Michael Jordan - 45 points / crazy dunks [Cavaliers @ Bulls] (1984) 

Jordan's shooting is incredibly underrated. 🤔

Jordan doesn't need fancy dribbling, he is so effective cause he is extremely quick, one step and he is gone.

I could watch this stuff all day! He was so explosive in the early years of his career.

More proof that Michael Jordan is the greatest of all time! Adam you're awesome!

What a lot of youngsters don't know is Jordan had a great midrange jumper as a college player. He didn't learn how to shoot later in his career. He already knew how to.

I miss Johnny Red Kerr. R.I.P. to the voice of the Bulls.

Yet another amazing Jordan game I have never seen before! And I’ve been watching Jordan RU-vid videos for 12 years. The gift that keeps on giving...

Back when basketball was good

One thing about basketball back then the dunks they did in the slam dunk contest they would do in the game,by themselves,on someone,on the other team when they played basketball it was all about the money it was alot about the love of the game,love of competition,the love of BASKETBALL they all played to win every game

This was Jordan's rookie year and second 40 point game and this destroys the false narrative and misinformation that Jordan didn't have a jump shot in the 80s like I keep seeing people say all the time which is BS!! Lol When he wanted to, he could make it rain all day from the perimeter with jump shots but his first step was so quick during these years mixed with his leaping ability, he didn't need to shoot fadeaway's as much as he did when he got older. He could still do it if he wanted to, when he wanted to but he didn't need to. Lol The reality is, when you lose speed and your legs slow down, you have to make adjustments and that's where fundamentals and technique come into play because if you try perform like you did when you had youth, your body will eventually burn out.

Imagine rookie MJ in today's NBA

Jordan always tryna dunk on Mel Turpin

Mike always showed out on Cavs

During the 1984-85 NBA season I was rooting for rookie Akeem Olajuwon (1st pick overall in the 1984 NBA draft) to win the Rookie of the Year award, but rookie Michael Jordan was lightning teams up every night. Olajuwon's 20 ppg and 10 rpg wasn't enough to win the award. MJ had a rookie average of 28 ppg, which earned him the 1984-85 NBA Rookie of the Year award🏆. Some basketball fans believed that the 1984-85 NBA season should've had a co-Rookie of the Year in The Dream and Air Jordan.

In later years, Jordan never would have missed that dunk.

Great upload with some deep cut highlights... at 3:04 MJ almost "Vince Carters" that guy. Love the commentators too... they sound like Statler and Waldorf: "Doh, hoh hoh hoh!"

What a game! Great vid!

Mj the undisputed GOAT!!! 👍

The goat

Woolridge looked like a quality player. Reminded me of Moses Malone.

Legend was born

MJ understand how to be in that moment and start to dominate his opponents.⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♂️

GOAT

@3:30 lol there’s a guy smoking in the arena. Man how times have changed.

Very RARE stuff! Good work 👍🏻🙌🏻

Rip Orlando woolridge

Put it on NBA TV Hardwood Classic

Unbelievable

5:08 wow!!!!

@3:03 That dunk attempt.....man too bad he couldn't finish it.

Maaaannn he threw like 10 dunks in a single game

Wonderful video.

When the NBA was fun to watch.

My pops told me you could get in Chicago Stadium for 5 bucks before Mike took over the city

Not only really Fkn good, but entertaining.

Wow

To me the bulls had a nice squad in 84 I'm looking at a game where they're playing and they're doing very well you know in unison together I don't know if it's how the league was playing back in the day it was very intimidating it was very aggressive most of the players probably didn't want to get into no contact and get hurt but I'm looking at the squad that he got it's pretty decent squad it reminds me of his 91 bulls

The narrative of Jordan not having a left while having a sus jumper have been grossly exaggerated! He did both well enough to shoot over %50 from the field.....as a guard.... while being a rookie.

Full game pls tnks

Thanks.

Love those uniforms. magic, michael, larry, kareem and wilt. Off the bench the Dr., shaq and rodman-against anybody. Old school.

Few things going on here. Jordan still had hair up into 86/7. This was the BULLS' last season with the cursive CHICAGO script on the road red unis. THE last season(84/5)that the Chicago Stadium center court jump circle would any "BULLS EYE"! on its flooring. The next season(85/6) the BULL HEAD LOGO would be there until this present day. 2021.also... the all red basket stanchion would be white until the present day. 2022.

Is there a full version of this?

But people say mj was a ball hog

That last dunk he walked so bad

That’s the bball i love to watch

did MJ continue to grow after his rookie year? it might be how slender he was at this point, but he looks 6’4” here

5:04

Anyone going to be watching Lebron videos like this 30 years from now? I don't think so.

1:44 look at all those empty seats, unbelievable!

his foot was on the line..... 7:13

He likes killing cavs