Chicago Bulls - Indiana Pacers | 1998 Playoffs | ECF Game 2: Jordan with 41 points

[iluvrei]

Bird look like he was gonna kill mj or play to beat him! haha

[TheBloodshower]

look how mad Jordan is in the final seconds. I can't blame him, 6 points is not a lot with 30 secs on the clock, and his teammates acting like there is only 5 secs left

[VIPVICT]

4：01 is insane

[Augray37]

well no wonder the pacers lost, from the video it looks like they only shot maybe three times the whole game.

[RohoicRamz94]

What if Bird never got injured and Magic never got HIV.What if Bird played until 1997 along with Magic...And Len Bias never used cocaine.What if Sam Bowie couldve been healthy.Reggie Lewis never died.

[naiduaj]

@RohoicRamz94 it wouldn't matter.

[Thinker9713]

At age 35 MJ was playing like a 25 year old in his prime.

[PzMjDpr]

Pippen is an animal on defense!!

[jkblackburn1911]

MAN I MISS WHEN THE NBA WAS LIKE THIS!!! The intensity, the crowd, everything was just on another level than today's games! Hopefully this years playoffs will bring the magic of basketball back! There are some good teams and many players have something to prove! The competitiveness is hopefully BACK:0

[Jumpman1989]

that last MJ shot in this game was freaking amazing, masterpiece

[inotiram]

the DAVIS' duo are monsters in rebounds

[fgypsy45]

those playoffs were crazy the bulls had it hard man

[markozesar]

longley, the greatest of all time!!!

[jd55192]

@markozesar Randy Brown for MVP!

[teddet87]

IND had seven turnovers in the first quater to CHI one. What?

[deimiankm8]

como lo mato pip a mark jackson en esta serie x diossss

[KeanBurke]

Reggie Miller is Awesome

[jonnyrisas]

the pacers played tough......what i like to see....

[sudoku28]

all i saw was a man wearing a 23 jersey flying everywhere on the court and scoring

[brian05fubu]

Jordan taking over the game like nobody else

[KurrieK]

3:00 Carmelo Anthony does that move all the time. Maybe he learned the move by watching Jordan in his childhood.

[dmac14af]

Has there ever been a 35 year old who moved like MJ? Good Lord, it's shocking. He looks like a fairly athletic 25 year old. He really took care of his body like nobody else.

[uberathlete]

Goodness this series was thrilling

[uberathlete]

This Indiana team was badass. Relentless. When I watched this back in the day what made me nervous was how physically strong the Pacers big men were, particularly the two Davises.

[FightingForFreedom23]

Fuckin Rodman taking that 3 at the end lol Phil Jackson mustve been laughing his ass off

[wile1701]

MICHAEL JORDAN!!!!! jordan's era is the highlight time of the nba.... how can you compare players of today to MJ?

please don't! he is incomparable, superlative!!!!

[Bballrefman1992]

at 4:31 how did it go from .1 to .2? lol THE NBA. MJ IS THE BEST

[dizza213]

8:06 is one of my favs ever!!! MJ falls then stands up, then makes the basket and under it there are 4 player, 2 of each team who bump in each other!! awesomeness!!!

[LimHK]

Scottie Pippen's defense is just plain amazing to watch. 1:34 to 1:37 is my favorite moment.

I really hope that I can find more videos of the Bull's defensive highlights.

[BrutallyH0nest]

Check out a video called Scottie Pippen "Ultimate Defender" in my favorites list. You won't be disappointed. One of the best defense videos I've ever seen.

[LimHK]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've watched it, and it was awesome!

[diehardBULLSfan]

Another exciting game. MJ is the greatest. That whole team was great. Defense was outstanding. You will never see games like this again. After watching these games no one should want to watch todays nba. This makes it look like a complete JOKE!

[pimpvnhere]

Bull=the greatest team of all time! That Pacers team would beat ANY team in the NBA today!!

[LegendElTerror]

He in the regular season was THE BEST

In the playoffs was a LEGENDARY

And in the finals was a GOD

Best of all times MJ!!

[iluvrei]

@LegendElTerror perfect comment!♥

[Psych09er]

@ 8:05 where he slips & falls, but keeps his dribble.

That's the kind of little thing that defines Jordan's basketball IQ. The fact that he not only did that, but then proceeded to get a good shot off is just awesome.

