I watched just about all his games . He's the only one I can say the first time you see him play you know he's on another level. Jordan and Kobe were just on there on level and then there was everybody else 😂😂
@@12345fowler My source video is much better quality than what you see here. It has sharper picture and runs at 60 fps to match the original broadcast. UA-cam's crappy re-encoding caps the frame rate at 30 fps and introduces blurriness and other artifacts.
The other videos are likely bad because the people doing the digitizing don't know what they're doing. UA-cam re-encodes all videos uploaded to the site so they conform with certain specifications such as bitrate, framerate, color profile, etc... The re-encode won't be perfect as some details will get lost, but quality should not drop more than 10% in that process.
Man, I wished the NBA were like this today. I missed these days. I remember during this era I would look forward to watching basketball on NBC. Brings back so many wonderful memories.
You watch this game, then you watch a game from today, and you can absolutely understand why since 2012 the viewership for the NBA is down 48%. Kids today have been absolutely ROBBED from what actual basketball looks like.
Yeah up and down the court you get 3 turnovers 5 missed shots 3 ill advised shots and 2 makes. This shit is terrible I haven’t watched a game in 4 years. And once Durant and Steph kyrie and maybe 2 more players retire, they are not going to be able to get 89 views
@ I agree 1000% it’s crazy to think we went from these Bulls to the new Bulls who combined for 75 missed 3’s in one game. The game is getting out of control. Sad to see.
Watch this too many times still not bored. We gonna win game 7 😅. We gonna win game 7. Come back from 16 points down. What a way. Sorry Bird and Reggie
These were the good old days indeed. I was in high school and watched every game of the playoffs in those days. After that I passively followed Jackson's Lakers with Kobe. Ever since the last years of Kobe I completely tuned out. NBA hasn't been worth anything for about 15 years. I was a Jackson, MJ, Pippen, Bulls fan, but liked the Pacers too. Reggie is a true legend with class and Bird is an all time great of course. Great matchup. I gaurantee you MJ was more worried about this game than any playoff game in his career solely because of Larry Bird, the one guy that MJ never got the best of as a player. If Bird were playing for the Pacers here my money would have been on them. Bird just knows how to win.
Please, I wish for days like this again. I'm glad I appreciated and was aware of how good I had it. NBA in the late 80s and throughout the 90s was the best times ever.
MJ won with his supporting cast the right way. Bron soft ass be having D Wade, Bosh, AD, Kyrie, Rondo, Dwight, Westbrook, Ray Allen, Carmelo etc just to chase rings and still end up 4 - 6 in the Finals(2-8 if Kyrie & Ray ain’t save him)… its levels to this shit 1.MJ 2.Kobe 3.Don’t even matter
With old days basketball very critical, i think when Steve Kerr shot first three scored Bird should call time out so can stop momentum for Bulls. If this happened maybe Bulls missed bit momentum then game could be different.
Bird is the only player that dominated Michael Jordan in games that counted: season, playoffs, and championships while in the league together. MJ didn't win a title until Bird was out with injury and practically retired. Bird is the only player he feared and he feared him as a coach too. That's why this series gave MJ so much trouble, Larry Bird's legacy and presence.
That's not entirely accurate. Bird had 5 HOF'ers in his starting lineup whereas MJ didn't even have a teammate that could draw a double team, yet MJ nearly single-handedly beat the Celtics in 1986 with only a handful of games under his belt due to injury. When you have 5 HOF'ers as your starting lineup, you should win handily, but the fact they didn't speaks to Jordan's greatness, not Bird's. If anything, Bird and co underperformed. Bird wasn't a factor in playoffs beyond 1987-88 season. MJ didn't win his first title until 1991 because Pippen and Grant weren't on the team until 1987, didn't hit maturity until the 90's, and they had to play the 2-time champion Detroit Pistons in the playoffs losing to them every year from 1988 through 1990 until finally breaking through with the sweep in 1991. During those years Bird and the Celtics were a non-factor. When Jordan was put on a level playing field with Bird in competition, Jordan won. First example was when TeamUSA challenged the NBA Allstars to an 8-game series as warmup for the 1984 Olympics. Jordan's team was all college players, many of whom wouldn't amount to anything in the NBA, but they won all 8 games.
Ron Harper defended Miller in the 1st half, but his back started flaring up. Phil Jackson made a defensive switch at halftime and put Jordan on Miller in the 2nd half.
