Michael Jordan 1995: 40 Points v Orlando Magic Game 3

Classic Jordan playoff performance - 40 points (31 in first half) 2 big dunks and an unbelievable reverse layup.

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[supratrd900]

is this the game where jordan was wearing a pair of penny shoes because he was fine by stern for wearing the concord 11 in the previous two game? ppl forgot how good jordan was in this series but because the nick anderson steal is shown a lot in his highlights they thought he wasnt effective in this series.

[jxn23]

@supratrd900 Yeah this is the one. He was fined in Game 1 and 2 of the series for wearing the concord 11s, and fined again in game 2 for changing his number back to 23. He kept his number as 23, but wore Air Flight 1s borrowed from Penny Hardaway in game 3, apparently because Nike hadnt made black Air Jordan 11s (Space Jams) yet.

[taxfreemaphiacom]

wow in that picture in the beginning Jordan wasn't wearing Jordans

[drakehilton300]

on paper this orlando team handed Jordan his only series loss during the Bulls 90's run, but only on paper...

[dlawson688]

@FuShengAlex The bulls played a lot different and better defense than the Rockets. Simple put, they locked down the players on the Magic and let Penny and Shaq score 30 each doesn't matter. Houston had a superior center than Shaq at the time so they took Orlando's number one option away. Respect Houston yes. But feared them like everyone did the Bulls? NO. Rockets shouldn't have made it to finals in second year. Forgot the SUNS and Sonics were better teams that chocked in playoffs that year.

[FuShengAlex]

@dlawson688: "I guess from a basketball standpoint, it looks like the Rockets teams got us by until Mike came back"

The Rockets "got by" even when Mike was there as this video shows. Ask DRob or Shaq who broke down in tears after losing the '95 Finals if they didn't respect Houston. MJ could thank the Rockets for showing him how to oust Orlando. It's not their fault MJ and Pippen choked away Game 6 at home to Orlando when out west they overcame a 3-1 series deficit.

[dlawson688]

@FuShengAlex I guess from a basketball standpoint, it looks like the Rockets teams got us by until Mike came back. besides Dennis, the other bad boys were old and slow and couldn't even contribute, edwards, salley... they were roster fillers. The top 10 players on the Bulls included one Piston and a bunch of onproven players Kerr, Buchler, Wennington, Long. Hell Old Robert Parrish was even on that team. Fact is, Houston will never get respect because they didn't face the Bulls in the Finals.

[FuShengAlex]

dlawson688 ....i could care less how many titles they had compared to the Rockets. I'm glad you acknowledge MJ was in the league and losing when the Rockets won instead of upholding this myth he was still playing baseball. He has several 30-40 point games in 95 playoffs as usual and still lost.

It's obvious the Bulls cared, no wonder they went out and signed 3 ex Badboys that used to make them cry in the playoffs. I'm surprised they didn't ask Isiah to come from the broadcast booth too.

[dlawson688]

@FuShengAlex No matter how we cut it, Houston won that year. But lets not forget, they never won again. And couldn't make it back to play the Bulls. And lost to the Bulls in the regular season in 1995-96. I bet the Bulls don't even care that Houston won those two rings because they won 3 after that and had the best records in NBA history for 2 straight years. So good for Houston, but lets not pretend they were some dominate great team like the Bulls were.

[LifeFirst]

@BIGBOSS1983100 That year was the best year of playoffs I can remember. Every single game was close...especially for the Rockets and Bulls.

[macoy346]

@jxn23 why wearing concord 11 illegal?..

[BIGBOSS1983100]

If the bulls would have won this series they would have gone to the finals. Chicago vs Houston, would have been a finals to remember. Rematch between Jordan and Drexler :D