Michael Jordan vs Dominique Wilkins Highlights vs Hawks (1991.12.21) - 80PTS, INSANE Scoring BATTLE! 

Notice....... Wilkins always held his ground against all the greats...... with one major exception.....they had better side kicks. And that is they had multiple championships. Hiring damn "Lenny Wilkens" made sure it wouldn't happen for Nique. That year Atlanta was beating and matched up well with Chicago.....just saying.

dominique Wilkins is my favorite all time player...I am a Knicks fan from New York, but as a kid in the 80s...dominique was the guy I begged my father to take me to the garden to see when the hawks came to town

Dominique Wilkes should have been selected on the 92 dream team as well as to the top 50 greatest nba players of all time if they put shaq O'Neal in the top 50 I know dam well Dominique Wilkins should have defiantly been there what a joke.

DOMINIQUE WILKINS WOULD BE THR GREATEST PLAYER IN THE LEAGUE IN TODAYS GAME

Dominique never gets the credit he deserves in my opinion... the Human Highlight Film was a badd mannnnn

Some of the best scoring battles in history. I always look forward to these videos. Wilkins high arching shot sometimes reminds me of Nowitzki's shot

Man in their primes they never disappointed us every time they played each other they always put on a show.

@5:53 Nobody in the league today or in the past few years has such great footwork. Not to mention the best developed fade-away. Pure Art.

What people need to realize is that Jordan is nowhere near overrated. MJ in today's NBA would break the league! Imagine this guy in a pick and roll heavy offense... you could essentially run him at point guard and he would quite possibly average a triple double

MJ is such an underrated passer, smh. Very under appreciated part of his game

When the NBA was the NBA!

Where in today's NBA do you see 2 allstar players, 2 great dunkers, 2 great scorers and two hall of famers going at it like this...0

its crazy how we overlook what a great player wilkins was but he was just overshadowed by MJ and his reign

If the human highlight film have another Team player like pippen He would have 5Champions rings Belive that

Peep at 3:13 Wilkins hits a euro step, they always credit it to ginobilie tho

MJ's first-step was the best first-step we've ever seen, and maybe ever will. This is why MJ could consistently get 8-12 free-throws per game. When you blow-by defenders with your first step, it IMMEDIATELY puts the defense in a vulnerable position. Lebron may have better top-speed than Mike, like running full court Lebron might be going faster than Mike, but Lebrons first step isn't ANYWHERE near as explosive as Mikes. And, in a HALF COURT offense, I'd MUCH rather have a guy with an explosive first-step.

lol players back then didnt care if u shot the ball on the last seconds... nba today is pretty sensitive..

Man, I could watch these old highlights or full games of MJ playing and be more entertained than with today's NBA.

Great upload

Wow I was about 15 yrs old watching this game on WGN. Still remember those final points scored. Wilkins 43, Jordan and Pippen 37

Pippen had his hands full guarding Nique in this one.

That pump fake where he palms the ball should be illegal. You can't just be playing with people like that. PS: Scottie a savage for shooting that 3 at the end of the game 8:40

superman, black panther, human high light film....... Dominique Wilkins ....

Damn, did he say the 2nd option dropped 37 when MJ dropped 37 too? This team was stacked!!!

Where is Wilkin ranked , it gotta be better than Harden and a lot more

The thing about this clip just reminded me of how much I HATED THE BULLS COMMENTATORS. They sucked. Sacramento Kings I remember having some bad ones in the 2000s, & the SPURS as well. But I was a Hawks fan in the 80s-90s & watching the hawks play the bulls sucked if I had to put up with the Bulls commentators.😃 funny thing was I was a kid & I still couldn't stand their snide remarks.

