Chris Mullin (41pts, 16/21FG) vs. Magic Johnson (44pts/12rebs/9asts) (1991 Playoffs)
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- Stephen Curry and the guys have had some very impressive shooting displays during this season, the obvious one to point out at this point being the 65% of shots they just made from the field against the Nuggets in game 2. But, in my opinion, this still is the best instance of long range shooting a Warrior has shown off. An injured Chris Mullin, who had sprained his knee in round 1 against the Spurs, went through two workouts to get ready for the second game of round two at LA. Did it pay off or what!? Mully went for 41 points on 16 from 21 from the field, with 5 assists, to boot. Meanwhile, Magic Johnson, who had spent the majority of the first half finding his teammates, noticed that the game might slip out of the Lakers' hands and replied to Mullin's jumpers by attacking him nearly every time down the court. Magic was basically scoring at will, either he made a shot or the Warriors fouled him. His playoffs career-high (and the only 44/12/9 in playoffs since 1985) wasn't enough though as the Warriors pulled off the W on the road. May 8, 1991.
Magic averaged a Triple Double in that series with 25.8 points, 10.0 rebounds and 12.8 assits.
Mullin's shot was MONEY
Run TMC!! Ha ha how many peeps from the early 90's remember that nickname
Yeah, they had that song "my Adidas". But think it was 80's.
Hell yeah!!
Possibly the best hoops game I've ever seen, and I loved Mullin and Magic.
Magic got off in this one wow
I stared watching & playing the game because of Magic, but people always told me I shot just like Mullin (Except right-handed). They didn't know that was all I wanted to do & practiced everyday. Magic inspired me to love the game & learn to pass first, & Mullin (who Magic said, basically, when God created Basketball, he carved Chris Mullin out and said, this is a player." inspired me w/his quick hands & shooting form.
Mullin was a straight G
Vintage-era NBA. Hall of famers, legends, and you could actually get within a mile of someone and not get a foul called or get Tee'd up. What a joke the league has become.
One of the great duels in NBA history; whilst many games have had two guys who are hot very few games have two players basically scoring at will, games such as Bird v Wilkins and this are what made the NBA so great, seeing two completely contrasting styles (Magic being a driver, great passer and one of only 2 or 3 PG's to develop a low post game) and Mullin (one of the greatest shooters to ever play as well as a slasher and excellent spot up player) dominate, nowadays most players have the same style.
Superb analogy. Mullin, like Vandeweghe, wasn't fast or real quick, but could get to the hoop as well as shoot. And they didn't miss their FT's, either.
I shudder to think what guys like Mullin, Magic, Worthy and all of the great players from the 80s (and 90s) that I grew up watching, would be able to do in this era, under these rules (which favors them).
Combine that aspect with the fact that guys from their era, actually trained on the collegiate level for 3-4 years, giving them a more polished and solid, fundamentally based game, and you're looking at a SIGNIFICANT INCREASE in their productivity!
Easily!!!
Typical Western Conference Game 99 - 97 at the end of the 3rd Quarter.
I love Mullin's game - STRAIGHT SILK
Mullins 50 now took on the current Sacramento team in a 3pt shoot out and won..
14 of 15
Those warriors were a fun team to watch
Mullin scores 41 but gives up 50 defensively
The NBA has gone downhill. I remember those awesome LA- Boston and the bad boys of Detroit. That was basketball. Anybody that can compare the selfish players now. Look how the Lakers knew where everyone was at all times, Now it's a 3 point contest. And below average talent. No fundamentals. Practicing dunks, does not make a player.
3's and dunks. Hey, it's what makes sportscenter.
Absolutely. 3's and jams. It makes sportscenter. What happens when the 3's aren't falling that night? And if you have a rim protector keeping you from the hoop? Mid range. Hello, Mullin, Walter Davis, Gervin. Those guys aren't around today.
Chris Mullin is underrated.
his d isnt. why they keep letting him guard magic.
tara willis and put who on him ? One of the other three 6 foot 5 and under players ? Result would have been worse
@@tarawillis3995 magic is bigger so it was a mismatch, Mullin still scored 44 so it's a wash.
