When Prime Larry Bird Was SHOCKED By A Young Michael Jordan
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- When Prime Larry Bird Was SHOCKED By A Young Michael Jordan
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Larry was very quick to be able to see and evaluate talent. Everything Bird said was spot on!!
Bird was a no BS guy.
Straight Facts Bro!
Because on their era, it's not really common unlike now. Offense, skills, and athleticism got better as time goes by together with gaining knowledge by watching or analyzing past players. But I won't take any credit to Jordan as he really is the Greatest Player of their era though...
this also tells you alot about larry bird.....a real man that put his ego aside to acknowledge greatness
I miss this Era of ball. It was fierce fun and a lil bit of the wild west. Great players who only cared about winning, instead of contracts
Today's players are more worried about personal legacy then they are about winning. I feel like players back in the day just had a different mentality that accompanies athletics. Now it's all about branding and resumes. I appreciated sports more when it was more about the artistic nature of athletics and the competive drive to be a champion, not so much about the leagues they play in. I like basketball, but I don't like the NBA. Same for football and baseball and what not. That is probably why I don't really root for my teams anymore. Just good quality games in general. Who wins or loses doesn't matter to me anymore. Just good sports.
It's just called basketball..
Today game is just a 3points contest where defenders can do nothing
centers played center
So damn true. It’s gross now.
I believe you need time and get out of the game and the NBA to acknowledge things. Larry Bird can now say what he really thinks about someone that he couldn't or wouldn't say before even if he wanted to. Now he can, what does he care ?
63 against one of the best teams of all time without even attempting a single three🤯
I miss that light green Celtics court. It was magical. And yes..MJ is the GOAT and Larry was an assassin. Let's not forget Pat Riley's quote when asked who was better, Bird or Jordan. "If I need a shot to win the game, I would want MJ to shoot it. But if I need a shot to save my life, I would give the ball to Bird."
CNN BREAKING NEWS: Pat Riley implies that Jordan does not value life.
@@mikael557 To me it sounded like he was implying winning meant everything to Jordan, still does.
Bird on the other hand would take that shot with 100% conviction and supreme confidence in any situation.
So nonsense what Pat Rileys words. How can one save his life without wining the game?
@@mikael557 Not really; it's a comparative assessment of talent in the clutch when stakes are higher than a game. Are you implying that every game Mike lost was because he didn't care or "value" to win? Maybe you'd be happier if he said "a million bucks" because we KNOW Mike doesn't care about losing a million bucks, right? 🎬
@@mikael557 Don't you love when you make a joke in a comments section and no one gets it?
I was in the 6th grade and I watched this game with my father. Memories.
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"If I needed a 3-pointer to win a game, I'd pick Michael Jordan, but If I need a 3-pointer to save my life, I'd pick Larry Bird". Pat Riley
It was not just Larry Bird shocked by Michael Jordan's playing ability. Many in the NBA were shocked, too.
True. Most analysts thought he would be a good player. Maybe very good. But not very many thought he would be as good as he turned out to be. Billy Packer was an exception. Very early in his college career, Packer was sure Jordan would be a superstar in the NBA.
@@trhansen3244 👍
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@@trhansen3244 Straight Facts Bro!
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That I earned Larry Bird's respect says it all.
In my home my father was a Lakers fan, and I a Celtics fan, then Jordan came along.
@@michaelscofield6563 everything changed once Michael Jordan came on the scene. We were blessed.
That last picture shows the two players with the biggest heart in the history of the NBA.
"God disguised as Michael Jordan" - Larry bird.
