Magic Johnson EPIC Game 4 Comeback Highlights vs Celtics 1987 NBA Finals - 29 Pts, FAMOUS HOOK SHOT 

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Thats those 2k dummys even they get mad when u run ben simmons at PG but thats the position he play in real life

I have abused MJ so many times on kyrie, since price is pg. Sometimes people put lbj on mj, then i abuse pippen.

i think klay or iggy woulda guarded him

It’s a fucking video game, dumbass. How is that even remotely close to reality.

Kids aren’t used to that style of basketball. They grew up in the modern age where all shots are created with handles at the perimeter. Teach em!

Bird was there too!

Considering what he did as rookie in Finals against the Sixers jumping center in the final game, he never ceases to amaze in the big moments. Just legendary.

BTW, he had been utilizing that Hook shot at least a couple of years by then. It was far from an accident that was his clutch shot of choice. Many forget he had been shooting that shot pretty regularly at least for a couple of years.

Arguably the best offensive player ever!

To me the GOAT also

Curry

@@KingLike8 lol

@@KingLike8 good joke

@@KingLike8 casual

I saw that the same way. Magic sucked that defense in and Cap was right there to finish had he missed. Not that there was any doubt right? lol :)

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Yeah Michael Jordan is

@@newpage4660 😂

The name of the GOAT was Bill Russell

undisputed

But he didn't have a jumpshot

@@12savage68 From midrange yes

@@12savage68 yes he did from midrange and 3 later in 89 90 and 9I he hit the 3. And got mvp over Jordan 2x in a row

@@robbereal1982 And thats because Jordan was a Rookie Bro but still I love Magic Top 4 all time for me but no one is comparable to my mans MJ dog

Both the Lakers & Celtics were better teams: Mainly because of the Center/ frontline: Rodman/Longley/Kukoc could not match up with Kareem/Magic/Worthy/AC Green (All 4 guys are 6 ft 9 or above) Jordan and Pippen are 6 ft 7 and under. Dennis Johnson, Cedric Maxwell can at least keep up with Jordan and Pippen....but the Bulls would not be able to answer Parrish & McHale or Worthy/Kareem/Magic down in the post. YES it might be a 7 game series - but I would say 7 of 10 times the Celtics/Lakers would beat those 90s Bulls. Rodman played vs. Boston around 1988 in the playoffs: He was limited to less than 4 rebounds per game (that's what happens when you play against one of the best frontlines in history: Parrish, Bird, McHale The 80s teams had more depth than Jordan's teams: Larry Bird, McHale, Parrish, Walton, DJ, Ainge, Henderson etc. etc Bulls: Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Longley, Kukoc, BJ Armstrong, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington, Steve Kerr Parrish / Mchale & Kareem/Magic/Worthy would be the huge difference makers - Jordan and Pippen cannot do everything.... Jordan/Pippen etc can get steals and ignite fast breaks ... but if Boston takes care of the ball, slows it down into a half - court game..... no I don't see the Bulls scoring enough out of the half-court set to match up and win a 7 game series. Even the Bulls could not keep up with Magic, Kareem and THAT Showtime fast break. (Remember when the bulls beat Magic, Kareem was already retired, Worthy was hurt most of the series, ... it just wasn't the same team with Cooper, Kareem, AC Green) " Size & Skill beats Small-Skilled every time. You can't grow enough to guard me" - Kevin McHale McHale would get the ball in the post vs. Rodman, Cartwright, Longley, Kukoc etc and score most every time.

You summed it up perfectly. I tell people all the time. Those Laker and Celtic teams would whoop MJs Bulls. So would the 83’ Sixers.

@@MrLarryLessor Dennis Rodman was a hall of fame rebounder and defender. He guarded a prime Shaq. He could absolutely defend Kevin McHale. Scottie Pippen could absolutely defend Larry Bird.

You can't because Rodman was on the Pistons during the 80's when Jordan couldn't win anything. The Bulls are a product of the 90's. Their success is in relationship to the destruction of the disappearing great 80's teams of Celtics, Lakers and Pistons. And I wouldn't count the 91 Pistons and Lakers as the same teams as they were in the 80's. Injury depleted teams.

