Michael Jordan "Flu Game" - Bulls vs Jazz, 1997 Finals: Game 5 

Diego Gonzalez You know I can barely keep my eyes open to WATCH a game when I've got the flu....

Diego Gonzalez nah dude its Lebron james that's the best all time second is LaVar Ball

Got a game tomorrow and I have the flu, we only have 4 players available so im using this as motivation to do well.

This is the funniest comment ever but so true.

And We Know That!

he should inspire you to work harder so you can buy PS4

+ChrisB10 lol

+ChrisB10 xbox one*

+sunpreet sandhu ok

hahahahahaha made my day

True

i like that quote.. stealing it more like borrowing it

It’s true if Lebron doesn’t want to flop he needs to flop

Tell that to harden

da6gauge1 😂😂

da6gauge1 my brother likes Jordan but I think pippin is better

Crazy thing is I think he and Bulls would have beat whomever that night. Determined.

Literally.

I see what cha did there!

Everybody who touched that ball was probably sick afterwards.

I AGREE!!!

He stands alone... its a slap in the face to Jordan if you compare Le-Bra to him.

agreed!

as u can see michael is untouchable

A Face for Radio KOBEEEEE

I nearly cried too. I listened to the game on the radio. That was something that you would see in the movies...but it was actually happening. Hollywood couldn't have come up with a better plot than this.

Even the Utah crowd played a great role... Decibel levels unheard of at NBA games....

it was really food poisoning

you're right, he's not human, he's God of basketball.

Jose Antonio Arcos cant say that better... agreed.

Mark Mac well, you are right, he is basketball god

Jai actually food poisoning is much worse than flu.a lot of people die of food poisoning.the GOAT 23

ulysses trono Michael Jordan sucking air got the back massage from Scottie pippen!! bill Walton 😂😂😂

Gotta foul utah you gotta foul karl malone what are you doing..lol

YouTight he was hungover

Dylan 93 nope! U can read the article he had food poisoning u really think he was out on the town in Utah dumbass? U can clearly see he’s sick as a dog n it’s way more than a hangover it doesn’t last all day like that after a few hours after u get up u r fine

@@silverguard8105 ok try playing with hung over then ahahahha

It was the finals not a simple game.

@@zroxmolejon6278 was not a bad hungover, just taken out of proportions by the media.

To bad he was actually hungover

Chris Tordi let me guess. You read that somewhere on the internet, so it must be true.

And who really knows if he had the flu?

TLL1980 That's what Jalen Rose said, but as good as an insider Rose is, it's not like he was actually anywhere near the scene. And Chris Tordi it was actually food poisoning. I'm not even sure why it was considered breaking news in 2013 that it was bad pizza. I've been a big Bulls fan since I was an eight-year-old in 1988, and I read everything I could get my hands on during the championship run, and Jordan admitted to the media back in June 1997 that it was a bad pizza. Guess the reporters weren't taking good notes.

Chris Tordi Nope this is not true, he was posioned before the game. (espn.go.com/chicago/nba/story/_/id/9183990/michael-jordan-flu-game-was-really-food-poisoning-trainer-says)

This shit is so iconic...i had to cop two pair

same

Me too

I un-DS'd an OG pair of Flu Games years ago to watch this classic match with my cousins. GOAT.

Slightly Biased Kevin Durant Fan same

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 Fruity Pebbles Fade??... 😂

Lmaooo 😂😂😂

Everyone wants to shoot from the half court line these days

You need to watch Wade's game. lol

+CyberAMES Agreed, Wade is like Mozart in the mid range and high guard post up

CyberAMES MJ's mid-range game was on a different level from anybody in today's game, and that includes Wade.

***** Didn't say Wade's on par to MJ's game but he's the closest player you can get in today's mid range game.

The Rob P Z if only drose did not get injured

Do you guys have the wgn network yet? We had it as kids in the southwest so I got to watch all the bulls, Cubs and Sox. 🙏🏽

Lonzo Dennis chill

He was such a thinking player. He understood situations...it wasn't just about attacking, but how one attacked.

The combination of athleticism and fundamentals is what made him so unstoppable. Sum it up in one word: Efficient. Greatness, contrary to millennial/zoomer belief isn't excess ability or degree of difficulty, but the ability to do what you do great when you MUST BE ABLE TO. MJ was amazing because he could be efficient in any setting. Didn't require perfect situations to be incredible.

@@manuginobilisbaldspot424seriously, no wasted movement or extra showboating. Yes, he’d add a little sizzle at times to entertain, but he’d just get to his spots and never looked sloppy or out of control like the “more talented” cupcake era we’re currently in.

That would be B.O.A.T.

jose soto ...It was food poisoning.

@@brucescott4261 Food poisoning is absolutely brutal. Horrible horrible feeling.

