Magic Johnson EPIC Game 4 Comeback Highlights vs Celtics 1987 NBA Finals - 29 Pts, FAMOUS HOOK SHOT
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- Magic Johnson Full Game Highlights 29 Pts 8 Reb 5 Ast + Clutch Game-Winner Shot | Boston Celtics vs Los Angeles Lakers - Game 4 | 1987 NBA Playoffs Finals | HOH Throwback in HD
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Thank you Magic Johnson for everything you did for the Lakers.
Your welcome
In 2k some kid got mad at me for abusing Curry in the post with Magic. When in reality that's exactly how that matchup would go.
Thats those 2k dummys even they get mad when u run ben simmons at PG but thats the position he play in real life
I have abused MJ so many times on kyrie, since price is pg. Sometimes people put lbj on mj, then i abuse pippen.
i think klay or iggy woulda guarded him
It’s a fucking video game, dumbass. How is that even remotely close to reality.
Kids aren’t used to that style of basketball. They grew up in the modern age where all shots are created with handles at the perimeter. Teach em!
The famous photo of that shot shows 5 hall of famers in the frame when Magic releases the ball. Insanity
Down 15 in Boston Gardens he helps them come back and finishes with a running right handed hook shot over 6'10" McHale and 7' Robert Parish. Legendary.
Bird was there too!
Considering what he did as rookie in Finals against the Sixers jumping center in the final game, he never ceases to amaze in the big moments. Just legendary.
The era of the great ones.
Seconds left and your team is behind, and a drive right to the basket. Best play ever in basketball. Magic was the greatest ever.
The lob to Kareem and the finish with 30 seconds left is not talked about enough 🔥
I have never seen a point guard control and manage a game as well as magic Johnson
Magic was so calm in that post game interview ....he knew the title was there's.
Perfectly play by magic. Had he missed the baby hook, Kareem was right there to slam in the offensive rebound.
I saw that the same way. Magic sucked that defense in and Cap was right there to finish had he missed. Not that there was any doubt right? lol :)
4:40
I remember this game - as a young girl I loved basketball (and still do) - Lakers were my favorite team as they are still today. Nothing like this team - Magic, AC Green Worthy, Kareem, etc. -
Magic Johnson finished with 29 Points 7 Rebounds and 5 Assists💪💪💪💪💪🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀💛💜💛💜💛💜 I still remember it
Magic Johnson is the best point guard in Nba history
To me the GOAT also
Curry
@@KingLike8 lol
@@KingLike8 good joke
@@KingLike8 casual
The best ever. G.O.A.T.
Yeah Michael Jordan is
@@newpage4660 😂
The name of the GOAT was Bill Russell
The greatest play in sports history!
Greatest PG EVER.... nd drafted the upcoming 1 . Quote dat!!!! 💛💜
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Magic was my 1st idol after watching the NBA 1st time in 1987. Lakers vs Boston. Magic also did a winning bank shot. 🏆
Magic is top 5 in nba history. I dont care what anyone else say.
undisputed
But he didn't have a jumpshot
@@12savage68
From midrange yes
@@12savage68 yes he did from midrange and 3 later in 89 90 and 9I he hit the 3. And got mvp over Jordan 2x in a row
@@robbereal1982 And thats because Jordan was a Rookie Bro but still I love Magic Top 4 all time for me but no one is comparable to my mans MJ dog
So much greatness on one court.
As a Celtics Fan... This is Hard to Watch
As a Lakers fan, I appreciate the hardship.
When Magic is aggressive on the offensive end it’s almost impossible to stop him
Imagine these 2 teams at their peaks playing against the Jordan/Pippen/Rodman/Kukoc crew.🏀
Both the Lakers & Celtics were better teams:
Mainly because of the Center/ frontline: Rodman/Longley/Kukoc could not match up with Kareem/Magic/Worthy/AC Green (All 4 guys are 6 ft 9 or above)
Jordan and Pippen are 6 ft 7 and under. Dennis Johnson, Cedric Maxwell can at least keep up with Jordan and Pippen....but the Bulls would not be able to answer Parrish & McHale or Worthy/Kareem/Magic down in the post.
YES it might be a 7 game series - but I would say 7 of 10 times the Celtics/Lakers would beat those 90s Bulls.
