Michael Jordan 2003-02-23: 30 points v MVPs Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitski
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Even at 40 years old, Jordan could still dominate a game. In this game, MJ faces the NBAs MVPs for the past 3 seasons; 2 time MVP Steve Nash (MVP 2005, 2006) and Dirk Nowitski (MVP 2007) and outscores both of them. Jordan had a quiet start to the game, missing his first 6 shots, but takes over in the second half, scoring 30 points on 14-26 shooting and added nine rebounds. Even at 40 and playing with a knee injury, MJ showed again why he is the best ever against today's top players
How quickly they forget...
40yd MJ was still a beast 🏀🐐🙏
Facts!!
Are you f#ckin serious??!!!! This dude is takin these young boys off the dribble, stealing the ball, blocking shots etc.. They say he couldn't do today what he did back in the day(Zone). Well he's doin it and he's doin at 40!! WTF??
i agree. jordan's hopstep is just so natural. i dont know how to discribe. he is not forcing it like other, judging by how light the step actually is. the whole move is just smooth, i think that's why he got away with a lot of travelling call just because he is too smooth.
jesus look at this 40 year old guy. he still owns everybody. if he played for even an average team, he would have seen another nba final. he is still unguardable at the age of 40. this is just crazy.
clutch shot, clutch block and clutch rebound before OT, crazy!!
when you're talking about basketball, you're talking about Michael Jordan...nuff said...
40 years old and they still double team him.and still see him as a threat! Truly the 🐐 right there
Not even a young Jordan, but a "healthier" Jordan, would easily have his way.
Lets face it, he was never gonna be 100% healthy, but even this is what a 75% healthy MJ would've done.
the goat old days
So many amazing plays here: look at how he sniffs out that play at 19 seconds and cuts in front of Dirk to intercept the pass; just tremendous anticipation. Look how quickly he reads the defense at 1:08 to get to a spot for an open shot, and how he sets up the shot with a perfect hop step and by bringing the ball high between the defenders' hands -- no one ever used the hop step as well as Jordan in such a variety of contexts.
Jordan and Oakley still hanging from the beginning to the end.through 86-2003
With the same Coach too Doug Collins
(cont.) Walton then explains that when you absolutely needed a rebound, Jordan would always come up with them. They revisited this notion a couple of times throughout the game. And then, as if on cue, Jordan grabs about 4 crucial rebounds in the final 3 minutes of the game, including two offensive iirc. Walton then essentially says "see? I was correct." Jordan was a fantastically underrated rebounder.
i can imagine how deadly MJ can be if he was twice as fast on every move he executed, he would have blown the Mavs out! MJ is and will always be a LEGEND!!!
Look at the perfect reverse dribble on Van Excel at 2:55 (no one today executes reverse dribbles at full speed as well as Jordan did), and then the perfect fake on Nowitzki (he had to fake out to the side to get Dirk jumping outwards so he had room to step through), and then look how he protected the ball on the step-through, avoiding reaching hands and allowing him a clean look at the rim. Perfect.
The insane block on Van Exel at 3:20. Some people like to act as though Jordan got all his steals and blocks by gambling, but here you see him perfectly playing the off-the-ball screen action which was trying to free up Dirk, and only flashing across the lane for the block when it's apparent that Van Exel was taking it all the way himself, and when Van Exel could not see Jordan coming. Perfect timing and great effort from a 40 year old.
Just a great game here. Thanks for whoever posted this. Retro stuff is good. I love how Nash and nowitzki, especially Nash grew up watching Michael and then getting a chance to play against your hero. It's good stuff.
the move on 2:21 is just classic jordan. to me that's the most effective crossover ever in the nba. jordan didnt have to drible extra for same or better effect.
i was watching the 69 point game and he has a crossover jumper just like that, the quick change of direction without losing any momentum is just beautiful.
0:45 Are you kidding me! GOAT.
the moment when MJ holds the ball tight..he knew the ball will find its jumper. MJ played with ease not with fear. If there's michael jordan there's basketball.
Man those guys without Mj those 2 years it would be a miracle if they would get 10 wins.Man those guys sucked big time.