@@wpl8275 Your argument is weakened by the fact that the 91 Pistons were defending champs - they had all their starters and none of them were out with injury... The Bulls in 91 were just ready for Detroit - they were faster, fearless than the PIstons. That's why Chicago swept in 91. Isiah admitted it: Years later or after 91 he admitted, "JOrdan looked at me like "What you have, I'm taking it" and Isaiah said that look "scared me". The Bulls were by 91 a very good team - were they an all time elite team like the 87 Lakers or 83 Sixers or 86 Celtics? Maybe not. BUt they were still champions - Horace Grant was underrated as an offensive player - he was an excellent athlete/ defender (even though he doesn't get HOF recognition like Rodman.) I agree that the 90s Bulls were overall a weaker team than the early 80s / mid 80s teams because they didn't have the frontcourt that would probably be needed to compete with Kareem, Moses, prime Parrish/McHale etc. But the Pistons were tough and the BUlls were right there battling with Detroit all those years. It's too easy to make dismissive generalizations. That was a golden era of NBA - Now you don't even have 3 teams in each conference that are deep at the level of the mid-80s teams. Stars today are looking for MVP awards, more money, more endorsements, fighting for social causes etc (whether its Kyrie trying to take a stand about masks or complaining about police brutality ) - a lot of the players today have lost the focus on winning the Chip every year. Hopefully GIannis, Embiied, Doncic, JOkic can make their teams really elite so we get that high level of basketball back.

Nah bruh that’s Kobe lmfao

@@user-pc8fn9kj5s facts

@@user-pc8fn9kj5s Magic has just as many championships as Kobrick and went to the Finals 9 times in 12 years, and he has more MVPs and more Finals MVPs, and he averaged the most assists per game in NBA history, and for his career Magic shot 52% and Kobrick shot 44%

Michael Bond stop calling him Kobrick that man is a all time great and show respect that man passed away in that horrible helicopter crash

@@jermanneholmes5953 yeah magic is still the best laker

As a Lakers fan, I appreciate the hardship.

good thing kobe wasn’t a pg

Could make an argument that he’s the best ever but yea I agree with you

Better than Jordan, Magic played two or three positions and ran the Lakers offense like a German Fieldmarshall.

@@briankorbelik2873 Naw, Magic played all five positions and he could do it at a superstar level for all of them

@@mr.billthrower7392 he's not explosive like Jordan and not the defensive player like Jordan but Magic can dictate the game anytime he wanted

@@gilbertbrown4183 Magic could guard 1-5 but his weakness was quicker small guards, while Jordan could only guard the 1 and 2. And if we’re talking physical attributes then Magic was bigger, stronger, longer, tougher, and had more endurance.

And I ain’t mad at you for that

Naw, Maj was only the greatest player in NBA history!

Mr Q Ceaz they would be much worse

They would be much worse dumbass Players are way more skilled now

@@chadwilliams2116 Stop talking basketball. For the love of god.

@@c--money9188 Yeah you know nothing about adaptability. Stop talking basketball

He would crush this era

Hes literally not being guarded

@@neymaredition1044 He's making his shots. Gtfoh

@@drew2fast489 so could majority of nba players today if shot isn’t being contested

@@neymaredition1044 it takes skill to find the uncontested shot.

@@neymaredition1044 And not 1 of these trash players, today, could have won titles in the Boston Garden in the 80s.

RULES evolved.

Semion Johnson 🤣🤣🤣 Gtfoh

"Ahmad Shomo" I'm not joking I couldn't be more serious they are both better than LeBron

lebron is top 2 abc,foxsport,slam,espn

Lebron is top 10 all time but definitely not top 5 after all those flame outs in the finals hes had

perla masiel matos Jiménez the media pushes that narrative but we all know magic and bird are greater than lebron

They lost because the Celtics has a slightly older team and did not have a strong bench like they did the year before, and almost every player had varying injuries. The Lakers on the other hand, had a very healthy team and great scorers off the bench.

😂

It was much easier to score because of the illegal defense rule..look at magics post ups, defenders couldn't help in the lane.

He was shoved in the back by Michel Thompson, also it was off of the Lakers, bad call.

Black Skip Bayless his jumpshot is 1 of top jumpshots of all time

That's his weakness. But having no perimeter jumpshot works in his era, because it's all about the paint. But I think if he played in this modern 3 point spacing era, he would have worked on his jumpshot more because he would do anything to win. Same for Jason Kidd, who improved his jumpshot later in his career. Can't say the same yet for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ben Simmons, right now it's their weakness.

he still managed to shoot 52% in his career, one of the best marks for a PG in NBA history

@@dreamsanity34 He shot 38% from 3 one year in the early 90s. Players adapt. His mid range shot wasn't bad either. I don't know where this myth came from that his mid range shot was bad. If he played today he would be an above average 3pt shooter.

But it went in!

Couldn't even average 20 against 5"10 JJ Barea

@@handlebucket6285 should change your name to just "simpleton"

@@goalinestance57 Says the casual

@@handlebucket6285 lol bro I hope you got more going on in your life than trolling. Or your just dumb as hell if you think jj barea was guarding lebron 1 v 1 and it wasn't a the whole mavericks defensive scheme that limited him that series

@@goalinestance57 shut up and cope bronsexual

More like 25 and 15.

