NBA Flashback: Chicago Bulls vs. Los Angeles Lakers 1991 Finals Game 3 - Magic vs. Michael

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Coach Nick gets a game out of the archives and shows you how these two teams went after each other in the first of 6 championships for the Bulls and Michael Jordan in the 90's. The key match up was Michael Jordan guarding Magic Johnson, and it took overtime to decide this epic game.

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@Flamangatang 10 лет назад

Awesome Breakdown. I watched this series this past summer and I think the legend of Pippen switching onto Magic is a bit overblown. Jordan still spent a large majority of the games guarding Magic. But as a smart coach does, he used two of the best defensive players in the game to guard one of the top 5 best players ever. Great series to watch, especially if you are a Bulls/Jordan fan.

@RealMrGreenTeaLatte 8 лет назад

So, everyone always says Pippen on Magic is the difference in this series, but from this break down, it sounds like it was Cliff Livingston that really helped!

@luissyquia 8 лет назад

so many post ups... wow hahaha so different from today

@sbeallvln 8 лет назад

3:15 I always hear coaches and analysts say "Never pass while in the air," yet Michael did it all the time, and successfully.

@RealMrGreenTeaLatte 8 лет назад

He's Michael Jordan. He can do whatever the hell he wants on a basketball court. Also, MJ doesn't jump, he flies.

@RsMt1505 3 года назад

Because he has such great hang time, he can make passes and other decisions

@harryjohnson4098 10 лет назад

Hey Coach do you think you could do a breakdown of the 2004 NBA finals when the Pistons beat the Lakers and maybe show how the Pistons were able to pull off the upset? Maybe show some of their defensive sets?

@alyjulmiste1880 6 лет назад

Harry Johnson, Pistons weren't professionals. They were playing dirty the whole series. Especially Rodman, Lambier and Isaiah. That's why they aren't talked about too much

@genericname7020 6 лет назад

@@alyjulmiste1880 he Is talking about 2004.

@TheSands83 4 года назад

Aly Julmiste 2004 dude

@armin38822 10 лет назад

that's Larry Drew sitting on the bench next to vlade.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@DownloadDoctor1 Where are you getting these stats? Show me where it's broken down like that anywhere reputable and then we can talk.

@timatkinson9291 2 года назад

Was a great game. Good breakdown!!! Thanks for showing. Remember that game well!!!

@FamMoney510 13 лет назад

Im only 26 but youre absolutely right and I agree 100%, this type of b-ball is no longer seen. Which is a real shame

@hisword21 13 лет назад

i love it, both teams giving it all on offense and defense, the players are gonna get tired, but the hustle and heart they played with is something that lacks in todays average NBA games

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@garioldwin Thanks! Hope you've had a chance to check out our more recent videos - great stuff all summer, more coming up soon!

@gnagh 11 лет назад

My compliments to bballbreakdown. He does an outstanding job of narratting & analyzing. As a livelong Bulls fan, Game 3 of the 1991 NBA Finals vs. the Lakers is my all-time favorite. The Bulls had yet to win a single a NBA Championship, The media hyped the series as: Magic vs Michael. The Lakers were heavy favorites, w Magic having won 5 rings vs. 0 for Micheal. Series tied 1-1. This is game 3 from LA. Bulls trail much of the game, but comeback time & time again, & win it in double overtime!

@timsmith1033 10 лет назад

I personally believe if worthy and Scott had been healthy & able to play this would have been a 6-7 game series with LA having a legit chance of winning. Worthy was a matchup problem & would have forced the bulls to keep pippen on him & as great of defender as pip was i dont think he could physically handle big game james on the block and mj on magic. We saw in game 1 what happened if mj had to guard magic the whole game. Also Scott avg 15 pts a game he was LA best shooter, perimeter defender, and a excellent fast break finisher. I'm not saying a healthy LA squad would beat CHI all I'm saying is they would have had a good chance.

@unbiasvsbias3955 5 лет назад

maybe not since the Lakers were down 3-1 with all four games having worthy in it.

@MrDeathdealer79 4 года назад

If jordan guard magic the whole game they gonna need a last second 3 from perkins to win lol

@rw9154 Год назад

@@unbiasvsbias3955 Worthy was injured in the prior series, has his ankle taped and was not himself during the finals.

@rw9154 Год назад

timsmith1033, yes I agree. The Lakers matched up very well against them and had the experience advantage. They could have easily won the series if they were totally healthy. But it probably would have gone 6-7 games.

