Dominique Wilkins VS Michael Jordan | 'Nique 57 Points, MJ 41 | 12.10.86
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- On December 10, 1986, the Hawks defeated the Bulls 123-95. Dominique Wilkins finished with 57 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Michael Jordan finished with 41 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals.
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This game has some of the best highlights all-time!
Too true I rather watch a Jordan, Wilkins dual than just about any of today's dual...if their are any?
True lol.
100%
True dat!!!
none Lol!
Nique was one of the few players who could actually outscore michael in a game. He was simply awesome .
John Okapal all facts! I’m from Chicago, the glory years. Those duals were the best. They just don’t hoop like this anymore. Another guy use to give Mike the business, was Ron Harper, when he played for Cleveland.
Nique was an offensive machine
m Khan RON 6-6, 6-7. But before the knee injury Harp was a BEAST! I was more nervous for the bulls when they played Cleveland back then....but you’re right a true treat to watch.
This was a very young Jordan, the best of him came years later, even though Nique was awesome
1111
Nique is so exciting to watch. It's like watching a slam dunk contest, but in a real game. He was worth paying for NBA tickets.
You won't see 2 allstar players/2 great dunkers/2 hall of famers competing like Wilkins and Jordan did against each other!
He was the truth but very underrated
That's why we called 'Nique "The Human Highlight Reel"
Wilkins did the same two handed wind mill dunk over and over. Jordan's dunks were funner to watch in the slam dunk contest.
That’s why his nickname was the human highlight real
One of the most underrated player in history
You so right dam
I just wanted to write something like that...
Maybe not underrated (those who knew and know him, rate him appropriately), but somehow forgotten by most.
Theodore roosevelt Dominique was playing iso ball B4 it was invogue.He was called a ball hog.
Facts
The human highlight was ridiculous & use to kill everybody but he gets overlooked because he didn’t win a ring
One of the 50 greatest
So many iconic moves from both Nique & MJ in this one game! 😳
What iconic moves did you see lol
He used to give MJ and scottie 40 every time they played...i saw it..i had TNT in the early 90's
There was nothing like TBS and TNT in the late 80s and early 90s. Hawks and Braves games, NWA wrestling, movies for guys who like movies, etc.
@@STONESGAM You went back then! NWA turned into WCW. I was a big wrestling fan back then.
@@louisfambro1319 NOW You're talkin, Brother. Me too. The BEST in Wrestling EVER !
Hell yeah he did
TBS... That was a prime cable channel. Lol.
Dominique always has been my favorite. He can miss a jump shot and put back dunk it while everybody else is still waiting on the rebound. He and Jordan were giving it all they had in this game. This is straight classic right here.
mine too
Tambien mi favorito,aun busco su camiseta pero en España solo se ven las de Jordan
He was great
Dominique is so underrated. A lot of people think he was just a dunker, but let me list the people who have scored 25+ PPG for 10+ consecutive seasons:
Allen Iverson
Jerry West
Shaquille O'Neal
Michael Jordan
LeBron James
Karl Malone
Dominique Wilkins
Glad you understand! He was my hero growing up.
If you watch just highlights of Nique, or just one or 2 games, he seems like just a showboat player who takes wild shots. But if you watch many of his games, you start to realize that he was a total original player, he had physical gifts that enabled him to play the high intensity and creative style that he brought to the game. He was a true leader, and lead his team with his talent and his heart, that's why Atlanta Fans still love him to this day. Dominique and Iverson are the same in that way, they would both die for the teams they played for and give their lives for the fans. They also both understood that pro basketball is about entertaining the fans and filling seats, which they did every night by leaving their hearts on the floor and playing with an inspiring style that made kids want to play basketball.
olajuwon and wilkins are my favorite all time - imagine a team with those 2 together
TheBDHShow it's not only cause of the people it's cause of the media... I mean, before I typed Dominique Wilkins on Wikipedia and saw how ridiculous his stats were I had no idea that this man was not just a dunker
i was born in atlanta -memphis raised but my dad would hip me to wilkins - like check this out
Brian Hill
yeah, nique was cold
Dominique should have been first team All NBA again in 1986-87, he led the Hawks to 57 wins, and was still averaging over 29. That may have been his best season.