That's the reality. The defense that they talk about from back then is a myth

@@emmanuelmoses7249 yes, one game proves that. Damn you're an idiot

@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 I never said I based my opinion on one game...I've studied Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan because they're my favorite players... Let's take Jordan vs Boston in the playoffs, he wasn't hit or knocked down not one time that game on his way to 63 points...But the myth tells us that when guys went to the hoop they were met with physicality, yet the best team in the league didn't hit a young MJ ONE TIME in the playoffs? Open your eyes lol

@@emmanuelmoses7249 you’re basing that off of one game though. Every NBA game from 80-96 the no easy lay ups unspoken rule was really a thing. No one got body slammed every time but when a smaller guard attacked the basket he was gonna get touched up some

@@KDubb-ws9zc You say I'm basing it off of one game.. it's a playoff game against the best team in the NBA. The man gave them 60, mostly all in the paint, & he wasn't hit not one time.. Shoot even in this video we're communicating under, Magic was never hit. The original comment points this out. There's plenty of other games I've watched where nobody got hit, just kept scoring in the paint whenever they pleased. So this unspoken rule you speak of is a myth. Plain and simple. Doesn't mean there was NEVER any physicality, ofcourse there was..But it's overblown.

Mayank singh 🤷🏾‍♂️

Just because the Knicks and Pistons played physical defense, people think everybody played like that.

Ricky Gill I’m sorry but you’re stupid lmao. Bird would dominate any era of basketball.

u Must be new to NBA History huh?

@@LakersFanSinceJulyst he wouldn't. Not with that body.

Quade Hill LoL u play better defense??

Fat W

Gabi Pliego Kobe better magic greater

Gabi Pliego haters gonna hate

yes Magic is better and it isnt close. same rings, but Magic went to the Finals 9 times in 12 years and has more MVPs and more Finals MVPs

Stephanie Lurry#3-1 has also better than le3-6ron as well

Black Skip Bayless Le4xMVP Le3xFMVP LeYoungestplayertoreach30,000ptson50%FG

The funny thing is Curry's record in the finals is also 3-1. The dude has won more championships than lost.

Magic better than LeBron as well

Unlike Le33%intheFinals

Best player in the league with no left hand 😂😂

You are one of these bozos who thinks he had no left hand huh? Look up his highlights. He had an amazing left hand. Dribbling rules were stricter so players didn't switch to their off hand as much.

@@emmanuelmoses7249 He had an amazing left hand. You know nothing about basketball.

@@handlebucket6285 That's not even true lol, Isaiah Thomas dribbled with his left all the time, as did Jordan.. All I'm saying is Magic rarely, if ever used his left hand.

@@emmanuelmoses7249 Go watch highlights.

Jhay Vilallon what are you talking about ?

Magic he's getting open looks because he wasn't a shooter like Curry, but he was an unreal passer

He’s a 6’9 PG who was a leader, can play any position, could rebound, with an insane passing ability also, and could score with ease too, especially from the post/paint. How would he not be impactful?? His stats for the 87 finals are crazy from just first glance with: 26 ppg, 13 assists, and 8 rebounds Magic was doing it all and was insanely clutch with baby sky hook over Mchale AND Parish who are one of the best front courts ever and both at least around 6’11.

Lebron isnt in that sorry.

robbereal1982 😂😂😂😂 right!

LeBron's about 8th on the all-time list at best. Both MJ's. Larry Bird. Wilt. Oscar Robertson. Bill Russell. There's a few higher than LeChoke, buddy.

Skip 2 My Lou lmao Lebron would school both of em

@@chadwilliams2116 Can't even school JJ Barerra.

Yea and no. Remember the illegal defense rule back then made it so you could only double the guy with ball. Everyone played there man head up in these days one on one. Imagine trying to guard Bird or Jordan one on one back then it was almost impossible not too get torched by either one they were so good in iso situations

By your logic Kobe and Shaq played in a scrub era. A.C. Green at age 36 was the starting PF for the 2000 Championship Lakers. Stop talking basketball.

man stfu Magic is top 5 all time and Curry isn't close to that and Curry will never be a top 15 player all time gtfoh with the disrespect your the one who is ignorant

@@semionjohnson1351 i'm sorry but youre stuck in the past

Evan Hager he’s not better than magic stop it n magic had every skill besides him needing 2 shoot 3’s but mid range,post game,hookshot, passing, n defense from post game 2 all around

Magic is also more clutch. This shows how little you know about basketball.

IDK man, I don't agree. Magic is the better PG for sure.