Bulls vs Nuggets 1996 - Michael Jordan 39 points

This game was played on Feb. 4, 1996.

The Bulls entered the game on a franchise record 18-game winning streak.

But the Nuggets had no intentions of laying down to be victim No. 19.

Denver came out on fire and exploded to a 31-point lead.

The Bulls fired back in the third quarter, however, and took the lead. Jordan led the furious comeback with 23 third-quarter points.

The Nuggets took control in the end, however, and won 105-99.

Jordan finished with 39, Bill Wennington scored 18 and Scottie Pippen scored 13.

Denver's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf led the Nuggets with 32 points.

The loss took the Bulls' record to 41-4.

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[oldschool11ful]

KOBE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO MJ.....

[ZephyrusDCLXVI]

"This game was played on Feb. 4, 1996."

"Denver's Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf led the Nuggets with 32 points."

If that game was being played during daylight hours, that means Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, a Muslim, had to be fasting (abstaining from any food and drink from sunrise to sunset) because of Ramadan. In 1996, the start and end of the month of Ramadan corresponded to the Jan 20th until Feb 20th.

AMAZING performance!

[fnels12]

I remember this game. This is the best game that I have ever seen the bulls play. I still remember when the bulls started to come back the comentator said, " amazing", now when I watch this I can finally see if my memories were true. I was twelve years old.

[genesters69]

@ @4show81 what are you a nuggets fan? feel sorry for you now!!!! LOL

[blackadam06]

@cuttyb87

"Michael Jordan has never played with scrubs that got significant minutes"

GTFOH LOL!!

What are U 10?!!

Did U even see the Bulls from 1984-87?!! They were AWFUL!!

U couldn't have seen them making these kinda' asinine comments LOL!!

This is WHY people CAN'T STAND kobe fans!

U morons are ALWAYS trying to elaborate on things that U CLEARLY know NOTHING about, just so U can prop him up over others..SMH

That's gotta be 1 of the All Time most IGNORANT comments I've read on here..SMH

[blackadam06]

@cuttyb87

MJ & Kobe vs their team in career Finals FG%

MJ: MJ: 443-911 (49%) > his teammates: 865-1990 (45%)

KB: KB 333-808 (41%) < his teammates: 1041-2161 (48%)

So where's this better team for MJ at again?

Rookie MJ went to a 27 win lottery team that hadn't seen the playoffs since '81 until he showed up! From 1984-89, he played with 43 DIFFERENT guys (3 as starters), and 3 different coaches!!

Kobe went to a team 57 win playoff team with 3 other All Stars other than himself!!

[blackadam06]

@cuttyb87

In fact him constantly going to iso and over relying on jumpers is the BIGGEST reason WHY he's consistently less efficient as a player than MJ.

He's NEVER learned how limit the # of iso's, nor effectively move w/o the ball.

If he knew HOW to do these things (like MJ), it would make it EXTREMELY more difficult for defenses to guard him.

This is also is why he CONSTANTLY struggles against aggressive, physical & tough defenses that double/triple him, whereas MJ EXCELLED against them.

[blackadam06]

@cuttyb87

"Mike accolades are based on what the team allowed him to get"

More like what he went out & earned himself.

"Mike never had to score 81, 63, 65, 50 etc to win a single game in the regular season because his team was horrible."

Idiot..I suggest U go take a look at CHI circa 1984-88

And there's MORE iso in today's era due to the change in the rules, than when MJ played dumb ass!