Michael Jordan Highlights 1989 ECF G3 vs Pistons - 46pts, Jordan Rule is Nothing!
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This video is for those who don't have time to watch the full game, still recommand you to watch it though. MJ was marvelous in this game, facing Pistons' defense (aka Jordan Rule), double team, triple team, didn't matter. Nothing could stop him. Not to mention that he had to play point guard in this game. If you seek a classic MJ performance, this is the one!!!
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The one thing that goes unnoticed about Jordan, was his stamina. It’s like he kept going, no matter what.
It's the gum
True.
AGREE!!!
Always wondered how guys like Jordan, Kobe, Russ, bron , and others play the entirety of intense games like these and still have the energy to make plays down the stretch over and over
Mr Richy Lebron is lazy on defense
Young Jordan had the mindset of a running back. Find the holes, gain as much ground as possible, fight for every inch.
bwink23 ....And still got his ass whooped at the time.
theloverswineverytime still getting buckets and holding his own you can only do so much by yourself
@Kenneth Erickson we also praise MJ for 63 vs Celtics
@@mzilber1 totally different circumstances. Jordan was in his 2nd season coming off a broken foot and dropped 63 on the greatest team ever at that time. Bron was already claiming himself the goat by the game he dropped 51
@Ah...
Na,he had the 63 the same season he broke his foot.
It was the 85-86 season,his second year in the nba and he missed 64 games because of it before that series/game against the Celtics
Kobe and LeBron are extraordinary players, MJ is an alien
U blind? Just look at his competition lol
Finishing, fadeaways, jumpshots, spin moves, footwork, fakes and feints, first step, quickness.
Is still the greatest scorer I've ever seen 🐐🙌🏽
Player..
His numbers alone make him the greatest scorer ever, his elite skill set is just the cherry on top. In my opinion, him and Wilt are tied as far as scoring talent. I give the edge to mj because of longevity
MJ, Wilt, KD, Harden, Kobe some of the greatest scorers to ever play
Greatest scorer? Either MJ or Kobe
@@andrewsmith3257 wilt chamberlain
Love those Jordan 4's he's wearing. Seemed like he soared in those shoes like no other. Dreamed of having a pair as a kid.
You actually have a direct connection with his shoes, unlike the little shits who empty out the stores when retros drop yes I'm salty 😭😭
I'm with you. Jordan is da goat player and has da goat shoes and clothes. Straight iconic forever.
This man jordan did not care who was under the basket he was driving
People do not understand just how great Detroit was in that Era. It literally took everything in him just to get those two victories for Chicago...Just a phenomenal talent and basketball player!
Ahmad2423 they look slow tbh
It was JUST two victories, too.
@@theloverswineverytime1625 .... All by himself. How many games did those other great teams that played Detroit during that year win in the playoffs???
@@Faranhype .... When you can put your hands on the offensive player, you don't have to move to fast because you are guiding him to where you want him to go. Get it yet???
@@kcire-tv3wy AKA Not real Defense, try holding Jordan, Lebron, Kobe, etc with a hand check and they obliterate you with thier first step to the basket. Just like he did this game.
Still the quickest first step I've ever seen
Kimani Gregoire so I take it you've never seen Wade, AI, Rose, Westbrook, or John Wall play? You should def give em a chance one of these days
@@heejyfbaby8590
"FIRST STEP"
@@ssisss769 I heard you. Those guys had quicker first steps than MJ. MJ was just stronger than the last 4 so you can't get recover into his driving line as easily
@@heejyfbaby8590
AI wouldn't need those crossovers if he had that quick of the first step.
Westbrook is aggressive and explosive but still can't find a way to get himself a good look for a shot.
Wade was so dirty.
John wall is weak.
Rose is glass.
@@heejyfbaby8590 nope. MJ was quicker right off the bat. Have You seen how MJ toyed against younger players when he was on bad knees as age 40?🤣 He only need a step or 2 to lose an opponent. Not too many dribbles. Heck those players you mentioned isn't even quicker than Damon Stoudamire. Westbrook don't have a quick first step.
