Michael Jordan Highlights vs Knicks (1997.01.21) - 51pts, The Infamous Con Game!

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Michael Jordan didn't like Jeff Van Gundy calling him a con man, and he didn't like the New York Knicks thinking they could beat the Chicago Bulls.
So Jordan responded to the challenge the way he knows best, scoring 51 points--the most by an NBA player this season--in leading the Bulls to an 88-87 victory over the Knicks on Tuesday night at Chicago.
The Knicks used a 17-2 run to cut a 17-point deficit to 80-78 with 6:22 left. Allan Houston, who had missed 12 of his first 13 shots, made two three-pointers and a jumper to spark the surge.
But Jordan scored Chicago's final eight points for an 88-81 lead, and a three-pointer by Houston and another at the buzzer by Chris Childs were not enough to bring the Knicks back.
"I was prepared to do whatever it took to win," said Jordan, who reached the 50-point mark for the 36th time in his career. "There were times where things were going so well everything seemed to be in slow motion. I didn't rush. I just relaxed and played."
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@samuelfreitas5840 7 лет назад

look 6:06, this move is so beautiful, so fast, so much accuracy, so greatness, so awesome, incredible...

@TalEl59 2 года назад

One step and the defender is totally misplaced. Jordan was an unguardable guard!

@LuckyLuke1983 2 года назад

Yes it is

@NathanIngraham Год назад

Windshield wiper!

@thebigone6071 Год назад

The difference to me, between Jordan and Kobe was that Jordan made things look smooth, natural and effortless, like water flowing over rocks. With Kobe, it looked hard, like he was really trying and grinding away.

@HM-cj8lf Месяц назад

You’re a 100% right. I’ve always said the same thing.

@koymatv9602 7 лет назад

that old man will make current league cry

@reignman441 3 года назад

The level of self-confidence this dude had is unmatched by anyone

@adalbertoramirez3151 Год назад

That is one of the most underrated aspects of his game. He just believed that no one could stop him, not one on one, not two on one, no way, no how he would be stop. I really believe that had Jordan not been born with that athletic talent he would've self destruct because of his obsession with winning. Either a gambling addiction or something Maybe I am wrong and he would've succeeded in the business world because of his work ethic and willingness to put in the extra hours to succeed But you're right, his confidence was the key that allowed him to believe that when everything was said and done he would be able to win at all costs

@AHMAD-2324 7 лет назад

The most beautiful part always about his Game/Scoring IMO. It always appear to be within the natural flow of the offense. It never looks forced or like he's only trying to score...It just always look smooth. And he scored 51 of the teams 88 pts...Dayumm!!

@zmshow9224 5 лет назад

exactly thats what seperated him from Kobe .. he was just so much smoother than kobe was

@chairmanoftheboard11 5 лет назад

Ahmad2423 He didn’t even dribble that much either.

@mozdaboz 2 года назад

@@chairmanoftheboard11 The thing about MJ was that he's two steps ahead of the defenders. He already knows what he's going to do by just looking at their stance.

@chairmanoftheboard11 2 года назад

@@mozdaboz He wanted it more than anyone else.

@hassanabdallah2972 5 лет назад

His scoring was so beautiful that you don't notice the other stuff he does. The best two player I ever seen. That's why he the goat when you can win mvp and defensive player in same year you the goat only one to accomplish such greatness.

@J24J 3 года назад

He also won the scoring title the same year...

@derrickzoolander5378 13 дней назад

@@J24JHe’s the only player to make all NBA first team, NBA First Team All Defense win the scoring title and the league MVP oh and he did it 4 times lol

@goranb8702 4 года назад

Poetry in motion, the more you watch him the more you want to watch him, nobody looks like him when playing, undisputed GOAT

@de4ds1ghtcsgo94 Год назад

Only 1 guy has an actual claim to be on h8s level... Kobe. He was less athletic, but a more complete player. Kobe wasnt as much 9f a trashtalker, but if you pissed him off he would torch you just the same.

@kameldelarte9810 Год назад

Lbj goat

@kenneths.perlman1112 Год назад

@@kameldelarte9810hysterical!

@cptnsx 11 месяцев назад

this - nobody looks like him when playing. Kobe looked the closest but even Kobe was envious of Jordan's efficiency and lack of wasted movement

@user-di4ec1bk1d 4 года назад

MJ scored 51, and yet the Bulls only won by 1. That's how competitive the Knicks were in the 90s

@mozdaboz 2 года назад

Or his teammates are not converting their shots (as he said in the interview, they're not in rhythm). They only scored 88 pts in total...