And was robbed and didn't get the MVP 🏆. He's use to being robbed by the NBA .
@@willieduffie4967 Indeed. Nique made me love this game when I started to watch NBA, and I remeber I used to prefer him over MJ, even when I liked MJ a lot and enjoyed so much his prime in Bulls. Nique was a BEAST, you were specting his out of-this-world dunk every day....Sadly he did suffer a serious injury when playing his most complete basketball and never had a really competitive team (you know, one Scottie Pippen or one James Worthy close to you...), thus maybe he is the most underrated player ever. No doubt if basket business were like today, he would have easily gotten a 200 million contract in a top franchise and had fighted for championships. But he was a one club man, great Nique!!!
ive said so many times that wilkins is perhaps the most underrated player of all time ...
the hardest duels of jordan's career were against nique !!! and nba didnt include him to the 50 greatest players .. smh !! he should be easily in the conversation of the best sf ever .
Manos Pattak nigga not in the conversation for best small forward ever u dumb and in all honesty it's already over. As much as I can troll him at times the best small forward ever wears #23, when he played for the Cavs and wore #6, when he played for the Heat. In my opinion he the GOAT MJ played in a highly overrated era
did i say something about wilkins > lebron ?? im just saying when people talk about sf, they only bring out larry ,barkley and james..also highly overrated the dream team era ???nigga are u serious ??
Manos Pattak you know that Barkley is a power forward right?
Manos Pattak because he not in conversation of top small forward dummy and I never said LeBron>Wilkins(it's true tho) all I said is that talk is done with for who the best SF ever. I mean people have their own opinions, but man if u can't realize it's LeBron u either hate the man or ur stuck in the past and will choose Larry Bird. What I mean by overrated is the defense and physicality of that era is really overhyped
Manos Pattak He's underrated but Elgin is the most underrated ever.
Old school shoot out! I was 14 years old back then and watched this game on TV. 80's and 90's NBA was the best!
You old
@@rodrigoescobar8137 live long enough you'll get there.....
Boomer
digitalgr8ness your pretty old lol
Expert Shiny Glasses Nigga hopefully you’ll get “old” with your mindset I highly doubt that..... smh
Wilkins was ON A MISSION in this game. Dude was pumped, hell i'm pumped after watching this. Make me wanna go back to the gym. That pass he made was ridiculous too. Fools betta stop sleeping on Nique. He'd give your favorite player today that WORK. Facts.
Damn right! All I gotta say! 🏀💯
That was the way he played every game, do you think he played unusually good because of Jordan? Dominique always outplayed Jordan...
@@Marvhagler damn rite!
I play NBA 2K games to reminisce. The player stats are so biased though. Modern all-stars are rated 97-98/100 when Nique is rated 88. Dominique was the second best player in the NBA during the 80's. If Dominique was chosen by the Lakers instead of James Worthy, then can you imagine the Showtime Highlights of Magic and Wilkins?
Keep preachin !!!
Great to see Nique getting some props. Watched most every game in his era. Simply amazing.
My favorite player of all time,nique was so underrated. This was a masterpiece of a performance. One of the only players that could match Jordan.
I'm 65, this era was the most exciting era of basketball!!!
Crazy how many ALL time highlights were in this one game.
Dominique was one of the most unstoppable scorers in NBA history but his amazing jumping and dunking ability overshadowed it.
Honestly, this was one of the best games I've ever seen in my life! how many Dunks...
Dominique was a monster, UAUUUU!!!
Wilkins not being named one of the 50 greatest is a travesty!! Jordan was his usual spectacular self. That reverse lay up between two guys is unreal!!!
double pump on the break damn. nique was taking flight on these boys
Wilkins "Some of the players that were voted top 50 could not even hold my Jock"
Jason Fredrickson and he wasnt wrong
FREE WILL DEFENDER say who couldn't hold his ringless jock
Edgar Davids Dave Bing, Paul Arizin, Billy Cunningham, Bill Sharman?
