For me, there was never anything more exciting in sports than Earvin Johnson crossing halfcourt with the ball leading a fast break. Two all time sports nicknames working in perfect harmony - Showtime, guided by Magic...
That 91 Bulls team beat a Lakers team who were without Jabbar, Cooper, Nixon, Rambis, Kupchack, Mc Adoo, Wilkes....Cooper vs Curry under todays rules is advantage Curry...playing under 80's rules Cooper rules
Also there was no more Pat Riley...That '91 Lakers had transformed into more of a half-court team rather than a fast-break one....With Worthy and Scott hurt playing limited minutes, the Lakers had little chance against the young hungry and athletic Bulls...
The CLIPPERS can't really be considered an NBA Basketball team . They are more like an extension of Disney Land . It's where you might go if there are no other options like a Laker game or a good movie !
It appears that Johnson has only 20 plus scores for every game because he usually passes the ball to his team mate who are open from tight guarding. Had he clig also to the ball and try to always make a score which he can being a very tall and very good shooter perhaps he can score 30 to 40 shot per game. In this game he did 25 core and 15 assist. if he shoot this 15 instead of passing to his open man then he could have scored 40. But he is not that kind. He is a team player. unifying his team unlike others that they keep on dribbling(clinging) the ball or immediately go for a score even when there are open man for a better shot position.
+Lo Long you are stupid. The lakers now are not the same with the guys during johnson's time. How could you compare a team of different era. Had it been that the warriors now are the players during johnson's time or the laker players now are the johnson's team I doubt if the warrior can beat the lakers. What makes them better than the warriors? they play team game. Their best players play team game . unlike the warrior's that their superstar play crocodile.
+Lo Long Under which rules the 1980's or todays rules....Cooper guards curry...Worthy guards Clay Thompson....who guards Magic, Worthy and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar?....Showtime Lakers dominates today's Warriors under rules of the 80's....its a even under today's rules
keith clark i can t say a thing about Magic (obviously he is proven leader) but all others ...are you kidding me Cooper guard Curry!?the guy is shooting from a half court !+ i saw what bulls did to that team 91 finals ..They sweep them out of their sorry lakers ass..I never like that team anyway ..Lakers is a reason why ''Big teams''are made - by buying best players arround NBA..not made them but buy them : Jabar , Chemberlen,O Neal even the wanna be Jordan Kobe.
You're an idiot. The Lakers bought their great teams? The Lakers drafted Magic Johnson, Michael Cooper, James Worthy and AC Green of those great Showtime Lakers Teams. The Lakers also traded some very good players in order to get Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Byron Scott. Nobody gave the Lakers shit. They EARNED their greatness and respect out on that court. Know what you're talking about first before you start running off at the mouth, fool. Smh. This Warriors squad couldn't hold a candle to any of those Showtime Lakers teams, especially the 1986-87 Lakers squad that went 65 and 17 and had three hall of famers on that roster in Magic Johnson, James Worthy and Kareem Abdul Jabbar. That Lakers squad had 7 players average double figure points. Magic averaged 24 points and 12 assists, Worthy averaged 20 points, Kareem averaged 17.5 points, Scott averaged 17 points, Green averaged 13 points, Cooper averaged 11 points and Mychal Thompson, Klay Thompson's father, a backup center, averaged 10 points a game. That 1986-87 Lakers squad averaged 117 points per game and could beat teams in an uptempo game or in the half court. They also had the 1987 NBA Defensive Player Of The Year in Cooper, who is one of the greatest defensive players in NBA history as well as the two best three-point shooters in the NBA at that time in Cooper and Scott, both of whom shot well over 40 percent from three-point range. This Warriors team couldn't touch that Lakers' team on it's best day, dude. Dream on!