@edkiely2712 Год назад

Yes! Worthy played at about 70-75% the first 3 games, and it was still a series! Game 4 is where his ankle finally gave way, and he was removed from the series completely just after the start of the 2nd half! A healthy Worthy, on the top of his game, alone would have made this a 6/7 game series! Byron Scott was atrocious the whole series! Part of it was because he wasn't receiving open looks off of double-teams on Worthy, but he still was pathetic even independent of that. Scott was instrumental in the regular season victory over the Bulls when Magic missed the whole 4th quarter from hitting his head! Also, the Lakers bench was garbage as well! Larry Drew and Terry Teagle gave the Lakers virtually nothing! They both played pretty well in the regular season, but not in this series! Magic played too many minutes because, each time Dunleavy would rest him with Drew, the Lakers would unravel! Credit to the Bulls though! They were hungry, they got after it, and Michael was amazing- as usual!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@slyester33 He did - and people are trying to rewrite history and say the 90's was a weak time in the NBA. I can't disagree more. And Michael really transcended the position - learning how to make his teammates better by facilitating and only taking over when necessary. Kobe tries to force those amazing moments - Michael let them come to him, and that's why he's got so many iconic Finals moments (shrug, right to left switch, etc.)

@bballbreakdown 11 лет назад

ICYMI: We broke down Bulls vs Lakers 1991 NBA Finals Game 3, Magic vs Michael: The start of the Bulls Dynasty

@SebastianHuba 11 лет назад

For all sports fan - game 5 of this series NBA Finals 1991 - Game 5 - Chicago Bulls @ Los Angeles Lakers - HD

@epifaniocortez 6 лет назад

please make more mj's breakdown...

@willhooke 5 лет назад

After the Bulls switched to Pippen guarding Johnson, how much of that time did Livingston guard him instead of Scottie?

@willhooke 5 лет назад

Do you think the way the Post Game will ever re-emerge is if the rules get changed again? Have they tilted the advantage so much to the attackers, that the safety of Posting up is not needed, and is in fact too slow to get enough points to win a game?

@tommyhtc 13 лет назад

fantastic, you finally did classic games.. !!!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@5o1id Yeah - you could definitely get away with more hand checking now. Michael has said he'd score 50 a game no problem if they called it the way they do now. Those were some seriously good teams out there... You forget how great Magic was at that point of his career.

@vaudou_ 13 лет назад

gj coach. i think this is good because it gives people an idea of how stacked jordan's teams were. i notice that some people pretend like he did it himself. and it also gives people like myself who were to young a chance to see what the nba was like back then. i agree with you about the post position in the 90's. if you didn't have atleast two good post defenders and rebounders you didn't win.

@bigdtakeover 4 года назад

Amazing video outstanding breakdown of both teams and of Jordan vs Magic. I respect you Bro and I will definitely watch more of your channel.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@jackkun56 I was at all the home games for the Bulls from 86-96 - no wonder I'm having a hard time being a fan after that. I was spoiled. 84 Cubs, 86 Bears, 90's Bulls. Great time to grow up a Chicago sports fan

@Realpablomiller 13 лет назад

really good man...watching jordan move around on the floor he just makes it look so easy. nice to see some old vintage footage broken down

@jackkun56 13 лет назад

Thanks for this Coach! Wish I was old enough to appreciate the series live.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ButtZilla1031 Thanks! This was great fun to do - and I'll make sure to do some more.

@Ryenobal 8 лет назад

Slowtime old Lakers vs young hungry Bulls. This series would have been more interesting if the Lakers still had Kareem and Cooper and Riley in charge.

@TheSands83 5 лет назад

Old? Magic was 31

@garioldwin 13 лет назад

i really enjoyed watching this .

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@Carrol10 Glad I could read your mind. Didn't realize how much everyone would appreciate this. Perhaps there should be a RetroBBALLBreakdown, or PastBBALLBreakDown,

@emmyjohnny970 6 лет назад

My favorite all-time NBA Finals series. Thanks for sharing.

@rw9154 Год назад

Mine too even though the Lakers lost, which I've never gotten over (and never will).

@lolpauve 11 лет назад

Magic was one of the best post players in my opinion. Unlike a lot of guards he a preffered the hookshot ahead of the fadeaway (acctually his hookshot was probably one of the best of his time).

@bermudacuba 2 года назад

Jordan played excellent defense on Magic in this game, especially OT. With Pippen fouled out, Jordan held Magic to 0-0-0 on 0/2 FG and 2 TOs for the entire Overtime. It's a myth that Magic consistently "lit up" Jordan in the Finals, only due to Pippen guarding Magic primarily in Game 2.