Rodman played vs. Boston around 1988 in the playoffs: He was limited to less than 4 rebounds per game (that's what happens when you play against one of the best frontlines in history: Parrish, Bird, McHale
The 80s teams had more depth than Jordan's teams:
Larry Bird, McHale, Parrish, Walton, DJ, Ainge, Henderson etc. etc
Bulls: Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, Longley, Kukoc, BJ Armstrong, Jud Buechler, Bill Wennington, Steve Kerr
Parrish / Mchale & Kareem/Magic/Worthy would be the huge difference makers - Jordan and Pippen cannot do everything.... Jordan/Pippen etc can get steals and ignite fast breaks ... but if Boston takes care of the ball, slows it down into a half - court game..... no I don't see the Bulls scoring enough out of the half-court set to match up and win a 7 game series.
Even the Bulls could not keep up with Magic, Kareem and THAT Showtime fast break. (Remember when the bulls beat Magic, Kareem was already retired, Worthy was hurt most of the series, ... it just wasn't the same team with Cooper, Kareem, AC Green)
" Size & Skill beats Small-Skilled every time. You can't grow enough to guard me"
- Kevin McHale
McHale would get the ball in the post vs. Rodman, Cartwright, Longley, Kukoc etc and score most every time.
You summed it up perfectly. I tell people all the time. Those Laker and Celtic teams would whoop MJs Bulls. So would the 83’ Sixers.
@@MrLarryLessor Dennis Rodman was a hall of fame rebounder and defender. He guarded a prime Shaq. He could absolutely defend Kevin McHale. Scottie Pippen could absolutely defend Larry Bird.
You can't because Rodman was on the Pistons during the 80's when Jordan couldn't win anything. The Bulls are a product of the 90's. Their success is in relationship to the destruction of the disappearing great 80's teams of Celtics, Lakers and Pistons. And I wouldn't count the 91 Pistons and Lakers as the same teams as they were in the 80's. Injury depleted teams.
@@wpl8275
Your argument is weakened by the fact that the 91 Pistons were defending champs - they had all their starters and none of them were out with injury...
The Bulls in 91 were just ready for Detroit - they were faster, fearless than the PIstons. That's why Chicago swept in 91.
Isiah admitted it: Years later or after 91 he admitted, "JOrdan looked at me like "What you have, I'm taking it" and Isaiah said that look "scared me".
The Bulls were by 91 a very good team - were they an all time elite team like the 87 Lakers or 83 Sixers or 86 Celtics? Maybe not. BUt they were still champions - Horace Grant was underrated as an offensive player - he was an excellent athlete/ defender (even though he doesn't get HOF recognition like Rodman.)
I agree that the 90s Bulls were overall a weaker team than the early 80s / mid 80s teams because they didn't have the frontcourt that would probably be needed to compete with Kareem, Moses, prime Parrish/McHale etc.
But the Pistons were tough and the BUlls were right there battling with Detroit all those years. It's too easy to make dismissive generalizations.
That was a golden era of NBA - Now you don't even have 3 teams in each conference that are deep at the level of the mid-80s teams.
Stars today are looking for MVP awards, more money, more endorsements, fighting for social causes etc (whether its Kyrie trying to take a stand about masks or complaining about police brutality ) - a lot of the players today have lost the focus on winning the Chip every year.
Hopefully GIannis, Embiied, Doncic, JOkic can make their teams really elite so we get that high level of basketball back.
Magic really dominate the 80s dribbling with his right 90% of the time.
Greatest laker of all time
Nah bruh that’s Kobe lmfao
@@user-pc8fn9kj5s facts
@@user-pc8fn9kj5s Magic has just as many championships as Kobrick and went to the Finals 9 times in 12 years, and he has more MVPs and more Finals MVPs, and he averaged the most assists per game in NBA history, and for his career Magic shot 52% and Kobrick shot 44%
Michael Bond stop calling him Kobrick that man is a all time great and show respect that man passed away in that horrible helicopter crash
@@jermanneholmes5953 yeah magic is still the best laker
Magic Scoresssss!!!!!! With 2 Seconds left to go to give the Lakers the lead what a Heroic Basket by Magic Johnson!!!!! I love Kobe with a passion but this man is Arguably the Greatest Point Guard of all time & a top 5 (Top 3) in some eyes Player of all times true Floor General #GreatnessPersonified
good thing kobe wasn’t a pg
Great game. come from behind...one of the best. I love the old NBA when men were allowed to be physical not like today
Magic Johnson is the best laker
Magic came back to win this game under the pressure of having to beat the Boston Celtics, your greatest nemesis. Watch this and tell me if you still believe that Curry is the the greatest point guard of all time. Hell no. Magic ✨ 🪄
The Point god
I still believe Magic Johnson is the second greatest player I've seen behind jordan. My opinion.