MJ at that time in a good team he could have gotten no 7 & 8
great to see you post again jxn23. i like how you can really see his speed getting slow. but still he managed to score no matter what. he is just so complete that no other nba player can compare with.
looks how little extra move he needed to score a basket. it is just crazy.
If you play and your older, what happens when you take time off?? It takes months to regain any skills and endurance, even then you've lost gains you'll never recover again. Even after his first retirement, he wasn't the same, although enough to be the dominant player of the day. Imagine if he never retired, there would be no arguments on who was the greatest.
I think it's safe to say that he would have been better, at least in his first year with the Wizards.
Artest was regretful about Jordan's injury and basically said the same thing.
i really hate these kids nowadays...his wizard years proved that he is damn goat...40 year old jordan over 36 years old kobe, i'll go for 40 years old mj
Its stuff like this that proves that this generation has nothing on the Jordan era. Those guys could play.
The work he does to get open at 4:38, and then the shot over a great defender. Poking the ball away from Nash at 4:57 and then nearly blocking his shot after the recovery (Jordan needed to ganble there because they were down and were trying to force a TO). The final shot at 5:10 under extreme duress. Just an amazing game overall.
Incidentally, at the 1:05 mark, the beginning of that exchange between Walton and Tolbert begins with Walton calling Jordan "the best rebounder in the league back in the day," to which Tolbert responds by saying that Barkley was. (cont.)
glad to see you're back uploading clips . that spin move on van exel and up and under on nowitski was incredible
How easily he gets past Adrian Griffin at 1:27 despite missing the shot. The entire sequence at 1:58 where he reads the defense perfectly and changes direction on a dime, plus the little hop step (again, no one has ever used the hop step more effectively) and finish as he jumps sideways off the hop step. At 2:21, look at how he goes between the legs and then brings the ball HIGH through the reaching defenders to split them on the hop step (again).
His first step would've been respected. This is HUGE cuz it opens up the rest of his game. This is what kept him from shooting a higher percentage. It allowed defenders to play him that much tighter since he couldn't blow by them.
40 year old MJ against 2 MVPs in their primes.
And to think today's nba fans think mj couldn't play in today's era
i actually found it quite disrespectin when the commenters called jordan "the old man"...i understand that he's old but the fact that was unstoppable before and he still got it now...makes me refer him as "the legend" instead...that's on the reals tho...that's my respect to Michael Jordan
how i wish ive watch michael during his basketball years..
the good old days..
Man, tough to guard a 40 yr old with excellent fundamentals. Classic!
what a rebound!
I know the following are alot of "would've" and "could've"....
But what if MJ didn't rush his return and started to prepare himself accordingly?
What if Artest never broke his ribs?
His vertical wasn't the same of course, but if he would've had at the very least, 5 more inches on it, his jumper and fade would've been that much more hard to stop. Combined with a faster first step...he's even that much harder to defend.
He's shooting more ft and his percentage is up to .460 around that much.
Kobe is a good player who will always just be a comparison and a bad one at that. If you want proof then watch how Kobe played in this years finals.
of course hes past his prime HES 40 YEARS OLD WHEN THIS HAPPENED!!!
that split the defense move at 1:58 is unbelievable for a 40 year old....the greatest 40 yr old baller the game will ever see is in action here.
so who won
if mj played today he would average 20 pts 5 rebounds and 5 assists pergame.
1:55 ridiculous speed.....He was 40 (!!!!!!)
He blocked the guy by his elbow in the last seconds...
i watch this video just thinking if he was young he would JUST MURDER that team wow...
I'm a Lakers fan and I adore Kobe but he ain't got nothin on MJ. Jordan is unequivocally the greatest EVER. That isn't my opinion, it's fact. Anyone who thinks differently has rocks in their head
if i'm not mistaken,a 39 year old mvp candidate! simply the greatest ever!
thanks....just shows how pathetic these players are.
LOL
Jordan giving Bell the business as well. If a 39 yr old Jordan can score on him that easily, of course a 29 yr old Kobe is gonna have his way.