[elnaturaldude]

These games were a basketball clinic. Defensively and offensively. The league had great players all around the nba was truly competitive.

M.J.= best ever!

[markozesar]

fuckin' kobe, he made a copy-paste of the jordan game, but he'll never admit it. kobe exist in the nba cause of jordan's game.

[TKollaKid]

wow, brilliant comment. I cannot agree with you more. The thing I can't stand about Kobe is how arrogant and pompous he is about it too. It's like he invented that style or something. I was so happy to see him loose last year in the finals. LOL!!

[outspoken34]

Kobe has always admitted that he studied MJ's game from the beginning, watching all his videos, games, his moves, everything (like millions of other kids). His influence is undeniable, but Kobe Bryant got Kobe Bryant into the NBA. MJ didn't give LA those 3 championship trophies. Old fashioned hard work, discipline, and a smidgen of luck is what got Kobe where he is today.

[lumpyloks]

you can't blame kobe, everybody wanted to be like Mike.

[MagicJBalla21]

@lumpyloks You left out Lebron james

[loveshot7]

What a pass by Pippen at the end of the second quarter!

Jordan for the buzzer...

[ElephantRage]

People talking about lebron and kobe should take a look at vids like this. jordan came from another planet and a far one. Defense was savage those days. If we translate jordan's prime into today's game he would score 45 every single night on 53% shooting.

[romadkern]

so so true...or better yet...tell them to watch one of his entire seasons with the bulls...lol dont even matter which one to be honest.....one season of Jordan>>>>every season of lebron and kobe

[jeanrollan]

You ain't hardly lying!

[draylau1984]

9:00

[ShaolinSurfer777]

Damn dude...If only the Bulls woulda kept Horace Grant or Charles Oakley. They woulda wreck havock on the defensive end.

[dv122]

no! the traded oakley for cartwright. they needed cartwright. they didnt have a legit center and carwright with horse was an awesome and underrated front court. then they traded will purdue for rodman. rodman fit better with the second 3 peat team and rodman was alot better of a player. everything worked out prefectly and they got the best out of every circumstance. if jordan wouldnt have retired they wouldnt have had that deep off a team in 96. like harper and rodman

[dv122]

i disagree with u strongly. the cartwright trade for oakley was a great trade and if we would have kept oakly we wouldnt have won the first 3. barkley once said that the bulls front court of grant and cartwright was the toughest he ever went up against. grant developed into a better player the oakley and we didnt need oakley. also we got rid of grant right on the down side of his career. rodman was a better player in the time we had him compared to grant.

[arkade2345]

cartwright was the great nuetralizer against ewing. teh refs respected cartwright and let him get away with a lot more bumping and banging against ewing then a perdue or king could. cartwright was huge to teh bulls success against teh knicks in teh 90's. jordan even admitted that he was wrong about the oakley/cartwright trade

[dv122]

grant was a better pf anyways. he was bigger,more athletic and mixed well with cartwright. the starting lineup from the first 3 peat was better then the starting lineup from the second 3peat its just that the team from 96-98 was much deeper with alot more size. it was just an amazing backcourt with pippen and jordan with the solid front court of cartwright and grant with all those skilled players fitted around them to make the perfect team. ppl like kerr,paxon,harper,kokoc,rodman

[norsemustang]

Bulls had game 4.

[soulsportstube]

PACERS HAD GAME 7

[PEPEelZAPATISTA]

what a retard... ya wish

[wtfmate12]

oh yea, and MJ hit last second shots in the first three quarters too lol

[PEPEelZAPATISTA]

i agree... how often do you see this kind of intensity throughout a game now a days?

never ever...

[uberathlete]

The Pacers back then were one effin hardnosed team. Definitely worthy opponents in the ECF.

[wtfmate12]

rodman, pippen, jordan, and harper were BEASTS defensively, I'd argue that this Bulls team was the best defensive team EVER.

[IceJones29]

Agreed, I hated them at the time just because they always beat my Hornets :P but looking back, watching them play is a joy.

[Kestrel222]

wow the pacers really deserved a lot of credit for withstanding the Bulls and pushing them to 7.. never been a better defensive trio in the history of the game than money, pip and dennis

[norsemustang]

Love watching both Jordan and Pippen playing defense. Beautiful.