@FrokuBabayy Год назад

When you realize MJ teammates only scored 37pts between all of them:

@cdplaya1973 7 лет назад

that's when you've truly mastered the game when you can make it so easy like that

@AHMAD-2324 7 лет назад

charlie davis This man is 35 yr old in the video. And still having 50+points Game's...Simply The G.O.A.T

@mickeyjohnson5247 7 лет назад

Ahmad2423 He was 33, not 35.... MJ was born in Feb, 1963... This video was Jan, 1997.... He was 33 during this game...

@AHMAD-2324 7 лет назад

Mickey Johnson Ok. Well I was slightly a year off. But still for a soon to be 34 yr old that's still very impressive. To be able at that age to do whatever you want on the Court. When we all know their geared up to stopping you...That was the mystery to the Bulls in that Era. If you could have somehow stopped Jordan. You could've prevented that Dynasty...Problem was they're was no stopping Him!

@mickeyjohnson5247 7 лет назад

Ahmad2423 He's the GREATEST OF ALL TIME without a doubt!! I grew up during that era in Chicago. No one will ever come close to Jordan....

@AHMAD-2324 7 лет назад

Mickey Johnson And that's a Fact without a doubt!!

@twobigjets 7 лет назад

He had more highlights in this game than many all stars have in their entire career.

@didi2626 7 лет назад

GOAT!!

@EdmondLau2007 7 лет назад

I'm not sure which prospect is scarier, having to guard him in the post or on the perimeter. Seems like a lose/lose situation.

@alek189 7 лет назад

You put MJ in any situation and It's scary. It's an always lose situation....scary thinking about it.

@reymondabellana6807 3 года назад

That's true

@DeukJK 2 года назад

Also scary that no one who challenged him got revenge

@boogieloo1831 7 лет назад

For those that spew the nonsense about MJ being on a super team - Jerry West said it best about the Bulls - speaking about the MJ's teammates - "they're a good team and they complement MJ. But they're not a great team and MJ has to carry them almost every night."

@kcire-tv3wy 7 лет назад

I wish I could give 10 thumbs up for this!

@TyroneNBAFan 6 лет назад

I disagree. They weren't overly dependent on Jordan. This same Bulls team won 55 games without him (replaced by a 5ppg CBA player Pete Myers). Phil Jackson won 5 championships without Jordan (with the Lakers). I'd say he had plenty help. Team capable of nearly 60 wins and the best coach of his time. I'd say Jordan had the super team of his era for sure.

@NotoriousNYNJ 6 лет назад

TyroneNBAFan he had pippen and rodman... and he only had Rodman for the second 3 peat...

@rambosexy2009 6 лет назад

TyroneNBAFan Lebron = an unskilled loser

@judahmourneth3211 6 лет назад

TyroneNBAFan it’s easy to win 55 games when you have the same system with players from the first 3peat and some from the 2nd 3peat. But they lost in the 2nd round. Coming off a 3peat that’s a failure. The year after that. They was barley .500 before mike came back

@goranb8702 4 года назад

What a game MJ 51 and the rest of the team 37, how many times he scored about 45- 50% of the total Bulls points.Not many people emphasize that, but it should be emphasized when we talk about him and when we talk about the GOAT

@moxnewswatcher1680 Год назад

"Jordan now has 51... and he is SCREAMING at Jeff Van Gundy!" 😂😂😂

@d25615 8 лет назад

loved Jordan's last line of the interview.

@SuperTREND3114 6 лет назад

Killer instinct! No fear! Competitivenes! The GOAT!

@FF-ke7gp 6 лет назад

6:11 that move was so sick, defender went to the pub omg

@ericharary 3 года назад

An angry MJ .. unstoppable.

@davidrodriguez7699 5 лет назад

Jordan 51- Bulls 88. 51 divided 88 thats 58% HE DID 58% of the team, he did more than the rest of the team 37 BRO WTHELL and an astonishing 60% shooting bro what the hell he making the nba look like kindergaden or something. This must be his greatest game fr and it was a close game that means knicks did good defense on bulls. Defense wasnt bad that means MJ really killed it.

@adrianh8569 8 лет назад

@7:54 "CON THAT LITTLE MAN"

@baitantoduyang2947 7 лет назад

ADRIAN

@jeffcupp1 3 года назад

51 of Chicago's 88 points... Equivalent to dropping over 60 in today's game

@sosdosautomaticos 6 лет назад

MJ a "killer Machine"

@Wis_Dom 6 лет назад

When someone is THIS great, haters automatically come up with conspiracy theories because their loser-thinking minds can't believe that someone can actually be THAT great!