Ehlo>>>>Bell
Jordan's ribs is one of injury, he also had knee surgery. imagine if he was healty, he should have led his team to playoff for least
Tha´s what I´ve been supporting all the time, Jordan is in another level, beyond Kobe, Lebron, Vince... even when people use to compare him with them because of similar plays. Anyway... Jordan has been the best so for and hé will be... until we have another athlete, you know what I mean? Jordan wasn´t only a basketball player, he was an amazing athlete.
damn if he did that to them at the age of 40 imagine if he was 30 lol
@loki1830
because he was a partial owner of the wizards and wasnt happy with the team's success
Dirk is 3-0 all time against MJ. 😎
Technique is what allowed Michael to play that old. No argue about who´s better than Mike... No kobe, No Lebron, No Carter... they don´t have it. Kobe is the closest but he won´t be like Mike, he has gotten the highest level he can. Lebron is still young, but if you are intelligent you´ll notice immediately that he won´t have Jordan´s style never. Vince... no comments!
Magic Johnson vs Michael Jordan. That's probably the best challenge of anybody. Jordan vs Bird is another. Kobe's not even in the top 5 Lakers of all time so being better than the GOAT???? Makes no sense.
just imagine how bad mj woulda made miamis big 3 cry if they had to compete against this guy in his prime... LOL they would fucking kill themselves
Like how Boston and Detroit made mj cry and lakers would have if they were in their prime and healthy?
cruz loera - no. This is a different era with soft defensive rules and yes MJ would destroy today's league. As for Boston and LA - those two teams were in their primes when MJ played in the 80s. He was drafted to a 27-55 without a single player from his 91 championship team. The Bulls losses in the playoffs to Detroit were about the development of Scottie Pippen and H. Grant - their development and the implementation of the Triangle is what got them over the hump. MJ dominated everyone of those series but alas, him alone was not enough.
mj dont cry when losing he just put a mad face, not like others
And they still compare players to this guy lol
you are right Orlando Lewis Real Talk Tv and it is a real joke. Lebron James is a real joke compared to the greatest. He lost to an old Dirk with Dwyane and Chris Bosh on his team and Jordan at 40 almost beat Dirk and Steve Nash and a few more good players in this game
@RickyAhubbard
Lol, Lebron will be just like kobe. They will age horribly. Its already happening to kobe. Those are two players who's athleticism will die with age. MJ's body was just evolution wise.. years ahead of everyone else. Only centers are playing at 40 years old because of the lack of movement they can still use their size
yeah this video was ALL mj. u cant have video of compares and not show the other guys
Which team won the game ?
(cont)
But its unheard of to hear about 40 year old PGs and SGs that put up these types of performances. In order for Lebron to keep his athleticsm hes going to have to learn how to play the PF position in 6-7 years otherwise hes in trouble.
I second that, nice job dude.
A washed-up oldie can compete with the best in the NBA, now imagine what a prime Jordan would do today.
I believe it was Paul Pierce who said that the old MJ was still amongst the 10-20 best players in the league.
Again, nice upload.
and yet he still could hang quite a bit
Is there any doubt that he isn't the greatest?
Jordan's jump shots were the same as Kawhi's today.
did the wizards win this game???
@WushuDude13 and 2 more against the Pistons at the end of the 80's as well.
i don't care. just because your deaf doesn't mean you can't learn. and if your 12 you should know that bestest isn't a word
Nash and Nowitski must've learned a move or two from Jordan after this close game lol
this shit is cutting off and not posting some of my comments...fuckin YOu Tube.
Jordan and Oakley still hanging from the beginning to the end
who won?
Kobe is playing after 17 STRAIGHT yrs in the nba. VERY SIMILAR. No retirements or layoffs..
He part owned the wizards so I guess he used his position to play on the Wizards he probably thought he could change the team, teach the young guys a bit and he most likely had to go to the Wizards.
dallas
wow he had a realy bad team......
GOAT without a doubt!
MJ el papá de los pollitos
i wanna see kobe playing at age 40
I like Jordan, but carrying doesn't seem to exist anymore in the NBA..
3:05
age 40
jordan
kareem
bird
magic
dr j
wilt
russel
10- bryan
@RickyAhubbard
bestest? what are you 9? learn your superlatives little boy.
no,, absolutely no
@TrueCall mavs won