Scottie and MJ scored 37.... I bet Wilkins felt like crap he only scored 43

The glove swatt on nique with a 1:40 thru called goaltending I don't think I've ever seen such a disrespectful block 😫...if you are a 80s baby you know nique vs Jordan was guarantee a highlight reel and a bunch of points

Nique > MJ, any m.f.n. day. Don't @ me. ✋😔

Pippen had 37 in this game also. I watched it back in 1991 on a Saturday

So great and spectacular Wilkins . And his flying acrobatic dunks are legendary ..in my opinion the best NBA player after the legend of Michael Jordan

Damn I did not know how good Wilkins was. Hes out there doing the same shit as MJ

Wilkins is one of the greatest players ever with career ave. 24+ pts/6.7 reb/2+ assists!Offensively & athletically he's right up there with MJ except MJ moves well without the ball!He do backcuts and always moving around for always looking for better opportunity to score.Defensively Wilkins is not at par with MJ as well as passing the ball...

Looking at this highlights.. If Dominique can be the 2nd leading scorer on that season imagine what could Lebron do on thieir era 🤷‍♂️

5:53 nice move 7:50 a top 10 move

Imagine nique and Jordan on the same team

i Wish Dominique played with another Perennial All-Star like a Pippen he Would Have Won Multiple Titles

2 of the best ever

Dominique was something else,.....had a lifesize Poster of him in my Room as a Kid,.......he wore Brooks, i believe,.......and Jordan was jus the smoothest, Damn Great Intelligence as well,...!

shame nique never had a pippen

Hey don’t forget Pippen had 37 as well. My top 3 players all did amazing.

I miss this badass era, so glad I grew up watching it though

They played 48 games against one another. Jordan and the Bulls won 30 of those games. Jordan averaged 32 ppg and Wilkins averaged 30 ppg. Great matchup!

Pippin had 37

Where in today's NBA do you see 2 allstar players, 2 great dunkers, 2 great scorers and two hall of famers going at it like this...0

Nique was scoring at will on all the other defenders then Scottie played him so well causing all the TO's. I've seen Nique burn Pip before but you gotta admit Pip was in a different league when it came to defense.

What would Dominique average in today’s soft ass game? 40-45?

Man Nique would win at least a couple rings in today’s league. But he played so violently he probably would’ve got injured either way.

Kobe is my favorite player of all time, then Hakeem and Magic, but Jordan is the one.

and 37 for Pippen

You trying to tell me lebron is more athletic then Dominique???? You must blind or crazy

This video really shows how Nique never had any help in his whole career. Not even coach wise.

Grande Dominique Wilkins!! 👌🏻👏🏻⭐

Dominique jus got offense but Pippen got offense & deffense

Dominique should have been on the Dream Team over Scottie.

You mean to tell me Lebron is the Goat? Lebron would have been a good six man in this era.

Man, I was just thinking about the '95-'98 Chicago Bulls: Forget about the offense for a second, but that might have been the best defensive team of ALL-TIME. You had MJ, Pippen, Rodman, and Harper, those guys are all tier-1, top-notch, A+++, All NBA defenders. (They were all fast, 6'6 - 6'9, could jump, with long arms, talk about a defensive nightmare.) That team could play-with, and potentially beat, ANY team that's ever taken the court. Even Olympic teams. Furthermore, while they didn't have any really good centers, they had 3, big-bodied, 7'+ footers, who would just foul you, beat you up, and try to wear you down....I honestly think those Bulls teams could hang with the current Warriors roster, even though we've never seen a super-team like that before. (Curry, Klay, Green, Boogie, KD, 5 all-stars.) Personally, I suspect the winner between the 2018 Warriors and '97 Bulls would be decided SOLELY on how physical the game was allowed to be. With the rules in the 80's-90's, the Bulls would win, they could hand-check, and body-up against Curry and KD (two guys who are VERY skinny, and easy to push around.) But, if the rules were that of today's game, where defenders can't even breath on offensive players, the Warriors would win...

Jorden was Beter thrn Nick Nobody can Beet jorden the goat

5:54 WHAT A MOVE

As great as Dominique Wilkins was, and he was great, sadly for Dominique's case, Michael Jordan was still better. At least Dominique is top 75. The dude had some awesome in-game dunks though!