He said on an interview he'd play older dudes for money while he was young in highschool. Cats would come from all over and get slaughtered. He was paying all his momma's bills off street ball money 💪🏽💪🏽
@@eda639 Being ringless does not negate his playing abilities.
Dominique is ridiculous
frrr
Vinicius Fernandes Anselmo
hail yeah ✊
Dominique is magnifique!!!
Like you are ...
@@chrifbouchareb9482 hold this L buddy
I am so proud to say that I have actually seen these 2 awesome basketball players do their thing in the NBA for so many years. The scoring duels between Jordan and Wilkins were just epic. If you've never witnessed it, you truly missed a great show!
Your not the only one. Me and my friends use to always got excited once we found out that Michael and Nique were going to be competing against one another. I bet today's NBA fans can't say the same thing about their so-called star players.
@@ktapreswreckd921v9 These stars today are trying too hard to be buddies and shit. You can do that after you retire. It waters down the competitive spirit and rivalries. The old school stars hated each other because they were perceived as the obstacles to winning a championship.
@@lionelkennedy1394 Agreed!
Dominique Wilkins will always be my favorite NBA player.
Always!
mine too..since he was drafted. been my favorite since I was a little kid in the 80s...used to go to the garden every time the hawks came to New York
Yes indeed 👍
EPIC i am speachless,Dominique, oh my God, what a showman!!!
the good ol'days of the nba, how i miss you
Thank you for posting this!! I hurt for Nique when they didn't name him top 50, this was such evidence of his greatness.
yeah an anomaly since pippen made it.
nique not being in the top 50 is sacrilege@@nameless5769
And Shaq, in only his 5th year of playing, with no championships. It was ridiculous, leaving Dominique out, and I'm gonna bitch about it, a long as I have breath. An absolute disgrace. What the hell was their criteria, for not including him ????????@@nameless5769
The MJ vs Nique games were legendary! Plus they always tried to put on a show for the fans. Fast forward today the game is so boring the players don’t care about the showtime aspect
I hate today's version of the NBA.....too much three point shooting......the game lacks creativity. .... I really miss Nique!
Always
You do KNOW the Hawks blew Jordan and the rag tag Bulls out by nearly 30 points 123-95 in this game, right?
@emmanuelenyinwa1443 not sure what that has to do with the topic of todays game, but ok....
Too bad Dominique didn't win a championship, but he's one of the best in the NBA without a doubt.
If Dominique team hopped like KD he would have had rings.
When the NBA was a man's game
This video illustrates why Nique was called the Human Highlight Film. Slam Dunk Contest material.
These dudes now have 1 highlight dunk per game. Dominique has like 4/5 per game.
Ness Rosenbrad you do understand he scored 57? Ofc he has highlights too.
Ness Rosenbrad add to that i didnt see a single windmill dunk in todays game. Nique was doing it almost every game.
yeah, 'Nique waznt bullsh!t'n...
ehtime he and Mike play'd, 1000% showtime all game
Ness Rosenbrad yes. I'm from Atlanta. Sometimes I didn't care if we won. If he has 40 pts 5 dunks I was happy
@@marcus.6487 That's right. You dont't see two superstars today playing like Mike and Nique did against each other.
that windmill damn!!!
Free Will Defender time?
End of the video about 8:00 on
8:25
Clunka lol
clunk clunk lol
Back when 'Nique was younger he was fast as fuck, no wonder he had so much power behind his dunks
I wish guys still went at each other like this
Devin McCampbell u get technical fouls and flagrants for playing like they did. Real man ball is dead...its glorified womens ball now...thats why these yung dudes 7ft with a cross nd jay now.. all fundamentals like the b@tches. Nikka like KD nd even old man dirk to soft to post up ur grandma 🤘🏾😂
Not going to happen! You won't see 2 allstar players/2 great dunkers/2 hall of famers competing like Wilkins and Jordan did against each other!
