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Went here right after the Darrell Armstrong episode in the Knuckleheads podcast (Q and D-Miles). Armstrong said Jordan INTENTIONALLY missed his last freethrow bec he wanted to send a message to the Orlando Magic and their fans. **After intentionally missing the freethrow, Jordan finished with 45 points to sweep the Magic. The season before this, Jordan was wearing jersey number 45 when the Magic beat the Bulls and made it to the NBA Finals.**
Because Nick Anderson made a comment that number 45 is not number 23 on game 3. In game 4 Jordan was introduced by the Orlando commentator by the number 45 and when Jordan removed the jacket off he was wearing number 23. Jordan took it personal. At the end of the game, Bulls swept the Magic in their home court. Jordan scored 45 points. 😊😊
Double teamed (@2:23...), triple teamed (@5:23...), tough specialist defender (Bowie), great all around player (Penny)...didn't matter...45 points shooting 72% in the Eastern conference Finals at 33 years old ! Damn !!
@@Mari000in '95 the Magic zapped the Bulls out in six and Horace Grant was seen celebrating + the towel something that MJ himself didn't forget in '96 the Bulls returned the favor by sweeping the Magic via a shutout at the O-Rena in their playoff rematch ECF
MJ finished with 45 points just to point out that last year he made a promise to himself not to lose again in the post season. Cause in 1995 playoffs he wore no.45. The GOAT!
He missed 2 freethrows at the endon purpose just to finish the game with 45 pts, to remind Nick Anderson who made the '45 ain't 23' comment the year before.
Mike literally destroyed an excellent and talented young Magic team from every area of the court in this game. They couldn't come close to slowing him down.
Michael Jordan's turnaround fadeaway jump shot was so effective that no one was able to block it. Jordan unleashed that turnaround jumper to conserve his energy during a game. That move could not be stopped.
@Marvin washington "You can play Michael Jordan close or hand check him. No matter how high you jump or contest him, you cannot block that turnaround jumper." -Latrell Sprewell
I agree!! And that’s what separated Jordan from LeBron to me. People always say Kareem’s hook shot was unstoppable but Jordan’s fadeaway was unstoppable as well.
Back then you didnt find to many superstars joining the better team except for charles barkley . He joined two other teams to win a championship and still lost.
Im 52 now. As an Orlando native but true Jordan fan, I remember being the only one amongst my friends rooting against the Magic. The Magic beating the Bulls in 95 literally brought out psycho Michael which caused his revenge and onslaught on the league. 72-10 and 87-13 overall with the ring. That is clearly a better season than the 73-9 Warriors. Bulls lost only 3 games in the playoffs. The Magic player that took that last shot that Jordan shakes hands with, Brooks Thompson sadly passed away in 2016 at age 45.
Yeah, i only caught MJ live one time, but like you i seen so many of his games on TV thorugh the years, i could'nt even begin to count how many MJ games i seen. What ever arena MJ was in he got cheers, and i mean wherever he was. To have watched this man perform was something. Some haters try to talk down his greatness, those are usually younger people who have never seen him play, that's understandable, it's just blind ignorance on their parts.
I believe MJ changed the mechanics of his free throws in the playoffs because of the injury on his back. He played with that injury on his back the entire playoffs. He got hurt in the first round against Miami during game 2.
No last year Anderson said Jordan played like a 45 years old for his jersey.... The best Jordan sweept him 1 year after with 45 points for the last game...
fast forward 4 years later number 32 became 34 and went on to trash the Jailblazers at Staples thanks to that alley oop pass made by the late Kobe Bryant on him 😊
Aside from that dunk, did he get a layup at any point in this game? Even great shooters like Steph Curry get a layup once in a while. Klay Thompson too. Man Michael Jordan is underrated as a shooter. He happens to shoot from midrange mostly, but his form is so pure. Crazy that he was just shooting contested midrange shots that whole game and hitting a ton of them.