@patrickdiew2271 2 года назад

Facts

@josephvanhorn5347 3 года назад

The best part of the whole game is Jordan screaming at Van Gundy.

@NYCGERSON777 8 лет назад

wow 51 of 88 points

@fuckthechinesevirus9462 4 года назад

Hogging the ball

@ballthemblack 3 года назад

If nobody else ain't scoring then do it yourself. That's called taking over to help your team win

@NYCGERSON777 3 года назад

@@ballthemblack 100% FACTS!!!

@goldenstatewarriors4011 3 года назад

And only won by 1😂

@dazdavis7896 2 года назад

@@fuckthechinesevirus9462 lmao, idiot.

@hassanabdallah2972 6 лет назад

The only person that was more in rhythm than Michael Jordan was Michael Jackson at his thing. Mj was smooth he made playing basketball look like art. I don't know I just watched cause he was so graceful. I don't think I have ever seen anyone contort there body like that jumping backwards jumping side ways gliding crazy gifted. goat

@mattryanfan2ify 2 года назад

PG is smooth too .. maybe not in the air but his movement and fluidity is top notch

@eiichirooda664 6 лет назад

Watch this a million times and never gets bored.

@mraihanafiandi 6 лет назад

The true competitor!!!!

@joeblackwolf17 7 лет назад

thank you so much for posting these videos. Awesome to see all these great games MJ played in on tube. thanks!!

@richyakuoko2360 Год назад

Happy 60th birthday to a legend. Mr. Michael Jeffrey Jordan. And may GOD bless you with many more.

@wuliwei6939 7 лет назад

It's almost the 20th anniversary of that game!

@finnshady1522 6 лет назад

GOAT

@sydIRISH 6 лет назад

I'm just lucky I grew up watching the greatest basketball player ever, in the best NBA era. The 80's-90's were the golden age of the NBA. With players like Bird, Magic, Isaiah, Ewing, Robinson, Barkley, Hakeem, Drexler, Stockton, K./M. Malone, Joe-D, Scottie, Domonique, Shaq, etc. the All-Star games were basically just the future Hall of Fame. The craziest thing, Jordan not only played against and beat these players....HE DOMINATED THESE PLAYERS. No more evidence needed to see who the G.O.A.T. really is. LeBron is great, so was Kobe...but neither were THE GREATEST. LeBron wore Jordan's #23, not vice versa. Kobe modeled his game after Jordan...not vice versa. The Bulls would've won 8 STRAIGHT NBA TITLES, had MJ not retired for 1.5 years. That's fucking nuts in that era!!! He went through Hall of Famers to get those rings. LeBron has lost more than he's won. Kobe was really good...but he had Shaq. Jordan never had a great C. It's extremely hard to win titles without a dominant big man, but Jordan did it...6 TIMES!!!! P.S. Thanks so much for these videos. Brings back so many memories of my youth. *"Like Mike...if I could be like Mike."*

@bwink23 7 лет назад

51 of the Bulls 88 points this game.

@TyroneNBAFan 6 лет назад

m Khan They weren't overly dependent on Jordan. This same Bulls team won 55 games without him (replaced by a 5ppg CBA player Pete Myers). Phil Jackson won 5 championships without Jordan (with the Lakers). I'd say he had plenty help. Had the super team of his era IMO.

@Tizoxic94 4 года назад

@@TyroneNBAFan He won em with Kobe and Shaq.. bad comparison tbh

@chairmanoftheboard11 3 года назад

@@TyroneNBAFan Any team with MJ on it in the 90s is a super team.

@Ali-on8dc 2 года назад

@@chairmanoftheboard11 jordan by himself is a super team lol

@PulledFLFGBANDFLFSV 6 месяцев назад

This man is the one of the only few players I've seen to effortlessly score 50 like its a 20

@TomiAdewoleAdetom 4 года назад

That move at 6:10 made sure that Allan Houston beat the post-game traffic

@CoreyT127 5 лет назад

Just another day at the office for Mike.