Facts we rarely see 2 good players goin at it like this in the league nowadays. Only a select few play like this (lebron, KD, Kyrie, Westbrook, and a couple more)
@@RedWingz802 You rarely ever see it bc all the best players team up now-a-days
Not no more, the want to team up with each other these days aka Durant...
Talk about explosiveness!
NACHO MARAÑÓN HERAS they're so lean! no wonder why they're so athletic. light weight with strong legs = take off
Dominique is 1 of the all time greats... The fact that he never developed a consistent long jumper and 3 pointer means he scored most h
of his baskets the hard way #Respect
Nik had it all
He could hit 3's honestly, he just rarely needed to, Hell rarely went left! Just couldn't keep him from the rim.
no that’s a result in playing a bum era where you don’t need a lot of the skills we have a today which is why mj is not my goat
@@baddzz27 What a clownish and disrespectful comment. Most people with any type of credibility in observing and commentating on the game would say that Nique played in the golden era of NBA history. Dominique was one of the most athletically gifted and uniquely talented scorers in NBA history. You’re telling me those talents and those abilities would not have translated into today’s embarrassingly soft, rules changes to legislate physicality out of the game type of NBA that we see today? You put him in this era where he has access to everything that these players have access to, where he would have practiced and developed a more consistent three-point shot, and where the rules are set up to make EASIER to score points, he would light these players up as much or more as those “bums” in the 80’s.
He did have the 3. Especially from 89 on. Trust me. I was obsessed with him as a player growing up.
Man!! how l love those Dominique's reverse dunks!!
From that first dunk by Dominique they should have known it was gonna be a long night for Chicago. Lol
'Nique played extra special when Mike was on the court. These guys had one of the best mutually respectful rivalries in sports. This game displays perfectly what it was like to watch a Hawks game. 'Nique was always in 'highlight film' mode. On Saturdays you could tune into ESPN's Sports Center, and he would ALWAYS be there in the "Top Five Plays of the Week" segment.
He wasn't nicknamed The Human Highlights Film for nothing'/!!! ⛹🏾♂️🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀🏀👍🏾👌🏽👏🏽
WILKINS ONE OF THE BEST OF ALL TIMES THE MAN!!!!!!!
wilkins was a great player
1987, Wilkins Vs Bird, game 7: one of the great duels - probably the great one - of NBA history.
Dominique Wilkins was fantastic!
The degree of difficulty on MJ's shots. Damn in all the career highlight videos you see of MJ, 3 of those plays came from this game alone.
Play#1 - 3:14
Play #2 - 5:34
Play #3 - 7:56
And dont forget his double pump 3 pointer and a lot of difficult shots.
By the way, Dominique also is lit. Damn its a crime he's not in the 50 greatest players of all time.
Jordan in his 3rd year already has such a deep repertoire of shots, and executes the moves so flawlessly.
Nique was my favorite dunker of all time
Nique may not have been selected for the top 50...but he is EASILY within Top 20 best players of all time..
IDK about top 20 but he most certainly should have been in the original top 50. They disrespect him because he didn’t contend for championships.
@@theeALister he made the 75 team earlier dis year so he straight now
Top 20?? No lol
That was a great game. Jordan and Wilkins. We have great players now, but look at these guys play. Their play is legendary. I love that time in the NBA. Fantastic!
MJ’s moves were unbelievably amazing!
Every Time They Played Each Other It Was personal Old School Basketball...
Those were the days. Me and my friends arguing about who's the better player Jordan or Wilkins. Who's the better dunker Jordan or Wilkins? Miss those days!
One of the all time greats, loved watching the champion Wilkins
If anyone ever has any doubts about how dominant and awing of a player Dominique Wilkins was, they need to watch this video. He had more poster moments in this game than most players have in a career. Two of Jordan's all time top highlights also occurred in this game.
Man, 'Nique should've had his own sneaker like Jordan.
He did and I proudly owned a pair! "Brooks" was his brand shoe.
Allstar Merchant don’t forget the Reebok pumps. They were crazy!
@@allstarmerchant6724 yeah me2 Brooks Uniques..
He did I had his Brooks they were great.