@@billj4525 Yeah food poisoning can be as bad as the flu

@@Whathappenughh Yeah there's different levels of both, but bad food poisoning sure can be a lot of the time. I haven't had food poisoning, on any level, but I have heard it can be absolute torture, and the misery is some peoples worst experiences of their life up that point. My dad told me he was just moaning in agony for hours upon hours praying it would end. He could not leave the house or even the room for that matter, but he had it very bad he said. Some people are hospitalized. What Mj did here is absolutely incredible, and one of his most impressive games ever in my opinion.

@@billj4525 Yeah

#MajorRespect

Same for me as a Knicks fan.

fluffynoses 😂

reachingsumwhere yeah, when I finally had food poisoning for the first time, it was really miserable. So I know what it's like, before that I thought food poisoning wasn't a big deal. Boy I was wrong

reachingsumwhere who would ever call MJ overrated???

catsnake7 kind of is tho

Mo Wat are you smoking crack dude,i mean what the fuck.i think you are like 11 or 12 something around that😂😂

+Mo Wat smh dumb ass

It's just unmatched by ANYONE!!

No they're jaZz fans

+azsaleh steph bandwagoners

+Nove Musser gsw bandwagoners

^why would steph/GSW bandwagons dislike this. I live in the bay area and went to the last warriors game and this is amazing!!

azsaleh Nobody likes the jazz

...and we still watching it. :)

20 years ago

SIMBATHALION kobes achilis injury free throws ??

Mohd Nagy what? A couple free throws in a meaningless game? I’ll grant u Kobe had heart but he came up small to many times to b mentioned with Jordan n we all know Lebron is soft

@@TheSands83 thank you Kobe or Lebron is nowhere near MJ level

And he shitted on the Jazz and their championship hopes and dreams that night.

😂😂😂😂

IDIOTIC isn't it??? Hahahahaha

everyone saying James is better than him no way

Jordan wouldn't let another team come back from 3-1

Who tf says that

+Spectrumz _ idiot kids say that

+Where Ya At Dog Yes it will! But if you're used to it like me (I got big calves, doesn't take pregame stretching seriously and play soccer in 90°F direct sunlight), you can recover from it in 2 minutes. A world class athlete shouldn't be having leg cramps. But again, we're talking about LBJ here.

Oh, we got a butt hurt kid here. Sorry if I hurt your feelings. Did I?

Well, alright then.

+Where Ya At Dog you kind of should care about his opinion because you he proved you wrong

+Lance Palmieri Lebron AVERAGED per game 35.8 points, 8.8 assists, 13.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and .5 blocks in the Finals last post-season. Do you even realize how ridiculously hard that is to do in the NBA? Those are video game numbers... He nearly averaged a triple double and kept the series interesting despite the fact that Golden State was obviously way more loaded and had a much deeper bench. 70% of the Cavs offense was either scored by LBJ or assisted by LBJ. Lebron is the ONLY player in NBA history to lead both teams in the finals in PPG, APG and RPG. Not even MJ did that... Lebron was without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love in that series. That would be like MJ being without Pippen and Longley/Kukoc. The fact that the finals even made it to 6 games considering the injuries to the Cavs is as much proof that Lebron is the greatest player in the world right now as any. I can't think of any other way to put it. Whatever team Lebron has been on since 2011 has been in the Finals. Teams that Lebron leaves normally don't make it to the playoffs or if they do, they don't make it very far. I guarantee you the Heat won't even make it to the ECF this year. I am sure the Cavs will. All these comments comparing to MJ are fucking stupid. They are essentially the same player. Look at what Lebron did in two elimination games against the Spurs in 2013. Triple double in game 6 and 37 points on 52% shooting in game 7. He was every bit as clutch as any player has ever been on the biggest stage.

They do now

Yep, LeBron will never be as good as Michael. Jordan could play better in a wheelchair.

So You're just gonna talk about LeBron's worst game?

+StellarNostalgic lol

+StellarNostalgic Finals History: Game 6 of 2013 Finals - Lebron posts a triple double with 32 points, 11 assists and 10 boards. Heat avoid elimination to force game 7. Game 7 of 2013 Finals - Lebron shoots 52% from the field and had 37 points, including two clutch jumpers and two free throws to seal a back to back championship. Also dishes 4 assists and collects 12 more boards. Yep. Lebron is trash. Worst player ever.

+Hector De Leija Don't mind this idiot. Just another blind LBJ hater.

crazyman9711 He's God.

When you had a fever or a flu all you had to do was sleep, how the f*ck did Michael Jordan score 38 with the flu in his body?

Aj Jingco he didn't have the flu

I do

Didn't know you need to know a person to wear their shoes

+Spectrumz _ I bet u just became a Jordan fanatic after seeing everybody wearing his shoes.....

Are you mad because people wear Jordan's? Foh

+The Infamous (Escobar) nope because I wear them... I'm mad u asked a dumbass question tho

This game is the single reason why Jordan is the GOAT. I've never seen anything like this to this day.

catsnake7 Lebron shouldn't be mentioned in the same sentence with basketball institution, game in impersonated !

jaboo82681 or something like that. microscopic cut-game, maybe.