MJ wasn’t a 3 point shooter at the time which kills me only to hear a guy say “we didn’t play MJ today. We played God disguised as MJ.” Larry Bird is the second best player I’ve ever seen. Kobe was great but he was MJ junior and never had a chance to play MJ until he was slowing down. But the guy still got 45/50 points when he came back to the Wizards! Lebron can play a great game but you’re a damn fool if you want to make sure he gets the ball for the tie or winning shot. Jordan was too fast for him and he played in a soft league. I wish Steve Kerr would sit him down and tell him the truth. He wasn’t a wuss. He had to play in a league that would break your legs to keep you from scoring. Now they play in the “no touch league” so they can protect their investments. MJ’s second season when he broke his foot felt he could come back before the end of the year. I was going to see his surgeon at Northwestern who told him, “If you had a headache and I had a bottle of 10 pills but one would kill you (or was laced with cyanide. I can’t remember which one he said) MJ said, “It depends on how bad the fuckin’ headache is.” This was said because MJ felt fine but the doc said you’re 90% healed but there’s still a 10% risk of rein-jurying your foot and is it worth ruining your career over? Had MJ not played, they likely would have been a lottery pick team but winning meant more to him. How many games have you seen Lebron pass the ball at the end of the game instead of driving the lane and ending up at the free throw line? Too many to count. He IS A HORRIFIC FREE THROW SHOOTER. He’s a powerful man and driving the lane is his game. As for being the all time leading scorer. If MJ played the second season and didn’t (in my opinion) leave basketball for nearly 2 years over gambling, then kept playing on crappy teams when the idiots running the team were going to rebuild when they were still at the top of the hill, if they Celtics could do it so could the Bulls. Now that Jerry Reinsdork made his money the team blows almost as bad as the Bears. We need owners that want to win again and unfortunately Reinsdork doesn’t care so I quit going and watching. You can’t watch the best two teammates in the world win like they did and then sit through this again. MJ saved the franchise which an indoor soccer team was OUTDRAWING THE BULLS! He made the sport an international phenomenon. Not Magic, not Larry, not Kobe who got his approach to everything from Michael, and not Lebron. Maybe he was an ass ir he just expected everyone to give 100% every practice AND GAME and some just were too soft. I think he was an ass to Will Perdue for one and I don’t think bringing Bill Cartwright to the Bulls for Charles Oakley helped MJ at all. I may be wrong. But they were tight as friends and when you’re good at something like MJ was, others tend to watch your greatness and forget they have to be ready for whatever may come. But unlike Lebron who went to already stacked teams, MJ stuck it out with a terrible team for quite a few years. I have no doubt that had he changed teams like Lebron did, it would be him that held the scoring title too. Outside of Bird, he will always be the greatest to lace them up. I hate hearing he treated people like crap when his fans loved him so much but I sure liked those rings which had he not left to play baseball, would have been 8 in a row.
@@markbouquet1316 preach brother...one cool thing i heard pat Riley say is that if he wanted someone to shoot for the win, he'd give it to MJ. If he wanted someone to shoot for pat's life, he'd give it to bird
@@markbouquet1316 MJ's leadership is highly superior to LeBron. Jordan demanded perfection. Steve Kerr quotes "every day was a battle" withJordan. LeBron's passive aggressive way of leading and he quits to hop onto other younger more talented team- to me he will never surpass #23
He humbled the Bird man.
@@TyTimeIsAwesome MJ leadership is second, only to Bugs Bunny and what he has done for the Toons.
Jordan's feel for the game of basketball was unmatched wow what a talent.
Was at that game !!! Sick sick was wild and I’m not a basketball fan but being in college 80s it was amazing seeing this stuff
I can't ever remember a playoff game against a Championship team on the road where the road team had the game MVP in a loss!
Yea that’s pretty crazy to think about. Probably hasn’t ever happened since then that I can think of
Right
One of the best games in the history of NBA, those players where just magic !!
This video needed that part where Larry bird admits after the game in the changeing room that Micheal Jordan in the greatest player in the world
I miss 80's and 90's basketball
I remember watching that game, it was Jordan against the world. Just a glimpse of what was to come. Mike, the best ever.
Mike was great but not the best ever.
Sorry
@@tw364 No need to apologize. For me, he’s the best ever. For you, you have your own opinion which is okay.
@@tw364 You DO need to apologize for this SLANDER. Lol JK. But now I'm curious. The only answer I will accept though is WILT. I will listen to KAJ but only for second... If you try to name differnt player from today's ERA then GTFOUT!
He was against the world and won 6 titles and 2 3peets truly the best
Actually Steph is the best ever😂
Fantastic Video Dude! MJ Was unreal. Not human.
Great video, what's rarely mentioned is he had 49 points the game before
“That was very gratifying, that I earned Larry Bird’s respect.” -MJ.
That says it all. How crazy good MJ really was AND how crazy good Larry was that he felt validated by Larry Legend’s opinion. Neither really respected hardly anyone else on the court, except Magic. That was, and IMO still is, 3 in the top tier.
Oh my god....no words
Five words! I counted twice.
2 of my favorite players of all time..
Imagine Jordan in this era like team him up with guys like KD,Steph,Embiid,Cp3,Giannis,Jokic,Kawhi,Klay Thompson like c'mon now Jordan would be a 11 time champion like Bill Russell just saying.
Jordan was athletically on a whole other level than all those players. Even Giannis. And he was much more skilled, too. I rooted against Jordan just about all the time. He was incredibly frustrating.
Give him Luka with the pick and roll/pop. Would be unstoppable.