Could make an argument that he’s the best ever but yea I agree with you
Better than Jordan, Magic played two or three positions and ran the Lakers offense like a German Fieldmarshall.
@@briankorbelik2873 Naw, Magic played all five positions and he could do it at a superstar level for all of them
@@mr.billthrower7392 he's not explosive like Jordan and not the defensive player like Jordan but Magic can dictate the game anytime he wanted
@@gilbertbrown4183 Magic could guard 1-5 but his weakness was quicker small guards, while Jordan could only guard the 1 and 2. And if we’re talking physical attributes then Magic was bigger, stronger, longer, tougher, and had more endurance.
Man has the game evolved
RULES evolved.
They were so expecting Magic to give it to Kareem that he sucked that defense so much when he decided to penetrate at the dying second, he could have done a behind the back pass to Kareem if he wanted to or had he missed Kareem is there to put it back.
One of the greatest Lakers and also one of the greats to pass the rock , unbelievable one of all time great point guards in NBA history
Naw, Maj was only the greatest player in NBA history!
Magic’s game was beautiful
Magic Johnson is MY goat
And I ain’t mad at you for that
5:01 Look at Magic on the bottom. He thought for sure it was going in
I remember this game like it was yesterday
....... SUNDAY AFTERNOON ON CHANNEL 2.......WENT OUTSIDE AFTER AND PLAYED .. THANK YOU LORD FOR BIRTHING ME OLD SCHOOL HS CLASS OF 85........👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐👐
MAGIC JOHNSON IS THE GREATEST PLAYER TO EVER PLAYED THE GAME
beautiful shot
Honestly Magic and Lebron are the best All around players we have ever seen. But Magic's Free Throws were a while lot better than Lebrons
Magic Played so controlled.
The greatest shot in nba history
When Magic’s outside jumper was going it was going to be a long night
How many hall of famers were in the hook shot play? Amazing!
Magic Johnson is the goat, this generation will never knows.....
I remember Tommy Heinsohn openly groaning live on the broadcast after magic made the hook. He could not hide his pro-Celtic bias! (The groan has been edited out of surviving video)
Great play from magic. Even if he missed Kareem would have got the tip him because he was able to draw the Pf and C from the paint. Excellent play and supreme basketball IQ, and great clutch shot.
Magic was bussing they ass idk why people say he can’t shoot
💕 💕 💕
Westbrook averaging 2 straight triple doubles are amazing but just imagine what Magic Johnson's numbers would look like in this Era
Mr Q Ceaz they would be much worse
They would be much worse dumbass
Players are way more skilled now
@@chadwilliams2116 Stop talking basketball. For the love of god.
@@c--money9188 Yeah you know nothing about adaptability. Stop talking basketball
He would crush this era
Magic: Good morning neighbor! 👋
Bird: Top of the morning 👋
Game 4 of the 1987 NBA Finals The Lakers VS Celtics
Magic is my boy and the greatest laker maybe pg ever but what the hell did he do at 1:45. Just caught it
People act like the best passer and playmaker who has 3 regular season MVPs, 3 Finals MVPs, and 5 championships shouldn't be in the GOAT conversation. If LeBron is in it (I don't think he should be), then Magic is in it too.
3:23 crazy oop by Magic. Kareem gets by Chief and yams on DJ. That pass though
The way that Larry swished back in hte day makes me so happy
Best PG of all time 💪
I’d honestly take Magic over Lebron any day of the week
Lol you crazy
@@marvinholley5838 naw you’re just too damn young lol
with all due respect, prime LeBron is a way more athletic Magic Johnson with a better outside shooting and overall better scorer.
@@jaobille79 Actually, Magic had a better mid range shot. He was a better 3pt shooter for his era than Lebron is in his era. He also is a WAY better free throw shooter than LeBron. Magic also is better at making his teammates better.
