Check out my blog - www.basketballforcoaches.com 5-13-1990 - Eastern Conf. Semifinals Game 4 - Michael Jordan leads the Bulls to a marvelous 4th quarter comeback. Jordan finishes the game with 45 pts, 6 rebs, 11 asts.
Yeah, and it's not close. A lot of guys are enjoyable to watch as basketball players, a few of them just as pure athletes... Jordan is fun to watch, how I see it, like it's fun to watch a good docu on leopards and other cats. I find enjoyment watching Jordan jog up the court (not idolizing the man: nah, the Creator just did especially excellent work when he put together "The Basketball Player:" MJ)
Despite of the physicality back then Mj still put up 45pts. Wow! Imagine the destruction he would do in todays era without hand checking. I couldn't imagine. Damn Mj is really the goat.
MJ is the Goat but hand checking never stopped anyone who can dribble from scoring. Look at this game did you see anyone hand checking? I mean watch the games and stole talking about hand checking. Derek Harper and Mookie Blaylock loved hand checking players who could not dribble.
The "GOAT" thing kind of irks me honestly. The title implies there's even some contest. Any debate about it irritates me more - at an existential level. Anyone who's honest and has a set of working eyeballs knows what they're seeing the first time they see a guy dressed in red named Jordan.
Jordan is the Goat but Barkley’s team was not good. Lol. Hersey Hawkins was a good catch and shoot player with no other skills. Rick just there for fouls, Dawkins was ok speedy but could not go right. MJ team was not much better, King and Cartwright were trash.
@@mastadabator The 76ers were 53-29, had the #2 Offensive Rating in the NBA, and a #5 Net Rating. They had 6 players who averaged double figures that year. Mahorn was all-defensive, and Barkley, Gminski and Mahorn combined for like 27 rebounds per game that season. They were a damn good team.
Marv & others were great.... but Dick Stockton on CBS: my favorite play caller of all time. He made a return for a short spell late 90s (TNT?) and called a few games. I remember tuning in for a Chicago-Charlotte game (I think it was that) and being real happy to hear Dick's inimitable voice come thru my TV set again (1997?)
There was no way Mike was gonna let the Sixers win again because of his missed opportunities like the previous game. Pippen or no Pippen, the World's Greatest basketball player knew that Air Jordan had to FLY in game 4.
Urbex Indigo - because he was smart and was willing to play tough and physical. Phil Jackson and MJ loved him for those qualities. It's not just about athleticism, it's about knowing how to play the game.
nba stars now really have no style at all. they are all street ball tinted, all the nonsense unnecessary movements and jacking 3 point from 30 ft away, and poor post moves and footworks.. back then you have unique players doing thing in different styles with great efficiency. barkley and jordan are totally different but they both get their jobs done damn well.
I love when mahorn shoots the shot and jb says better check the backboard after that shot, he says that was a brick then the other guy says cinder block lol
@popeyeisgood i totally agree with you. And they shout at every dunk made,they dont know what is the sacrifice to win a championship and bring their team on their shoulders. they can have 100 tatoos and 100 big cars but inside they will remain loosers. in basketball sometime you need to slow down ,focus on the game ,sometimes is like chess game.Jordan had these skills, in the nba now is very hard to see that.
Yep. That team had enough talent to at least take Detroit to 7 games and if they would have been able to pull through could have beaten Portland, but probably not LA. For the 76ers to not concentrate on containing Jordan in those 4th quarters, I'm sure Barkley would say, "Man, that was turrible!"
This game ripped my heart out as a teenager. I so wanted the Sixers to win this game and go back to Chicago 2-2. This team matched up well against the eventual champion Pistons,I think going 3-1 against them that yr. They had no time protector which was exposed terribly in that series against the Bulls. And a underrated injury,was to Derek Smith,a key bench player who got hurt right before the playoffs started. He was an elite defender,who probably could have at least slowed Jordan down some this series.
He chased em down after getting the ball stolen and "block grabbed" with two hands.Kobe and guys today look for the ref or cry.Lebron chases down like the guys of old.This is what its about "d".But most today want a foul called for easy free throws.Theres even acting today to get a call lol.
no one ever makes that claim: early league, good old days, modern NBA. Everyone knows the refs are slow and always have been to blow that whistle. Just like everyone knows no cop will pull you over for 50 in a 45... There's a video on YT of Dan Majerle mid 90s taking 6-7 steps just like that one dude who plays for LA
@danullb Sure you saw a video one time, they call travel way more back then. I don't give a shit how much you don't want to believe it, it's not even close to the shit they get away with today.
