Michael Jordan 1991 Finals: Gm 1 Vs. LA Lakers, 36pts

MJ's very first Finals game started off with a bang. With the Magic Vs. Michael theme being the dream storyline the world wanted, all eyes were on MJ to see if he could knock out the Champ to be the Champ. Game 1 was an almost perfect performance from The Master as he dominated on both ends of the floor -- scoring his customary and efficient 36 on 14-24 shooting while simultaneously guarding Magic the majority of the time. Although Magic's greatness squeaked him a triple double with 19pts, 10 rebs and 11 asts, MJ's maniacal perimeter-post defense allowed him only 5 shots the entire game.

The Bulls however played with nervous energy and the experienced Lakers team kept a close lead throughout the game. MJ switched on his heroics with the use of the 'now dead' stop-and-pop jumper and a supreme, leftward-perimeter-post-fade to eke out a lead in the crucial moments. But, an amazing three pointer by Perkins meant MJ had to do it again. MJ's game-tying attempt was a beautiful shake to offer a clean jumper but to everyone's disbelief, the ball went in and out. And although it was a rare miss by the game's greatest ever clutch player, I remember my close friend from school saying the next day, "That last shot - even his misses are amazing." No need to argue that. Kudos to Scottie's amazing shot at the buzzer as well.

(The rest of this series is uploaded in succession except Game 2 which was uploaded last year. You can find it here www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBseRlgoSLc
For the record, MJ would end the series with some preposterous numbers: 31.2ppg, 6.6 rebs, 11.4 assists, 2.8 steals, 1.4 blocks, 56.64% FG, 50% 3FG and 85% FT).

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[hattamira]

my left ear is asleep :P

[roderick9ful]

@KoachKrab127 Yeah, I call that "old" when you consider that, save for Kareem Abdul Jabbar, the core of Magic Johnson, Byron Scott and James Worthy had been playing together since 1983. If you were to add all of the playoff games they played together, that's the equivalent of TWO EXTRA Nba seasons. Simply put, that's a hell of a lot more than the Jordan and the Bulls played up to that time. The Lakers had their time and the Bulls would have theirs. Had they met in the 80s, Lakers would have won.

[hazmatone1]

@roderick9ful Agreed, Lakers of the 80s would have beat those bulls teams.

[flocka85]

@Dkouts57 i did research on his 1991 weight, and i keep getting 195lbs or 196lbs idk he wat ever weight he was he knew how to work it!

[Dkouts57]

@flocka85

i think by 1991 he may have weighed a little more probably cracked low 200lbs.

he was about 206 in 1993

212-213 in 1996 when playing more post up.

[flocka85]

@Dkouts57 well think about it, Michael was only 195lbs at the time. So he was like an sheet of paper with glue sticking to the air cause he was so light, plus he knew how to carry his weight unlike Patrick Ewing :$

[TheXxliamxx]

last time they met was 1986 bird and michel caeltic vs bulls

[PapiMVz]

dat shit cray

[0004foxhound]

and after this there were 5 more

[jusakoolkid]

Look at that stat line. Neither Kobe or Lebron have done numbers like that in the Finals.

[highflyer1985]

Unstoppable, but I liked that move by Scottie Pippen beginning at 4:31