Before entering the NBA, Jordan played for TeamUSA against the NBA All-Stars in an 8 game series as preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics. This was when only amateur players were allowed to compete in the Olympics. The NBA All-stars had Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, Bill Walton, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, James Worthy, Moses Malone, Mark Eaton, and more. TeamUSA won all 8 games handily, lead by Jordan.
This Pacers one of the best teams without a championship I think. But there are many such teams thanks to the BULLS. Really deep this Pacers roster indeed
4th quater game on the line MJ still believe Luc. This GOAT knows what to do. Not like one called GOAT but missed a lot of Q4 shots , air balls less assists, turnover 😅
Could never understand how on one end of the court MJ drives among all those Indiana players and doesn't get the fool call but on the ensuing fast break on the other end they call a fool..SMH
Pippen's value to the team was defense, not scoring. His primary role was to use his wingspan and quickness to shut down the passing lanes and disrupt the offense. On offense Pippen's role was to handle the ball well enough to take pressure off of Jordan who was constantly double and triple teamed, and to run the 2nd team when Jordan was resting. Although Pippen could have big games, more often than not he exhibited poor shot selection and heaved up many bricks instead of working the offense to the basket.
@@legendarywiimaster The herniated disk didn't happen until the finals in Utah. Pippen missed the first half of the season following surgery on his foot/ankle.
The owner of this channel has to block me every time he responds to a comment? 😅 That's not very sportsman-like. The response sounds like a bunch of excuses. Again, I'm talking about games that counted in regard to Bird and Jordan, not all star games or practice sessions. It was Bird's mentality that Jordan feared.
@nathanlentini8001 I have not blocked any of your comments. UA-cam has a language filter that removes comments if the comment contains something that triggers it. Apparently it's glitchy as I've had some of my own comments removed from other people's videos without any explanation as to why. I didn't say anything vulgar or controversial.
@@ShawnE31415 He didn't say playoffs, he said 80's. Anyway, Bird and co. fell apart before Jordan and co. rose to dominance. If Larry Bird requires 4 other HOF'ers to be in the starting lineup with him in order to beat a near rookie Jordan who didn't have any help at all, then it speaks more to Jordan's greatness, not Bird's.
What do you mean outperform? Despite his shooting percentage, he still managed to lead all scorers in points with 28. Pippen only had 17. Kukoc with 21. Jordan shot 36% from the floor to Pippen's 33%.
@@darkdante9 Jordan chased Miller all over the floor, diminishing his chances of an efficient shooting game. He finds ways to affect the game in typical Jordan fashion, contributing 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
It's crazy how watching a 26 yr old game, where you know the outcome is 100x more exciting than this crap that they call NBA basketball today.
I could watch these all day. Thank you so much for posting this. Just brings me back to the good old days
Plumber era 😂
I watched just about all his games . He's the only one I can say the first time you see him play you know he's on another level. Jordan and Kobe were just on there on level and then there was everybody else 😂😂
So did Michael Jordan stop dale Davis
@@pinayhappylifeinParis all LeBum losses in the finals from plumbers era u say. Haha 🤡
The Golden age of the NBA
I truly miss this day and age for life and the NBA.
I don't miss the crap resolution TV broadcast of these days
@@12345fowler My source video is much better quality than what you see here. It has sharper picture and runs at 60 fps to match the original broadcast. UA-cam's crappy re-encoding caps the frame rate at 30 fps and introduces blurriness and other artifacts.
@@avidsiman Nice to know, ALOT of old NBA games on UA-cam look pretty bad. Now I know why
The other videos are likely bad because the people doing the digitizing don't know what they're doing.
UA-cam re-encodes all videos uploaded to the site so they conform with certain specifications such as bitrate, framerate, color profile, etc... The re-encode won't be perfect as some details will get lost, but quality should not drop more than 10% in that process.
Man, I wished the NBA were like this today. I missed these days. I remember during this era I would look forward to watching basketball on NBC. Brings back so many wonderful memories.
This is REAL BASKETBALL, REAL STRATEGY, REAL DEFENSE, REAL SCRAPPY HEART, REFS CALLING BY THE RULES.
