Penny Hardaway Lit up Michael Jordan (1995.05.18)  

Youngins have no idea how great this guy was before the injuries.

Penny was a beast! Just like Grant Hill but injuries killed their careers...

These kids will never know how elite young Penny was 🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️...

AND THIS MY FRIENDS IS WHY A PAIR OF PENNY’S WERE THE ONLY SHOE OTHER THAN HIS OWN JORDAN HAS EVER WORE ON THE COURT!!!💯💯💯

Im a huge Bulls and MJ fan. Penny was one of the most elite guards to ever come through the NBA. His foot work and balance along with his vision was just nasty. I never forget watching him play when I was young here in TN. He put up 55 on our school at the state tourney in Murfreesboro TN. Special dude. Wish he could have stayed healthy. Thanks Penny for all u have done for our kids in our community.

Penny Hardaway was so good MJ wore his shoes one game.

Penny was that dude. He lit a lot of people up. This is the NBA. The best of the best.

Penny was a beast, MJ respected Penny's game so much he wore dude shoes in the post season. Haven't seen a guard like Penny at his peek till this day.

That dude was surreal bro. Came into the league with the things kobe had to learn. If it wasn't for those injuries he was poised to run the league after MJ.

He was a special talent , if healthy easy would've been one the greatest of all time

Look man...Penny was a legit badass. True baller he was, before injuries started taking over.

Penny used to be the one guy that consistently scored on MJ. It’s too bad his career was cut short due to Injury…as kids we would stay up on school nights to watch Memphis State and Penny Hardaway playing at midnight.

What a player Penny was.

Penny gotta get his flowers..6-7 PG with the whole package

Penny was my favorite as a youth. I wanted to be tall with the dribbling skills like him.

Penny was up there with MJ to me. All time favorite gaurd

*Young folks don't know about Penny.*

Penny is vastly underrated

Penny was dropping Dimes ❤

Penny was my favorite player and also the reason I was buying newspapers on my way to school to read the reports.

The greatest "what-if" story in NBA history....

Penny used to be my 2nd fave after MJ. Damn those injuries!

Penny was just great. That's all that needs be said

I miss the 90s basketball.. One love y'all

Penny was a beast

Penny was a real deal. To me, besides MJ, Penny and Grant Hill were such exciting talents in late 90's NBA.

Penny was by far my favorite player in the 90’s…he was definitely on track to be that next great player before injuries ruined his career

Penny was top 5 in the NBA before the injuries... still my favorite player of all time

PENNY WAS NO JOKE....

Penny was nice! One of my top 10 favorite players 💯

My top 2 of all time goin at it💯🔥✊🏿

Penny and Grant Hill would’ve had us having a different conversation if them injuries didn’t occur.. Facts!

Hardaway was a superior talent to Grant Hill. And Grant Hill was magnificent.

Penny was something else before all the injuries the original number one for the magic

Damn hardaway rotisserie cooked Jordan 😂😂😂😂😂 slow cooked him

Just watching this clip made me remember how good he was... gotta make a penny my player build on 2k now

Penny Hardaway was Tracy MacGrady before injuries took their toll.

Giving da G.O.A.T dat work! Penny Hardaway was truly something SPECIAL before the injuries. And IMO he should be in the HOF...

He still my favorite N.B.A. player of all time. And he's from my city. Penny is the K.O.M. KING 👑 OF MEMPHIS And a Future hall of fame coach for the university of memphis

Hardaway immediately became my favorite player that season. The sweep that Houston gave us hurts to this day!

Penny was a mfing beast. Although Jordan is my favorite, had he not got hurt Penny would've been up there.

mane penny gav ehbady that damn work, wunn’ jus mike…lol ✌🏿😆

Penny was special

That's our hometown man right there, much respect Memphis Tennessee represent 💯

Everyone knows how it goes. If a great player is having a night no defense in the world is stopping him.

'96 Jordan was back into basketball shape

You can see how great Penny was just by looking MJ's defense... He worked his ass off and Penny still was able to score... Great stuff and great plays by both of them...

Penny was in his bag, playing with straight confidence 🔥 That was a great Magic squad wit Shaq and Penny.

And they said MJ played against plumbers. 🙏🏾

Penny had a good game, MJ had a GREAT career! ✅️💯🇺🇸

He was on his way to being unstoppable one of my favorite players of all time

He was so special, one.of. favorite players. Not.for. injuries, an all time great.

I remember this game. Was getting so frustrated but then u realize how great other players were. That's why when guys say MJ played nobody, I laugh

Penny was new to MJ...and this was before a full season back

Another underrated player, even M J couldn’t stop him! One of the best of his time❤

Penny was that dude! He and Shaq made me an orlando magic fan for life. We will never see a pg at his size with his skill level and athleticism again. He and his shoe was just as popular as Jordan in the 90s

Penny is on fire😅

Penny was nice. Imagine if he would have stayed healthy

Kids lets not forget Penny Hardaway he made MJ guard him like no other!!!

