Michael Jordan 54 pts, playoffs 1993 bulls vs knicks game 4 

HANDS DOWN!!!

𝚈𝚎𝚜 𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚎𝚕 𝚓𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛

@@GoHARD99 that's a true statement

The greatest to play in the NBA.

In the previous 3 games of this series Michael Jordan shot just over 30% from the field, and 3-18 in game 3. If Scottie didn’t drop 29 and 12 in game 3, this wouldn’t have been a series and the Knicks would’ve Gentleman swept them.

@@Daizlolyou know there's no would've and wouldn't have in basketball 😅

⁠@@Daizlolyou forgot to mention 16/17 from the line, the 11 assists and the 8 rebounds. Terrible shooting performance for Jordan but he contributed significantly in other ways, most importantly setting up his teammates.

@@Daizlol That was Jordan's worst shooting performance in his entire playoff career. But you can't simply mention his shooting and leave everything else aside. His jumpers weren't falling, so he drove to the basket a lot and ended up with 22 points after shooting 16/17 from the line. He became the main playmaker on the team and finished with 11 assists. He also grabbed more boards than anyone else on the team, finishing with 8 rebounds. And to top it off, he guarded the best perimeter player on the Knicks, John Starks(who torched them in the first 2 games) and shut him down(He shot 2/7 from the field). Jordan may have shot badly, but he contributed in many other ways in that game.

i love jordan but... who tf is artest xDD ik him but he isnt the greatest defender xD

multifandom yeoja he's a great defender what the fuck are you on about

multifandom yeoja You = a complete loser

@@diannellaguno6057 MWP is a not a great defender? Ask James Harden.

when dislike turns into blunt pity

According to reports NBC is being very aggressive in getting the NBA package again in 2 years

Exactly I always said Kawhi was like wizards Jordan!!!

There's a 1993 Bulls championship on RU-vid.

The perfect example is this game.

True

pretty impressive for the bulls. No way the Knicks could of come back and win it.

He was a monster

Yes sir....ALWAYS

Nope not at all....he is good not better than MJ

Rob Ulon they won this series though 😂😂

By MJ standards they guarded him well. Part was the bulls blew past their first 2 opponents winning 7 straight and then ran into the monster knicks. The knicks blew game 5 and after that loss they weren't winning

I think Jordan was tired the whole season, that's why he went more to the jumpshot in 1993 than any other season. People say he was in his prime in 93-- he wasn't. He was no longer the high flyer he was. This was where Jordan transitioned into the older, jumpshooting Jordan you saw in the last three peat. He no longer had the same lift.

@@turtleislandlac1490 I don't agree at all. He was definitely still in his prime, even if he went to the jump shot more often. He was probably a little fatigued due to the long playoff runs of the previous years combined with the Olympics, but he was still by far and away the best player in the league. In the NBA finals he was about as dominant as any player has ever been and he looked very explosive.

@@purplemonkeydishwasher4241 Prime means when player was at the peak of their abilities, it's not whether they're still the best player in the league or not. Jordan had an extra gear in 1991 that he didn't have in 1993, both from a speed and leaping ability standpoint. If you watch Jordan's best dunks from 92-93 most were subpar compared to what he had done in previous years. Especially 1991 you'll see him doing things he didn't in 1993. Jordan is unique because he was the league's best player even when he was past his prime because he found ways to conserve energy and evolve his game.

Yes, Two tough teams going at each other. I love 90s Basketball.

B Simmons Warriors vs Cavs

OGMudbone And Thunder vs Warriors too. Wizards and Celtics have a rivalry right now too

@@deadkiller008PK Not like this.

@@erik666111 woo this season doesn't have no rivalries

@@deadkiller008PK Yes because is boring af

👎🏾Marv albert retired

@@dreamchaser1419 yeah I know but there’s always a new guy like Ian eagle

Kobe is still considered a great player I'm a Kobe fan. The Bulls are my favorite team. But I definitely have a lot of respect for Kobe and what he brought to the game.

Mills Saint Fleur it's not even close

only very few are saying that

Wilt Chamberlain would destroy both 😂😂

Shidd, that's nothing new only Dumbass 9 yrs old's think that.

You're Smart

***** Oh, right. I forgot Jordan struggles to hit off balance shots.

***** Yeah, that's basically what I was saying in the original comment.

***** I think they do get it. There's a reason MJ is considered the greatest basketball player ever, and LeBron is considered the best player of our generation. I think maybe you've been talking to too many casual fans.

***** Yeah, I do hear that a lot from young folks. I stop listening, really, because I saw both Kobe and MJ in their primes. You can't compare them off MJs highlights. You actually have to see him play in a playoff game. It instantly tells you a person doesn't know basketball when they even imply Jordan was overrated.

exactly

9 time first team all-defense..but I agree he was a beast on defense

@@HeemXVI "I love the notion that MJ was not a great defender." I've never heard of that notion. I mean, do people say that? He's definitely the best 2-guard defender in league history.

He was in the 90s.