@qjersey2317 2 года назад

If you can read lips, at the end of the game Mike told Van Gundy, not bad for a con man!😆😆

@Daveyboy_GolfR 3 месяца назад

Mid-90s Jordan was deadly from EVERYWHERE, compared to his younger '80s self. (Who was also deadly from everywhere lol)

@thegenemil 6 лет назад

Ppl dont really understand games like this… the guy scored 51 yes, BUT on a 30 sec clock possession, means there were many LESS possessions per game, or if u like, options to score as much as today ( the quickest 24 clock plus the way players shoot 3s today make the final scores way different ), so the man scored 51 points BUT of a total of 88 points! thats arround 60% of ur team points LMAO and that was usually the case when he scored 50 or 60+. That would equal easily 70+ in a regular game of today with so many more possessions and the 3 pointer as a main weapon for guards. And btw if he had played pg as much as lebron, he would have so many triple doubles since hes hability to pass and rebound is SO underrated cuz of his greatness at scoring… not to mention his outstanding defense… and that crazy no look steal?? LOL jordan was just different.

@AlexanderFrieske 7 лет назад

Hahah did Jeff VG truly think that next time-out would ice MJ, or was that just utter frustration?

@Mari000 2 года назад

If a player is “duped” by MJs friendship then that’s THEIR fault

@jayp8124 6 лет назад

People say with that defense anyone can score, or is it maybe that with any defense Jordan can still score and dominate😉

@Slimpickinsorl Год назад

MJ’s interview after the game reminds me of the great Leon Budweiser commercials of the 80’s

@andys3035 7 лет назад

4 people hate greatness

@mentalplane 3 года назад

I saw the title of the video... MJ scores 51 big whoop he did that all the time. Then I saw the final score...

@WrathUponEden 4 года назад

The Goat

@985viper 7 лет назад

"- I did."

@valentinobelton1020 Год назад

LBJ wish he had a reliable jumper

@Interscope100 Год назад

I remember this game! I was eating pizza!

@kahanwarior7308 2 года назад

Jordan at 2:57 : "Are you guys for real?"

@sosdosautomaticos 8 лет назад

Wonderfull...

@goldenstatewarriors4011 2 года назад

Despite 51 from MJ, they only won by 1

@shiningking 2 года назад

Because knicks was a good team too

@dmncnlou 3 года назад

EASY LIKE SUNDAY MORNING

@poligonzo5300 3 года назад

My dream game was Kobe vs MJ in his prime, Michael will destroy him 123, Jordan was no joke nor LeBron because LeBron in Jordan's era was like a small forward, Pippen position, but Kobe, like Drexler vs Jordan

@corkystorky 6 лет назад

please post the game when mj blocked kareem's skyhook

@d25615 Год назад

So, the score sheet shows Jordan with 51; the rest of the team with 37.

@Roma1n986 2 года назад

Houston is a good player but…

@jonathanwilliams0824 2 года назад

Should have kept your big mouth shut Jeff VanGundy!!!!! You've just awakened a demon!!!

@patrickoneill8707 Год назад

Guys, he only shot 55% from the field in that game. He almost missed as many shots as he took. If I get to shoot 90 times I'm going to score 90 points.

@jamesjenkins400 Год назад

Stop hating

@patrickoneill8707 Год назад

@@jamesjenkins400 not hating. Here's the best basketball player I have ever seen. I'm not taking anything away from them. He would shoot 50 times and make less than half of his shots and everybody was raving about how many points he scored

@CHI-JORDAN-CHI Год назад

@@patrickoneill8707 shooting 55 percent from the field taking that many shots is incredible. Do you not know how fg percentage works in basketball? If you are above 50 you're doing great. If you're above 50 as a guard you're doing excellent. If you're above 50 as a guard and are shooting at a high volume you are out of this world and should take every shot.

@patrickoneill8707 Год назад

@@CHI-JORDAN-CHI what a stupid question. Of course I know how field-goal percentage works. I played basketball for 30 years. At a very high-level I might add. Don't say something that makes you look stupid. Oh wait, it's too late for that.

@CHI-JORDAN-CHI Год назад

@@patrickoneill8707 🤣🤣🤣 ok grandpa. Go take a nap ok?

@jeffreymichael1784 2 года назад

And they say MJ won't dominate in today's game bec there's so much 3's and MJ can't shoot beyond the rainbow. 🤣

@shiningking Год назад

Mj have better 3 point percentage in finals than lebron

@josephwilliamommen4355 Год назад

Big whoop wilt the stilt had 130 point high school game kinuts

@chrissylvester5137 2 года назад

6:09

@ericharary 3 года назад

8:37

@giannirandolph2986 Год назад

Can't talk bad to or about jordan.

