Michael Jordan 1996: 37 points vs Suns (and Pippen 37 points)

[carollaihk]

Man! too much Jordan, too much Pippen!!!

[kuriaki71]

90s bulls teams greatest of all time

[mclean2010]

scottie fuckin pippen did work ! #teamscottie

[javierhidalgomaradia]

el mejor de mundo, solo michael jordan

[codegeasse2113]

nash killing low key

[lovesauce13]

nash has always been dirty

[doule76]

@lovesauce13 are you serious!?

[scorpionJB]

two guys on the same team score 37 basically shooting jumpers.....craaaaaaaazy

[AceofDlamonds]

I loved the bits of Nash in there....... he was damn agile.

[younmoneyhero]

when did nash get drafted?

[triplehhammer]

@younmoneyhero 96

[markakim30]

1996 draft number 15, kobe is 13

[MrKilluminati248]

pippen is hard from 3 point line.

[mt883]

Michael Finley was a spectacular athlete when he was young.

[ericb3323]

Jordan's fade away was like Kareem's sky hook - defend it how you like, but sh*ts still gonna drop!

[TheMyth619]

Look at Nash playing against the beast himself. Luckly the league got watered down with the weak no touch rules. Nash became a god. This guy wash a scrub. This is how you know all the peremeter players in the era have it easy and are overrated when compared with MJ. Check Nash's stats here then go look at his stats in this weak era. At 52% FG and 40% from the arc with points and assists to boot he's the most accurate shooter in the league now. I don't understand why people don't see this.

[jmaal2345]

@TheMyth619 exactly

[Qique90210]

34 years old wow

[MrFreshman92]

what a career Steve Nash has had since then!!!

[SinistaMinista666]

best defense against Jordan would have to be...shit...there isn't one lol, unless they allowed punchin' someone in the nuts as a legal defensive tactic

[moilezebre]

haha "ainge said make him shoot the fallaway"... first and last time anyone said that

[Jumpman1989]

MJs fadeaway was the most deadly and unstoppable force in the history of the game.

[luislennon]

Nash was great in this game also

[2blessed847]

Wow I totally forgot that the suns had a stack roster of up and coming players and talents however they we're babes. I didn't even know that Steve nash was with the suns at that time and did he ever give a glimps of the years to come with his solid and strong play showing good fortitude of things to come. I also didn't know tha he ever had a crew-cut; looking like a young Tom Cruz on the sideline. As far as pip' and mike-Un-Stop-a-Bulls.

[owen55556]

this vid was in 1997 not 96

[iTzeXile13]

@owen55556

it was the 96-97 season

but this game was on november of 96

[weward]

that was a young steve nash? i didnt notice him..jordan-pippen awesomeness clobbered him on this video...

[mantoniol24]

wow i had no idea robert horry played for the suns lol

[ta4life27]

super duoooo

[Sevensignz1]

i remember this lay up drill/shootaround of a game lol. jordan and pippen dominated. lol a young nash on jordan was unfair.

[634devil]

Steve Nash is 14!

[ShawnMichaelsNo1]

@634devil what jersey number ?

[634devil]

@ShawnMichaelsNo1 No, I was Joking on how young he loooked!

[ShawnMichaelsNo1]

@634devil thank god coz i was like you can clearly see his number lol soz x

[krazzyyo2]

jordan destroyed the garbage suns

[foxredimpala]

Pippen was amazing!!!!

[NBAfuture2]

steve nash and michael finley played for the suns in the 90's

[Leedah337]

Love the Nash

[Jackbookowski89]

Jack9988 if you really like this visit NBAPremium(.)tk you will love stuff there :P

[bpolk80]

Mike had the nastiest fade away ever

[28lebron]

he is the best ever.

[JZ2001JC]

Is that Chip Carey annoucning the game?

[PJHunterTJ]

Thats what I loved about FInley

[PJHunterTJ]

Finley and Nash were a good combo.

[Brandoni73]

DAMMNNNnnn look at how young Steve Nash is... I enjoyed watching the Bulls of 1995-98 take on players who are still playing today.

[tayboggie56]

man when they was both own u had no chance at all

[nuggetney]

this is why this bulls team is the best...... the team work is just superb..... Jordan and Pippen 4ever

[Needforspeed5298]

STEVIE NASH n Micheal Finley came a long way from this game

[twmetal4ever]

its not a travel u fucking retarded homo

[bigdplaya25]

o shit look at young steve nash!! one of my fav. players in todays game!

[Shadowsghost]

damn nash looks so young ^^

[that1guy813]

I remember these days, the bulls was so good my friend wanted to write the president to make it illegal for Pip & Jordan to be on the same team

[jaboo82681]

lmao!!!!!