@@allstarmerchant6724 Yep! Wore them PROUDLY. Very much a well-made shoe.
We all know how great MJ was - THE BEST - But when it came to in-game dunks and scoring in bunches, Dominique could embarrass you. BIG TIME.
William Cooper to the rack all day. too explosive
He could monster smash of you over and over and over - nightmare for some teams and players! Or come out and hit long distance all night - or penetrate for the midrange and just jump over anyone for the shot all night. I'm befuddled that people would sleep on such an amazing and entertaining player!
Ron Clarke yeah Double Dutch was legendary, how quickly we forget
Best comment in this thread
MJ was great but he wasn’t the best that day. Got blown out.
The people who have Pippen over Nique are crazy
I disagree. Wilkins was a ridiculously athletic, a great offensive force and a solid free safety defensively, but Pippen was a great facilitator, better shooter, very quick/good athlete and one of the best defensive players in NBA history (and probably the best at his position ever).
apequake just like you Can say Pippen is one of the greatest defensive players ever you cab also say Nique was one of the greatest offensive players ever
He averaged no less then 26 for ten straight years in the hardest era of ball
I give Pippen being a better facilitator but id give the edge to Wilkins for carrying terrible teams to the playoffs every year
New Royal You say it was the hardest era of basketball but you couldn't play help defense much back then with no zone defense and the centers overall were smaller and less athletic than those of the modern era
New Royal Prime Pippen>> Prime Nique, gimme a break
Huey Freeman
Hardest in terms of physically and talent
I feel like today d can be just as effective in a stop but in terms of wearing people down an being imposing being able to do what he did for that long in that era is more impressive
And although centers maybe more Athletic the centers from the 80s to early 90s were far better and just as big
Nique used to get buckets
likemikegenerationx2 aloott 2
One of my favorites and one of the most UNDERRATED PLAYERS OF ALLLLL TIME!!!
Notice how the point guards, John Paxon and doc Rivers actually handle the ball to run plays, not dribble dribble dribble than shoot. Both doc n paxon were great shooters, but their role was to run the team to victory, not pad stats.
7:51 Absolutely amazing 🐐
How nigga get off his nuts
@@alposoprano9642 How?
People say Lebron is better than Jordan because of his body.
Well, I think Dominique Wilkins would kick his ass every time.
He sure as hell would whoop Kobe's ass too
Dayuuuummm! 😁 Love That!
That's word All Day! 💯
Damian dominique better than lebron stop it so basically you're saying after the mid 90's basketball stagnated! Gtfo dude look up the word evolution it happens in all sports!
@@leonardomoore1868 You mad bruh? JK. 😁 Nique, not better than LBJ. We all know that. What I (myself) was saying is Dominique could compete with him. Better nah. Would he put numbers up? Hell yeah.... Chill. ✌☺
Nique feared No One. Plus he was the only player Jordan said “made him go damn” Lebron soft feet couldn’t keep up with Nique
In their prime, i would pay to see Nique vs Jordan in a one on one ball.
Who wouldn't?
jkatt101 mj wins easy work
@@rosariocarias7906 NIQUE WAS BIGGER EASY WIN FOR WILKINS..
add vince carter in that it would be showtime at the apollo
CRIP EAST 😐 cuuuuz? no.
This game feature some of the best highlights in NBA history!!!
Imagine Jordan, Nique,Pippen as a Big 3 in their prime in todays NBA 2019 THAT WOULD BE SOME 🔥 FOR THE RUNNINGS
Game, set, match whoever they played. Could put me and you as 4 and 5 and I'm 48 with a reconstructed knee
That would be sick but they’d need a serious 3 pt shooter to beat GSW ‘17-18 with KD.
@@lazarusfowsta their D would not allow those 3's imo
@brian h "not allow" huh? lol smh Either way, the post is certainly true that MJ, Nique & Pippen would be fire but if I'm picking them in 2019 they'd better step up that 3 pt percentage.
Dominique had extreme power when driving to the hoop. Nearly every basket he made was with absolute effort. He was a beast.
Comparing this to the 3s shooting game of today......