Interesting that the Bulls didn't put Scottie on Dominique more. It looked like the Bulls' fours were guarding Wilkins; Grant, Livingston and King.

No Pippin no win

Just imagine if Scotty Pittman played on the Hawks team

The bald look and the High top fade look...with the jerry curl.

Damn, Pip scored 37 too

1:41 I’m done

Very nice!

5:56 fucking amazing

Dominique could not really use his left hand very well.

great rivalry

Legends

6:31 nice

뭔가 움직임이 깔끔하다

Nobody ever called Nique a ball hog

Michaels 92 season was easily his most effortless season. In other words, MJ was the best MJ in 1992 and not 1991. Also Pippen was best Pippen in 1992 which made MJ’s job even easier. The Bulls were stronger in 1996 and 1997 than 1992 , regardless of what Ainge or anyone else thinks, the 1996 and 1997 Bulls were stronger than the 1992 Bulls, but MJ and Pippen, Grant and even Rodman had he been a Bull in 1992, were all the best versions of themselves. It’s just Rodman Pippen Jordan Kukoc is > Grant Pippen Jordan Cartwright. So sorry. But back to the message... - 67-15 his best regular season record yet - He averaged I believe 30.1 points which was his third lowest after shortened second season and rookie season but his team still won the most games - Pippen was officially prime - Jordan was in his athletic prime, physical prime and though 96 was effortless and 97 very close as well, Jordan could score 30.1 on over 50% still exhausting himself less, taking more jumpers than before 1992 but also being able to physically get to the rim more efficiently than Jordan in 1996 or 1997 where I believe he averaged 30.4 and 29.7 respectively, which puts 1992 between those two season in PPG but he also did it more smoothly and efficiently, he wasn’t over 50% again after 93 I’d guess off my head right now. Now the playoffs were a different story, the Knicks hit em square in the nose in game 1 and their season really began. The 92 playoffs were Chicago’s toughest. They lost 7 games after the first round, went 7 with New York and their dynasty was almost derailed as unexpectedly and faster than it even started. The Cavs and Blazers went 6 each with Chicago and were tied 2-2 both series. But MJs regular season was MJ and Chicago’s apex of the 88-94 era, he could do less, at his best and Chicago would do the rest. They won a championship in Chicago Stadium, they went back to back, they survived New York’s surprise attack, and distinguished the last two “teams of the 90’s in CLE and POR. Examples of this effortless ability from MJ and Chicago were the Game 7 vs NY when they won 110-81 in a sudden death situation. Game 1 vs Portland when they won by the second half of a finals game and MJ went for 35 points in the first half, hit six threes at an automatic clip, but could finish with 39 points and call it a day instead of going for another 60 + like the days prior to 1991 when Michael’s efforts weren’t a guaranteed win much less a blowout. And Game 6 vs Portland when Jordan could sit on the bench start of the 4th Qtr and let Pippen and the benchman erase a 15 point deficit to steal a second title going away. The Bulls and MJ were their most explosive prior to 1996 and 1997 when they took what 92 did and made it a normality. 1993 they did not have this same energy and swagger until 60-70 games into the season and in the playoffs when they again showed that surging raging Bull ability. Again New York took sails out of Chicago’s stampede but after returning home Chicago wrapped up 4 straight and then put Phoenix in a chokehold off jump and merely lost two games due to Phoenix’s explosability but only in desperation and not in rhythm.

I think the bulls woulda swept their first three championships if they didnt play racial politics & had BJ Armstong getting the bulk of the PT at the 1. But, it worked out for em in the end i guess.

I kinda liked Chicago before Jordan. After Jordan, I never liked Chicago or Jordan!! Still don't...

Where's all the super physical defense we hear they played in those days?

Rumeal Robinson had a lot of rough edges to his game, but dude was an athletic freak almost on par with Nique, Jord and Pip. He used to power dunk in traffic over centers from time to time. I was impressed with Rumeal when I watched Hawks games, but the coach absolutely hated his undisciplined play.