[tkcwu]

thats first jordan play was clearly a travel.

he get those called for somethimes LOL

[oneman91]

that first play MJ did is called a 'hop step'...not a travel

[tkcwu]

I know what a hop step is.

but on that ocassion his foot got planted before he even released the ball onto the floor. hence its a travel. the foot and the ball has to be on the way down. A more strict ref would need to see the ball on the way down and actually landed on the floor just as the foot plants for it to not be a travel. but refs like that dont exist these days

[mj45jh23sp33]

WRONG U MORON. CLEARLY YOU HAVE NO CLUE

[tkcwu]

haha yeah fuck you.

i have just a little bit more clue than you at the very least muthafucker.

[mj45jh23sp33]

so come u r wrong then?????

[dv122]

what a great team that was. Harper,kukoc,kerr,rodman,jorda­n,pippen and the rest solid skilled players who each had their own skill they contributed to the team. Great assembled team. kudos to jerry krause for putting this team together and assembling the greatest team ever.

[randycash39]

those were the days. i used to love jordan and pip, no homo.

[YouTuber2006]

Linger longer

[randycash39]

Jordan and Pippen, those were the days.

[mafoco82]

was pipp using the jordans (shoe) also?

[bigdplaya25]

lol dude the whole entire team wore jordans shoes 95-98 seasons

[ucfkid67]

Watch out @ 2:16, pippen calls out for a screen and dennis hauls ass down the court, and sets it. Awesome teamwork! I miss these days of basketball!

[heihachi77]

This is why kobe is not better than Michael AIR Jordan!!!

Air Jordan: Theres only one!!!

[ssgoku003]

Man i miss MJ play'n!!If i had a time machine!!!

[ssgoku003]

Ur not goin to 2 a duo like Jordan/Pippen again!!They were unique

[pacolildo]

michael jordan e scottie pippen estavam de mais neste jogo.cavj/08/01/2009/ls/mg/bra­sil

[nh1x]

It's amazing how good Jordan and Pippen were at ages 34 and 32 respectively. Lots of good players on that suns team too, Nash, Horry, Finley, Chapman, and Cassell....but not good enough to handle the bulls this season. People forget that they were almost at good in 97 as they were in 96.

[joekiddlouischama]

Jordan was 33 in this game, although he would obviously turn 34 later in the season, and Pippen was 31. As for the Suns, they went 1-11 that year without their best player, veteran point guard Kevin Johnson, who obviously didn't play in this game. In '96-'97, K.J. was arguably the league's second-best guard after Jordan.

Phoenix was also without its starting center and its defensive and defensive rebounding anchor, John "Hot Rod" Williams.

[joekiddlouischama]

You're right that the Suns still featured good players on their floor, but K.J. was their quarterback, their best scorer, and their best perimeter defender, while Williams was their best interior defender. Remove those elements and you have some good players, but not a good team.

[MJisKingKobesuckss]

You notice both of them Shot over 50 percent this game. The game of basketball is about efficiency thats what today's nba player has to understand. Jordan always shot 49 to 50 percent. Most players today get 35 to 40 pts on 40 to 45 percent shooting.

[rockchalkjayhawk55]

yeah theyre amazing. players need to learn to use their talent like mj and sc33 do. now they use all their talent to make #1 on the highlight reel. Pippen and jordan didnt even care about the highlight reel.players try too hard today. i think lebron james does a really good job of being like this night in and night out. but he still kind of forces shots but he will get better at that as he gets more experience.lebron makes the blocks, rebounds, steals, dunks, assists.

[suckalung]

of course jordan and pippen are ridiculous.

but michael finley is a BEAST!

[kinfolk441]

Jordan and Pippen just abused the Suns. Damn!!!

[UrbanMeyer4prez08]

I like the way you left Nash in this

[dv122]

that announcer sounds like chip carrey

[mirasolcarlo21]

the best tandem in the history of the nba! simply amazing! pippen the best small forward of all time!

[chrisliuly]

waa, haha, who's that young boy in NO.13 jersey

[H4ndych4ndr4]

5/5 stars!!! look at steve nash' spectacular plays in her, but it just look ordinary in front of pippen and MJ lol

[zshah12]

i never looked at it like that,, pippen was robbed, i knew they can beat the knicks any day, but i want to see the airball clip for sure...

[dimedropper1992]

the big 3 from bean town = 60.0 ppg

jordan and pippen= 74

[aznsoysauce]

mike didnt even break a sweat!

[bokie86]

@ 3:32...stve nash was so cute...hahahaha

[kinfolk441]

Hellllllllllllllllllll no!!!!

[wiredshock]

lol 37 points apiece.. the greatest duo baby!

