Chris Mullin (41pts, 16/21FG) vs. Magic Johnson (44pts/12rebs/9asts) (1991 Playoffs) 

Yeah, they had that song "my Adidas". But think it was 80's.

Hell yeah!!

Superb analogy. Mullin, like Vandeweghe, wasn't fast or real quick, but could get to the hoop as well as shoot. And they didn't miss their FT's, either.

his d isnt. why they keep letting him guard magic.

tara willis and put who on him ? One of the other three 6 foot 5 and under players ? Result would have been worse

@@tarawillis3995 magic is bigger so it was a mismatch, Mullin still scored 44 so it's a wash.

He's in the hall of fame so he at least got his due.

If Mullin went to the lakers or Chicago he would have won something

I agree that Mullin was a pure shooter, but Bird was more than a pure shooter. They are not equal. Bird was at another level.

leon3 Bird was also constantly with better temamates, going for the ring. That makes a difference, dont you think?

Indeed it does. I would argue, however, that Bird made the players around him better too. Mullin was a weapon, Bird was a leader.

mullin is noithing compared to bird but a good shot . lol. bird was legend in a lot of different ways .

nikchris69 Mullen was only elite for 5 years. Bird was elite until his back forced his retirement

Earv is criminally underrated as a scorer. He averaged 19.5 career. There are guys like Mark Aguirre who are remembered as primary scorers who retired with 20 ppg averages. Magic could do almost anything he wanted offensively save for high-fly dunks. He had big hands to get great spin on the ball, same as Jordan. He had a lot of finesse to be able to hit those hooks with both right AND LEFT(!) hands. He developed a decent three in only 2 yrs of trying (towards end of his career). Plus, he had better post moves and footwork than the GREAT majority of 3s, 4s, and 5s. Plus, his handle up court was honed from running thousands of fastbreaks. He did basket to basket runs for point blank layups once a game because the 3s and 4s who were tasked to guard him couldn't keep pace with him in the open court. He also had a superb drop step and perimeter spin move. In one of the 91 Finals games, he spun around Pippen and then faked Jordan with a no-look pass in the same play. Very deceptive player in a general sense -- in passing for sure, but also offensively.

+John Dayton CURRY REALSE IS MUCH QUCKER THEN BOTH

+John Dayton CURRY REALSE IS MUCH QUCKER THEN BOTH

Curry is more creative than both, anyway.

There were a lot of players with very quick releases/shots from the 60s-80s. The only reason Mullin stands out here is because you haven't watched enough older games to know better.

Dell Curry's release was arguably faster than his son's. You gotta be like 37-41 at best to remember Dell as a player, tho. Not the standard for online hoop fans. I'm old. I actually saw this game live when I was 15. Great, fun series. Magic was pissed off during GS's opening intros for Gm 3 in Oakland. They had RUN DMC introing the Warriors and the entire intros lasted about 25 minutes. I still got that game, I rewatched it a couple yrs ago. Chick Hearn was predicting a win before the first minute from the look of annoyance on Magic's face during that. He wasn't interested in that kinda silliness during the playoffs.

@Franklin Clinton @LamarMatic But the thing is, would Phil Jackson have tolerated Chris Mullin being an offense first kind of guy with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant shouldering the bulk of the scoring load? But if we're talking prime Mullin when he was a superstar scoring machine and you put him in the '99-'00 Lakers lineup, he would be better than Glen Rice (post-elbow surgery version), Rick Fox and Devean George. I do know Phil made Rice split time in a timeshare at SF with Fox, because Fox provides defense while Rice at that point was only good for mid-level scoring and nothing else. Again, if it's the prime years of Mullin we're talking about for the Lakers, sign me up and cover his defensive shortcomings with a better third scoring option than Rice. But if it's the actual '99-'00 version of Mullin where he was benched as a backup swingman behind Reggie Miller and Jalen Rose, then he's better off being a third-string SF or at least Kobe's backup SG who hardly played 20+ minutes unless Kobe misses time.

Terry teagle, rod higgins, Sharunas, tom tolbert, Mario elie... loved watching all these guys

Loved the Warriors from this era.

"Oh god damn!"

They were called Run TMC. Tim, Mitch, and Chris. Rap group Run DMC.

3's and dunks. Hey, it's what makes sportscenter.

Absolutely. 3's and jams. It makes sportscenter. What happens when the 3's aren't falling that night? And if you have a rim protector keeping you from the hoop? Mid range. Hello, Mullin, Walter Davis, Gervin. Those guys aren't around today.

JMS1089 Because he was Better than them!

Mitch is in the HOF now too

I don’t know if he was still an alcoholic at that point in his career 😂

They obviously had a plan to attack Mullin, who was guarding Magic. I wouldn't judge Magic too harshly on trying to stick to a game plan that was working. Mullin himself got hot though, and the Dubs stole the win.

you see, this is how magic was playing in his final season before he retired coz of HIV and there are some fuckers who say that Magic had declined in 1991. Magic lead a new team with a new coach once again the finals all my himself, without Kareem and without cooper.

+leon3 Likewise. Magic stuck Mullin to the floor with those spin moves.

nonplayerzealot4 Two Hall of Famers.

Mullin and nobody on that team could stop magic, he was one Stat short of a very high triple double

The Bulls were younger, more athletic and hungrier. They weren't going to be denied no matter what. Both Worthy and Scott missed a game injured too. Magic couldn't get away with his usual posting up smaller PG guards with the ballhawking younger 6'6" MJ and 6'7" Pippen with wiry arms.

he didn't do a step back , watch it again carefully. He kept his right foot steady , and he just returned his left foot back to where the right foot was.

By the time he reached the bulls he was tired, probably playing slightly injured from his grueling western conference playoff series and lost valuable key players to injuries, so yeah he played slightly above average and managed to at least get 1 win

^ Get back to me after another 4 championships. :)

+Nick in Vietnam bwahahaha, what a crock of shit LOL you cant even compare a scrub like curry to the likes of magic LOL

WuTangFan1000 2 times MVP and he's not finished yet dawg...

oh, he's done

WuTangFan1000 He's 28 dawg...