He was BADASS sure would been amazing to see him enjoy his career like everyone else

Then the next yr Penny scored ZERO vs Jordan the whole series when Jordon guarded him

This is Jordan’s 5th or 6th week back from retirement.

One of the best matchups ever. MJ and Kobe as well. So fun to watch. Teams actually played defense back in the day

Penny was truly special...

Penny was unbelievable. But that was against MJ's baseball body.😂

My twin bro and I was one of the few people that wanted the Magics to beat the Bulls. All because of Penny! My favorite player till this day!

My dawg. And favorite player from the 90s

Huge Penny fan growing up and still am in my late 40’s! He was amazing. Damn injuries 👀🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ but he was truly a marvel. I still buy his sneakers to this day💯🙌🙌🙌🤙

We don't talk about Penny enough. He was truly one of the greatest.

Penny should’ve kept his mouth shut and stayed as the second fiddle player just like Kobe was. Without Shaq, what happened? Penny never won another playoff series with the Magic and his body completely crumbled. The Magic didn’t win another playoff series without Shaq till 2008 🤣. What happen when Shaq left Kobe after the 2004 finals? A prime Kobe did squat and didn’t win another playoff series for 4 long years until an already 21-10-4-2 Pau Gasol came over to save the day. In 2005 a prime Kobe had Caron Butler and Lamar Odom won 34 games and missed the playoffs 🤣. What happened when Shaq left Miami? Wade didn’t win another playoff series for 3 years until LeBron and Bosh showed up to save the day 🤣. Shaq impact on those 3 teams was absolutely legendary!! Don’t y’all ever forget it, those were Shaq teams!!!

That 93 draft was ravaged by injuries and bad luck. I was a Cheaney fan who had a season ending injury not long after the all-star break, when his game started to gel and was never the same. That lottery had so much potential.

It was a great era of hoop in them days‼️🔥🔥🔥

"And Jordan played against plumbers." Lol.

I guess this was another 90s plumber for Mike…..

This was my favorite player as a kid no questions

Penny at 94/95 season was so good!! He can shoot, he can drive, he can dunk and he can create play for teammates… so bad he was out from his prime due to injury.

Lit on MJ? He was hitting from all cylinders!!😂 But thats just around 13 points!! MJ scored 38 on his mug!!.. Penny was good but not as good defensively.. Ron Harper stopped Penny, Nick Anderson choked like always! Shaq missed free throws.. Dennis erased Horace.. that who combination made it difficult for Orlando to get even one game from the Bulls!!...😂😂😅

Cooked him bro, let's not forget how nice Penny was.

Wow he made 11 points amazing

One of my favorite match ups

We’ll look at this, if it isn’t one of the “watered down” expansion teams. Let a certain fanbase tell it. These were the teams everybody beat up on to inflate their record.

I don’t really like how he move .. I think he was a great player though .. Tmac was a more updated smoother penny with more moves

My favorite player getting buckets! Should be in the hall of fame especially since I just saw the list of who can get in next year!

Prime Hardaway was that man back in the late nineties early 2000s. His timing was during MJs retirement and come back when he was knocking of the rust.

I'm so thankful to have lived during the 80's and 90's basketball era! That 92 Olympic Dream Team was from outer space... unbeatable! Oh yeah, can't forget how special Penny & Shaq was in Orlando 🏀

Man o man do I really miss old-school basketball

He absolutely needs to b in hall of fame

Penny Hardaway! Grew up watching him play for Univ of Memphis back in the day. Glad to see a fellow Memphian getting his highlights. ❤🎉

One of my biggest "what if". He's one of the most talented player I've seen.

Ripping that net apart, then post moves even with the hand check 🔥

I Remembered The Media And The NBA Tried To Downplay This Historical Event And Not Hyped The Match Up Of What Hardaway Did To Michael Jordan….🔥🔥HARDAWAY WAS GREAT💯💯💯

I always forget that there was two years in the 90s that penny was my favorite. Legendary. We forget about d rose too

Penny was flipping amazing! What a career he could have had if it was not for the injuries.

My favorite player of all time 💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾

One of my favorite players

PENNY CHANGED THE BIG GUARD GAME. HOW DO PEOPLE THINK MJ CAN HANDLE THESE NEW GROUP OF NBA PLAYERS

Man he was soooo good. Not just a scorer either.

That 2 shot from 3 the switch sound was awesome

Penny’s left hand dribbles don’t get talked about like they should. My boy was pure Magic.!!

I watched Penny when he was in highschool. He was the man back then.