MICHAEL JORDAN: His second NBA game (1984.10.27)

[wilzusuki]

mj was the best since February 17, 1963 to 2003

[gigettu]

sorry! he was outstanding!second game in nba.one or two of the best dunk ever...block...rebounds...he try to win at the end...simply he was the best from first time touch the nba ground!

[j8t0w]

Ive always regarded that two hand windmill as the best in-game dunk ive ever seen, the distance he jumps from is crazy. There must be another camera view of that alley-oop at 2.15 .... i swear his head must be above the rim.

[ChillyCloth]

that dunk at 3:27 was probably the most underrated dunk in league history

[ChillyCloth]

that dunk at 3:28 is probably the most underrated dunk in NBA history

[ballah112]

HOLYTALETOO



[chrisben11]

wow that rock the cradle was silly!!!!!!!! he jumped from like a foot or two inside the free throw line! i cant get over it

[dorkod]

Jordan was sooooooo ahead of his time.

[timothyjesus]

reverse at that was rare. Few player could do that.

[GRiMxSG]

they're flipping out about reverses lol

[jaspersl1]

@GRiMxSG lol



[JCR1992]

Balthus Do you have the full Stat Line for this game?

[Balthus23]

@JCR1992

No, I'm sorry.

[SSJRayne]

4:34 that had to be his favorite move bc i saw him do that a whole lot

[SSJRayne]

2:50, wow! dont worry buddy, a whole lot will experence that in his future lol

[Sleeperkill]

that announcer must fucking love Toledo

[qost1298]

pause at 3:08 ....... ninja kick

[TommyEads2014]

jordan changed the nba forever

[odolany]

lol at "he just wants to draw a foul here, that's all". cause everyone knows you can't score once you've run on a basket and then flew behind it, right? it's too difficult and no-one does it ever.

i don't blame the guy though, how could he know what was coming...

[TrueTalkTV]

Wow. Even the Milwaukee crowd is in awe of Jordan.

[KH1523]

2:12 .......

[MrRecords14]

Wow, I just wish I could be able to watch all of Jordan's games, in HD, no one can do what he does, simply dominating the game.

[NicotinMan]

Do you guys realize this was only his second NBA game? It's insane. He's already playing at an all time great's level.

[endale]

"HOLY TOLEDO Jordan has 6"

[panchovillanueva]

the debut of the 2 handed cradle dunk



[phoneke]

Interesting. Looking at his freethrow mechanics, they weren't as polished as later years

[plourdy07]

Why dont more announcers say " HOLY TOLEDO" haha. picture Barkley saying it

[GreekandBrits]

"HOLY TOLEDO!"

[Fripitto]

4:57 That is just awesome. Not just the move in itself, which is artistic, creative and utterly beautiful, but look at where he takes off! Freaking insane.

[wilzusuki]

lebrons sucks his airness is better

[Airman32292]

people jizz there pants in todays game when someone does a reverse it gets like #3 on sportscenter top 10, yeah MJ did that about 5 times in his second pro game

[rmur23]

Holy crap.

How have I never seen that alley oop at 2:55???

[KingRam33]

I don't like when people say Jordan wasn't in his prime until he finaly won a ring in 91.I think he was in his prime as a individual basketball player and athlete from 84-98,you know his career with the Bulls.His team didn't reach there prime until 91 when everything jelled togeather,coach,team,triangle system.MICHAEL AIR/GOAT JORDAN!

[KingRam33]

I don't like when people say Jordan wasn't in his prime until he finaly won a ring in 91.I think he was in his prime as a individual basketball player and athlete from 84-98,you know his career with the Bulls.His team didn't reach there pime until 91 when everything jelled togeather,coach,team,triangle system.MICHAEL AIR/GOAT JORDAN!

[adi1096]

@aristrela1

No Lebron is king Jordan is GOAT and Kobe is black monkey or whatever they call him....

