Bulls vs Jazz 1997 - Game 2 - Michael Jordan 38 points
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- In yet another magnificent performance in the NBA Finals, Michael Jordan fell just one assist shy of his first triple-double in a Finals game.
MJ scored 38 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and dropped nine dimes to lead the Bulls to a 97-85 win over the Utah Jazz in game two of the 1997 NBA Finals.
Jordan's triple-double seemed like a sure thing after a pass late in the game to a wide open Scottie Pippen. Pip missed the layup, however, and Jordan finished with nine assists.
Pippen had somewhat of an off night offensively, hitting just four of 13 shots for 10 points. Ron Harper scored 13 points on 5 of 10 shooting.
The Jazz were led by Karl Malone's 20 points, followed by 19 from Jeff Hornacek and 14 from John Stockton.
The Bulls took a 2-0 lead in the series and prepared to head to Utah for games 3, 4 and 5. - Sport
Jordan’s game is so efficient, no wasted movement, no excessive dribbling, always in the flow of the offense
That's an advantage he has over LeBron that no one talks about. LeBron is too ball dominant imo. That said he's still the 2nd greatest player ever in my book
@@yourebreakingmyballs4787
2nd greatest is even debatable wen you have players like Kareem and Duncan and Kobe
@@jayscribe7547 Never heard of those guys
@@yourebreakingmyballs4787 put it like this, they all have more rings than Lebron
@@yourebreakingmyballs4787whose greatest in your book?
That Chicago Net swishes so good.
This game is a perfect example of why he is the greatest and will always be the greatest. He did this night in and night out, especially during the 80's.
East to be great when your matchup is jeff hornecek jordan is overrated faced no competition at ALL legoatwbas guarded by kawhi bruce bowen and many more locks Swap jordan and anthony edwards bulls still win
@@Kbrwsg exactly 😂 that weak ass watered down league Jordan played in especially at the guard position.
@Kbrwsg Saying Jordan faced no competition at all is borderline idiotic.😅
You gotta love that vcr "scratch" at the end. Reminds me of the old days - when we record movies off the tv channels.
Jordan is something else. The Jazz had the 2nd best scorer in NBA history & MVP of that year + the all time leader in steals and assists; both hall of famers and made a devastating combo... and it's like he's playing against children. He was just that good.
They scored 54 points in and NBA finals game
The goat & it’s not close
RIP Brian Williams (aka Bison Dele). I loved having him on the Bulls even for one season.
Agree, but he signed a much better contract with the Pistons
Yeah, sucks that his brother was a complete monster.
Yeah..rip Bison Dele. There's a reason why envy is one of the 7 deadly sins. Sad.
Tomi Adewole - that was a heartbreaking story about his disappearance and death. Looking beyond Bison Dele the basketball player, he seemed like a good man overall with some unfortunate circumstances
@@Michael-ji8lu Indeed. I distinctly recall that single season he had and thinking "man we gotta keep this guy." About 7 years ago I delved into his heartbreaking story. It is a story of familial discord, spawned by the marked difference in talent between brothers, and exacerbated by a foolish mother (their mother always petitioned Bison Dele to give his brother money since he was the more successful brother by far). His brother would steal from him, forging his name to acquire gold coins, checks, etc. One day his brother (I think his name was Kevin) called Bison for help, and Dele invited him on his boat - where he was about to travel the world with his girlfriend. Kevin ended up killing them both in an unplanned fit of envy. A real tragedy.
Jordan seems to dance on those certain sounds .Epic
MJ never cared about Finals triple doubles unlike someone we know. He was more focused on Finals victories and MVP'S. 6for6for6"
I’m a basketball fan not just a Jordan fan but the amount of dick riding some of you do is amazing, he didn’t need triple doubles because Pippin worried a lot about those other aspects of the game, Jordan didn’t need to carry on the boards and passing because Pippin did a lot of that not to mention he played with the best rebounder ever, what he did was incredible but please you don’t have to hate on other players to make Jordan look better
He cared about playing way weaker competition. Yall just won't stop. Lmao. Yall don't really believe mj is the goat with your insecure a22es.