[seanmagicjuan]

this was a 35 year old Michael Jordan

[josette5]

at 8:04 that was awesome

[MikeJustbringit]

FUCK YOU!!

[avelupaceMiller]

you're just jealous cause you probably can't play bball like him..

wahahahhahahahha

[ihategoingbald]

man do I miss MJ

[deonh79]

that was awesome, but mike walked on that last fade-away

[kOrOne79]

Do you really think the refs call that? They let the superstars do their thing, remember the unbelievable walk by Lebron against the Wizards. That one was just plain horrible.

[deonh79]

i know they let superstars get away with stuff that marginal players wont, i was just stating the obvious...i wouldnt've called anything on MJ

[dpistons149]

@kOrOne79 yeah but jordan got more calls than anybody in nba history.just ask the knicks haha

[teddet87]

@deonh79 after you pick up your drible you get two steps.

i think this might be the most exciting bulls series.

[helenlundeberg]

@deonh79 he slipped it's not like he wanted to travel !

[deonh79]

@helenlundeberg no shit. no one WANTS to travel

[at1212b]

Great game.  I remember rick smits giving the bulls a tough match up in this series (and for others as well).

[Amir883]

That is the best Defense I've ever seen lol. Holy crap.

[xee00]

This was when both teams were at their greatest. It was too bad Miller never got a ring. The pacers could have beat the Lakers back in 2000.

[Wardfolio]

I miss these days. I Dont even watch TV anymore,or listen to music past 1998. Im 29 and I feel you folks of this generation. No wonder everyone is remaking everything and trying to bring my generation back. LOL!

[bzgal]

i like mike, to how to play b-ball he is

a technician and scientist in the NBA

no ones can stop the air

[rsx2]

Bulls defense, WOW! Intense.

[JosephO75]

Thanks, i remember watching these games with my dad when I was little. It brings back memories.

[uberathlete]

Goodness. This series was frenetic. Absolutely hard fought by both teams.

[scherifin]

rebound and defense are the key of basketball ,that was chicago bulls secret

[stefanswe]

True, but I'm pretty sure that was every championship teams secret

[danenairb03]

@scherifin just as chuck always says...

[JonnyM86]

this is back when the nba was good. go bulls!

[RaulBillieJean]

thanks for postin

[jeanrollan]

Jordan is the only player that simply has no weaknesses.

[AH1997]

cosign, what makes it more impressive was that he turned his weaknesses from his early days into his strengths

[stefanswe]

Man, sometimes you forget how good Pippen actually was. Obviously not in the league with Jordan but Pippen could hold his own to say the least.

[soowuave]

It's just something about when Mike played that brought a certain energy to an arena. One like no other.

[chrisguy90]

LOL he hit the last shot in the first 3 quarters, then his amazing shots at crucial periods in the 4th... incredible

[Basil1976]

Ive watched this 3 times now.. Jordans intensity at key moments is chilling..

[romish12]

he is not human

[sfhguibnbhq]

the concentration... Jordan slips onto one leg on the floor and keeps the ball dribbling. Incredible.

[glr311975]

pip was a monster on defence.love those aj13´s though.

[nunadas]

I hate them. To me the shoes that suited him better were the AJ12's and AJ14's

[Basil1976]

Its all abot the Defence..how quick is Jordan to cover his man ! intimidating !!

[lahloo]

mark jackson is a fucking loser...pippen raped him in this series...just shows how fat and slow of a point guard Mark Jackson was.

[babydawg1991]

lmfao real talk

[mnysvr]

I can't believe that this is the series in which the Pacers pushed the Bulls to a decisive 7th game. It's like having someone saying that he was able to go 15 rounds with Ali before being unconscious.

[jordanunbeatable2345]

when he retired in 1998 he should have been inducted 2008, next year but stubborn he his he has to wait till 2013 to be inducted because he retired again in 2003.

[nunadas]

Actually i think its a 5 year period, so he should be nominated to the Hall of Fame in 2008

[m1283]

f mark jackson said that kobe s btr than mj, fuck him! his like a baby crying for a spilled milk! they lost to the bulls!!!! brtttttttt

[KCAccidental101]

No wonder why Mark Jackson thinks Kobe is better than MJ, he's just bitter. What a loser.