I watched that game live in 86’ and that when I knew this kid Jordan was going to be a very special player.
back then the league was loaded with gunslingers east and west the best NBA contest€* the talent level was top notch respect in terms of pure greatness*
Happy 60th birthday to the G.O.A.T.!
I think what Larry said really cements his place as a true legend and genius of the sport. His greatness helped him recognize greatness. Only someone as good as Larry could have any true comprehension of just how good Jordan was.
And it doesn’t matter how many points Lebron scores or how many rings he gets. He will never be the NBA goat, because the nba only exists because of magic and bird, and it was catapulted to where it is now because of the iconic mj. The effect they all had on the nba and the game cannot be replicated or topped. I’d put Kobe ahead of him too. He’s a great player. But he’ll never be ahead of these guys.
Great Competitors!!!! Very good Sportsmanship!!!!
bird will and always be the best
"... they were in a league of their own."
Well said. 👌🏼
Especially after the flagrant foul rule (don’t touch mike) was put in!
Crazy Work
I agree. It's not like it used to be in NBA. If you get a compliment from Larry Bird, you earned it.
That's the season MJ missed most of because of a broken foot
Injured In Oakland.
To put MJs 63 point performance in perspective he did it against the 86 Celtics that were arguably one of the greatest teams in league history.
29 year old Larry Bird looking like a 50 year old man.
Beautifully done
Yes Jordan didn't have much of a team then.💥⚡
Not true. He had plenty of quality players. Woolridge, Dailey, Gervin, Corzine, Macy. But they had no idea how to play with Jordan and he didn't really know how to play with them. It was kinda bizarre.
@@trhansen3244 They obviously didn't know how to play with each other either. They only had like 30 wins on the year, and that's only because Jordan came back from season long injury and willed them to the playoffs at the end.
And they still lost Basketball is a team sport He finally understood this in his Latter Years.
In the beginning of the video, It said the Bulls won 30 games in 86. He played 3 games and was out for 64 games with a broken foot. That roster went 21-43 while he was out. The team was void of talent. The Bulls averged 28 wins for two years before he got there. If that team was any good how come the roster was compleletly flipped within in two years. Here is who usually win, the team with the most talent. If talent doesn't matter forget the draft and just grab guys from the park district. The rest of the team shot 31 percent mainly because Woolridge his "star mate" went 9 for 27. Jordan shot 55 percent. If Woolridge makes just three more shot 42 percent the Bullls win by one. He said I'm not going to keep passing if you're going to keep missing.
I never heard a player ever say Jordan was overrated!
only the bronsexuals think that
Thanks for sharing we get to see the best era of b ball
Great vid. It wasn't just that game though why bird was in awe of mj. As soon as mj began career in nba he's was unstoppable and everyone knew it.
MJ not only is God disguised, MJ is the G.O.A.T. for ever obviously the GOAT absolutly MJ his Airness
MJ was ahead of his time.the way he moves was different among those players. He took Time Machine to play in those eras.
Sums it up
"If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save a game, I’d choose Michael Jordan,If I had to choose a player to take a shot to save my life, I’d take Larry Bird."
Pat Riley
You know the NBA was pretty brutal back then, when you see blood on Bird's jersey.
What an era as well 80s was special.
👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 thank you …is there a channel I can see this full game???
Players feared MJ and Bird. Players do not fear LeBron.
That's why he's double and triple teamed all the time then, gotcha
They do on the break.
People going too far on the Lebron disrespect
You're so wrong lebron teammate is afraid of him .
Because what he do is trade all the people on his team lol
Lebron’s NBA is soft compared.
They also didn’t move from team to team to make super teams.
Not to mention Lebron doesn’t have the same killer instinct or willingness to play defense.
The celtics dont need to hurt MJ to win. The bad boys pistons hurt MJ on his drive to the basket
And I think with all the Pistons talent AND depth, they didn't have to either. Apparently they felt otherwise.
Yep. Pistons were the only team I hated. They were just dirty.
He threw shade. It's hard to believe, a guy score that many baskets and lose. Lollll
Larry was the man, he could see MJ's early greatness. MJ was cold, he was a cyborg made to kill basketball.
that between the legs dribble crossover 0_0
23 years old and 63 point face mighty boston Celtics, unbelievable
No matter how long LeBron James plays or who else comes into the league in the future, Michael Jordan will always be the GOAT for me. He has taken the sport of basketball to a new level #BlackJesus#GodfatherOfBasketball
Peace to both of you guys a couple of my all time favorites
The greatest player ever to put on a uniform in any sport. Period.
Woolridge was underrated..Oakley too
Oakley was underrated. Woolridge? Perhaps at times. Overall, a talented underachiever.