[jesusman1996]

@adi1096 what the hell r u talking bout Jordan is the best there ever will be and LeBron is just a traitor that doesn't respect his team but only himself. As me being a big celtics fan myself i have no hate for Kobe except for being arrongant. Dude just shut up MJ IS KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[adi1096]

@jesusman1996

You fucking idiot learn to read I said MJ was GOAT fuck off dipshit

[aink]

@adi1096 hahaha kobe is black monkey...I aggree with you

[DNW41]

@adi109Actually LeBron is queen, Jordan is king and GOAT, and Kobe is just inefficient.

[adi1096]

@DNW41

Lebron - Best Stats / Dunks

Kobe- Best jumpshot/ teammates

MJ - Clutch better defense and athleticism

[tali1542]

@adi1096 lebron: best stats are u kidding me..... jordan in his rookie season averaged 28.2 ppg and scored the most points out of everyone in the league. he averaged a career stat of 30 ppg. CAREER STAT!

[adi1096]

@tali1542

Thats ONE stat points Lebron has a better career FG % and 3PT FG%

Lebron has more rebounds and more assists and blocks as well

FG% ? Kobe has never shot over 50%

[adi1096]

@tali1542

By the way in the 08 - 09 playoffs Lebron averaged over 35 ppg and people say he choked

[tali1542]

@adi1096 jordan in his second year averaged 43.7 pts a game in the playoffs.

[tali1542]

@adi1096 and jordan has a better fg % and lebrons 3pt percent is only over by .o4 which will likly drop later in his career seeing how we are comparing someone who hasnt played for half of his career yet. i honestly dont know how ur comparing lebron and jordan and saying lebron has better stats. please go look at jordans stats and look at jordans records and acheivments and maybe you will get a better understanding at how great he was.

[adi1096]

@tali1542

ok fine jordan scores but i mean overall rpg apg bpg and ppg I know jordan was a beast defensively too but i'm just saying stats wise i believe lebron to be the best

[tali1542]

@adi1096 how do you say stat wise lebron is better just because lebron has a better rebounding stat by like 2, did lebron have any rebounding BEASTS on his team? no.... jordan had RODMAN on his team rebounding lik 16 boards a game, ofcourse jordans rebounding would be lower.

[tali1542]

@adi1096 lets do a comparison of stats now that can work.

now lets compare lebrons 3rd and 5th year (best overall years) with jordans 3rd and fifth years.

lebron year 3: 7 rpg, 6.6 apg,1.6spg, .80bpg,31.4ppg

jordan year 3: 5.2rpg,4.6apg, 2.88spg!. 1.52 bpg!, 37.1 PPG!!!!

winner jordan

lebron year 5: 7.9rpg,7.2apg,1.8 spg,1.1bpg, 30ppg

jordan year 5: 8rpg, 8spg,  2.9spg!, .80bpg,32.5ppg!

winner jordan

so don't say stat wize lebron is the best.... jordan did EVERYTHING

[tali1542]

@adi1096 also lets break down jordans 7th year, with lebrons 7th year.

as a team, the 90-91 bulls were 61-21, the 09-10 cavs were 61-21.

for points, the bulls had only 3 people with 10+pts, (jordan31.5,pipen17.8,grant12.­8)

the cavs had 4 (james29.7,mo15.8,jamison15.8,­shaq12)

rebounding: bulls had 4 ppl with 5 + rpg(grant8.4,pippen7.3,cartwri­ght6.2,MJ6)

cavs had 6 ppl(jamison7.7,varejao,7.6,LBJ­7.3,shaq6.7,bigZ 5.4,hickson5)

assists: bulls had 2 ppl with 5+(MJ6.2,pippen5.5)

CONTINUED

[tali1542]

@tali1542 CONTINUED

cavs had 2 ppl with 5+ assists (lebron8.6,mo5.3)

so by looking at statistics as a team, (because you like statistics so much) it seemed that lebron and his cavs had a better team overall by winning in all three categories.

and in the conclusion of both years, the cavs were eliminated and embarassed in round 2 of the playoffs while the bulls went to win the 90-91 championships almost sweeping magic johnson and the LA lakers 4-1

[chainyza]

Oh my god !!!!

[dmist24]

unbelievable! 2nd game and he already owns the game!

[brballer42]

He's got ice water in those veins for sure!