Jesus Shuttlesworth bro y'all would not make a team with the logic y'all have smh ppl would say the 80s was boring bc all mfs did was dunk mostly and ask why they not shooting long 3s like players are today is Soo boring. You see how that sound???
@deharleyva YOU'RE DRUNK ON NOSTALGIA ALL THEY DID 80'S/90'S WAS POST UP ALL DAY, BORING!!!
@deharleyva yeah but today's NBA game is boring though because all they do is shoot threes teams at halftime sometimes has 16 attempted 3-point shots how is that entertaining basketball
@@cripeast4193 naw bra, it was a balance back then. MAGIC, ISIAH, LARRY BIRD, ran a crazy 3 point game.
@@reidos8992 Actually, the jump shot was boring, Dr. J dunk ... then they were okay with it until MJ was doing it and said he didn't have a jump shot. Well he proved them wrong by beating team just with jumpers. The 3pt shot was only needed in those times when you fallen behind. MJ and others was so great at driving to the basket to get a free throw (3pt play) that 3pt shooting wasn't needed. However the NBA has taken away the physical part of the game and hardly call fouls any more. If you drive to the basket and is fouled you probably won't get the call. Zion will bring back the art of post up and the 3pt play ... similar to what Lamar Jackson is doing in the NFL. Physical play will return to the NBA, not like it use to be but it will make that 3tp shot less deadly when teams have to play big men in the post.
Nique had pogo sticks for legs 😂😂
So many creative shots by these two. Nique and MJ never disappointed. Classic matchup
Career regular season match-ups:
Jordan = 31.6 ppg, 7.1 rpg, 6.2 apg, 2.6 spg, 0.9 bpg, 3.6 tov, .520 fg%, 27 W
Wilkins = 29.8 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 2.8 apg, 1.4 spg, 0.6 bpg, 2.4 tov, .478 fg%, 18 W
@@smplfy Nobody said that they guarded each other. But even on documentaries, they constantly talked about going head-to-head. Just like how Magic Johnson & Larry Bird were rivals despite the fact that they played different positions.
The game is so different today. One guy wants to hold the ball for 24 seconds. Nobody wants to run and everyone wants to shoot 3s.
NBA: National Baby Association
@@romellobrooks2163 Great comment
The Human Highlight Reel Gave It To Jordan!
High School..I remember this...Great Era..REAL basketball...
I had no idea all those classic highlights were from the same game!!
For real all the same game. We watched on NBA Superstars & NBA highlight tapes. Jordan Playground videos
That move at 6:17 was explosive! Jordan was in front of him for a second and in one move behind to the rim.
Goddamn Dominique absolutely shitted on those defenders
This game had so many highlights its unreal! You dont see that today, this is one game that iconic high6from both true superstars throughout the whole game!!
Wow. I didn't know all of these iconic MJ and DW highlights all happened in this game. Thanks for posting.
Even when Jordan had a losing game he still looked awesome. Didn't realize Wilkins was that good either.
Jordan had so much trouble trying to guard Dominique and Nique showed him no respect on the court. In today’s game players are all joking and friendly and in the 80’s and 90’s players went at each other hard. No one was friends in the off season either. Erving, Bird, Jordan, Wilkins, Thomas, Magic, Hakeem, Malone etc...these dudes weren’t chilling on banana boats and teaming up just to win championships.
You know for Jordan to guard Nique he needs to oh I don’t know actually guard him. Seems like Jordan didn’t want to point to the best player and say he isn’t gonna score on me like everyone claims.
Teams were built around them in the 80s. I know. I was there.
@@MrSlashblade your wrong Jordan won defensive player of the year in 1988
Magic and Thomas were close
Karl and Chuck were close
Mike and Ewing were close
Mike and chuck were close
Magic and Larry became cool toward the end
Thomas and Aguirre were close
Why do you people act like these players weren't hanging out with each other. You can ask how someone's family is doing and joke with them and then go drop buckets to win the game, it's not that hard.