The only thing I hate about this era of NBA basketball is that tv's were not in HD
You watch this game, then you watch a game from today, and you can absolutely understand why since 2012 the viewership for the NBA is down 48%. Kids today have been absolutely ROBBED from what actual basketball looks like.
what does it look like
Yeah up and down the court you get 3 turnovers 5 missed shots 3 ill advised shots and 2 makes. This shit is terrible I haven’t watched a game in 4 years. And once Durant and Steph kyrie and maybe 2 more players retire, they are not going to be able to get 89 views
@ I agree 1000% it’s crazy to think we went from these Bulls to the new Bulls who combined for 75 missed 3’s in one game. The game is getting out of control. Sad to see.
I miss theses days bulls on NBC
Good old nbc nba days..maaaaan I really miss this. Sth like this will and can never ever be repeated
A classic game- Larry Bird had the Pacers ready but MJ had that heart and his teammates followed his lead, don’t forget about Special K (Kukoc)
bird should’ve left Jalen in
Watch this too many times still not bored. We gonna win game 7 😅. We gonna win game 7. Come back from 16 points down. What a way. Sorry Bird and Reggie
To bad Larry bird wasn't playing the bulls lose.
It's good to watch this classic great teams of Bulls and Pacers. It's good to see the legendary Croatian star, Toni Kukoc, too!
Back when nba basketball was worth watching.
REAL BASKETBALL.
Not a bunch of whining and flopping while jacking up 3s all game. Just real men playing ball
These were the good old days indeed. I was in high school and watched every game of the playoffs in those days. After that I passively followed Jackson's Lakers with Kobe. Ever since the last years of Kobe I completely tuned out. NBA hasn't been worth anything for about 15 years. I was a Jackson, MJ, Pippen, Bulls fan, but liked the Pacers too. Reggie is a true legend with class and Bird is an all time great of course. Great matchup. I gaurantee you MJ was more worried about this game than any playoff game in his career solely because of Larry Bird, the one guy that MJ never got the best of as a player. If Bird were playing for the Pacers here my money would have been on them. Bird just knows how to win.
Jordan got the best of Bird in 8 consecutive victories when Team USA beat the NBA Allstars in preparation for the 1984 Olympics.
Please, I wish for days like this again. I'm glad I appreciated and was aware of how good I had it. NBA in the late 80s and throughout the 90s was the best times ever.
Jordan era, whenever it is NBA final everybody in the office is watching
I miss that time in NBA
Well I know onething and that's lebum win say that they will win!! It's bader than a bad flip of the coin
I love this era of basketball. 12/20/2024 and im tuned in like i was then. How special
Kukoc was 🔥 in 3rd quarter
Thank you so much for this!
2:02:47 So iconic...GOAT
The effort, the dedication.
These were the days, real NBA games with strategy, emotion, real excitement, intrigue and actual competitiveness
Whar a beautiful atmosphere this was. Real competition and rivalry . So exciting to watch . Today it's not the same. It's plain
One of two game 7 that the Bulls played during their 6-ring-seasons, with the other being against the Knicks in the second round of the 1992 playoffs
Toni kukoc was a great player
Vintage,nbc' lwz the only coverage in nba games,in those days!!!🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
Jordan and pippen did not play great in this game they both shot a low percentage but played great defense however Toni offensively played very well
Jordan IS a GOAT of Basketball
this is awesome, thx
MJ won with his supporting cast the right way. Bron soft ass be having D Wade, Bosh, AD, Kyrie, Rondo, Dwight, Westbrook, Ray Allen, Carmelo etc just to chase rings and still end up 4 - 6 in the Finals(2-8 if Kyrie & Ray ain’t save him)… its levels to this shit 1.MJ 2.Kobe 3.Don’t even matter
What the difference between this playoff and today they actually play defense.
A great NBA game! 🏀
Best game ❤❤❤
Why is Bob Costas wearing his dad's suit? 😂
That was the style in the 90's - large relaxed fit. Watch Jordan in the postgame interviews and you'll see him wearing his 'father's suit' too.
I know I lived the era as a teenager. I was just making a joke @@avidsiman
Costas and Ahmad... Great memories!
This is what I watch on my DVDs nothing like
Harper faces after shot free throw gave respects for Pacers.
Morning nfs idol...Ms u all... sorry I'm late... ❤😂🎉
Ain't nothing like home bulls baby WGN
Beautifull baskteball
Best NBA play old
With old days basketball very critical, i think when Steve Kerr shot first three scored Bird should call time out so can stop momentum for Bulls. If this happened maybe Bulls missed bit momentum then game could be different.