@kazekage2007 13 лет назад

@bballbreakdown historybreakdown! :-P thanks for all the videos coach Nick! Greetings from Greece

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ArmoredFelix It's most likely the first and only time Jordan had so much trouble - and it took the best PG of all time to do it to him.

@cyrilfan33 13 лет назад

great footage. I live in australia and love nba but ive never really seen much footage since before 2000 so stuff like this is fantastic. please do more!

@HuRR1CaNeS324 13 лет назад

On December 24th, a Friday, they are showing two games of the 1993 Eastern Conference Finals with the Bulls and Knicks. They are showing Game 2 and 5 and it's from 2 pm- 6 pm Eastern time

@XizheCheng 11 лет назад

what a game, love divac, he is a true artist

@Hulkamania4eva 11 лет назад

THERE IS NOT A DIFFERENCE! If your team is a certain level based on their skills and once makes the team better, then he is making the play of others better. An example of that is getting double teamed and making the unselfish pass so your teammate has a better look at the basket. It doesn't matter that he only won Championships with the same club, what is important is the PLAYERS. He won 3 rings with a certain supporting cast and the next year without him they lost.

@ronald7821 13 лет назад

I LOVE THIS!!! Please give us MORE!!!!

@bozotheclown9 13 лет назад

every video you make is great

@Slamwoo93 13 лет назад

Wow it's great to see a breakdown of a classic game, you should do more of these, great job.

@Hulkamania4eva 11 лет назад

Both championship runs were with different supporting casts. No coincidence they went 2 season without one until Jordan came back and changed his game to make up for a lack of the athleticism he once had. The Bull's also couldn't get their first until Jordan changes his game. The evolution of his game happened and then his teams won rings...this is one of those obvious things I shouldn't have the argue, if you can't grasp this you won't grasp much else basketball wise. goood day son

@TheSands83 4 года назад

That was awesome thank you!!

@tompaulcampbell 9 лет назад

Great analysis!

@143jetblack 10 лет назад

I think that bench player coach was referring is Larry Drew.

@theronquishow5837 3 года назад

holy shit this vid was 10 years ago, and Bill Simmons just uploaded a podcast about this game last yr, and they had the same sentiments. Pretty cool

@defghik 13 лет назад

Great upload, I would definitely like to see more breakdowns of old games. This is one of my favorite series, game 1 was also very well played and came down to Pippen's halfcourt shot at the buzzer that almost went in. And, of course, Jordan dominated in game 2 going 15-18 from the field.

@Flashydwade 13 лет назад

wow i really enjoyed this breakdown. I was hopeing that you would do some "historic" breakdown, so this was like my fist christmas gift this year :D One more thing that I want to say: You are one lucky dude, growing up in Chicago and watching Jordan live when he started to dominate the league AND being in the stands when he played against Magic O.O you hit the jackpot right there! And of course we need more classic breakdowns,for God's sake keep em coming Greets from Germany

@popeyeisgood 12 лет назад

yea.. that's the problem about youtube. a lot of people pretend to be experts. as far as the say about jordan forcing thing in the early stage of his career, is about as absurd as jordan developed his turnaround fadeaway since the 2nd 3peat. jordan ALWAYS played within the flow of the game, since his college years. i admit that jordan has always been having trouble guarding magic down low, but you also have to remember jordan would crack open any one on one defense

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@mistermojo420 We'll see what I can get my hands on. I've got one from 1970 Knicks vs. Lakers I want to do. And Kareem with the Bucks vs. Phoenix - great stuff...

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@Flashydwade Thanks! This was fun and I'll make sure to do another RetroBreakdown soon! I do realize how lucky I am to have grown up in CHicago at the Stadium - it's nowhere near as exciting now...

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@jeremyDior I'm not sure they could either - although which Laker team are we talking? 1980? or 1988? At the end, I think Cartwright could've guarded Kareem... And Pippen on Worthy would've been great. But Magic most likely would've completely and utterly dominated on the offensive end. But so would Michael. And Bulls could've won the Horace Grant vs. A.C. Green match up...

@lionelangemario 12 лет назад

man,jordan guarded magic the whole series except game 2 where he took 2 or 3 quick fouls,so it doesn't make sense to say if the bulls continued to do that,they would have lost because that is precisely what they did in game 1,3,4,5 except by sequence. of course if you just show all the baskets magic made..but he shot 7/15 and m.j. played his worst game of the series even tough he nearly has a triple double 29/9/9. if i didn't know anything about it,i would have said magic averaged 40 on m.j lol

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ArmoredFelix Absolutely - a lot of teams had the equivalent of Bosh, James, and Wade back then, when there were only half as many teams. MUCH better shooters too..

