Michael Jordan Highlights vs Pistons (1985.02.12) - 49pts, This ROOKIE GOT GAME! 

I can’t wait till the day the NBA releases the footage of every single Michael Jordan game in HD.

I never realized how good this guy was until I seen these highlights from the 80s he’s definitely the best to ever play in the nba

Fun fact: MJ was 3rd in PPG and also scored the most points in the NBA his rookie season. He was also an MVP candidate!

This game was two days after the All-Star game. That's the game of the 'freeze-out'. So he goes out and gets his then career-high off the Pistons. This is why I love players like Mike. Get pissed and take it out in your play.

This is why they had the Jordan rules, he embarrassed them and was so good they had to create rules for him which basically meant tackle his ass lmao😂

2:46 dude was so quick and athletic when he first came in, it was almost unfair to his opposition.

Jordan was light years ahead of his time...he was doing hesi's before it was even a move

What rookie has these kind of numbers lmfaoo ? He was soo good and his fundamentals along with insane athleticism are the reasons why

When MJ had the ball at the top of the key, you dead!

Love how on his early NBA days he was so aggresive and fearless.

Laimbeer and Thomas can take consolation 36 yrs later that even though MJ was a rookie, he was the GOAT that beat them.

Rookie Jordan was a good as a prime Kobe Bryant put that in perspective. M.J. was truly the GOAT

There will never be a better player than MJ. James can play for another 50 years and my opinion wont change. MJ is on another level. never was seen or will be seen again. period!

These are some of the great footage of young MJ. All these dunks are early MJ style before he developed the "leaner" dunk. Some of the best athletic display ever imo. Just driving straight down from the top of the key at full speed, no one could have stopped him. Signature early MJ moves. I wonder how much his foot injury affected him down his career. I know he is still the GOAT, but I just feel like rookie MJ had a different level of hang time.

Great game by Jordan 49,15,5,4 willing his Bulls team to a OT victory over the Pistons Jordan with the postertime dunk on Kent Benson at 2:50 Jordan rocking the Iconic Chicago 1s

Is MJ the best NBA Player of all time? Of course he is!

Love MJ's Younger highlights

Best to ever do it Michael Jeffrey Jordan.

Seeing a game like this I can understand why the Pistons started clobbering Jordan. Here the Pistons are, trying to be King of the Mountain, and this rookie comes along, already clearly better than all of them, and starts to embarrass their entire team while they are trying to hold on to pride and dominance. The Pistons were fighting to stay relevant and win their championships and make their legacy. It just so happens they turned into the Bad Boys and started hurting everyone.

This is why the created the Jordan Rules . They said foul the hell out of him . Bang him up , they had to to beat him

This is my favorite MJ B4 the rings.going thru the struggle.

This was the first game after the All Star freeze out and Michael Jordan wanted to get revenge on Isiah

49 15 and 5 as a rookie is just absurd

Each and every mj's play is just fabulous!

He was killing Isiah when the teams were even

My was in his prime as soon as he hit the hardwood the best I ever seen

They won't admit it,but bulls management knew they hit a gold mine even if they didn't qualify 4 the #1 pick in the draft,the run-up 2 the olympics surely had them feeling "ok,we may not make the coin toss choice,but this guy(MJ) is once-in a lifetime gate attraction kind of guy."

That dunk at 2:46 is one of the best dunks of his career and rarely gets shown, check out the quickness 😲

This jordan was scary 😨

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS RARE 80's GAME! I would love to see ANY more of Jordan's 80's games. Especially the high scoring games. Be great if you could include any good shots from key matchup opponents. Like Dominique, Barkley etc.

I REMEMBER THIS GAME WHEN IT 1ST AIRED!