Man, MJ’s triple threat into a rip through where he is able to get by a elite defender with ease is one of the most potent moves I have ever seen in any NBA game.
All this incredible moves inside against perhaps the best defense ever, unreal!😍
@@user-gc1wj8tt2p You can touch the player while defending in the 80's and 90's, there was different rules!😉
Perfection. We should compare upcoming great players to LeBron and Kobe because those players are within reach of someone who is on the verge of greatness. Michael Jordan was perfection and nobody will come close....maybe.
Angelo S. As basketball evolves and goes on eventually someone will match or exceed MJ’s greatness. Maybe theirs already a future goat in the league we don’t know about or expect.
@@Pixelatedspearton exactly all sports evolve and most definetly players and talent gets better as well
@@Pixelatedspearton your right, but it's very hard to surpass mike greatness, kobe and lebron was miles away frm the GOAT🐐🐐🐐
@@devinzki exactly
I agree! How do you surpass perfection. It was his PAIN and COMPETITIVE nature that fueled him. Someone has to have those intangible things as well as the physical to even come close. I don't know if we'll see another
Ever game is it's own highlight real. Almost every basket from Jordan seemed spectacular
The Goat
1:52 dam he's fast!👀
frederik legoff nah he's a lot faster than that
Man, Mike just kept attacking and attacking the basket like a boss!
Bc the defense was atrocious
@@Noname-fr8rz🤡🤡
@@Noname-fr8rz And i thought he had to earn every basket
@@Noname-fr8rz ok dummy
@@elias7525 he did dummy
the GOAT!
Thomas basically picked off Rodman on that last basket. Jordan was just so quick, his movements were cat like.
EdmondLau2007 His nickname in those day's was the black cat!
+Ahmad2423
how did Jordan get that nickname?
Erik Hopkins They nicknamed him that because of his freakish athleticism.
Pistons won the series.
@udYi Q for real aye, haters are so petty lol
The greatest player was also the greatest scorer: Michael Jordan. If they called foul every time he was fouled, he would have 60+ easily...
Yep I agree 💯 the game is mainly about scoring people could talk about all the other things players do that helps wins games but..a team could get outrebounded and still win the game.. even though it rarely happens a team could have more assists and STILL lose the game.. but a team could NEVER outscore the other team and lose the game..
@@RickyMoss Excellent point
If jordan played today he would average 45 points
Facts - and what the hell was Scottie doing in this game? Helping the water boys? I understand Scottie was still young and only in his second year but MJ had no help at all in this series - Paxon was knocking down a few here and there - if Pippen steps up in 89 and 90 the bulls definitely would have won at least one of those series - 90 was the year for the bulls to get past Detroit but like I said, MJ didn't have any help
0:40 but what he got that one
Don’t care how fast he was...
His sharp brain allowed his swift play n improvisation....all in the mind...!!
This dude was just different man🐐
Just watch how slick he leaned his body when he drives to the right and changes direction to the left.
Its amazing how he made those Piston defenders look like they weren't even there.
MJ the greatest of all time
4:57 was a great play. That team ball was amazing
Michael Jordan the greatest of all time ‼️
Stamina, quickness, and gracefulness. That’s Michael for ya
This version of MJ would kill everyone in the modern game, would make Lebrun Kobe and all the rest bow to him and weep. Relentless and supremely talented
1989 MJ is peak athletic MJ (My favorite version of him)
@@berlingray8058 I don't know about peak athletic, but very very close. I would say he's right there with close to peak athleticism as well as his basketball iq and understanding of the game is also close to peak. He was very very close with both of those this year, which is why this was Jordan at his best ever, or very very close to it.
jordan goat no more arguments
Most would agree that MJ was the greatest, yet like every other all-time great player and champion before and after him, he wasn't able to win it all until he had the right pieces around him, not to mention a coach who knew how to best utilize him and the team. We tend to remember single game performances like this where his efforts were extraordinary, but the fact is the Pistons did not lose another game in the series after this one. They had a better team and a great TEAM will almost if not always beat 1 great player with an average or Jordan's case, undeveloped supporting cast.