@@eastwood1026
So you twist the narrative that if someone says LeBron better player then Magic then you make up narrative that someone must be young
I watched Magic Johnson play and LeBron James is a better player
Soon as it cut to Larry in the corner with the game on the line I was like oh shit this is going in.
Yano honestly I know back then it was more physical but tbh its not as rough as people are making it seem. Of course you could get away with a lot more but at the same time you could get slightly bumped and still called for a foul.
It was much easier to score because of the illegal defense rule..look at magics post ups, defenders couldn't help in the lane.
When the NBA was exciting
Magic is the 🐐 he even taught Jordan how to win #greatest laker ever
1:08 Ankles and the HOF Pro Touch.
They Lakers arre the Best ever kareem and worthy Cooper
1:42 First team foul called on the Celtics until the 2nd quarter. That's what I'm talking about. Let 'em play coming from a Lakers fan.
You listen to these guys talk about the physical game back then and you’d be expecting guys to get rocked in the jaw bringing the ball up. All I saw was a guy with a lot of space and very little ball pressure going 1 on 1
That's the reality. The defense that they talk about from back then is a myth
@@emmanuelmoses7249 yes, one game proves that. Damn you're an idiot
@@manuginobilisbaldspot424 I never said I based my opinion on one game...I've studied Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan because they're my favorite players...
Let's take Jordan vs Boston in the playoffs, he wasn't hit or knocked down not one time that game on his way to 63 points...But the myth tells us that when guys went to the hoop they were met with physicality, yet the best team in the league didn't hit a young MJ ONE TIME in the playoffs? Open your eyes lol
@@emmanuelmoses7249 you’re basing that off of one game though. Every NBA game from 80-96 the no easy lay ups unspoken rule was really a thing. No one got body slammed every time but when a smaller guard attacked the basket he was gonna get touched up some
@@KDubb-ws9zc You say I'm basing it off of one game.. it's a playoff game against the best team in the NBA. The man gave them 60, mostly all in the paint, & he wasn't hit not one time.. Shoot even in this video we're communicating under, Magic was never hit. The original comment points this out.
There's plenty of other games I've watched where nobody got hit, just kept scoring in the paint whenever they pleased. So this unspoken rule you speak of is a myth. Plain and simple. Doesn't mean there was NEVER any physicality, ofcourse there was..But it's overblown.
Ole Red got all tore up .
maaaan that defense on bird at the end hahah so bad, they got lucky
They lost because the Celtics has a slightly older team and did not have a strong bench like they did the year before, and almost every player had varying injuries. The Lakers on the other hand, had a very healthy team and great scorers off the bench.
Very impressive. Magic with those sky hooks. But Bird almost banked that game winner. Luck was with the Lakers that night.
Bird almost made that shit😳😳😂😂 5:00
HOH is better than FreeDawkins. Good content mate.
jonathan gasana no sorry dawk is the GOAT
What if I told you, Magic had that Dogg in him 😤
EMJ Royalty Greatest Laker of all time Purple an Golden
Magic and Bird are both better than LeBron !
Semion Johnson 🤣🤣🤣 Gtfoh
"Ahmad Shomo" I'm not joking I couldn't be more serious they are both better than LeBron
lebron is top 2 abc,foxsport,slam,espn
Lebron is top 10 all time but definitely not top 5 after all those flame outs in the finals hes had
perla masiel matos Jiménez the media pushes that narrative but we all know magic and bird are greater than lebron
0:40 jersey number 44 is flight typa defense😂
😂
This should have been Bird's moment. McHale missing that routine rebound or Thompson fouling him with the no-call from the ref...just should have never been Lakers' ball at the end there.
4:46 FOUL!!! McHale 😂
Great tactics. Using Magic's size to destroy Danny.
I need to hear from all the people saying Magic couldn't shoot. Magic=goat
Hes literally not being guarded
@@neymaredition1044 He's making his shots. Gtfoh
@@drew2fast489 so could majority of nba players today if shot isn’t being contested
@@neymaredition1044 it takes skill to find the uncontested shot.
@@neymaredition1044 And not 1 of these trash players, today, could have won titles in the Boston Garden in the 80s.
This defense is butt crack
Quade Hill LoL u play better defense??
