Michael Jordan - 1985-03-09 - Chi v Uta

[BigCrockDawg]

This game was on my 2nd birthday lol. I wish I could've remembered him back then :) championship years I knew.

[Bwayneallday]

its impossible to imagine somebody being better than this.

[latinoheatwhoa]

i love it when mj dunks for the first time and the commentator yells SLAM DUNK hahahahahhahaha i almost shitted my pants

[goblinlocc]

LOL at this time i was only 2mth yrs old LOL!! 

[elwin38]

@goblinlocc LOL!! I WAS 16 going on 17(may7)!!

[onblock7]

Golden from UTAH was balling! Yes MJ had highlights here but that dude stole the show that night it seems lol. I guess he didn't want a rookie outshining him! He is not known well but damn dude went off with 39 there. Great upload and I enjoyed it all! I love the old highlights from Jordan rarely seen.

[Marvelfanforlife]

Jordan did great in the first half then was taken out in the second half though he got hot near the end. Stockton was great here too. Both played like veterans.

[gcbjjjpm]

As great as Jordan was, he was "the anointed one" by the NBA higher-ups.  The refs gave him 95% of the calls, and eventually the opposition learned that you couldn't guard him the same way as other players - because they'd whistle you for a foul.

Make no mistake, Jordan's greatness can also be attributed to the grand plan. That is why I don't watch the NBA. It is not legitimate. Hasn't been. Isn't now.

[mnkhan2020]

comparing to a overrated fuck like Kobe, MJ doesn't even got 50% of the calls in hisentire career. Refs give Kobe calls even when there is no foul. go figure.

[hirokeo]

Stars always get special treatment. It called life. You could say that about any star btw.

[Soundtrack1000]

that's not truth

[rjpsuh06]

Jim Nantz is the color analyst for Hot Rod Hundley of the Utah Jazz. Months after this game, Nantz would join CBS. Nantz would do playoff games for the NBA on CBS in 1986. Too bad he doesn't do the NBA anymore.

[westy44cal]

When a SG leads his team in EVERY category including BLKS, and REBS. That just goes to show you how bad these early Bulls teams were and why it was so impressive that they even made the playoffs with a team packed with BUMS. Other than OAK who was OK at this point everyone else is a play ground legend at best LOL. MJ FTW!

[sbeallvln]

Oak wasn't there yet in 85. When you watch Woolridge play, you can see he actually has about as much talent as Jordan. I'd compare Woolridge favorably to Vince or T-Mac, but he was messed up on coke. Jordan said that first team in 84-85 has as much talent as any of his championship teams.

[MauryDann73]

I'm assuming this was a TV-radio simulcast, because the p-b-p guy is describing every single thing going on in the game. At least I hope it was a simulcast.

[ssshonnn]

i want one of them vintage white bulls jersey... clean

[saturndual32]

Great, rare highlights with my favorite announcer ever.

Thanks!

[soxpacker]

holy shit, i was at this game.

[Ryss4Life]

Great video...... thanks for the upload!

[rrTale]

Listen to the commentator starting at 3:53. MJ averaged 25ppg in the JV team! And didn't get called to the varsity team. Now this I didn't know! Common knowleadge is that he wasn't good enough. What kind of a scrub averages 25ppg?

Great stuff thanks for the up rairjordan

[yaiqab]

@rrTale

Alot has been overblown about Jordan in high school. The story being pushed is that Jordan was cut from his team and what is implied is that he couldn't play. The fact of the matter is that he was a 15 year old trying to play with 17 year olds. He was always a phenom. The varsity team used to come to the JV games to watch him play because he was already a legend in Wilmington.

[Amir883]

Hah the play at 2:25 they said Corzine walked 8 steps and he didn't even have the ball in his hand till before he took his final 2 steps. And that last play he dribbled and took 2 long steps, but still no travel. Surprisingly Jordan missed a lot of free throws, which is unusual.

[ksmall82]

Dr. Dunkenstein had some sick hops!

[ksmall82]

Sick, SICK reverse lay up @ 3:25. Never seen that one before.

[bwink23]

no in hell was that last shot a walk..that's just one of those things where jordan was so quick people would think he traveled.

[mnkhan2020]

That wasn't a walk at all. That was a perfect 2-step power drive with incredible hangtime jumper. Refs didn't call it a walk rightfully. fucking commetrator should learn Bball b4 making stupid statement. Must be a utah commentrator.

[Soundtrack1000]

yes it is, Hundley:))))))

[jordanlover23]

That sequence at the end where he hesitates, then splits the attempted double out on the perimeter by bringing the ball high (Jordan invented/popularized this move, like so many others) to avoid a swipe by Stockton, then smoothly goes down the lane and hangs with the ball in one hand while kissing it off the glass is AMAZING.

[brian05fubu]

insane fake at 0:45. G.O.A.T

[popeyeisgood]

thanks for the upload.

did he really travel at the last play? that's a great one handed pump shot .

and the reverse layup is just ultra acrobatic, i really want to know the reactions of the audiences when they first saw this from mj.

[chrisaspiration]

griffith was pretty athletic back in the day

[khashah]

He had a 48'' vertical coming into the NBA.

[det916]

lol, griffith was very athletic back in the day. dude could JUMP, man.

[utfanatic2000]

great upload.

[SPMJ]

Thanks.

[juju100000]

good wk