@@Amick44 fair. i always respected oakley's jumpshot and bruiser attitude. woolridge had an animosity that was overshadowed by mj. two OGs
If Woolridge had played with Bird he would have been like McHale. He was that talented.
The Celtics won and played an amazing game but simultaneously, Jordan wiped the floor with them. It's a weird situation where you got your butt kicked but somehow still won lmao.
That's my 2!!!!
Wilt Chamberlain shot a better percentage for the whole year when he won the scoring title every year
Really can't compare percentages between a guard and a center. Wilt was truly amazing all the same.
What was MJ thinking after this game? “ I put 63 and still loose the game.” MJ won’t win a ring for another 4 years until Magic and Bird aged out and Detroit won back to back. The East was not an easy conference to win a ring during that his time.
In an interview Magic felt he had more years left in him. He actually felt he could have won another ring or two. He didn't turn 31 until the fall after they lost in the finals to the Bulls. Isaiah Thomas turned 29, 29, 29 the spring when the Bulls swept them to go to the finals. This narrative the Magic and Pistons were old doesn't fly especially when MAGIC DIDN'T BELIEVE that. Bird was injured. He retired the following year. He was about 33 or 34 but he still put up good numbers at 19 ppg. Reggie Lewis was the rising star for that them. If the Celtics had held homecourt, it would have been the Bulls and Celtics in the Eastern conference finals and not the Pistons. It's simple, the Bulls and Celtics peaks never lined up. When the Celtics were at their peak, the Bulls was in thier second year of construction. When the Bulls were peaking the Celtics were in decline. You just saw in the video the Bulls won 30 games.
LB threepeat as league MVP not just "back to back".
MJ, Goat of all Goats!
Da GOAT
Bird was so shocked by Jordan that he swept MJ twice!!!
Jordan basically played the durant warriors with Lebron's rookie cavs.
finally a video that makes alot of since, larry was a solid player but he had help with all-stars jordan may have had orlando
Good video. The Lakers were actually the defending champions then and not the Celtics. The Lakers won the title in the 1984-85 season. The Celtics would win the title a few weeks later in 1986.
I think a lot of people forget how hard the celtics had to work to beat this team even though they sweep 🤔 the bulls you had multiple overtimes in some games for boston to win
Plus this is back when the celtics were loaded with 5 hall of famers on the roster and all the bulls had was Michael and still made a competitive series Even more impressive 😳
Especially that fanboy analyst nick wright
I didn’t know he kept it close like that, thanks for the information!
Well...Nobody could stop LARRY either....
Bird loved when Jordan guarded him. He just took him down in the post and overpowered him. That's why Jordan rarely guarded Bird. He would get in foul trouble fast, too.
Jamaal Wilkes vs Larry bird 🐦
He said one man can't beat the Boston Celtics not almost sir. In Brandy voice almost doesn't count.
The same do that said I know y’all ain’t putting this white boy on me” Larry Legend
They weren't the defending champs. And Bird was back-to-back-to-back MVP.
People shit on this era 80s-90s but they actually played defense. Theres a reason why scores are much higher today, with little defense and zero hand checking. Much harder to score back then
But of course the bronsexuals would come back with there wasn't a single player around that could have hand checked lebron because he was to big and strong for anyone.. you even had bronsexuals say if he played center at 6 ft 8 he could have guarded the top centers... IE they say once he puts his body into you hes so big and strong that he would have knocked any of those centres off balance with ease.
Michael scored 63 points in one game against Boston and still lost. He could outscore many opponents but Boston beat him because of team play. Michael didn't become a team player until later on and until he learned that vital lesson he was going to be beat by playing as a team.
Not only a certain killer but the unique GOAT
To be clear, the Bulls almost won this one 2OT game. Jordan was amazing all 3 games and gave the Celts and the world a glimpse of the future. Celts swept the Bulls in 3 versus the 30 - 52 8th seed.
As good and powerful as King James is, and he might be the GOAT for all he can do, MJ and Larry are in a different type of ranking. The mental game that they had and used, when added to their skills puts those two in a different building. Who else even comes close?
Lebron not even close, Lebron cares about himself, too many turnovers and if he had played in this era it would have not been so easy to score like in the current era.
If we went by sheer numbers, Lebron is the GOAT but I know he isn't. There is much more to the game than numbers. Lebron might make my all time top 20 list. Even so, it would not be a list of my favorites. I do not like watching Lebron play basketball. He is so fundamentally flawed but he plays in an era where he can get away with things Jordan never could.
@@user-rt4zz9lk8e Actually they do NOT use longevity as a valid stat, if that were true then Kareem would have been the GOAT. per game stats tell a little better story but if the ultimate goal is champions and then you combine accolades there is no one close to Jordan.