I hated John Starks in the '90s. LOL. Now I truly respect the player that he was.

75samuel75 Help defense today is FAR more complex.

This is due to lack of spacing and shooting cmon now

No it isn't. The only reason why it is more difficult is because you can't guard the paint at all anymore. You could park Ewing or another big guy in the paint and stars would get double teamed instantly when they got the ball. Go look at old Sixers games and see what happens when Barkley gets the ball. He gets double teamed immediately. If you guarded him straight up (like they do today), the defender would be crying after the first quarter. And there's nothing wrong with the spacing. When you can't dribble like a globetrotter like Curry does today, because you would get handchecked to death and lose the ball, it limits what you can do. These guys hit 50% of their shots while being held and the paint was filled with guys. Now with wide open lanes guys struggle to get to 45% and games still end in the 120's. If you enjoy dunks, lack of fundamental basketball, bad defense and mediocre teams, current NBA should fit you just fine. Three good teams and a bunch of scrubs. That's the current NBA landscape.

And another miseducated Jordan fan, basketball is not as easy as double teaming a big man www.google.com/amp/s/thelasttimeout.com/2016/05/19/the-evolution-of-defense-in-the-nba/amp/

Keyser Soze - ur an idiot and you don't play a lick of basketball. Anyone can find an editorial or opinion piece. Rule changes and the reasons for them including helping perimeter players is in the NBA.com website - facts not opinions. If you don't understand how much harder playing with and against any physicality is, you don't play any basketball on any level - it's twice as hard and exhausting. If you don't understand how not being able to stand in the 120 sq. ft space in front of the basket when defending the basket is an an unsolvable handicap in team defense, then you don't basketball at all. Anyone who plays and team ball understands that you cannot defend the basket against good teams effectively without being able to stand in the paint for more than 3 seconds. And finally, if you understand logic or science at all, you would understand why defenses evolve. Evolution occurs only when conditions change and you need to adapt to those conditions. The 3 sec defensive rule and the elimination of hand checking and all related physicality made effective defense impossible - this is the change in the conditions that sparked the evolution of today's NBA defenses that you refer to. But in this case, it is an evolutionthat tries to makes the best of an inherently inferior situation in terms of effective defense. Finally, proof is In the pudding. Go look at the scoring averages of starting perimeter players from between the 2003-2004 season and 2004-2005 season - this is when handchecking and related physicality was eliminated - anyone with starter minutes including Steve Nash, Tony Parker or even Kobe Bryant. Their averages jump 2, 3 -me even 4 points which is a tremendous increase for seasonal scoring averages. Why? Because of the elimination of hand checking. You refer to a individual opinion in some internet article. The rest of us rely on facts and the opinions of those on the know like NBA players who lived through that change and all acknowledge how much harder it was to score. Today's game looks more athletic because players have more room to move and use athleticism which is why most fundamentally unsound. Kids today even learn half of the proper fundamentals of just 20 years ago. Money has corrupted and weakened the game at every level form high school to AAU ball to the NBA. I won't bother to mention how weak every team but GSW and Cleveland is today while these two teams are the deepest in history - and this is at the expense of the rest of the NBA. And with all this money and kids just lovin the lifestyle, players are softer overall and mentally weaker. LBJ simply is not the competitor MJ was and he has shown this year how desperate he is to manufacture championships instead just fuckin balling hard.

Lol I searched "Michael Jordan playoffs" too

lmaoo me too

same

"Michael jordan best games"

Not as much as Lebron, Durant or Curry... Todays NBA players are allowed to take 3 and 4 steps and carry all the time

the atmosphere was great, everything was just perfect. 90s rule.

Jordan destroyed Starks the entire series.

Dude - MJ scored 50 in plenty more than two playoff games. He did in 8! In 1992 the Heat series alone he averaged 45 points per game! 50 point playoff games since 1984 - MJ 8, rest of the league combined 13, Kobe 1, Lebron 0. Amazing.

bledredwine I was talking about in 1993, and of course he had more 50+ in his playoff career. Either way, you're absolutely right.

Ah! Sorry about that bud. Anyway, go bulls! We were so spoiled to live during the Jordan era.

He figured it out

Yes. I was living in the Chicago area at the time and it was absolute hell when the Bulls were in their heyday. The Chicago media were Jordan's doormats that whole time it was so disgusting. My mom always complained about Marv Albert because he thought was biased towards the Knicks which was hardly the case. Marv praised MJ to the moon and rightfully so. The guy was incredible. The Bulls fans are so fairweather most of them stopped watching after everyone left after 98. They have had a few good seasons since then i.e. Derrick Rose but don't have much a loyal fan base like the Knicks. I grew up a New Jersey Nets fan in the 90s and that was really hard. But I never really hated the Knicks either. When the Nets moved to Brooklyn, I gave up on them. I don't like 🏀 at all compared to the 90s, but I attended my first Knicks game at MSG last year and it was a lot of fun. So I guess I am a Knicks fan now, however I am not emotionally invested in them like the Mets, Giants and Devils.