@@sportstalkonly1442 lefag would have killed himself to get that...
@@somregularguy Stop lying. You're not a basketball fan. Your insecure ass hates MJ and tries to use his teammates as a shield.
Man, look at that passing, the use of screens, and th movement without the ball. The triangle is beautiful to watch when executed perfectly.
dude...michael was in a groove this game
i gotta admit, that shot by jeff hornacek at 1:54 was really nice
Damn you, Pippen! You could've gave Jordan his Finals triple double 😂
He just laughed it off, if it’s today’s player you would see on their face😁 especially that 3ple double was not yet done in a finals.
jordan should still keep being MVP even though he doesn't play anymore
thats how good he is
3rd Best Jordan Finals game he's had...in my opinion.
great videos
5:41
Just like the old days
6 champs > 1 triple doube in final. it shows how MJ dont care about the stats. its all about winning. thanks for uploading.
This was the beginning of Scottie secret resentment to mike lol he missed that layup on purpose cause he dunked the assist prior
I think the resentment started in 1990, when he claimed he had a migraine, and no one believed him.
Hmm, I'd go with the Flu game-97, 13 straight field goals and switching hands-91, all the threes and 35pts in the first half-92, 55pts in a must win-93.
That's the thing about Jordan, so many good games to choose from.
MJ Rules
He's 34 years old right here! damn lol..nowadays when players hit their 30's i think their giong downhill, but not this man..at 39 he dropped 50
I have no idea how MJ didn't win the league MVP for the 1996-97 season. I mean, Karl Malone is a nice player, but come on.......MJ showed in this series who was the TRUE MVP!
he was a really good jumpshooter
If you look closely, the Mavs got swept, Rose tore his ACL, and Kobe choked. Oh, and Lebron traveled.
See back in the 90s not everyone was soooo gd .... todays NBA'S there just 2 gd .. its boring ... the 90's was interesting for as u knew the bulls would win .. there were other teams like jazz boston and the sixers doin really well aswel ... these days u have like 3 teams who u know r goin to get to the finals in the playoffs
I WAS BLESSED WHEN A BORN IN THE 80'S. LET ME TELL YOU WHY: I SAW EVERY TUNED BULLS GAME SINCE 1991. THAT WAS THE TOP OF THE BASKETBALL, AND OF COURSE, THE TOP OF THE BEST BASKETBALL PLAYER EVER. TODAY'S PLAYER HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW ME ALREADY, EVEN KOBE HAVE NOTHING TO SHOW ME, CUASE WHEN A SEE HIM PLAY, I SAY: "I'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE, BUT TWICE BETTER WITH MJ"
He should definetly get it this year.
Don’t understand why we didn’t get more Jordan challenge in nba 2k23
that's what I call NBA when amazing happen, but these days I call NBA when boring happen !!
well said. i agree
that's a real champion. don't care about the stats 8s all about winning.
i love how Rodman closed out the game with a 3
pippen knew what he was doing lmao
2:16 - Fly Hornacek Fly, up up to the sky :) - MJ - GOAT!
I completely agree
that reverse layup @ 5:45... he did it again during the 98 finals against Ostertag.... G.O.A.T
Full game pls tnks
Defense wins championships -MJ
I like his shooting technique at 0:07,this is excellent
rodman is redicilous :D
The last generation of what the NBA was about. These are the days when basketball was worth watching. Now? Hell no!
Its the nba finals..they arent keeping track of the stats during the game...that would be petty...they loved and respected each other. Jordan and pippen are brothers
Damnit Scottie! Make a freaking layup for goodness sake!!
So DO I
Jordan owned byron russell in every series they played, he really stood no chance against MJ. Jordan played Russell like a piano
You're right. That whole stat graphics they posted of triple doubles in the playoffs among active players was just plain wrong. They listed Charles Barkley as having 8 triple doubles. He only had 4 in his career in the playoffs. Pippen was listed as having 7, while he too only had 4 in the playoffs. And Jordan had 2.
Perhaps the regular statisticians were on strike, or else they were just plain stoned.