Goat!!!
NOBODY comes close to MJ. Not Kobe not Lebron.
The bottom line is Jordan did MORE with LESS against TOUGHER competition than any superstar in NBA history. THAT is why he is virtually unanimously considered The G.O.A.T.
Stephen John Pippen wasn't an all star until 1990. Look at Trail Blazers squad in 1992 they were great team since late 80s. If wasn't for Michael, Portland would win. Same with Suns and Jazz. Jordan made the difference when he had to. He never choked in any finals like did leFlop King in 2007 and 2011 or like Kobe, Wilt etc.
Only Pippen was an all-star in Bulls except Jordan.
Stephen John Jordan only played with one other All-Star on his team. In 1998 he led the Bulls to their 6th title and 2nd 3-Peat with NO All-Stars on his team at the age of 35. He did MORE with LESS, he never ran off to another team when the challenges mounted up and he was always the primary reason his team came out on top in the NBA Finals.
No, he LOST to tougher competition. Once Scottie, Horace, & BJ came on to provide better talent, therefore...more HELP, then they really couldnt be beat.
@@Stefanjohnchach A skinny halve white dude named Steph curry guarded lebron in the 2018 NBA finals game one and lebron passed the ball to George hill. When Jordan was guarded by Ehlo he took the shot and made it, unlike lebron. Also lebron was guarded by skinny unathletic white dudes in the 2004 Olympics and he still choked as an NBA player.
People who don't know but just repeat bs they hear say MJ couldn't beat Detroit. Losing to them those years was all about building the Bulls roster and toughness as far as the other Bulls besides MJ. They didn't get their last starter, Bill Cartwright until either the year they won or the year before. More importantly, Phil and the Triangle came the year before they won. These Jordan Rules were about doubling and tripling and brutalizing MJ and forcing any other player to perform and bring the Bulls a win. They particularly focused on demoralizing and physically brutalizing Pippen who was a rookie in their first playoff matchup. It was when Scottie had developed enough, plus the integration of the Triangle, that the Bulls were able to beat Detroit.
But MJ always performed in every series against Detroit - even in 88.
today's young NBA fan has been seriously misled
But uuuuhhh, he *couldn't* beat Detroit. You aint gotta be around long enough to know that that is a fact.
Spot on. I just recently read “Playing For Keeps” and Chuck Daly had a quote about how he knew early on the Pistons reign at the top would be short because he saw what Chicago had developing. Everybody in the world knew what MJ was but he saw the pieces coming together and knew once Pippen became what he was it was a wrap
Did the Bulls lose *THREE* straight playoff series to Detroit before FINALLY beating them ONCE, or not? Yall motherfuckers do a good job of painting shit the way you want to paint it. A superstar & his team loses today, in this era, there's no discussion or debating about it....HE LOST. MJ gets his ass kicked four or five times and yall wanna call it every-motherfucking-thing under the sun except what the fuck happened....HE FUCKING LOST. Yall are being so fucking petty.
Will Bond ....Yeah, it was over....only ONCE. The Pistons made it "OVER" for the Bulls THREE times.
It is still a mystery to me there aren't any awards named after Michael Jordan the NBA or College he's not only the greatest basketball player to ever play who's the greatest athlete to ever live
1:47 THAT DEFENSE!
That's SCARY defense too!!! He didn't just keep his body on Thomas. He was actively watching and waiting for the moment the ball would be exposed
1:50 Isaiah also screamed when the ball got swiped.
This era can never be replicated or matched, the physicality, the intensity, the crowd noise.
“He couldn’t go to his left”-John Salley
John Salley don't know shit. He smokes too much weed!
And they still couldn't stop him.
Jordan da goat.
Michael jordan and steph curry are the greatest players i've ever seen moving without the ball
Jesse Urena Reggie Miller was great without the ball. Ray Allen is up there too.