@kakatanka 13 лет назад

I love this breakdown, coach. At least you should do one retro game per week :) or maybe a retro bball channel. Regards from México. Sorry for my bad english :(

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@adgamer Thanks! Don't forget to spread the bballbreakdown word to all your basketball loving friends. This is a good one.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@damnumalone Thanks! And it was Larry Drew Sr. of the Atlanta Hawks stay tuned for more RetroBreakdowns soon!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@fsc125 Both 1 and 2. I think the old Chicago Stadium actually levitated when Michael did his "Spectacular" move...

@alyjulmiste1880 6 лет назад

You got to give it to phil Jackson for making all of the adjustments on defense.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ronald7821 Thanks! I aim to please, so stay tuned. This week should have plenty more before I go out of town with my team for a few days on Saturday...

@ch53tm 13 лет назад

MORE RETRO PLEASE!!! 86 celtics games would be nice. I love you for this!!!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@AlekzLin111 Some of them - I really tried to get them all to watch the Lakers vs. Clippers offense breakdown so they can get a better sense of the triangle. We are still struggling with it, so maybe they should watch it again.

@sinles15 13 лет назад

Thank you so much... I enjoyed this breakdown, and I happened to requested a Jordan game and you delivered. Don't know if I influenced it. But I do appreciate it.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@sinles15 For sure - Thanks! I'll make sure to do another one soon!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@Edd1e8 Interesting take, for sure. You are right, Byron got marginalized, as the Lakers fell in love with posting up. Hope you've seen our playoff previews, and stay tuned as we begin to breakdown the great games from this weekend! Coach Nick

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@SonicBoom91 Good answer! That is who it is!! Did you check out our most recent? Game 4 NBA Finals from 1985 - Bird vs. Magic

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ihatewonders There are some ball handling skills that are much better now, but pound for pound, they were much better in the 80's - primarily because there were half as many teams in the league - so many teams had the equivalent of bosh, wade, and James.

@maxwellsmart4190 3 года назад

GREATEST breakdown of this game I've SEEN, I get SICK of them saying Michael could guard Magic, Magic SMOKED him, and if the Lakers would have kept their formula we would have won EVEN without Kareem, With Kareem?? HIT Vince McMahon's MUSIC!!!!!! Lmbo.

@elitaren 12 лет назад

imo Vlade is one of the smartest centers of all time, he was a good ball handle, good passer, good rebounder and a good scoorer and last but not least he had a really good post offense and foot work! (really good flopper also!!) but he was also underrated imo, and btw, 2002 western finals was shit, King won the championship though they didn't win the finals!!!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@cyrilfan33 @dnttalktomeh Stay tuned - hopefully you saw our most recent, Game 4 from the 85 NBA finals...

@popeyeisgood 12 лет назад

the whole pippen stops magic things has always been blown out of proportion as well. pippen did did a good job on magic, but jordan spent as much time if not more on magic in that series. i have also seen people saying pippen is a superior individual defender to jordan..totally unrealistic. i guess that's called media hype. thanks to videos like the upstoppable bulls..

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@AshGhiassi1 Had a busy 2 weeks with my team, but I should be able to get more done this week before we go out of town for a tournament on Saturday... At least one heat breakdown and one bballbreadown.

@cha25r 10 лет назад

great video dude

@wpdougie2180 13 лет назад

It's Larry Drew he played with the Lakers back then, great breakdown more old school games.

@rickroller99 10 лет назад

Very intelligent analysis, glad i viewed. this is the series where jordan cemented he was the best player in the nba, and retired the old guard of magic n bird. he went on to become the greatest player in history, no matter what has happened after sorry lebron shaq durant fans

@razkable 8 лет назад

what no mj is overrated lebron=goat king shepard god

@boskopajovic2105 8 лет назад

Lebron doesnt have the same ig neither same desire to win

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@FamMoney510 A real shame - and YES! That's Larry Drew. Just met him, very nice guy. My team almost beat his kid's team in the playoffs. But we took the ball away from his son several times, good stuff!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@Enemy1011 You are right - current (for how long?) coach of the Atlanta Hawks... Stay tuned - lots coming up this week here and on NBATradeTracker...

@Frank87 12 лет назад

Coach Nick, would like to get your opinion on this: who was the better defender between Jordan and Pippen? In my opinion, both had trouble guarding Magic in the post but it seemed that Pippen was better at full court pressure. This may be because Pippen had more in the tank since he was specifically focused on that task. Btw, I love these videos: shows how great players like Magic really were.