+catsnake7 Lebron AVERAGED per game 35.8 points, 8.8 assists, 13.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals and .5 blocks in the Finals last post-season. Do you even realize how ridiculously hard that is to do in the NBA? Those are video game numbers... He nearly averaged a triple double and kept the series interesting despite the fact that Golden State was obviously way more loaded and had a much deeper bench. 70% of the Cavs offense was either scored by LBJ or assisted by LBJ. Lebron is the ONLY player in NBA history to lead both teams in the finals in PPG, APG and RPG. Not even MJ did that... Lebron was without Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love in that series. That would be like MJ being without Pippen and Longley/Kukoc. The fact that the finals even made it to 6 games considering the injuries to the Cavs is as much proof that Lebron is the greatest player in the world right now as any. I can't think of any other way to put it. Whatever team Lebron has been on since 2011 has been in the Finals. Teams that Lebron leaves normally don't make it to the playoffs or if they do, they don't make it very far. I guarantee you the Heat won't even make it to the ECF this year. I am sure the Cavs will. All these comments comparing to MJ are fucking stupid. They are essentially the same player. Look at what Lebron did in two elimination games against the Spurs in 2013. Triple double in game 6 and 37 points on 52% shooting in game 7. He was every bit as clutch as any player has ever been on the biggest stage.

I doubt that anyone dare to claim that Lebron sucks or that he isn't among greatest NBA players, but if you claim that he did more or better then MJ, well, then you are biased, irrational or plain stupid !

Eazy E he left a game with cramps

when jordan had cramps in an nba finals game he left too ;)

escapee1993 let him no bro

escapee1993 Le'bron barely gets touched and he slides through the court. I rather leave from a cramp then flop my way into the championship.Jordan never complained about his team because he couldn't lead " his team " to a NBA championship. Le'bron left the Cavs to go win a championship because he needed help and it still took him some time to do so. Don't compare Le'bron to Jordan your arguement is invalid.

MrRobbDiesel little did you know that Jordan actually punched his teammate but Lebrons the bad teammate?

Michael Downing What you said might have mad sense if i wrote he has bad team chemistry.I said he cant lead a team and he's a soft ass nigga. Jordan could have beat the fuck out of the whole NBA that doesn't make his playing any worst or better. Le' bron is not better then Jordan.

+Almighty Tray LBJ would have been an All-Star in the 90's but that's it, nothing more.

+jpogi gtxcr1 nice one

He was hung over

and fadeaway jumpers were Malone's strength

Yeah but he should have drove the ball to the basket more instead of settling for fadeaway shots because clearly he was missing from different spots on the court.

Totally agree. Malone had some big Finals games, like game 5 in 1998 (39 points), and game 3 in 1997 (37 points), but overall 1997 was a tough series for him. Two missed FT's in game 1, and a disappearing act down the stretches of games 5 and 6.

Hey... Kobe takes the game seriously... have you not seen Kobe and how much he loves the game look at his eyes when he plays... even MJ said he might not be able to beat him.

I wasn't referring to whether the current players take the game seriously. I was talking about them growing some balls and playing like men. I was talking about them bitching and whinning about everything. The formers players welcomed physical play and made sure you eaen every point the hard way!!! The former players didn't look af the refs and begged for fouls to be called!!! That's when the NBA was fun to watch. This is my opinion; your opinion may defer from mine. I've heard a lot of people express the same thoughts that I did. Conincidentally a lot are females; goes to show you.

Dude whose talking about injuries???? I'm talking about them bitching and crying about evey little touch

Brad Peterson "I was talking about them growing some balls and playing like men." So Kobe dont play like a man?? Im pretty sure your beloved MJ complained about fouls too! Superstars get superstar treatment from refs. Its been like that except in my opinion, Lebron took bitching to a whole new level

Funny how you threw labron in there and choose to exclude kobe. Don't get me wrong, I respect thier game and ability but I just wish they would stop with the bitching

Curry would. He's wanted to play even when his ankle/knee is injured, just the team doctors/NBa don't let players play through injuries now.

ahhculdee As good as Curry is, he is nowhere near the player Jordan was. Jordan was on a different planet to every other player going around.

+Peter Kehoe Curry Just doesn't have the drive/Dunk game that MJ had or the mid range shot imo, and the ability to get open and consistently make the shot...

+Peter Kehoe Did you watch Monday's game?

+iGNiTE CARRiES Trust me Curry has the ability to consistently make the shot. I don't think you watch much basketball. It's all in your head.

are u on crack

+Beam lmao

I dislike James but you can’t really move with cramps

Adam Markman 2015 Playoffs have been amazing. The classic matchup between the Clippers and Spurs in the first round, the amazing comeback from the rockets in the Western conference semifinals, the Chicago vs Cleveland games (OMG) in the Easter conference semifinals, and as of right now the Golden State vs Cavs Finals hasn't started but it's looking like it's gonna be great!

Bleach Stop drinking yourself

Bleach boi