He's in the hall of fame so he at least got his due.
If Mullin went to the lakers or Chicago he would have won something
Mullins game and legacy are both so very slept on!!! Thanks for this post, awesome flashback
Smoothest left-handed long-range shooter that I have ever seen play. There's something about being right-handed and admiring lefties, especially who can shoot it with ease, and Mullin was the best one. All I remember is emulating him (and David Robinson) quite often when I was young.
Magic looks like he'd be easy to defend but he keeps pulling the same moves off successfully. Back in the defender, hook shot. Back in the defender, spin towards basket for a floater/layup.
Earv is criminally underrated as a scorer. He averaged 19.5 career. There are guys like Mark Aguirre who are remembered as primary scorers who retired with 20 ppg averages. Magic could do almost anything he wanted offensively save for high-fly dunks. He had big hands to get great spin on the ball, same as Jordan. He had a lot of finesse to be able to hit those hooks with both right AND LEFT(!) hands. He developed a decent three in only 2 yrs of trying (towards end of his career). Plus, he had better post moves and footwork than the GREAT majority of 3s, 4s, and 5s. Plus, his handle up court was honed from running thousands of fastbreaks. He did basket to basket runs for point blank layups once a game because the 3s and 4s who were tasked to guard him couldn't keep pace with him in the open court. He also had a superb drop step and perimeter spin move. In one of the 91 Finals games, he spun around Pippen and then faked Jordan with a no-look pass in the same play. Very deceptive player in a general sense -- in passing for sure, but also offensively.
12:12 Tim Hardaway cracks me up "Rebound! Rebound! Get outta there!" Then ball rolls in.
You got to give it to players like Bird & Mullin, physically not the best , but they were pure shooters, with hustle,work ethic and court sense. His quick release is smooth like butter, Steph Curry is similar.
I agree that Mullin was a pure shooter, but Bird was more than a pure shooter. They are not equal. Bird was at another level.
leon3 Bird was also constantly with better temamates, going for the ring. That makes a difference, dont you think?
Indeed it does. I would argue, however, that Bird made the players around him better too. Mullin was a weapon, Bird was a leader.
mullin is noithing compared to bird but a good shot . lol. bird was legend in a lot of different ways .
nikchris69 Mullen was only elite for 5 years. Bird was elite until his back forced his retirement
Damn that hook was sweet at 5:29!
Mullins can score but cannot guard.
Chris Mullin, original dream teamer and one of the few guys I've seen who would regularly pull up for a 3 on fast breaks...and make it
I remember this game vividly..After this upset, the Lakers steamrolled to win the rest of the games in the series...I remember I hated Hardaway, but eventually he later became one of my favorite point guards ever..
word. it would be a shame to not include richmond. he was quite a player.
Lakers still go on to win the series...but i don't know what's more impressive, Mullin's outside shooting or Magic's free throws..
THANK YOU!!!!
I have always wanted to see highlights from this game.
The end of Run-TMC. Good-bye, Mitch. The trio was great. But Lister, Tolbert, Hill, and Peterson starting in other two positions? It simply wouldn't do against the aging but still capable Lakers. 力尽きたね、、、
Tim at 6:48 😭
"Oh god damn!"
6:47 OH GAWD DAYUM
Mullin has the quickest release of all time. Faster than Durant man.
+John Dayton CURRY REALSE IS MUCH QUCKER THEN BOTH
+John Dayton CURRY REALSE IS MUCH QUCKER THEN BOTH
Curry is more creative than both, anyway.
There were a lot of players with very quick releases/shots from the 60s-80s. The only reason Mullin stands out here is because you haven't watched enough older games to know better.
