

They need to bring it back asap

”This is the N.B.A on NBC!" Chills my spine!

Yeah I cried too. Real men cry

Sonics gave the best team of all time 2 losses. Formality my ass.

Do was Longley

So...ooops

Dennis Galabo - So true! What's crazy is EVERYONE knew Jordan carried that dagger for his opponents hearts, yet no one could stop it. Michael was the only one who could really stop Michael. That is what makes him the GOAT. LeBron might be more physically gifted because of his size and freakish athleticism, but teams don't fear the dagger from LeBron. If I had my choice of who I'd rather face, Jordan or James, I'd pick James every time. I want no part of Jordan, especially in the playoffs..

Clark Bucher mj is still more physically gifted than lebron. big hands, long wing span, can jump very high either with one foot or with two feet, really good core muscles, cat like quickness, deceptive strength and top it all with the crazy drive to win.

lebron is just bigger. thats all

I totally agree. It's hard to explain but there came that moment in the 4th quarter, no matter what had transpired beforehand. You had Jordan. You just knew it was their destiny.

And it not "only" what MJ did and how he commanded his team, it was HOW he did it. More times than not, it was works of art, absolute aweinspiring and nature defying shit and what ENTERTAINMENT is ALL about. You didn't want to miss a second, cuz you never knew, when he was gonna do some shit worthy of a cape. The same goes for the great Emmit vs. Barry discussions on best RB. Barry had that outofthisworld X-factor as well, why I will go to the grave with Barry Sanders being the greatest RB to ever suit up.

I think pippin didnt want to play in seattle.

Seattle wouldn't have picked pippen if they kept that pick. Bulls knew who they wanted from that draft

I am not sure.but pippen should play for knicks.after draft and then.he went to chi and polynice to knicks

@@markovitorovic3257 it was Seattle

@@lonniethompson758 ok.my mistake

The tears still well up after all these years

@@Hopefullymarried I was searching for a recent comment, i felt the same, his father would be soo proud!!

Still cry about his daddy. Cryin now.

Right on. the theme let you know that a competive battle was going to begin. Unlike today's NBA!

Good times

Kevin i

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sorry long reply 4 years ago xdd