Great game. Thanks, kOrOne79.

[alaskanmarine1]

not to mention gets posterized in game 5 by michael and is the same player that tries to jump with michael in that knick game back in the 88 season where michael out leaps everyone and catches the lob pass.

[m1283]

guys, pls answer wen does mj inducted n d hall of fame?

[mazinger2]

I think MJ should have won the DPOY award 7 or 8 times. He was the best defensive guard in the league all those years and you shouldn't penalize a guard for not blocking as many shots because if MJ was 7 feet he would lead the league in blocks every year.

[tazbomberman]

great upload !

the defense of the Bulls was amazing

[kOrOne79]

Thanks, I miss this kind of defense a lot today. For me, it was always an integral part of the game.

[stephenmorita]

One interesting stat about Jordan from his youth, just thought it'd be interesting to share:

In 1988, a few months into the season, in addition to leading the league in scoring, Michael Jordan led the league in steals and had more blocks than 18 of the league's 25 starting centers. That's one of the most ridiculous stat I've ever heard of. Nobody has ever had 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season. Mike did it twice.

[kOrOne79]

I didn't knew that he led most of the centers in blocks as well, incredible.

[blackadam06]

Yeah, the only other players to field 200 steals & 100 blocks in a season, were Pippen & Olajuwon..but they only did it "ONCE" each for their careers. MJ did it "TWICE" LOL!! & back-2-Back seasons at that LOL!!

[jordanlover23]

And, not to make this an MJ vs. Kobe thing, but I'd like people to note the defensive energy exerted by Jordan in this video. Watch closely. He's 35 years old here, not 28. This is why Jordan was still placing top 4-6 in DPOY voting from '95-'98 and Kobe was around 25th this year and off the voting list last year. I laugh when people act like Kobe and Michael had equivalent defensive impact -- Jordan is 35 YEARS OLD here, people!

[kOrOne79]

I try to show Jordan's defense as well, because there are guys who insist that he didn't play defense on the second 3-peat run. That's ridiculous.

[jordanlover23]

You're preaching to the choir here. I wish I could upload full games from my DVD's (don't know how), because this one game vs. Toronto in 1998 (where he hit the game-winner), he had 5 steals, 3 blocks, and about half a dozen other deflections and near-block intimidations, all while taking Chauncey Billups totally out of the game. It was amazing how disruptive he was defensively even at age 35 -- and without gambling, at that. Dude was just amazing defensively.

[kOrOne79]

From Ultimate Sports, May 6, 1998:

"In addition to winning his tenth scoring title, Jordan is selected to the All-Defensive first team for a record ninth time. Jordan was the leading vote getter on the defensive team, collecting 25 first-place votes from the 29 NBA coaches."

If you need an advice or tools for DVD ripping, just pm me.

[jordanlover23]

Wow, 25 of 29 first-place votes from the coaches? Incredible. Too bad we only know the exact DPOY voting back to 1996, and don't know the defensive team coach's voting at all. I do know that in addition to winning DPOY in '88, Jordan finishes 2nd in DPOY voting two other years, in '93 and I think 1990 (the commentators say it during game videos).

[blackadam06]

These kids kill me with the "he took off on defense" nonsense. I alway point out MJ has a DPOY award & 3 steals titles & avgd 35 pts while winning it. The next closest scorer to win it avgd 27 pts. Guards "RARELY" win DPOY. He was the 1st player to record 200 steals and 100 blocks in a season, & did it in back-2-back seasons, making him the "ONLY" player to have done that. Olajuwon & Pippen did it in "ONLY" 1 season. No one "takes off" on defense & accomplishes defensive awards like that..

[joseucr23]

the last two baskets from MJ...That´s why he`s the best

[blackadam06]

Can u believe he played that entire season with a torn ligament in his index finger on his shooting hand? LOL!! This was his worst year shooting the ball (48%) & that's STILL better than any of the 2 guards playing now, BEST shooting year LOL!! Who but MJ does s*** like that? LOL!!

[stephenmorita]

This was a 7 game series, IMO this Indiana series was the most competitive series the Bulls played during their second three-peat. The Pacers had great ball-handlers to negate some of the Bulls pressure defense. Rik Smits was a nightmare matchup for the Bulls big men, Reggie Miller was a great scorer, the Pacers had better role players. This series was really a test of Michael and Scottie's skill.