Bird is the only player that dominated Michael Jordan in games that counted: season, playoffs, and championships while in the league together. MJ didn't win a title until Bird was out with injury and practically retired. Bird is the only player he feared and he feared him as a coach too. That's why this series gave MJ so much trouble, Larry Bird's legacy and presence.
That's not entirely accurate. Bird had 5 HOF'ers in his starting lineup whereas MJ didn't even have a teammate that could draw a double team, yet MJ nearly single-handedly beat the Celtics in 1986 with only a handful of games under his belt due to injury. When you have 5 HOF'ers as your starting lineup, you should win handily, but the fact they didn't speaks to Jordan's greatness, not Bird's. If anything, Bird and co underperformed. Bird wasn't a factor in playoffs beyond 1987-88 season. MJ didn't win his first title until 1991 because Pippen and Grant weren't on the team until 1987, didn't hit maturity until the 90's, and they had to play the 2-time champion Detroit Pistons in the playoffs losing to them every year from 1988 through 1990 until finally breaking through with the sweep in 1991. During those years Bird and the Celtics were a non-factor.
When Jordan was put on a level playing field with Bird in competition, Jordan won. First example was when TeamUSA challenged the NBA Allstars to an 8-game series as warmup for the 1984 Olympics. Jordan's team was all college players, many of whom wouldn't amount to anything in the NBA, but they won all 8 games.
Reggie disappeared, and they should have left Rose in
I remember Jalen Rose explained back in Grant land I think that Larry talked to him after the game acknowledging he should have played him
Ron Harper defended Miller in the 1st half, but his back started flaring up. Phil Jackson made a defensive switch at halftime and put Jordan on Miller in the 2nd half.
@@avidsiman and then in Reggie's words from Last Dance: "the rest is history" 😎
Reggie should have been clutch in the 4th but became passive
Who was guarding him then?
Reggie had to go by the script nobody wanted to see Indiana an Utah in the finals the pacers where better than the bulls
Ron Harper guarded Miller, but his back started acting up. Phil Jackson made a defensive switch at halftime and put Jordan on Miller for the 2nd half.
Basketball at its best!
Toni Kukoc!
This was Phil against Larry, just realized that
I just realized it too. Knicks vs Celtics
Or another way for Michael to finally beats bird
Before entering the NBA, Jordan played for TeamUSA against the NBA All-Stars in an 8 game series as preparation for the 1984 Summer Olympics. This was when only amateur players were allowed to compete in the Olympics. The NBA All-stars had Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas, Bill Walton, Kevin McHale, Robert Parish, James Worthy, Moses Malone, Mark Eaton, and more. TeamUSA won all 8 games handily, lead by Jordan.
Jesus the Pacers were a big ass Team lol
This Pacers one of the best teams without a championship I think. But there are many such teams thanks to the BULLS. Really deep this Pacers roster indeed
LOL the marketing back in the day. Who reminds you that Miller Time can be anything you want, as long as it feels good."
Without Rodman, they wouldn't have 3peat it
2:00:36 Greatness
What happened to miller in 4th quarter?
Ron Harper guarded Miller in the 1st half, but his back started acting up, so Phil put Jordan on Miller in the 2nd half.
@@avidsiman and two years later Harper tortured Miller again in the Pacers v Lakers NBA Finals 2000 and buried him in six games lmao
MJ is the only guy to say we're are going to win this game, and it not be controversial...you automatically go to how much you gonna win by
Closest Bulls came to elimination! Pacers would destroy today!
Where was Reggie Miller😢😢😢
He was defended by Jordan.
Also in the championship against the Utah jazz Dennis Rodman was the key he guard karl Malone because they didn't have Horace grant anymore
So tell me, did Toni Kukoc stop Dale Davis on the Indiana pacers team.
❤❤
Also tell me why phill Jackson brought Dennis Rodman in the game as quick as he did because Toni Kukoc couldn't stop Dale Davis
4th quater game on the line MJ still believe Luc. This GOAT knows what to do. Not like one called GOAT but missed a lot of Q4 shots , air balls less assists, turnover 😅
I was worried the Pacers were going to win there for a second
Real player's playing basketball
We're is Scottie PIPPEN
Rodman shut Davis down!
🌎.
Could never understand how on one end of the court MJ drives among all those Indiana players and doesn't get the fool call but on the ensuing fast break on the other end they call a fool..SMH
Now what did phill jackson say before start of the game that micheal jordon couldn t win the game by himself
Offensive rebounds
50 to 1 in favour of the Bulls.
