NBA NBC 96 Playoffs Game 3 ECF Ending

[boicsunla05]

Damn that was some good video from the 90s. What was that song at the end, when they were promoting the events? I used to know. Anybody.

[WizzoPro9476]

O yea! That was TOTTALY 1996!

[LilScotty777]

man the nba was more competitve back in the 90's..in the 2000s it was all washed up...the 2010s should be great..cuz hopefully nba on abc bullcrap will be gone lol...

[mjwatts1983]

Can someone explain to me why the NBA moved to cable only enterprise? I think that is what kills sports is because not everyone has cable.

[mistacheeto]

only 67 points? damn

[robinhood225]

lol look at the girl checkin' out michael jordan's ass at :50

[JayM1646]

@robinhood225: too bad MJ was sitting down...

[bulls7123]

Man I loved this series, this is really when I started following basketball, this series sort of ushered me in to the NBA. I want to see more Magic games on youtube from the mid-90's.

[denniedoll]

wow NBC had alot until fox came

[palmercomm]

The NBC Sports promo uses an adapted version of Randy Edelman's "NFL on NBC" theme.

[LindsaysGirls]

NBC as a whole rocked back in the 80s and 90s. NBA on NBC is the best ever, but NBA on TNT have been holding the ship since ABC has shitty coverage.

[Shawn2689]

man these were the days.... nba on nbc.. i was born in 1989 so i was a kid in these days.. but i remember well. I miss these days so much.

[TripleThreatUS]

Malibu Shores??? Kidz in the Wood?? WTF?

[hterwq]

good game

[kouji4797]

Roundballrock stormy!

[chinhood]

nah it was horace grant that was injured

[jasoul07]

See this is what I'm talkin about. Weekend and Holiday games came on early in the day not 9PM like now. I wish ABC didnt show all those games so late. It kills the interest on the East coast.

[AllWorldProduction]

Taking me back to when i was a boy. Amen.

[Deriv44]

man the magics could not get a break in the mid-90's get sweep by hakem in the finals then get sweep by the bulls in the confrence finals

[TRJ22487]

Indiana swept them in 1994. Utah and San Antonio swept Shaq in 1998 and 1999

[FreshWesss]

Yes, before Shaq won the championship finally in 2000, he was always swept out of the playoffs... Broom-Shaq-a-lack-aaa.

[MrKing21]

Karl Malone, John Stockton, David Robinson, Tim Duncan, Gary Payton, Scottie Pippen, Reggie Miller, Alonzo Mourning and Allen Iverson are some of the greats and they were all still playing in 2000.

[MrKing21]

Malone didn't retire until 2004, Stockton in 2003, Payton in 2007, Pippen in 2003, Robinson in 2003, Miller in 2005, Mourning in 2007 (maybe). All of whom were still in their primes in 2000 when Shaq won his first championship. Also you left out Duncan and Iverson who were in their primes when Shaq won all his titles and are still in their primes. You said "ALL the greats retired" and that was not at ALL true. Shaq faced Duncan and Iverson in the playoffs and beat them both.

[MrKing21]

Duncan & Iverson were old in 2000, 2001, and 2002? Again you said "ALL the greats." Not true and you know it that's why you continue to leave out Duncan & Iverson. I mean if you want to be nit picky I could point out the fact that Jordan won all his titles after Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, and James Worthy were past their primes. I didn't see Jordan beating the Showtime Lakers or the Celtics when Bird was healthy. He finally beat the Bad Boy Pistons in 1991 on his 5th try.

[MrKing21]

People have said the same thing about Jordan's Bulls as well. Many people feel the NBA "manipulated" games so that the Bulls would win and promote their biggest star Michael Jordan to the championship stage. Unlike Magic and Larry, Jordan only played with one other future Hall of Famer (Pippen), But I'm not trying to hear this the Lakers and Heat didn't win their titles fairly. That's just the flavor of the month right now. The Bulls, Lakers, Spurs, and Heat all won their titles fair and square.

[cbaldwinjr]

The Blazers were swept in 2001. The Kings choked at home in Game 7. And MJ had the same benefit of a watered down league as Shaq did. MJ NEVER played a legit center in the Finals and the only superstar centers he did play (Ewing and Shaq) in anywhere close to their prime gave his teams trouble. Also, MJ didn't beat the Celtics, Pistons or Lakers until those teams had aged and their time had passed. So it works both ways

[pretzelpimp]

Magic had just won 2 straight MVPs and was on the all-nba 1st team the year MJ beat the Lakers

[JZ2001JC]

How the heck was the league watered down in the 90s??? And don't say expansion because those two teams added in 95 are the usual 2-3 12 win teams in the league every yr in its existence. And no MJ never played the star center in the FInals but he beat them in earlier rds (Ewing, SHaw, Mutumbo) and those guys were all in the peak of their careers in the 90s. ANd who cares if Bird and Magic aged, MJ's teams still would beat them int heir peak--since athletically MJ and his teams>Bird&Magicteams

[JZ2001JC]

By the way thats SHaq not Shaw. SOrry for the typo.

[cbaldwinjr]

Jordan didn't win anything until Magic, Bird and the Pistons got old too. It's a cycle. The NBA used to be about having to lose before you won. Now, with the fundamentals being lessened, kids not exactly growing their games in college, and the talent pool watered down by expansion, it's a little more of a crapshoot. But punishing Shaq for going through the same thing many players did is a little silly