Jesse Urena Klay Kobe Paul George
The gift that God gave Michael Jordan was basketball and he dominated that in several different ways and showed people the right path without any interruptions you know you're going to have ups and downs but this is amazing I'm 40 years old and if it wasn't for you to a lot of you young people out there would be missing out the greatest basketball player ever
5:52 gotta love the pointer sisters rocking the arena during the timeout.
The Black Cat
Chuck Daly's reactions are priceless..haha RIP Chuck
Prime Rodman couldn’t stop Jordan either.
Pistons had some dirty players
That Dumars was about be Finals MVP in a couple of weeks .....he looked like an highschool player in front of the Goat
This is his most underrated game -- he took on the best defense in the league and won by himself
🐐
These highlights are amazing. MJ was unreal.
The amount of times this guy scores over double and triple teams is insane
Laimbeer got MJ's head in a vice in that thumbnail. Hilarious! Lol
Ice In his veins.
Really good game.
Just watched the game went off in the 4th
Jordan putting up a shot against 2 or 3 people gave you a better shot to win than giving it to one of his teammates. Thats how great this dude was.
So Jordan basically had to play championship team's virtually by himself and he always put up great numbers and loses but LeBron play's 41-41 team's in the playoffs every year and his fan's label him the goat 😂😂😂😂 what kinda logic is that
So the 73-9 Warriors who added KEVIN DURANT isn't a real team? Lol.
Zo Empire ikr
Common logic. LeBron is the GOAT. But why you thinkin about LeBron while watching an MJ video?
theloverswineverytime gotta let the sheep know who the real goat is lol
Goatbrook I'm talking about in his conference bro
You can just feel the tension on the court. These two teams absolutely hated each other and it made for such great basketball.
Wow !
I will love to see MJ playing in this era where Noone can touch him, hell be scoring like crazy, more than harden, Jordan was a defender scoring, everything and his moves and dribble better than anyone in the league right now, LeBron sucks
Bruh did u not watch this game the defense was horrendous today he would be getting clamped by guys like Kawhi Leonard and the fact that ur saying jordan would be a better defender then the current guys and a better dribbler then the current guys shows how much u suck off jordan and how little u know
Bartnicki kawhi leonard wouldn’t be quick enough to guard a young jordan, did you not see the physicality that is used in the pistons defense. you have to pay attention to detail instead of just focusing on the player scoring or not. teams are scoring 130 points a game now, jordan would average a solid 40
@@stefanogasasira9406 Kawhi has locked down prime Westbrook Who is faster than prime jordan Jordan can’t shoot 3s there are longer smarter bigger defenders for Jordan today he’d not be able to average anywhere near 40
@@stefanogasasira9406 also u acting like he killed the pistons
Bartnicki with the amount of fouls being called in today’s game he would average so many free throws a game. mj’s highest scoring season was 37 and he didn’t even shoot threes, one 3 pointer a game would give him 40. no hand checking and more spacing is huge difference
This game is but one example. Watch every single game MJ has ever played in, pay attention to how much he moves around the floor, with and without the ball, and then pay attention to how his team's offense is moving if it's stalling or free-flowing and how often one of his teammates would have a high percentage shot after an extra pass. Also pay attention to how long he holds the ball when he's caught in isolation and how much time he spends thinking about what to do with the ball if he will overextend his possession or he will do something immediate to maintain the teams offensive movement.
Also pay attention to how much he moves around the court on defense, in playing the passing lanes, how much effort he puts in grabbing offensive rebounds for second chance points, and how much effort he puts on help D, and contesting shots, inside or at the perimeter. Now imagine doing this every game, for 82 games in a season.
His game is high effort, like RIDICULOUSLY high effort, and high risk of injury. His play style would literally destroy someone's knees, and feet, there's no way he would have played 20+ seasons playing like this all the time. Heck, even 10 seasons playing like this can damage your legs joints.
Jordan 🤷🏼
This game was the reason the Jordan Rules were born.
See this is what being clutch and taking over games means.....When the games in the balance do u get the ball again & again & again til the game is decided either way but most of the time in your favor.