Dell Curry's release was arguably faster than his son's. You gotta be like 37-41 at best to remember Dell as a player, tho. Not the standard for online hoop fans. I'm old. I actually saw this game live when I was 15. Great, fun series. Magic was pissed off during GS's opening intros for Gm 3 in Oakland. They had RUN DMC introing the Warriors and the entire intros lasted about 25 minutes. I still got that game, I rewatched it a couple yrs ago. Chick Hearn was predicting a win before the first minute from the look of annoyance on Magic's face during that. He wasn't interested in that kinda silliness during the playoffs.
Paul Mokeski sightings starting at 13:07
Terry teagle, rod higgins, Sharunas, tom tolbert, Mario elie... loved watching all these guys
Loved the Warriors from this era.
mullins was a great player, period...so were timmy and mitch...and the list goes on...miss when the lakers had a real team....and true leader, magique
Chris Mullin should had been on the 1999-2000 La Lakers team he would have a ring if he was on that team
@Franklin Clinton @LamarMatic But the thing is, would Phil Jackson have tolerated Chris Mullin being an offense first kind of guy with Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant shouldering the bulk of the scoring load? But if we're talking prime Mullin when he was a superstar scoring machine and you put him in the '99-'00 Lakers lineup, he would be better than Glen Rice (post-elbow surgery version), Rick Fox and Devean George. I do know Phil made Rice split time in a timeshare at SF with Fox, because Fox provides defense while Rice at that point was only good for mid-level scoring and nothing else.
Again, if it's the prime years of Mullin we're talking about for the Lakers, sign me up and cover his defensive shortcomings with a better third scoring option than Rice. But if it's the actual '99-'00 version of Mullin where he was benched as a backup swingman behind Reggie Miller and Jalen Rose, then he's better off being a third-string SF or at least Kobe's backup SG who hardly played 20+ minutes unless Kobe misses time.
Watching Mullin play was a treat. When he put up a shot people oohed and aahed when it didn't go in. Unbelievable shooter
The Lakers gave this game away at the end - up 4 with 30 seconds left they allow a three-point play off a putback to cut it to 1 and then Campbell with the ridiculous loose ball foul on the offensive end to give them 2 free throws, then to top it off they throw away the inbounds pass. Was rare for the Lakers of that era to fail down the stretch like that.
It's so weird to watch an NBA game again from the illegal defense / iso era. A player gets double-teamed and it's like an automatic turnover or something. It would be amazing to see Curry play with iso rules.
GS always had the greatest shooters
@7:36 and people give James harden shit for that move? that's just smart basketball
Agreed. If you've nailed down your accuracy, that shit is unstoppable. Funny that mostly centers and bigger forwards use it most, when in fact it could benefit shorter players who are up against a bigger defender.
"Oh GAWD DAMN MAN!" @6:47
slowness runs int the dunleavy family
Tim Hardaway, Don Nelson, Mike Dunleavy- all 3 had sons who either played, coached and/or managed. Tim Jr. - current player. Dunleavy Jr- ex-player, new Golden State GM. Nelson (Donnie)- coach
Mullins was on 🔥
haha love the description from 2013 talking about Curry. I’m sure he’s posted a game by now to match this in terms of efficiency, and if he hasn’t I know Klay has
Didn't see much of Mullins with the Warriors (no cable) but would check the box scores of the Daily News in New York. Mullen was always a top 6 or 5 scorer at about 26 a game.
Team USA
Great shooting by Mullin, awful defense. Got exploited every time down court.
No disrespect to Mullin, I know he was good. But how does he get into HOF but not Tim Hardaway and Mitch Richmond?
JMS1089 Because he was Better than them!
Mitch is in the HOF now too
Magic could of had games like this every night if he wanted. Better player them LeBrick.
This is the first time I've ever seen Magic play like this, and to be honest I'm somewhat disappointed. He's playing direct ball instead of being Magic. Where's the no look passes? Magic score 44 points in a game? He was never interested in getting such high points, as long as he made his team mates better. No wonder they couldn't beat the bulls in the finals, they were playing then on the same level instead of the old school Laker show time style that Magic made famous. The lack of Pat Riley is really obvious here.