The ones I had before were
1. 45 point game
2. 54 point game against Phoenix
people used to shoot better in the 90s than they do now i find
Damn & to think Jordan would score another game winning basket on Russell the next year. Russell has two "L'"s in his name because he took back to back L's lmao
They double teamed him in Game 6, then he passed to Kerr for the winning basketball
Wu Liwei 😂😂😂😂MJ must have put a few coaches into Psych Wards. "We can't go 1v1, we can't double😡..........😫😩😭😭 where're Fucked."
ohhhh Pip
THE BEST, EVEN at 34
And I completely left out the 45pt close out in game 6, 1998.
no man its just gonna be another 4-1 like it was last year :P
man he was so close to a Finals Triple Double...way to no go Pippen
closest guy to come to his level is kobe both great players and dominated the decades they played in
Jordan had two 38 point game and one 39 point game in the series. It's funny he never scored 40 in this series
In today's game they would propably foul at the end and take a timeout to somehow get that guy a triple double because they care so much about it.
they also took far better quality shots because they didn't jack up so many 3s.
then teams took about 8-10 3s a game. now its closer to 20 3s per team and they take more bad shots
Michael Jordan owns Bryon Russell, Craig Ehlo and any other shooting guard in his era.
dang why everybody talkin bout malone missing freethrows like those free throws wudda won the series
that is earl monroe
Well i was wrong about the lakers bro...but they had every chance to win that series...they could have went up 3-1 easily..blew two games in the final minutes...but Celts in it like i said
9:16 sums up the difference between the real 23 and fake one.
I think we all know for sure now that michael could make his free throws...
half the video was free throws lol
@WESTSIDENLUEZZ You get the Best comment ever made on CZcams Award.
Well that was quick 1:45
@questguy they're saying Luc!! sounds like boo
"Coach Sloan is dead."
Ouch @7:42
@davidp899 I love MJ, but Barkley would've been the 1990 MVP without the spitting incident. And deservedly so. They made up for it in 93, when he was awesome as well.
Jordan, Pippen and Rodman = The REAL Big 3
Screw Lebron, Wade and Bosh!
@mindelo23 me too :(
Well you made the comment 5 months ago...so the season hadn't even started...which makes everyone a contender..and i understand if you disagree...thats cool...but lets meet back on this vid in about 3 weeks and see where the Celtics and Mavs are...because i guarentee The Lakers are in The WCF...watch and see.
i wanna see MICHAEL that how he get the fouls from defender
yeah dude but back when i sent this message none of them were ... and dude i disagree that the lakers...boston....mavs hve a chance at the title this year ... my opinion bro
i cant believe people here actually bring up the name "paul peirce." really? he's not even CLOSE to kobe's level. and agaisnt jordan? it's like playing wit a 5 year old.
michael jordan is "BLACK JESUS"
Longley keeps getting the boos? why? LOL i remember it happens a lot even at home.
Nah it’s people chanting “luuuuuuuuc”
@kenny6449 no but those free throws would have won the game
@shadow8560 so you got it wrong....these teams today are weak... that was just how good the bulls was...they made the other teams look really bad
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ok come now relax
thats a litto dramatic
yes hes the goat but hes retired now
respect those that are playing today
kk bro ...
@mindelo23 forreal...nba nowadays is just draw the foul basketball :thumbdown:
Not so true...
The Heat
The Thunder
The Bulls
The Spurs
The Lakers
The Mavs
and The Celtics all have a legitimate shot at the title...all a matter of who gets hot in the next month and who stays healthy.
Now when you look back on these games the Bulls were more athletic and faster on defense and offensive. MJ was simply to fast for them himself.
I believe that no team today would be able to beat neither one of these teams here. The overall quality of teams are a complete joke to me. During the 90's all playoff teams were easily over 500 they had atleast 2 superstars in their respected teams e.i i mean Mo Williams last year made the playoffs what a freaking jobber! Sorry Kobe, The Queen, D. Wade, Melo, & Howard but your teams would not hang with the big boys in the 90's! Dont ever compare Kobe to MJ there's no comparison based on comp!
1:18 Weak defense they just let him score lebrons defenders actually guard him 3:09 they dont even try block him this jazz team is weak #notmygoat