6 Grand Isiah.
Before FanDuel
🔥
1:59:21 the moment reggie messed up and jordan continued!!!!! lol
God bless pippen
Poor ft shooting i didn’t remember
So now tell me i am lying
See how a game is more exciting without so many 3 pt shots. NBA, just remove the 3 pt area and you will see this type of scrappy game again.
🌒😤😎📝.
Lefake James would foul out un this era just setting illegal screens.
SO close 。。。
Isaiah was such a MJ hater
picking up full court....guys of today have no idea what that means. if you explain it to them they say...hell no i aint doing that.
🍿😎
People talk how great Scottie PIPPEN is he hasn't scored a fucking point over 10 minutes in this game 😮😮😮
Pippen's value to the team was defense, not scoring. His primary role was to use his wingspan and quickness to shut down the passing lanes and disrupt the offense. On offense Pippen's role was to handle the ball well enough to take pressure off of Jordan who was constantly double and triple teamed, and to run the 2nd team when Jordan was resting. Although Pippen could have big games, more often than not he exhibited poor shot selection and heaved up many bricks instead of working the offense to the basket.
Bro calm down, you talking about 1 ten minutes stretch out his whole career to judge a man's greatness?? Y'all new people.......smh
He was dealing with a herniated disk in his back that year, which hindered his performance
@@legendarywiimaster The herniated disk didn't happen until the finals in Utah. Pippen missed the first half of the season following surgery on his foot/ankle.
@ I actually didn’t know this. However it’s still an injury that explains why he missed a good chunk of the season and why his production went down
Busy playing defense on who I don't know lol
@@geraldnash7425 Reggie can’t play defense if his life counted on it
byron russell and hes teammate stumble through a interview so sad losers already
The owner of this channel has to block me every time he responds to a comment? 😅 That's not very sportsman-like. The response sounds like a bunch of excuses. Again, I'm talking about games that counted in regard to Bird and Jordan, not all star games or practice sessions. It was Bird's mentality that Jordan feared.
@nathanlentini8001 I have not blocked any of your comments. UA-cam has a language filter that removes comments if the comment contains something that triggers it. Apparently it's glitchy as I've had some of my own comments removed from other people's videos without any explanation as to why. I didn't say anything vulgar or controversial.
Larry i can't beat You in 80s. But i beat you in coach statement jordan words
Jordan beat Bird in the 80's - eight times in a row. ua-cam.com/video/a4qy1klDae4/v-deo.html
@@avidsimannot in the playoffs though
@@ShawnE31415 He didn't say playoffs, he said 80's. Anyway, Bird and co. fell apart before Jordan and co. rose to dominance. If Larry Bird requires 4 other HOF'ers to be in the starting lineup with him in order to beat a near rookie Jordan who didn't have any help at all, then it speaks more to Jordan's greatness, not Bird's.
@ I guess the 1986 Celtics weren’t any good then
MJ didn't won that game , Indiana turnovers did, Indiana took him to a game 7 and almost got him, no dominance there
Almost wasn't good enough.
Yea yea. They fckn lost period. Shoulda woulda fckn coulda
I love this game
This was my era but it’s such an ugly game with all the grabbing.
Jordan was outperformed here. Bad shooting in a critical game. Pippen got the Bulls to the finals
What do you mean outperform? Despite his shooting percentage, he still managed to lead all scorers in points with 28. Pippen only had 17. Kukoc with 21. Jordan shot 36% from the floor to Pippen's 33%.
@@darkdante9 Jordan chased Miller all over the floor, diminishing his chances of an efficient shooting game. He finds ways to affect the game in typical Jordan fashion, contributing 9 rebounds and 8 assists.
Dennis Rodman saves the bulls, not Michael Jordan
Lol
U must be a L Balco fan
Dude, shut up with that.
Dude, shut up
Michael Jordan didn't guard Dale Davis the key to game seven of the bulls vs pacers was Dennis Rodman
Hannah Storm reminds me of Marcy from Married With Children.
Plumber era😂😂
so painful for zeke to have witnessed and called the game itself. 😂
He also calls the finals if I remember correctly
I’m sure he’s fine. He got his chips while he was playing.
Jordan era, whenever it is NBA final everybody in the office is watching
I miss that time in NBA