See dis reminds me of me an Patrick swayze in da kitchen me an da Yay was dirty dancin! 😂😂😂💯
Wow. If McHale simply boxes out on Kareem’s 2nd FT at the end… Celtics win. Lakers had fouls to give too. Wouldn’t have been any time left to answer. Damn.
He was shoved in the back by Michel Thompson, also it was off of the Lakers, bad call.
how is bill russel pick 2 ?
Damn magic had an ugly jump shot lol
Black Skip Bayless his jumpshot is 1 of top jumpshots of all time
That's his weakness. But having no perimeter jumpshot works in his era, because it's all about the paint. But I think if he played in this modern 3 point spacing era, he would have worked on his jumpshot more because he would do anything to win. Same for Jason Kidd, who improved his jumpshot later in his career. Can't say the same yet for Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ben Simmons, right now it's their weakness.
he still managed to shoot 52% in his career, one of the best marks for a PG in NBA history
@@dreamsanity34 He shot 38% from 3 one year in the early 90s. Players adapt. His mid range shot wasn't bad either. I don't know where this myth came from that his mid range shot was bad. If he played today he would be an above average 3pt shooter.
But it went in!
can magic even shoot a J
Lbj and kyrie if the Lakers can get pass warriors 🤔....😂 yeah right I just saw unicorn and big foot
Ppl that say that lebron couldn't play in that era. He'd avg 35+ in these finals
Couldn't even average 20 against 5"10 JJ Barea
@@handlebucket6285 should change your name to just "simpleton"
@@goalinestance57 Says the casual
@@handlebucket6285 lol bro I hope you got more going on in your life than trolling. Or your just dumb as hell if you think jj barea was guarding lebron 1 v 1 and it wasn't a the whole mavericks defensive scheme that limited him that series
@@goalinestance57 shut up and cope bronsexual
Magic would have average 17 points and 15 assist if he played today
More like 25 and 15.
Larry Bird missed a game winner in the finals that could have tied the series...no one talks about the ones you miss....who is the red jersey number 81 sitting behind pat riley
Larry Bird usually knocks those down
Magic>>>>kobrick
Fat W
Gabi Pliego Kobe better magic greater
Gabi Pliego haters gonna hate
yes Magic is better and it isnt close. same rings, but Magic went to the Finals 9 times in 12 years and has more MVPs and more Finals MVPs
1:40 Wtf?? Look at magic is that legal?
Jhay Vilallon what are you talking about ?
and they try to say curry is better, child please
First
You're crazy af if you think any of these players could play in today's game.
Bruh Joe Ingles just lit up the Thunder, of course the elites in this game could play in today's game
Could play but wouldn't be elite. Imagine these guys trying to Guard Lebron or the Warriors, hell the Rockets would put 160 on them.
Imagine them trying to Guard the 3pt arc
The pick and roll, list goes on
Giannis would put up 50 a night
Magic is third behind LeBron and MJ . And he also had a few great seasons left, if it wasnt for HIV
Lebron isnt in that sorry.
robbereal1982 😂😂😂😂 right!
LeBron's about 8th on the all-time list at best.
Both MJ's. Larry Bird. Wilt. Oscar Robertson. Bill Russell. There's a few higher than LeChoke, buddy.
Go Green Go White Go Michigan State University Spartans
How is this era physical??
Mayank singh 🤷🏾♂️
Just because the Knicks and Pistons played physical defense, people think everybody played like that.
Ricky Gill
I’m sorry but you’re stupid lmao. Bird would dominate any era of basketball.
u Must be new to NBA History huh?
@@LakersFanSinceJulyst he wouldn't. Not with that body.
Does magic dribble with his left hand?
Best player in the league with no left hand 😂😂
You are one of these bozos who thinks he had no left hand huh? Look up his highlights. He had an amazing left hand. Dribbling rules were stricter so players didn't switch to their off hand as much.
@@emmanuelmoses7249 He had an amazing left hand. You know nothing about basketball.
@@handlebucket6285 That's not even true lol, Isaiah Thomas dribbled with his left all the time, as did Jordan..
All I'm saying is Magic rarely, if ever used his left hand.
@@emmanuelmoses7249 Go watch highlights.
Magic and Bird > Lebron
Skip 2 My Lou lmao Lebron would school both of em
@@chadwilliams2116 Can't even school JJ Barerra.