[kOrOne79]

Exactly. This was the greatest threat the Bulls had to face in their second 3-peat run.

[stephenmorita]

Reggie, Mark Jackson, Rik Smits, Chris Mullin, Antonio & Dale Davis, Jalen Rose, Travis Best, and Derrick McKey. That's a legit 9 deep, 10 if you include a young Austin Croshere.

The Bulls were Mike, Scottie, Rodman, Kukoc, Harper, Kerr, Longley, Scott Burrell, and Bill Wennington. That's a huge difference 6 through 9. Even Kukoc and Harper aren't up to par with top 6 or 7 of Indiana.

[blackadam06]

I 2nd that emotion. The Pacers were a damn good team & probably would've won the title that year had it not been for the the will of MJ. In the end, that's what ALWAYS broke teams..is indominable ability to simply WILL his team to victory against any & all circumstances..

[stephenmorita]

I agree with you. That's the thing that separates Michael from Kobe and everybody else. It's unexplainable, he was just amazing. "The Flu Game" for example, that was the most amazing sports performance, I've ever seen in my life. The desire to win that game, playing to the point of dangerous exhaustion, having an IV and drinking Gatorade for 45 MINUTES afterwards. There will never be another Michael. Challenges like this, and Michael's ability to beat them, make him the greatest ever.

[det916]

Sorry man, but the Pacers simply would not have beaten the Jazz. They were a team custom taylored, by Bird, to beat the Bulls. That doesn't, in any way whatsoever, indicate that they were a team that would've beaten the Jazz.

[jaboo82681]

Oh I know, imma Bulls fan so im glad they lost but Chicago came very close to losing that series

[stephenmorita]

I never mentioned anything about beating the Jazz. My point is that this series was the hardest series for the Bulls during the second three peat. By saying that the Pacers were tailored to beat the Bulls, that's proving the point that this series was the hardest series for the Bulls to win.

[kOrOne79]

Wow, that's 8 months too late, man ;-)

Seriously, I agree completely. There's no doubt that this was the hardest, tightest series of the second 3-peat run. I remember the tenseness when I watched it live at night in Germany. I had to work the other day but I didn't care, I watched every single Bulls playoff game that year. It all paid off in the end when Jordan hit the game winner against Utah, it was indescribable. To this day the best sport moment I've experienced, ever.

[KnightsHuSayNee]

@kOrOne79 I know this is way, way late. But as a diehard bulls fan at the time I can say that this Indiana series was by far the most scared I ever was watching the Bulls with Jordan in the 90's. There were only a handful of times where I truly doubted Chicago would win the series:

After Game 1 against LA in 91

After Game 2 against New York in 93

Late in Game 6 against Phoenix in 93

Midway through Game 7 against Indiana in 98

Late in Game 6 against Utah in 98

[bcjclj]

I totally agree with you, and to make matters worse the Jazz had like 11 days off while the Bulls had to go 7 games. Utah had every advantage even home court and they still didn't stand a chance.

[jaboo82681]

I agree, I think Indiana should have won that series. If Kerr's 3 doesn't go in after MJ beat Smits in that jump ball tip in game 7 I think Indiana goes on and plays Utah in the Finals

[stephenmorita]

MJ would beat a 7'4'' dude for a jump ball to win a series. That's a brief summary of Mike's will.

[sportjames23]

This series should have been over in 5 games. Miller got away with a blatant offensive foul, which if it was called, would have given the Bulls Game 4 and a 3 games to 1 lead. Chicago would have finished the Pacers off in Game 5 in Chi-Town.

[at1212b]

That I remember. It was front and center, in the refs and the camera. There's a difference between bumping and playing football on the basketball court.

[jordanlover23]

The play at 8:04 is one of my all-time favorites from Jordan. The ball control on the initial reverse spin on the pick & roll, losing his footing and falling, yet having the poise and concentration to maintain his dribble, avoiding the reach-in from behind, and then taking a quick dribble to set the defenders up and finishing by taking a hop step between them to split them and hitting a fadeaway. Amazing poise.

[stephenmorita]

Watching Michael is such a treat.

[rezzo1]

fuck, this is hot