RookieMJ was unstoppable🏀💪

That's GOAT stuff

Thats the moment 6:02 that changed phil Jacksons life 6:12 . After the game he knew hes gonna become a coach and that young fellas gonna win him titles

22 years old Jordan Rookie 1985 was unstoppable every game nobody can't stop young air Jordan prime 🏀

Better than anyone elses best season..that's True Goat

He stays and glides through the air so smoothly it’s actually insane

Tons of people don’t realize MJ was the best player in the league before he stepped foot in the NBA. When that college USA team went 8-0 against the NBA All Stars, and MJ embarrassed the best the NBA had to offer before he even got drafted…even Bobby Knight knew he was the GOAT already!

Wow a young MJ with hair and still super athletic flying in the air like its nothing and wearing those iconic OG Chicago 1s 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨

He dropped 49 before the 3 point era. 👀 This is when they were playing bully ball too. That physical as hell D. Anyway, people talk about having more ReBoUnDs and AsSiSts, he could do it but he relegated a lot of that to his teammates as a he was a pure SG who could play other rolls. The assists thing is an easy answer: Triangle offense, that’s why he didn’t average more. Rebound? He played amongst titans. Guys who were all timers in those categories but also the position he took on the field and playing off the lane and guarding behind free throw shooters and guarding the backcourt. This is also why his steals numbers are crazy high being 3rd all time in NBA. People don’t understand the nuance of the game and simply look at stats and make wild conclusions.

That shuffle step crossover was stupid ‼️💪🏾😂💯

One of my favorite drives from Michael at 2:45.

damn MJ’s athleticism don’t even look real no cap and this ain’t even his most athletic moments😭😭 obviously yu got the speed and explosiveness but I’m talkin abt the acceleration, the agility (stop and go, change in direction, change of speed, etc), the body control, etc

It just doesn't get old..and it doesn't get better... calling MJ the Goat.. is actually an understatement

MJ killing killing it with the body crossover.

Even the young MJ still kills most of players nowadays even he plays in this era. Just amazing.

The greatest ever michael jordan my idol

Truly in a class of his own wow damn

Love the rookie highlights fs

I like those old Bulls uniforms!

ROOKIE MJ HANDLES WAS MEAN STR8 COOKIN ZEKE😁 WESTBROOK VIBES

You can see at the end of the game, players shaking hands, relax, really good to see. Then MJ torched them so much even when his team was loosing, they had to put violence in their defence, from then they were hated by the whole league except their fans, now Zeke is whining because he was not in the Dream Team, man, I'm so glad he's eating his own shit...

That dunk at 2:53 😳

Michael was just incredible!!! Anything he caught inside the 3 point line was an automatic bucket,' Top of the key? It's gud... Left wing? It's gud.......Right wing? It's gud!

Michael Jordan, legend, facts ❤.

daaang he baits defenders on his driving, then switched gears to blow by

Absolutely ridiculous highlights 🐐

This was a rookie folks. A damn rookie. Stop this stupid "debate" about the Goat. Its MJ. Best combination of offense and defense ever. These are prime lebron numbers

Mj just totally unbelievable player...... no one can really beat him up......

Jordan playing in the 80s is like a Diamond player chilling in quick match on Seige. Unfair.

See this is an example of why Last Dance could have been more comprehensive. They could have put the audio of the announcers at the beginning, and they could have also put the audio of Marv Albert in their first confrontation after Bulls swept them. They played in Chicago Stadium and ISiah and Jordan had a long talk in center court just before the game started. They could have tried to ask them what they were talking about.

WOW idk where you get those old classic games but i really appreciate it!!!..... did anyone noticed when MJ made the AND ONE layup in OT but the ref 1st time said no basket..... the camera pans to the crowd and yes every one is booing about that horrible call but it was armless booing with smiles on their faces....i guess ppl were wayyyy less aggressive they what they are now!!! :(

Greatest

No Rookies doing this

MJ one game highlights could be more interesting than other stars' career highlights.

He was so quick at this age and his leaping ability was ridiculous.