@Enemy1011 13 лет назад

@bballbreakdown it his 1st year as Atlanta coach. he became an assistant coach for the Hawks before became as Head Coach. i can't wait for another video! :p

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@tbdeawh They were. Their biggest deficiency was the bench - Terry Teagle was their most heralded player, with rookies Elden Campbell and Tony Smith - not a deep team at all.

@lionelangemario 12 лет назад

yeah that's what i am saying,jordan guarded magic the entire series except for game 2.and i think some people limit jordan's career to the second three peat.you can guess that when they talk about mike,they only know the last 3 years of his bulls career.that's why they pretend he developed the fade-away late in his career ..or he didn't use his crossover as much as a player like kobe...bla bla bla...i think over time it's going to change thanks to you tube and real fans like you say.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@bhard87 Larry Drew, Sr. whose got the Hawks running a motion offense and they're playing well...

@lionelangemario 12 лет назад

at 9:35, if horace grant is able to tip it in it's because all the defense collapsed on jordan.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@IamHaddy ACH! THe 90's Rockets set team offense back 50 years!!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@MistaDarrenR Thanks! Stay tuned for more classicBreakdowns

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@DownloadDoctor1 You obviously weren't old enough to remember this series, I guess. Michael, for the first time in his career, couldn't handle Magic - and when they finally switched to Scottie on Magic in the 2nd game, the series turned around. I'll get Tex Winter and Phil Jackson to back me up on this if I have to.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ch53tm I've got the DVR set to record whatever comes in. I may still have Celtics from that era - let me check and I'll get back to you.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@23jamesdixon HOrace had to guard Sam Perkins. It was the only matchup, because Paxson had to guard Byron Scott...

@RickGrimes807 13 лет назад

And I think that because the game was more intense and challenging, everybody, both players and fans, were drawn more into it. It was more than just a game, while today it's just a game. Plus we had legends and great players competing against each other, and they wanted to beat each other down. Today I think mentalities have changed in general, things and people are softer, more politically correct, more sensitive not to hurt the other...so players don't have the competitive nature anymore.

@saltymonkey8874 Год назад

Money is also a big reason, too much money is involved in the game today. Money always ruins the purity of something great.

@RickGrimes807 Год назад

@@saltymonkey8874 true

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@voodoochild346 The Lakers were ridiculous with that starting five - except for Byron Scott, they all posted and could pass - everyone of them. Dunleavy didn't have to do much with that bunch, but he was never able to adjust after they went to Pippen on Magic more.

@darkchild4neverever 10 лет назад

Teams do take it full court more than you think. Fisher's game tying three against orlando in game 4 was off a full court press.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@Maximizer And I return the same kind of love!!!

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@KillenEMsoftly OK - will see what I can do. Sounds like I should launch a new channel - but what would the name be?

@pastorfw 9 лет назад

Five stars on your play by play on the 1991 NBA Final Series

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@ErickS104 Didn't remember it that way, and it may have been the only time in his career that he couldn't defend a player....

@hammerhead2362 4 года назад

Who is here after bills simmons rewatchabulls podcast???

@3DStoneCt 11 лет назад

This wasn't even a series. I was very disappointed as an NBA fan because I thought I'd see competition. Magic simply stepped aside and let Jordan win to progress the league. It was a joke series and the Lakers were never competition because they wanted Jordan to win - yes, wanted Jordan to win.

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@WorldOfSnakes You couldn't have said it more eloquently. yes,Yes, and YES!

@garioldwin 13 лет назад

@bballbreakdown Yes I have also watched your "Why Bill Walton Was The Best Center Of All Time: Game 6 NBA Finals 1977 " which was even better . Hope you'll do more retro nba vids .

@MistaDarrenR 13 лет назад

Great job

@lionelangemario 12 лет назад

it's because the good players that you talk about,beside pippen, were roles players.now of course if you play around players like jordan or pippen,they have such an I.Q. that they will use the qualities of average players or even bad players(longley,wennington,perdue)to make them look good,that is called I.Q. Basketball. second you have to look the more talented team they faced..the lakers, magic, knicks, cavs,suns,blazers,pacers,heat etc. if you take jordan and pippen out,look at the matchup.

@whiteboi626 11 лет назад

great vid

@bballbreakdown 13 лет назад

@DownloadDoctor1 You don't know what you're talking about. Bottom line, putting Pippen on Magic changed the series and allowed the Bulls to win in 5. I was there, I watched all those games, I've gone through them now, and that's the fact, jack.