People always wanna compare who’s more clutch buy they only think just the one very very last shot,which does matter obviously...
But sometimes u gotta get to that point first before the last second shot can even matter.
MJ did that all the time,there were countless times he’d just flip a switch and bring the bulls back and then win the game too.And he always had that in his game.I mean shht look at this video,MJ had a little hair lol.So this still young Mike.This was when he was still a mutant,before he became just a ‘regular’ superhero.
Imagine LePussy going against this defense with these rules.
IMO they would have made him quit.
@@user-gc1wj8tt2p lechoke will cry in hospital
Bruh Lebron is bigger than anyone on the court I don’t think he would had much of a problem against these guys. There can be more than one great player
@@afrosamurai125 he has soft mentally🤫
As if a 6'8" 250 player with Lebron's first step, agility and coordination wouldn't bully the 90s. Y'all delusional. He was being recruited to the NCAA in two contact sports, one of which was football. Jordan is amazing but if he had to guard Lebron he would get torched and he wouldn't be dropping 30.
These are the series that Jordan haters point to to say Lebron is the GOAT. As if MJ individually isn’t giving his all. As if he gave up on his team. As if he joined up with other superstars on other teams. Oh wait thats not what MJ did. He improved every year and took it head on. Yes he lost this series but do you see him not trying? Getting outplayed? Never.
SOME PEOPLE DOUBT THAT JORDAN AND BULLS WEREN'T GOING TO BEAT DETROIT, BUT EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW THAT MJ DID SCORE 61 POINTS AGAINST THIS TEAM IN1986-87 OVER HIS NORMAL AVERAGE OF 30 PPG!!! BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY TEAM, HE ALSO SCORED 63 POINTS AGAINST CELTICS IN THE 1986-87 SEASON AFTER HAVING AN INJURY AND SCORE 69 POINTS AND 18 REBOUNDS AGAINST THE CAVS IN 1990!!! THIS SHOWS THAT JORDAN AND HIS TEAMMATES ARE GETTING STRONGER AND STRONGER BECAUSE OF THE TEAMS THAT PUSHED THEM TO WORK HARD AND BE TOUGH SUCH AS PISTONS, WHICH COMES TO 1991"THE END OF THE BAD BOYS"!!!
Antonio White 1538 put up 59 in Detroit on Easter 1988 too
Yeah, the ONE motherfuckin time MJ beat "The D" with any real shit on the line.
2019 LeBron drives down the lane as the defenders move away from him leading to an uncontested dunk for James. As he runs down the court he whines to the ref that someone touched his hand. 1989 Jordan drives down the lane as the bad boy defenders converge on him with the goal of taking his head off leading to an uncontested dunk for MJ. As he runs down the court he intercepts a pass leading to two more points for the Bulls.
No other player in history made the opponent coaches draft a whole playbook to stop him!!
If anyone says someone else is the greatest player of all time other than MJ they got rocks 🪨 in their head
Who’s here after episode 2 of the last dance?
that's talent...In hard defense era..MJ will just lay-up .
if bron played in this Bad Boys Era..he will flop back to back..
How sick are those Jordan IVs as Mike's getting busy?
Jordan got out of the Jordan rules with sheer grit. LeBron will come out of "LeBron rules" with flops and complaints
Mj loves to crash his defender to the other when someone comes in to double team hahaha.
wining bucket off the wrong foot too
When he jumped the grvity turned off
Passing of the guard
hard fought victory. its strange, watching those jordan highlights, but chicago down by 13 anyway at one moment.
This was the game that caused the Pistons to create The Jordan Rules. The Pistons were finally supposed to win a championship this year, but after this game, they were down 2-1 to the Bulls and looked like they might lose............so Zeke was on the phone all night with Dumars I think it was, and that's when all the rough stuff on Mike really started.
Jordan! Scores! How's does he do that?
They one that one... But lost the rest in that series.... But definitely one of the series that started to build on the Bulls becoming a dynasty.....