[uberathlete]

Too early to put Lebron in the same sentence as the great one. He hasn't won shit.

[Aguz25]

MJ was totally special since the very beginning, you can see that in every move. Best of all time, by far.

[chargers1783]

Jordan was great because he didn't like to loose and because all this videos games wasn't has big has it is today

[ssgoku003]

Bring back the good ol days

[quandore]

perhaps the closest two-legged thing to a kangaroo

[ESleezyBeezy]

3:40 best pass ever!

[waders317]

how many times did this guy say HOLY TOLEDO!?! :)

[AwH22311]

Mike at 21...ridiculous

[Bigturns33]

4 Kobe fans disliked this. Sad. Kobe couldnt do this at 22 years old let alone first coming in the leauge.

[JepPONLline]

@Bigturns33 VERY VERY TRUTH

[shof15]

da dunk that big man had was crazy

[TheRichrivera91]

Back when he had something to prove...

[mikecvcc08]

his feet must have been hurting after this game-his feet were like "muthafucker,stop jumping so far away,we just grew back 4 toe nails.''

[mikecvcc08]

why even guard him?

[vc15fan]

what a hangtime :OOOOO

[Bigturns33]

Young jordan jumps where just unbelievable.

[ryanrayonec]

If you pause this at 2:14.....that just isn't fair. Michael had a long career after this game but he never got that high again. Method Man and Redman can't get you that high.

[GreatkingAlexander]

long live youtube for posting this shit the all time great website.

[Legend1One]

Now, that was some tough, hand checking defense being played there. I mean, did you see the Bucks guys sliding there feet to take a charge and or hammering the great MJ. Hell, Kobe would not last a game back in the 80's! Those guys were sooo tough.

[caod27]

it like lebron james athleticism x5. I can't believe he does it without stiffing up with all that pumps

[gonorraxia]

f*ck me...

[Bo0OmHeadShot]

After see'in this i know Jordan is the greatest of all time but, I really believe kobe,Dwade, or lebron woulda killed this guys just as hard.

[caod27]

@Bo0OmHeadShot

Nope they have to adjust, This is a very rough type game and also faster paced too than today.

[thewolfmanchu]

that dunk was so amazing!

[jholleyjr2]

Jordan has the most hang time in the history of basketball

[VinmanMJ23]

MJ with hair was deadly. :-)

[FSS187]

Millwaukee won (106-108).

I remember....

[maxwellProctor]

who won the game

[VinmanMJ23]

@maxwellProctor I don't understand all these Kobe fanboys who can't stand the fact that Michael Jordan is far superioir to their hero. This was MJ's SECOND professional game. He was 21 years old. Kobe still has splinters in his ass from sitting on the bench his rookie year, whereas MJ led his team in every statistical category. Who won the game? I guess Kobe has never played well in a game the Lakers lost? MJ never lost when it mattered - in the Finals. He was 6 for 6 with 6 MVP awards.

[agentnono24]

@VinmanMJ23 dude if jordan was so great how come he kept getting his ass kicked by detroit in the playoffs until pippen and phil came along?? yeah people only talk about the six years jordan won the title but never about the rest of his career?

[VinmanMJ23]

How many of the Bulls players in that video have you ever heard of before? That will answer all your ridiculous questions.

[airswade]

@agentnono24 Dude, Pippen was there every time the Piston beat them, he joined in 87, as did Grant. Phil was an assistant when the Pistons beat 'em and was head coach the last time the Pistons beat 'em.

[chitownmo]

@agentnono24 pistons had a great team. Jordan did not. michael carried the team to the playoffs every year from his rookie year and played well against the best teams but 1 players will not beat a great team in a series. win a game or two which the bulls did but not win it all. pippens development was due to jordans influence which jordan pippen and jackson concure in multiple documentations.

[chitownmo]

@agentnono24 his entire career was special. was dominant from day 1. look for yourself. bulls were not in the playoffs before he played. multiple scoring titles. all defensive teams. a season mvp and a all star mvp. should have been mvp from 87-93. by far the most best player in the game during that time. magics mvps should be jordan by numbers alone.

