1996 Bulls V Sonics Game 3

The Bulls came out & TOTALLY dismantled the Sonics in this game. They pounded them virtually ALL game long. Barring a barrage of defense & offense displayed by the Sonics in the 3rd quarter, in which the Sonics outscored the Bulls 23-13 to "Somewhat" get back in it, the Bulls Blitzed them right off the court. The 3-headed monster for the Bulls (MJ, Pip & Rodman) did their thing, but Kukoc & Longley stepped up "BIG" in this rout..

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[bmoreboy731]

ok can everyone just stop comparing MJ to Kobe? its honestly just getting kind of annoying. Both played in different eras for different teams and with different expectations, therefore nobody can say for certain that one is better than the other.

[blackadam06]

@bmoreboy731

Bullshit..we can look at their consistent body of work as players to determine who's better.

Everytime U guys say: "they played in different eras", that only HURTS kobe in this comparison because he's currently playing under rules that were designed to FAVOR wing players, which also has enabled them to be the dominant scorers in today's era, and he STILL can't consistently put up equal or better production than MJ.

A 39-40 yr old MJ avg'd 22/4/4 in THIS ERA just a few yrs ago!

[bmoreboy731]

@blackadam06 However, the average NBA teaa's PPG were at all-time highs in the 80's and 90's when Jordan played, so he benefited from a league wide emphasis on offense. Plus, even though Jordan played less games than Bryant has, he put up 3.5 thousand more shots than Bryant, so he had more chances to score. Now, dont get me wrong, Jordan was better than Kobe ever has been or will be, but i just want to point out that the rule changes have favored both players as opposed to just Kobe.

[blackadam06]

@bmoreboy731

"However, the average NBA teaa's PPG were at all-time highs in the 80's and 90's"

No, just the 80's...the 90s was the LOWEST era for team scoring, due to it being a defensive era, which is WHY they changed the rules to increase scoring for this era & that's a fact.

[blackadam06]

@bmoreboy731

"The [rules changes] did what they were [supposed] to do -- [open up] the game. Scoring average has [increased] from an average [93.2] points per game in the 1998 season to this year's [100 per game]. [Overall FG%] has [increased] from [43.2%] in 1997-98 to [48.3%] this season. [3-point %] has [gone up] from [.326] 11 years ago to [.376] this season."

-- David Aldridge: "Rules changes have affected defensive philosophies"; April 23, 2009

I think that says it all..

[CarliHarper]

Sonics 1996 have the most beautiful court in NBA history ! Key Arena flour with green and red + Sonics logo is so fantastic !

[thesouthotmack]

Let's see Kobe put up 60+ vs. the 80's Celtics. Kids, kids, kids.....

[boredfun91]

@lumipifeslb ESPN makes the comparisons. It was so funny during the finals this year when they compared the finals statistics of Lebron and Kobe to those of Magic and MJ and they clearly didn't stack up. It was the first time they ever showed a graphic with that type of disparity, I was actually very surprised.

[lumipifeslb]

@bmoreboy731 Yes u can. Jordan is way better. but i agree you with you in 1 thing: Stop stupid comparisons

[maplestoryisthebestr]

@steveforprez04 no. its that howard schultz fault, he became a cry baby and sold the team.

[hoopfan71]

The 95-96 Bulls ran the triangle to near-perfection that year. Their floor spacing was excellent, and they played on a string defensively. The Sonics were a great team that year, but MJ and the Bulls got in the way. BTW, comparing Kobe to MJ is insane, and the version of MJ in this video is not representative of MJ at his peak.

[uberathlete]

@blackadam06 holy crap, those are ridiculously large increases in %s. Those rule changes really did work.