[modneonj]

Wow. You know this video's old when Nash was actually called "kid" lol. Good ol' times.

[jxn23]

Look at the guards MJ is playing against in this video: Steve Nash, Sam Cassell and Michael Finley. 3 guys who are still playing very well in the NBA today - especially Nash.

I love this video because it just shows that MJ would have dominated in any era he played in.

[jordanlover23]

Yeah, I love seeing Cassell -- with no athletic ability to speak of -- still be effective at his age simply due to his smarts and skills. That's because he came from the old school where players had fundamentals. I shudder to think what Jordan with his athleticim and off the charts bball IQ and court awareness would do in today's game.

[dr144]

pippen is in top ten players all time, pippen shouldve went to the finals in 94 and 2000, and probually would have won a championship in 2000, but it was like certain refs didnt want him to win a championship without michael, like that would take something away from jordans accomplishments, u know its true

[Emanuelknicks]

Pippen and the Blazers should ahve gome to the Finals in 2000; they just might have beaten the Pacers, but we will never know for certain.

[nekbeth]

I agree, 94 and 2000 were two of the worst series ever called by refs. 94 (airball by the knicks that never call , if called its was Bulls to the Finals without Jordan) and 2000, refs callings everyting agains the blazers and all in favor of Shaq and kobe, that went all the way to kings series. He also was ROBBED with a DOPY award in the 94 season when he led the league in steals. It all tells that the NBA did not want PIPPEN to win a title w/o Jordan.

[smoke117]

Actually he was robbed of the DPOY in 95. In 94 and the 95 season is when he was at his most dominant....pretty much more dominant then any perimeter player ever has been defensively, but I can live with Dream garnering the DPOY in 1994...he's practically the greatest defensive player of the modern basketball era, but Pippen absolutely deserved it in 1995 and got robbed by Mutombo.

[jimmychuang]

blazers would beat pacer if they went to finals 2000. but the bulls couldnt beat Olajuwon's Rockets in 1994

[supersayinsamoan]

bulls wouldve killed rockets in 94...

[chitownref]

Without a doubt!

[chitownref]

@supersayinsamoan Oh yea they would have destroyed them.

[TrueHeroUnderGod89]

@supersayinsamoan I've always wondered that, but the Rockets were one of the few teams that consistently gave them trouble, and they beat them quite a few times. Bulls never had to go against a dominant center in the finals either. But oh well, we'll never know!

[guellpark]

@supersayinsamoan I agree. Absolutely. Both in 1995. And I think the Spurs in 1999, too

[jimmychuang]

2000

the league didnt want blazers win a title, they wanted the second dynasty...lakers

[dr144]

steve nash, lol, ur playing with the big boys now

[alaskanmarine1]

Always seemed Michael was enjoying himself more the second time around.

[ni2da]

does anyone notice that STEVE NASH is in this gAME??? ha man i bet SCottie pippen would shut his shit down!!!

[rhadden777]

The first 3-4 minutes have great footage of how the triangle offense should be run, with the ideal mix of talent. Three keys: high post touches around the free throw line, low post isolations for the guards (mainly Jordan), and weak side dives from the wing for lobs. On today's Lakers, Kobe especially could kill in that weak side low post.

Mike, bonus points in this video for showing Steve Nash's highlights and his silly crew cut.

[m1283]

mike himself love the AJ's 3,11,13

[khups1015]

wow!!! these guys are the best duo i've ever seen.

[shwkz0]

good!! double 37 point!!

[draylau1984]

WoW,nesh

[truballar2003]

oh yeah.....not to take anything from Mj AND PIPPEN'S performance, but the suns played awful defence. Its ridiculous how many shots went uncontested. I guess why Jordan and pippen looked so fresh after the game.lol

[Retrolock]

Well, im sure the suns of today play awesome defense lol

[jmcorpuz23]

after their win over the knicks tonight,kobe said he likes playing in madison square garden! damn he really wanna be like mike!

[truballar2003]

come on man dont start this.... lebron, wade and carter said that too, most athletes like playing at madison square garden its not that they are trying to emulate mj its just the atmosphere and the ppl bring out the most competetive side of you

[jaboo82681]

6:14 was a beautiful one legged floater

[clarkman83]

Another good rare game! Thanks mlynch07! It did seem strange seeing Nash playing against that Bulls team though! LOL

[peteandjordanlover23]

lol at rrtales comments man u are making me pee in my pants man the 16's where ugly they looked like alligator shit its nasty

[chrisguy90]

you see a pretty rare mj move at 7:28 or so - the shotfake, fakespin, shotfake... a lot of guys, especially kobe and lebron, are doin this move now a days... just goes to show you how their games have been modeled after michael's.

