Michael Jordan vs Clyde Drexler Highlights Bulls vs Blazers (1990.11.18) - 59pts total! 

Yes. Jordan had an amazing ability to float like a dancer and to do so much more but Drexler seemed to WORK to make his own type of stunning play.

Couldn't agree more with that statement.

It's one of the curses of playing in a small market, especially back then. In his autobiography from 1990, Kareem referred to Clyde as the West Coast Jordan, which was a bit of a stretch, but definitely not ridiculous.

He's in the hall of fame

Clyde is certainly too forgotten. His quick turnover and the straight dunk on the rim is sooo underrated.

He had the misfortune of playing in the same era as Jordan. Yes, and that crooked jumper.

He gave that Portland team everything. I'm glad he got a well deserved ring with the Rockets, but he was dominating with Portland. Drexler and Hakeem had chemistry together from college and would've been great had they played more in their primes.

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AGREED 100%

At the moment of this game, Jordan was 5th in ppg with an avg of 28. I wonder who were the others.

@Critical Thinker I wanna see your todays players against the bad boys Pistons.

Slow feet?watching these guys try to play defense now a days in the nba just makes me sick!You simply dont no what excellence on the court is!

a really underrated passer

and they had when they were on the 1992 Dream Team, winning the Gold Medal, Undefeated.

Best thing about it is Clyde never used it as an excuse. Clyde was a true champion.

Call BS, cause if that were true then Clyde wouldn't have participated on Dream Team.

@@teufelshunde4 read.... he had to have knee surgery. He waited after the finals and the Olympics.

@@teufelshunde4 Clyde waited till after the Olympics to have knee surgery. True facts.

Damn, Jordan probably would have lost one if it wasn’t for that or went to Game 7. I heard Worthy and Scott was hurt during the previous finals too.

Clyde is a good person // I always really admired his professionalism and his friendly approach to fans

ps That's a really neat story

How the hell did that happen?

@@edmondlau511 because the Lakers had a top 4 player of all time

@@edmondlau511simply Magic and the Lakers experience controlling tempo and not allowing to get into an up & down game.

@roger peet Duckworth was a pretty good player, he just peaked quickly and went downhill quickly

@roger peet he wasnt a project when he retired. He had a couple good years but he had a different career arc and suffered injuries. He was also pretty big. He was a starter caliber center. He definitely was better than what most centers were at the time

@Ben DC4L it comes down to the assasin mentality of Jordan.Drexler had a better team but not a high iq team like the Bulls and MJ was a killer like Bird,Magic and Kobe.

@@kaushiksinha793 Pure rubbish. No one on the Blazers team was as good as Pippen. Bulls had a better team. Portland was a 1 man show with Drexler and other role players. This 'assassin mentality' talk is comical. The assassins you mentioned all had all stars playing with them.

@@kaushiksinha793 Cut the bullshit! Magic had Jabbar. Bird had Mchale & Parish. And Jordan also had Pippen. What did Clyde has? Terry Porter? Jerome Kersey? You gotta be kidding me.

Comparable sure Clyde was the closest to MJ talent wise in the league. But no one was better than Michael and he proved it separating him himself from Drexler.

@@jamesfahy9954 Michael is only 1-0 against Clyde but 0-2 against Bird and 1-3 against Isiah in the playoffs. Isiah went as far to say that Michael was not his competition. Ouch.

Teams can't even run the fast break anymore its hard to watch 😕

Sergio Catalan Wade and Lebron

Kobe and Wade. Kobe and T Mac.

Sorry for the delay, I must have missed your comment. The quality of the pic is not that high, but here it is: goo.gl/photos/EzAkQNyF2h5H5yHTA

Thank you !

Scalping Forever I forget the details but there were rumors of some trades Houston could’ve before the draft that could’ve gotten them all 3. Unlikely but Houston at least thought about it

The Rockets also.

@@ProfessorofTruth we'll never know...they never played each other in the finals...that is purely speculation.

Yeah.... after the first 8 years

yeh was thinking the same when i saw it. theres never been anyone with his combo of skill, hops, speed, length and to be able to chop change direction and stop on a dime. just a freak of nature

@@l1ll4rd48 also incredible strength and stamina. Isiah said those were the qualities that really set MJ apart.

Doubt it. Either year Chicago still has 2 of the 3 best players in the series. Maybe Portland steals it if they had home court advantage but I still have my doubts. Lakers had wayyy more experience in 91 too

@@jonnykilroy9762 in 90 - 91 Portland had the best record in the league and probably were the more complete team that year. Not talking about star power or experience. It only takes a few crucial mistakes at a critical point in a game to lose. It.

@@macewindu262 Teams are basically the same as 92 so I still stand by my point. MJ and Clyde are of course 1 and 2, Pippen is third and there’s a pretty large gap between him and whoever’s 4th. And that might even be Horace Grant bc I’m not 100% certain Buck Williams(at that stage of his career) or Porter are any better than Horace

Exactly... If Clyde had Pippen we would probably be talking about Portland's championships.

lol @ #1 I agree on #2 He was a great player though.

I often wonder about that. That was this Portland team's best opportunity. The following year in 92', Portland was good, but not as good as the previous year. Chicago was the exact opposite. They were good in 91', but better in 92'. I also often wonder what if Sabonis was on this roster since he was drafted in 1986 by the Blazers? I think he would have immensely helped Portland's half court offense which at times got stagnant. Charles Barkley's observation was spot on when he called Portland and asked to be traded there from Philadelphia because of Portland's half court offensive issues. Too bad Portland didn't seem to agree.

Didn't Chicago only win 57 that year?? I may be wrong The blazers won 60+, year

You would be the only one making that argument

Your joking right?

im a blazer fan n i love drex but mj is the goat bro

Man go sit yo Delusional ass down somewhere!

michael chan Who was a Sidekick...

Jordan and the Bulls got beat by Orlando in the 95 playoffs. The same year Houston won their 2nd championship.

Charles Williams Yea, this regular season battle Clyde ballin. But in the 92' Finals that was a different story!

Ahmad2423 you're absolutely correct

Charles Williams IDK if you're old enough to remember. But heading into the 92' Finals the media kept trying to compare Clyde to Jordan. Saying that they were basically the same player's and whatnot...Man why did they do that, In Game 1 Jordan went out hit 6 3's and and a NBA Finals record 35pts in the first half. Clyde was a beast but Jordan was a MONSTER!!

Ahmad2423 I'm definitely old enough. Before all that '92 championship run. Jordan was getting his ass handed to him. Remember that? Not only by Clyde but everyone else. The pistons owned Mike. Clyde was in the league before Mike. And wasn't there long after the first bulls 3peat. Mike knows what's it like to get whooped on repeatedly.

Charles Williams​​ You would be get you ass handed to you as well. If you're constantly going up against team's with multiple star's like The Pistons, Lakers and Celtics of that Era. See their's this myth that super team's didn't exist back then Bullshit! Larry Bird once said nobody did more with less than Michael Jordan" But when he only had one other guy next to him "Pippen"...That man went on to dominate the NBA in a way which we never seen before nor after him. So if you're old enough you should know that! 

it gets totally exaggerated about jordan destroying drexler in those finals. clyde held his own