They obviously had a plan to attack Mullin, who was guarding Magic. I wouldn't judge Magic too harshly on trying to stick to a game plan that was working. Mullin himself got hot though, and the Dubs stole the win.
you see, this is how magic was playing in his final season before he retired coz of HIV and there are some fuckers who say that Magic had declined in 1991. Magic lead a new team with a new coach once again the finals all my himself, without Kareem and without cooper.
Magic geve ist best series ever amazing what cen you sey the best Point Gard Off all time
the same reasons why USA wanted him in '92...25 ppg for a bunch of yrs...best jumper in the game for 10 yrs...quickest release ive ever seen...ask MJ...lol... in his era others played with HOFrs to build stats... he didn't. did it in CB and Pros
7:30 that's a man's move
91 was a mystery to me as a Laker fan, as far as last play, why were they trying to get the ball to Campbell? 😂
I guess Bulls defense held down Worthy & I have NO CLUE what happen to Byron that series. Lakers weren’t that old so not sure why losing 1-4 series happen? Like I said looking at stats Magic got no help from others! I guess the only explanation is there was no Michael Cooper to help slow down M.J. they definitely missed Coop!!!
The Bulls were younger, more athletic and hungrier. They weren't going to be denied no matter what.
Both Worthy and Scott missed a game injured too.
Magic couldn't get away with his usual posting up smaller PG guards with the ballhawking younger 6'6" MJ and 6'7" Pippen with wiry arms.
Yea it just sucks though. Tim and Mitch also had relatively good careers as well. I think Mullin being part of the Dream Team kind of helps w/ the ballot count as well.
If the game was played like this today with the bullshit fouls they call now a days these games would take half the day to finish lol
I loved Tim H. as well back in a day. Golden State had a very nice team.
6:48 oh god damn!
Magic couldn't check Mullin
+leon3 Likewise. Magic stuck Mullin to the floor with those spin moves.
nonplayerzealot4 Two Hall of Famers.
Mullin and nobody on that team could stop magic, he was one Stat short of a very high triple double
I remember back when I was 8 and I grew up in the Philippines and the time difference was like 15 hrs . I have to wake up like 3 am just to watch mullin play. And then we moved to Canada in 1994 and I played ball in Toronto and I have based my shooting form from mullin. His form is just perfect .
Magic looked good but I say once again he looked average in 1991.in the playoffs against the best on ball defender ever Scottie Pippin 6 rings yo
By the time he reached the bulls he was tired, probably playing slightly injured from his grueling western conference playoff series and lost valuable key players to injuries, so yeah he played slightly above average and managed to at least get 1 win
Mullen only shoots perfect swishes
Mullin will not survive in this era of basketball 2018
Como disfruto ver estos juegos, gracias UA-cam.
Cause of defeat : LA's head coach
Warriors had a hell of a team. Tim Hardaway, Mullin, marciulionis, Richmond, Elie...
They were called Run TMC. Tim, Mitch, and Chris.
Rap group Run DMC.
That was a really friendly bounce @8:09
You got any prime KG and Duncan highlights?
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good battle
Mullen was putting in that work ! !
I bet Mullins had couple of beers in half time.
I don’t know if he was still an alcoholic at that point in his career 😂
Chi sn io,chi sei tu.?
Imagine magic and mullin in todsy's game
His shots didn't hit the rim often
amazing
Run TMC
magic stepback at 2:42? whaaaat?
he didn't do a step back , watch it again carefully. He kept his right foot steady , and he just returned his left foot back to where the right foot was.
curry>magic
^ Get back to me after another 4 championships. :)
+Nick in Vietnam bwahahaha, what a crock of shit LOL you cant even compare a scrub like curry to the likes of magic LOL
WuTangFan1000 2 times MVP and he's not finished yet dawg...
oh, he's done
WuTangFan1000 He's 28 dawg...
Must have been hard for teams to play against the Lakers in the playoffs knowing the refs were going to give the Lakers the series.
The 2015 Warriors would not stand a chance against either one of these teams.