*MJ is the past, the present, the future. He's The GREATEST OF ALL TIME!* 💪🏽🐐

This was a "revenge" statement game for Michael Jordan because of the infamous "freeze out" all star game in 1985 because guys like Isiah Thomas, who is the star player of the Detroit Pistons and a Chicago native was jealous of Michael Jordan because he was getting all the attention than any other player and Jordan was more popular than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson and even Isiah Thomas because Isiah was a popular figure for Chicago basketball and here comes a more popular, but more exciting, skillful, and amazing to watch, but also Michael Jordan was a "bigger than life" character to the whole sports world and the other players didn't like that because they thought Michael Jordan was better than everyone around him, even in the Slam Dunk contest, Jordan was wearing a gold chain around his neck, a pair of the "Banned " Air Jordan 1s shoes, which were red and black, and a black and red Nike outfit with the shoes as well and that created jealousy of the other all star players, Including Isiah Thomas. So the next day in the All Star game, which was Michael Jordan's first All Star game as a Rookie, Isiah Thomas and few of his teammates decided not to give Michael Jordan the ball throughout the entire game, which conspired the infamous "Freeze Out" game, and Jordan scored just 7 points in 22 minutes of action and the Eastern Conference team lost to the Western Conference team, which Houston Rockets Ralph Sampson was All Star game MVP with 24 points and 13 rebounds and the Eastern Conference team was led by Isiah Thomas who had a 22 points and Larry Bird had 21 points. That pissed off Michael Jordan because of that situation because few days later, the Chicago Bulls faced the Detroit Pistons and Isiah Thomas and Michael Jordan basically destroyed the Pistons all by himself with 49 points(Chicago Bulls Rookie scoring record) and 15 rebounds, along with 5 assists, 4 steals and a couple of block shots and had help from his teammates like Orlando Woodridge(R.I.P) who had 31 points and the Bulls won the game in overtime and Isiah Thomas had only 19 points, but struggled due to a bad thigh injury and fouled out of the game. From that point of on, the rivalry between the Chicago Bulls and the Detroit Pistons had begun and for the two all Star captains of Michael Jordan of the Chicago Bulls and Isiah Thomas of the Detroit Pistons aka the Bad Boys for years to come.

When he had hair. Rare Hair.

The GOAT for a reason!

@2:47 you know it’s coming and there’s nothing you can do to stop it.

Cold from day one

History In The Making 👑

Unlike other self-proclaimed GOATs, MJ was already a killer in his rookie season.

Lol Thomas can’t check MJ

MJ'S rookie season number's are better than Kobe Bryant's MVP season and is on par with LeBron's MVP seasons.

I actually thank Isaiah and his crew, because if they hadn't pushed him like they did he wouldn't have become what he is today. Power flows to the one who knows how. Desire alone is not enough.

He still got 15 boards man

Nice seeing Anthony Edwards hasn’t aged one bit.

The raw talent and athleticism is mind blowing!!

Damn he fast😐

Supreme confidence. Doesn't look like a rookie at all.

6:03 that was an and1, come on now, ref 6:45 what travel? 😂😂😂 Most elegant dominance ever. Not even Kobe was as naturally elegant. His airness right here

this boy good

The greatest ever....

Pistons if off in your title. It says Pistosn. Just letting you know, thanks for the uploads.

All the way MJ best best no doubt

Later the Pistons took it to another level when gave Pippin that speed knot.

I'm only 12yrs old but I understand back then the game defense is so good not like today's game. Don't get me wrong I watch 80's 90' and 2000 I realize the defense today is full of crap.

49 as a rookie shooting TWOs and these dudes today can barely get 30 shooting 3s. And every point was either a work of art or textbook or both.

Mike use to torch Isaiah and all the rest from day 1!!! That's why they hated on him and some still do!!! MJ is the Greatest of all time!!!!!

Ruthless 80's defense at 0:22

Was doing this with not much of a mid range game as we saw several years later.

49 points back then is equivalent to 80 points in today's game. Defense was tough back in the 80s and points were harder to come by.

#Goatman

These types of games are exactly why they came up with the Jordan Rules. If we can’t stop him with defense, just beat the crap out of him.

goat

Gifted from god

0:53 👀

Fun fact, that was the last time Michael and Isaiah slapped hands too 😂😂😂