[smoothSnake23]

Holy Toledo aT 5:00

[nyemm]

Jordan makes these guys on the other team look like trash.

[jp4wd]

its funny that theres only four(4) photographers on the sidelines

[Jrotten11]

lol the announcer is such a geek

[MegaFuckthatshit]

remember he always did something special against the bucks! They gave the bulls their 70th win in  1996

[numerical25]

in the video game "Bulls vs. Lakers" there was 1 move you could do with michael you couldnt do with everyone else. It was the REVERSE!

[dthon1]

Hooooly Toledo!

Here comes Mr. Jordan...

[slavman4000]

3:07 was fucking sick

[tgwa90]

5:00 is crazzzzzzzzzzy!!!

[FreakOfGames9]

I would watch all of jordans games if i could

[illuzn88]

how old was he in this game

[bzurvalec]

You probably already got your question answered by now, but he would have been 21 here.

[DeclanCahill]

he abused the reverse lol

[Gloryroad211]

holy chalido? wat is that.. gotta luv these commentators.

[phishhead11]

holy 'toledo', a city in ohio

[pinezballer]

btw i hope we all remember SECOND GAME IN THE NBA!!!!

[pinezballer]

that dunk was crazy far!!!!

[mitchellintrieri]

and HOLY TOLEEDO its jordan again LOL

[Ousvec]

amanzing

[TeRRoRx503]

LEGEND!

[DukakisNow]

there is no question jordan is #1... NO QUESTION.. if he missed some shots, he'd make them later... if he wanted to steal, he'd get it, if he was fouled hard, hed just go back and dunk on their a.. go mj

[kingrob247]

amen

[BlacknotVsBlacksings]

3:25 nice

[usmanioa]

did mj do this every game

[Mykoveli]

Yes he did, thats why he's the best, he never took a day off.(unlike kobe) these young cats that think that Kobe and Lebron are the shit aint nothing compared to MJ. i'll defend His airness any day of the week until the day I die because I thank the lord I was around to see Mj do his thing. Look at all his videos they post about Mj and you'll learn for yourself. REAL nba PLAYERS KNOW WHO THE BEST IS AND ALways will be!

[brconsular]

i totally agree with you..i am a kobe fan, but MJ is still the greatest player of all time..nobody can replace his airness..HOLY Toleeeeeedo..

[blaq7427]

this was pretty much a typical Jordan game.

Kobe and lebron never play on this level

[breezethrough]

well said.

[ironbull2003]

@blaq7427

LeBron James' first NBA Game

25 points, 9 assists, 6 rebounds, and 4 steals

Michael is the greatest, but saying that LeBron or Kobe never play on "this" level is just idiotic...

[blaq7427]

@ironbull2003 You can't look at stats and tell how well someone played. Jordan played on a level that kobe and leebron haven't in terms of consistency and clutch play

[ironbull2003]

@blaq7427 What the are you talking about?

Defense: MJ was better, but LeBron is the supeior shot blocker

Rebounding: MJ was smarter at getting better positioning... LeBron is still ok

Passing: HANDS DOWN LeBron is a better passer

Shooting: Overall, MJ had a better jump shot.. no question here, but LeBron has a a great shot too

Taking it to the hoop: Both LJ and MJ take it to the hoop at will...

Leader: Both lead their teams...Both made everyone on those teams better..

Stats: VERY similar

[leols1]

@ironbull2003 sorry but when lebron can get a "defensive player of the year"(like mike) award, then you can compare his defense to jordans. jordans 88' stats.

35+ppg. 8.0app 8.0rpg. IN ONE SEASON!! james hasent touched that yet.

Please man,even josh smith averages more blocks then james.

True about the leading thier teams, but jordan lead in ALL stats on his team(other then FG%,.) in his first year.

i can go on but, you get the picture.

[ironbull2003]

@blaq7427 Once again I'm not saying LeBron is better, but you are out of your mind if you believe that LeBron "NEVER" plays on Jordan's level...

[HymanKaplan]

Damn every basket is an icredible highlight!

[Xandrino]

It;s Captain Marvel!

[lilbabygoogoo]

Absolute athletic freak of nature.