@@ralphcousins4701 You would be wrong. If you say championships are the measure of greatness, Bill Russell has 11. He is not a better player than Jordan though.
Larry bird is the greatest player, he is better in everyone
I would still take Bird number one overall in the all time draft but Jordan is definitely worthy of that pick as well.
Michael Jordan’ Played every game he played in’ As if it was A Game 7 for the Title…🤷🏾♂️
Air Jordan: GOAT
Bird was the 2nd best player I ever saw.
I bet if you created a list of “best performance by a player” in each of all basketball courts in the NBA, Jordan would be listed alot.
..and yet, even Jordan couldn't win the championship until his team got right.
It's a team game, basketball.
Back when they played real ball
But who won? I remember the Boston Globe article after the game, comparing to that scene in Indiana Jones where Jones goes up against a guy who whirls his sword around with unbelievable skill...until Jones pulled out his revolver and shot him down.
My memory is only fair, but, unless I'm mistaken, if this game was played in 1986, the Celtics were not defending champions. My memory is the Celtics won it all in 1984, and I believe won again in 1986. But, again unless my memory is faulty (which it certainly could be), the Lakers won it in 1985. If my memory is wrong, and someone wants to correct me, please do. I've haven't looked this up, I'm just using my memory.
That’s because Larry got in a bar fight and injured his elbow reason for loss
Couldn't stop him yet bird is undefeated against mj in playoff and has a better regular season record
Where was Bird in 90, 91 & 92? Jordan and the Bulls were in the ECF
@@sideshowbobsaget8876 old and hurt. Where was mj from 84 to 91
@@sideshowbobsaget8876 all the NBA did was make it easier for mj and the perimeter shooting bulls. Listen to what wilt said...how can mj be the greatest when all the league did was make it easier for him
@@kaibahseto Bird was All-NBA/All-Star in 1990, the Celtics were favored over the Knicks and lost in the 1st round
@@kaibahseto Jordan was being called the GOAT before he stepped foot in the NBA. Jordan finished 6th in MVP voting his rookie yr. What rules were changed for Jordan? Magic and Bird called Jordan the best/most talented player in the league in 86-87
That building got torn down in 95..Pierce and garnett never played their
Yet he did not win. Bird was humble, but the factor here where more who is the winner for the team and who is a good individual. Jordan had his great moment, as Bird and many before have had. Yet Bird and his team defeated him, becuase Bird made everyone better. Its a testament how good Jordan was ofcourse, but it is also a testament how good Bird was.
MJ is the GOAT
"God disguised as Michael Jordan" - Larry bird.
Nothing more needs to be said.
“Biggest comment I’ve ever received in my life” - Michael Jordan on Larry Bird’s ‘God disguised as Michael Jordan’ comment
Torch passing moment.
Man he took 41 shots...n went to the line 21 time..n hit 19..imagine if a real shooter like Bird or steph curry..or better yet a high percentage guy like Barkley or Shaq or Benard King or Wilt Chamberlain took the same amount of shots..its not hard to score the ball if u keep shooting n have a green light to take as many as u want to win or lose..look at Pete Maravich at LSU, shock out his numbers n then add on thr fact that it wasn't any 3 pointers then..lol..like stop the shenanigans. Just like the 81 kobe game..David Robinson's 71 or David Thompson or plenty of George Gervin's 60+ pt games were more impressive because they were actually hot n wasn't missing or forcing shots up..
False. It's tough to score 60 even if you take 40 shots. Even if you score 50 percent on 40 shots that's only 40 points. Shooters like Bird or Steph not getting to the line that much because they're avoiding contact. Jordan scored 63 on 22 of 41 (53.7 percent from the field) and 19 of 21(90 percent) from the line, including 2 free throws late to force OT. But he also added 5 rebounds 6 assists 3 steals and 2 blocks also. Keep in mind the 2nd best guy on the Bulls, Woolridge, went 9 for 27 (33 percent) from the floor. Charles Oakley went 3 of 5. So let's not make it seem Jordan was shooting just to shoot he had to in order to give The Bulls a chance. Also keep in mind he led the team in assists as well.
Players may not fear lebron, they just can’t defend or stop him 😂
The facts are the facts, Jordan was just personally built by himself to be the best at anything he wanted to be. No one can match what he did, they might be better at one thing, but as a complete player, MJ=GOAT. Don't come at me with Lebron this/that. IDC, 6 for 6, and countless games where he never said die, despite his teammates in his early career or later career MJ just kept being MJ.
If Lebron had played in the 80s and 90s he would have 15 rings!