Bulls vs Heat 1997 - Game 4 - Michael Jordan 29 points

The Bulls lost this game, 87-80, but who cares?

Even in a loss, Michael Jordan shows what made him the greatest player we've ever seen.

After a horrendous - almost embarrassing - three quarters of basketball, MJ exploded in the fourth to bring his Bulls back.

Jordan hit just 9 of 35 shots, but most of them came during an important stretch in the fourth, that almost led the Bulls to an unbelievable comeback in game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Even in a game where he could not hit anything for three quarters, Jordan finished with a game-high 29 points.

This game is also well-known for two reasons:
1) Alonzo Mourning guaranteed at Heat victory - which he delivered on.
2) Mourning's huge elbow gave Scottie Pippen a nasty bump on his head.

Ugly game all around, but Jordan was beautiful to watch late in the game - as he always is.

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[blackadam06]

@dragmaster

"hes (kobe) human he has bad games"

That's just it: he CONSISTENTLY has in the biggest games. He's shot 40% or LOWER in 5 finals now! He was a COMBINED 11-36 (30%) in ALL the 4th qtrs of last year's finals & was 6-24 (25%) in Game 7, tying his own record for the MOST MISSED shots in finals history.

Career wise he's 37-97 (38%) in Game 7's; 38-108 (35%) in 5 title clinchers & is 333-808 (41%) in finals FG%..

kobe = shot jackin' volume shooter/scorer

[pcm2fchris]

Best part of the clip...8:56, when Scottie is laughing at how much MJ is shizzing on the Heat.

[EvanChelio]

After 9:08 Stan "The Man" Van Gundy ATE himself....hilarious

[legionify]

Without doubt these was the best times of NBA BASKETBALL

[CEQUEUE]

@pcm2fchris I really think Scottie is laughing at Dennis Rodman, cause he keeps getting in Alonzo's head lol ...... they were goin at it all game lol

[rmur23]

Even though he lost and shot terribly, this is one of my favorite MJ games. Just showed you he could turn it on at any time and still put the fear of God into opponents. Riley looked like he was seeing a ghost near the end of this one.

[lsbright123]

this is the game were jordan played golf like the day before

[exslang02]

MJ made every player look like nothing more than little biiittches

[iliketv23]

Morning got destroyed at 5:24

[iliketv23]

@binka21 you better believe it

[vfmc77]

Alonzo never breaks his promises!

[binka21]

@gbinct that is true but it came back on him later. Like when he shoved Pippen off the court for no good reason the year the Bulls finally beat the Pistons, I think that was out of frustration. And Pippen didn't retaliate, he kept his cool. Then Rodman probably even felt stupider when the Bulls were nice enough to have him join their team. But as for legitimate skills he's obviously one of the best.