Hey Marlon do you know why the NBA stopped the roughing so no one would get hurt I'm 55 years old and those so called fouls were clothesline and elbows to the face but if you call that a soft foul so be it!It's funny how when lebron goes to the hoop and knocks someone to the ground you all say he is a bully get what I'm saying Marlon gtfo with that nonsense the NBA stayed like it was you would be watching that mess on Netflix bcuz no one would watch that crap the NBA is a 10billion dollar business go back when unique played and see how much the NBA was making yearly!Rest my case
Nique was a pure scorer. I'm not saying he wasn't an all around talent, but he always went straight for the rim with everything he had. You can tell he was showing everyone that him and Mike were equals on the court...and for a few years in the 80s that was true.
I was very young then but I remember it well and have always said that Dominique Wilkins was the one guy I remember that could truly match Jordan, or at least come close as anyone. That said, I'm a Jordan Fanatic, Always!
He should of been on the NBA 50th greatest players of all time
Hands down.... watching these old classics underlines that these highlights are still more entertaining than the highlights of today’s games... there have been real battles and they play with such power. I never have these feelings while watching today’s 3point shootouts. And to be honest: Even that they call LeBron the best player of his era... look at how Nique played in this game... so fast, so powerful, with such finess and energy... I never saw that in such a way from LB
Lets not forget about dominique, "windmill", wilkens. Another phenom
In 2021 there is nobody in the NBA that can do anything like either of these guys.
Im gonna say it : Love the commentary difference with nowadays theyre talking about the game now they only talk BS about somebodies cousin/aunts/grandma left eye injury their dog or this or that players new house or brand or other bs gossip. Also the eagerness of the players in this game you dont see that passion anymore or rarely.
Also the crowd is totally into the game. I miss this.
Bring the competitiveness and team loyalty back and passion for the game! They switch teams quicker then they change their underwear
Their matchups were epic, but you could see the difference in body control.
Dominique had a raw energy that only a few players could match: Sprewell, LeBron, Kemp, Griffin, Rose.
But MJ has a very controlled energy about him that just put him on another level, because it allowed him to do things Dominique couldn’t do, like slash interior defenses without going over them, or put defenders to sleep and then turn on the gas. It also made him a better shooter.
Still, how Dominique wasn’t in that top-50 is beyond me!
In 1892 he was easily one of the top-15 players in the entire league and would have been a Dream-Teamer if he had been healthy.
Dominique is certainly a top-30 player all-time, maybe even top-20!
If you paid to watch Nique play, you always went home happy!
most underrated player of all time
This is probably the greatest high paced game Ever^Every player from each team talking noise & backing it all up in real Hoop style Fashion^This game was played in full upbeat Passion^
The worst camera man to date.
EVER LOL
Interesting how there is nobody around rims. Players could jump far behind rim construction after dunk or layup. Now you get stuck on crowd, cameras etc.
It was the 1980s, c'mon.
it's because of zoom i guess. Original video is 4:3 aspect ratio and they cut the top and bottom frame for 16:9 monitors. That's stupid
Red Fox but great quality for an 80s game
one of the best duel games ever bro
He was the most humble man I ever met . The nicest person I ever met , I met him in person 20 years ago in the Virgin island with magic Johnson and lots of basketball players nba
3:13 in slow-motion thats one of the greatest shots in his career. I have only seen one person put it in their top 10 list. Check out his swag afterwards, he knew it!
MJ and Nique was like 2 Human Highlights Vs Eachother 😂
I saw these guys twice at the Omni in the late 80s and early 90s. It was incredible.
This game has a current NBA team owner, a coach and a GM. The level of talent was unbelievable
man DW is the best small foward alone with mchale, worthy, pippen, Kemp, Labron maybe not in that order but, Dominique Wilkins is a hell of a player i would take him on any team.
Kemp always played at Power Forward 6'10 240
McHale is a power forward ...
I love how all the analysts act like no one ever kicked jordan ass
I remember watching this, so excited to see my Hawks and my all time favorite, Dominique putting on a show, crushing the Bulls. A highlight in my life right here!
never get old. nique was vicious. underrated.