[furyofdawolfx]

Scottie would have given anyone nightmares.. He is just as good or better than all the forwards today. (including carmelo and t-mac)

[chrisguy90]

scottie is/was a lot quicker than melo and tmac... not stronger probably, but his body type was built for slashing, lightning quickness - which is another reason he excelled so much defensively. But, the main diff between scottie and melo/tmac - scottie was a much better passer than melo (who always goes 1 on 1), and a much better finisher than tmac (who seems afraid to take contact, and settles too much for the outside shot).

[jaa0702]

Pippen was stronger. MJ and PIP, I remember them talking about working out upper body strength over the years benefiting them to go against teams like detroit and the knicks whom had mason and oakley.His strength also allowed him dunk with authority over people on fast breaks emphatically. I have seen T-mac and Melo are soft compared to Pippen or Jordan. I remember him saying that upper body strength was for bumping during defense which we saw the effectiveness.

[meetyuju]

It must be enjoyable to see the whole game.

[01gtownhoyasDC]

Nice vid, man!!

[rrTale]

Great post mlynch i love '97 games cause to me Michael never looked better in his championship years than when he was wearin the AJ 12.

Hey Scottie is it the shoes? Well Harper was wearin AJ's too and finished 0-5 from the field. I guess we know the answer.

[clutchcity25]

LOL. Which ones are the best to you? To me, I believe that the '97 Finals and the Black and White 12's he hit the gamewinner with are some of the best, if not the best he ever had.

[rrTale]

Actually the ones he's wearin in this game are just about perfect. I always prefered to watch MJ in red, the black uniform was my second choice and the white in last.

The AJ's ur talkin about were the ones i liked less from the 12 line. I loved the white&red, black&red (he wore those in the Finals Flu game), then the white&black and then finally the black&white u mentioned.

His best shoes to me were the 12's and the 14's, i hated the 13's

[clutchcity25]

How can you hate the 13's?? I LOOVED the 13's. To me it's in order like this from the 10's-14's. The white and red with the white socks weren't all that to me, but they still looked pretty good. I don't know but the 12's he had in the playoffs looked good. I'd kill to see him in those again. Did he play in those white and red ones at home AND away??

But yeah

1st. 12's

2nd. 11's

3rd. 13's

4th. 10's

Last. 14's

^agree?

[rrTale]

Lol no man..More like this:

1st - 12's

2nd - 14's (6th game '98 Finals, LOVE them)

3rd - 11's

4th - 13's

The 10's r completly out of the equation..Some of the uggliest i've seen.

Well i was generalizing about the 13's and i realise its not fair, i liked them but the B&W u can see in Hoops last video against NY i just hate them..The black and reds in the other hand i like very much

[clutchcity25]

I agree with you on the 12's. But you seriouslty like the 14's?? They were ugly in my opinion. I liked the B&W 13's. Black and white on MJ looked so smooth like the black and white 12's. I remember he played Miami in the Conference Finals and he looked so smooth in the 12's.

But the Black and red 12's are good. I LOVED the black and white 13's, I HATED all the other ones. The 11's, ESPECIALLY the black and white and red ones were hot. I've been trying to get those for a while

[rrTale]

OH u gotta love the 14's man..Those lines r beautiful inspired by racing cars. But hey i guess that's why every single shoe that comes out enjoys great success, because ppl have so many different tastes.

But the shoe i hate the most has to be the AJ 16..What the hell was that, specially the black ones..ughhh

[clutchcity25]

U think the 16's were ugly? HAVE YOU SEEN THE 15'S???? OH MY GOODNESS. THEY WERE HORRIBLE. But the 12's were inspired by Samurai Warriors in China or something like that.

But which are uglier: the 15's, 16's, or 10's??

[rrTale]

Lol i understand where u comin from. When the 15's came out i didnt like them either. But what can i say they grew on me with the time..I actually like them a lot now.

Ur confused about the origin of the 12's bro. They were inspired on the Japanese rising sun flag.

16's or 10's? Tough call. They're both just plain uggly IMO

[clutchcity25]

lmao they're both ugly. I'm going to give it to the 16's. Can't get much uglier than that. I really don't see how people could like the 15's. They're hideous. The design and all. Ohhh. It was RED BLACK AND WHITE! Duh!

Best ones you think he's had since his first comeback were......??

[rrTale]

Well i'd say the 12's..Since we couldnt see MJ wearin all the AJ's down to the 22, from the ones we got to watch him wearin the ones that looked better on him were definitely the 12's. What do u think

[jumpnam]

Im gonna say the white/red 13s looked the sweetest. The ones he wore on the road '97-'98season.

[michalus]

great channel great game!

thank U!