Michael Jordan 1993 Playoffs: Gm 4 Vs. NY Knicks, 54pts.

This was a scary performance by MJ. With an injured shooting wrist, MJ was coming off one of his worst shooting games ever in game 3 - going just 3-18 for 22 (but with a near triple double with 8 rebs and 11 asts). With the media on him, MJ produced 54pts but the scary part was how he was able to shoot 60% on call. Of course, we saw this happen over and over hundreds of times throughout his whole career but it still never ceased to amaze. This was what MJ was all about - playing in a zone. But the scary part was how he was able to turn it on at will and do it all the time. This performance was just another notch in his legendary masterpieces and it was a badly needed one as the Bulls were threatened on their march to their first 3-peat by the powerful Knicks.

With the bruiser NY team winning the first two games, MJ made sure game 4 was theirs by shooting deep jumpers over Starks. Going 6-9 in treys and 18-30 overall, he had a 'quiet' 54. Of course, it's always more fun seeing the dunks and drives but on fundamentals alone, MJ was still his spectacular self and of course, his efficiency guaranteed the only thing that really mattered: victory. As usual, on national TV, when everyone was watching how he might rebound off a bad game, with a knob on his injured wrist, MJ played - just like MJ.

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[MrJo1414]

Thumbs up if you think MJ could have scored 100 or average 45 with todays rules

[JrSkyWarrior25]

Michael Jordan = The GOAT!

[TheBdavis231]

John Starks made 23 accounts and disliked this

[Peifer314]

best pull up jumper in the history of the nba

[guellpark]

There is no defence that could have stopped him.

[geek03]

it took them 50 points to get john starks off of jordan??? hahaha every point seemed to be on poor john starks... this a game after he almost gets in a fight with mj... shouldn't have woke the giant...

[pogithebear]

derell walker got burned! "now i know how he feels 'every' night"

[brainiac101693]

Haha. Doc Rivers.

[tribefan9112003]

Poor Pat Riley...

[scorpionJB]

@wornoutshoes11 no player in the history of the nba has been hyped more than LEBRON JAMES, so I don't even wanna hear it...your argument about Eddie Jones is baseless, considering the fact he had 6 more years of advanced basketball experience than Kobe did, so there was no way Kobe was going to start in his rookie season....I was a fan of Eddie, but he was mainly a slasher and a stand still 3 point shooter, whereas when Kobe matured, he could hit a shot from anywhere on the court