[essekco]

NBA trying to fill teams with white people from all around world.I can't enjoy NBA games without real NBA players who is from Afro American people.

[liweiwu007]

i was 9 days old at the time

[MJisKingKobesuckss]

Crazy

[hockeyry]

HOLY TOLEDO!!!

[simplyhot1]

simply the best of all

[TubbyIsaacs23]

Yo man them kicks were Nike Airships, kinda cross between terminator and dunks. He wore them in his first year before the 1`s dropped.

[flopdanuts23]

I dont beleive i have ever seen any moves like this from kobe

[nassuleman]

actualy, the NBA banned jordan's rookie shoes because they were too "colourful" thats why he's not wearing them

[allistaken14]

Das cuz he can't hold the ball like that... small hands:D

[Flowerofchaos]

I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING, THERE'S NOT MUCH YOU CAN SAY ABOUT THIS.

So early in his career but that comment sums up jordan's carreer and abilities as an athlete and basketball player

[Pylecobra]

the dunk at 4:56 is inhuman. The flying motion is unbelievable on that dunk. I think this is the greatest dunk that I have seen MJ do. To be honest, there are several dunks in his so called top 10 dunks, that are not so special by MJ standards.

[Flowerofchaos]

did eveybody see where he took off from?????????

[cbaldwinjr]

From the dotted circle. Not even as nice as the cradle dunk he'd drop on the Knicks in the Garden a few weeks later. MJ is so much better than anyone else that it's not even worth debating.

[authentic76]

yeah, one of the greatest dunks i've ever seen.

[johnthecoolguy]

HOLY TOLIDO!

[dimedropper1992]

Yo man what shoes did MJ wear this game? just wondering cuz i don't remember Jordan signing with anyone at this time?

[LorenzoCastillo7]

I believe he signed with Nike they just didn't have his signature shoes until the second half of the rookie year.

[dimedropper1992]

i kno but specifically what shoes was it at this time?

[LorenzoCastillo7]

I believe they were dunks. Similar to the Jordan 1's but I recall seeing a picture of him wearing some other Nikes. I have been looking but the website of his pictures is shut down for some reason =/

[bigdplaya25]

didnt he run like a 4.3 40 time? he so damn fast!!

[ristlinmajare]

he loves saying that word lol

[phycho187]

u can tell he was gonna dominate the nba sam bowie was ahead of him ????

[flossbee]

Looks as if Jordan is playing in a Senior Citizen's league or something. He took the NBA by storm. Opposing teams were not even remotely ready to defend this new breed of an athlete...

[nikos007333]

Jordan > Lebron

I rest my case.

[arkade2345]

"Here COMES Mr. Jordan is Right!"

[kOrOne79]

I can't believe he pulled off all those moves in just his second NBA game! It's pure joy to watch him at this stage; his game is still raw but you can spot glimpses of what he'd eventually become. And then there's the athletic aspect -- holy cow! The evolution of MJ's game is a thing of beauty.

[bungeishuntou]

great upload! just amazing...

[Fernis]

Holy Toledo!

[blackadam06]

I have this game..

[hoopsencyclopedia]

Great upload. The natural, pure athleticism combined with the natural improvisational instincts combined with the congenital body control were all singular from day one. This perfect blend of physical gifts cannot be taught or practiced and it's unlikely that it will ever happen again. And if it did, you'd still need the supersized hands of course.

[Belcario]

Hoops you're every where man! Great Christmas gift this upload Balthus23...and indeed, I'd agree with the above. Add the insatiable desire to win along with ideal size, and an early mastery of fundamentals from years in College and there's little chance for such a near perfect physical replication...

[dv122]

this games is filled with reverse layups and unbelievable dunks, the dunk at 4:56

[dv122]

3:30 , look at the hang time and the one handed whatever that was.

[jaboo82681]

what a pass!!!!

[Walib]

the G.O.A.T.

[saturndual32]

Every field goal by MJ was a highlight in this game!, haha. So spectacular, so efficient, and this only on his second profesional game. Just amazing!

[mnkhan2020]

1st Game 16 pts

2nd Game 21 pts

MJ was just warming up to his 9th rookie game.