Michael Jordan was a stone cold KILLER! He wanted revenge against the Magic and he got what he wanted with a clean sweep to go back to the NBA Finals! Eat your heart out Lebron James. You couldn’t lace Jordan’s shoes on your best damn day
you are so right........every game he played good day or bad day.he broke records...everybody cheered for him, wished him well..he is just a living legend. i am thankful i saw him play even on tv..it is pricelss and magical. no other player like him..i so agree. if you watched him live then you are even luckier!
Excellent Quality video from 1996! Great work as always! Yeah, I couldn't stand the fact that the Jordan haters were ready to dig his grave back in the 1995 playoffs. You could see the razor like intensity he had in this playoff series. Sweet revenge...and the end of the Orlando Magic Shaq era!
yes i read it again and found out bout the wizards days..my goodness mj was 40 years old..38-40 that time! call that a comparison really. haha.. for me, he returned for himself, w/o caring what we think! and that says a lot about mj's character and his undying love for the game. afterall, for us fans..we couldnt care less his numbers and stats having him back was one of the best times and that every arena gave him the fitting farewell he deserves!!
Yeah, that was the competitor MJ was and the fire that burned inside of him. It's really amazing that he averaged 22 & 20 points a game at ages 39 & 40, no player has ever done that and never will, that i'm sure of. While it's true that at this age, MJ was'nt the player he was in his prime, he was still great and i cherished every last moment watching him, because i knew there was not gonna be another cat like him.
The glare on Jordan's face throughout this contest showed everyone that he wasn't going to let the series go beyond that game. Michael came to play and win. Quickly disposing of Orlando would give him and the Bulls some rest going into the Finals.
@Brandoni73 You right about that, the haters was quick to come out and dis the GOAT when the bulls lost to the magic in '95, saying the man was past his prime and washed up, eventhough the guy was out the league for 2 years and not in game shape. Well an intense off season, a new killer wicked fadaway,a record breaking 72 regular season wins, MVP,15-3 playoff championship caped run, a final's MVP later, where was the haters then. Heads burried in the sand or they jumped on the bandwagon.
Right, now as far as Kobe is concerned, that's a bad ass dude and a great player, no doubt about that, i think one of the 10-15 greatest players of all time in his own right as we speak. As far as those 8 head to head games, well half of those we're 2001-03 when MJ was well past his prime of course, even then he still held his own pretty damn well against Kobe at 40 years old. MJ certainly was'nt better at that time, but he still held his own and did'nt embarrass himself.
@Brandoni73 you are right! :)that year losing the playoffs was maybe the most darkest or humiliating time for mj..haters were everywhere erasing him in the picture, he maybe experienced worse for me than the usual players today who are dissed thrugh social media & stuff..yet that time he took it as a challenged to be better and nt whine about it but shut down thise haters w/ his play & dedication. for that reason alone he is the best!:)
At 3:14, that was the first time I've ever seen an offensive player try to force someone to play defense. Pippen tried to push Hardaway back into the paint so Jordan could dunk on him.
This game is like Kobe's game 4 as well vs Utah in 2009 when he was hitting every shot after a poor shooting game 3. Kobe and Mike had that ability to turn it around completely and make up for a bad game.
The Orlando magic had a low morale in this game due to the injured key players and starters Horace Grant and Nick Anderson and their bench players were weak compared to the bulls bench players thus succumbing to Jordan and the bulls.
He was *starting* to decline a bit physically in 95-96. He wasn't "air" Jordan at this point, but he was rounding out his game by relying more on that killer fadeaway and more 3PT shots. IMO, this or 92-93 was the best Jordan.
@@John6-40 yeah your absolutely right his 1992/1993 season was prime MJ. But i can see how younger generations watching these highlights now would think this was prime MJ cause he was still the best ever. Shaq played prime MJ in there 1st meeting 1992 and MJ scored 64 pts, although the Bulls still lost that game.
@delfra70 i cannot imagine how hard it was for mj that time when people diss him about losing the 95 playoffs much more like what lebron or etc is experiencing now but i think his was greater motivation, humiliation at time, yet he took it as a challenge and not whine about it instead worked even harder, shut the haters down:) there are reasons that mj will be forever be num 1..this is one of them:)