I find it funny when he breaks their defense just shows how great he is 😂
I want all the youngsters who disparage the competition of the late 80s and 90s to observe who he had to beat just to get to the Finals. There was much less scoring talent, but NOT defensive talent. This was the era of supreme rim protectors, hand checking, clothesline fouls, and NO SPACING. That last bit should stand out, because he dominated from mid-range and driving to the basket during an era when you could double and triple team players with no concern over giving up outside shots. Pay even closer attention to how he's not complaining after any of the hard fouls where guys are grabbing him about the neck. Just walks to the line and only gets hype back when he does something basketball-related like dunking on them.
Jordan rules were a thing, this game was in Chicago. In Detroit, different story.
We gotta stop the Jordan/Bron debate… it’s not even close Jordan is light years ahead of everyone
Man, Craig Hodges was such a liability defensively. Check out how he got caught watching the play and let Dumars get that open look on the Pistons’ final possession of the game. Same thing happened when he let Craig Ehlo backdoor him in Game 5 of the 1st round of these same 1989 playoffs vs the Cavs to give Cleveland the lead on the second to last possession of the game. That miscue defensively did however set the stage for MJ’s “The Shot”, but the point remains.
Good catch. He had no defensive prowess whatsoever. People, naysayers don't see that. All they want to do is talk shit about Mike.
What jordan haters don't mention is that the bulls were the only team to be competitive to the pistons that year, they gave them their only 2 losses thoughtout their playoff run and this was when jordan was still running the offense and being heavily utilized. Pippen was still maturing and wasn't a superstar yet.
I thought Jordan couldn't go left according to Thomas? He's dominating this game driving left
Old heads be lying out their ass about defense in this era!🤣🤣
Ok old head
he was so fast that he seemed like he teleported 3:20
Just for historical context... Joe Dumars was an excellent defender and Jordan was just straight cooking his ass.
David Stern over time and Adam Silver destroyed the NBA mainly by removing the competitive element. Soft basketball scoring a bunch of points with low physicality is entertaining to some... But I miss the competitive narrative and passion. The top paid players today make 3-4 times what the entire salary cap was then or 2-2.5 times adjusting for inflation. Point being the energy was electric back then even for prime time regular season games.
The bulls lost this series regardless of Jordan's greatness,three years in a row.
Much like Detroit did against Boston.
The Pistons' last loss of the 1989 postseason.
You gotta be special to think Harden can score better than this man
Until you show me a single player that single handingly destroy teams like Jordan. Please don't compare
Orlando Lewis ....What tf are you talking about? Aint this shit a MICHEAL JORDAN vid? Who's comparing him to who? Where is that in these comments. Who said this to YOU in THESE comments? Just enjoy the vid of one of the best to do it. Who else could you be thinking of that NO ONE ELSE has mentioned in THESE comments? Cmon, this shit is lame what yall do in these MJ-vid comment sections.
@@theloverswineverytime1625 ...The fuck are you talking about idiot? You seem to have an issue with MJ. If so, why are you even here commenting like some little bitch???
theloverswineverytime shut ur ASs up
@@theloverswineverytime1625 You commenting everywhere nigga get a life
This dude obviously has sugar in his tank for Jordan. You upset you can't have suspect boy? 😄
I dont for the life of me get how people even compare his airness to lebron. Ridiculous!
Look at how Mj attacks those big guys underneath the basket. How many times did we see it here? He is basically attacking 3-4 players underneath the basket! Imagine him playing in todays game where the shaded area is wide open. If he can get contested shots fall in, how much more with todays trash defense where players just tends to stand and let other players score on their heads? Easy 50 PPG for Mike.
MJ got better when he started to play with his team. Took him 7 seasons to get that.
Not true at all you don't watch any games it's clear. Jordan was an elite passer the problem was the people he passed it to would miss their shots, or get a turn over and he didn't even need to make those passes. Mike shared the ball he had to takeover because he wasn't going to miss.
still droped 46 on them
Your title is off.. This was the game that led to the implantation of the Jordan Rules.