@fuckthechinesevirus9462 4 года назад

Scoring 51, and only won by 1, wow

@hotgusta Год назад

Was there a dress code for fans back then? Whole crowd looks like they are about to apply for a loan

@Stevesrssrssrs 7 лет назад

The infamous Con Game?!!! WTF are you talking about?!!

@iSBANAH27 7 лет назад

Stonemansteve II Before this game, Knicks head coach Jeff Van Gundy called Jordan a con man. That led to this masterful performance that you're witnessing in the video

@Stevesrssrssrs 7 лет назад

Okay, I know the story very well, I was just a bit confused by the wording I guess.

@anon2414 Год назад

Jordan had a big market and Jerry Krause setting Jordan up his whole career. Why would Jordan ever have to leave that great situation? Phil pippen rodman kukoc Krause. And Jordan didn't even want Phil or kukoc...Krause forced them on Jordan...Krause was the mastermind. No Krause no Jordan. PERIOD. Jordan should have been kissing Krause's feet. If it was up to Jordan he would have been playing with kwame brown 🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡💀

@brown123487 Год назад

Blah blah, excuse excuse

@samuelrowe1454 6 лет назад

Damn, Curry would have gone for 60 points with that perimeter defense.

@jeannetteperry2998 3 года назад

The motionless coke definitely behave because pimple splenomegaly meddle via a empty sweets. draconian, actually distribution

@MistahUnknown 6 лет назад

It was only a 6ft3 Chris Childs with a career average of 7PPG he was posting up against. A guy who would be a D-League player today. This man was bouncing from team to team for 4 years before he entered the NBA. This man came into the NBA after playing for teams like Rapid City Thrillers, Columbus Horizon, La Crosse Catbirds, Rockford Lightning, Bakersfield Jammers, Rockford Lightning, Quad City Thunder, and the Miami Tropics. And when he got to the NBA, he was also bouncing around from team to team. From 1994 to 2003, he played for the Nets, Knicks, and Raptors. Keep in mind that this was a man-to-man defense. Childs couldn't do his job right so they put a 6ft6 Power Forward as in Larry Johnson to defend Jordan? This is Jordan's competition? And what defense was played in this game? Where's the physicality that the Knicks were said to have played every night? Overrated. Wanna see what Kobe was up against? facebook.com/407101112762461/videos/499187853553786/?t=62

@jalenad11 6 лет назад

And he still gave Kobe the mean 2piece. The guy was unskilled but tough. John Starks was also 6'3" but was one of the main reasons 93 Knicks were a top 5 all time defensive team.

@user-dp7td7fj1l 5 лет назад

He should’ve guarded Jordan? Jordan

@captainhooklane1268 5 лет назад

Allen Houston was defending him too and he was an all star

@mrbattle2013 Год назад

Allan Houston was guarding him you idiot .

@pp3k3jamail 6 лет назад

The greatest ball hogger of all-time

@Wis_Dom 6 лет назад

Go. This is not the only video on RU-vid. Why be on a video of someone you hate?

@rljuice 7 лет назад

All he really does is shoot the ball while they are off balance on their heel within the perimeter thats not that impressive cuz that shit will not work in todays game

@digitalgr8ness 7 лет назад

He's the one making them go off balance resulting in baskets. Jordan was the best player to ever play this game. The kids playing in todays watered down, weak NBA aren't worthy to lace this guys shoes.

@charlesstevenson3448 7 лет назад

rljuice hilarious! you don't know the game or what your watching.

@MJMaJiK 7 лет назад

Lets see you try that on a CONSISTENT basis then. Lol.

@boogieloo1831 7 лет назад

rljuice - what's hilarious is that you have it ass backwards. That's the only way to win consistently. As players get older, they realize using speed only in a half court set can never consistently be successful. MJ's accuracy made defenders have to respect his pump fake which gets his defenders off balance or usually in the air. And to say that this doesn't work today is just so dumb as the smarter players today still do the same thing. Why? Because this is FUNDAMENTAL basketball and is simply unstoppable but you kids today are too stupid to know that. Stop listening to the idiots on ESPN and go do some basketball research or better yet, go play some basketball. Today's NBA is an inferior game that has much less fundamentals being used by players because the soft rules allow them to use more athleticism - the reality is half of the sub 6'4" guys of today would get killed in yesterday's NBA. And the bigs of today would get destroyed on the inside as well.

@rambosexy2009 6 лет назад

rljuice Leunskilled's fan spotted. 😂😂😂😂