NBA Greatest Duels: Magic Johnson vs Shawn Kemp (10 Blocks) (1991)
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2013
- Great game from 90/91 regular season between young team on the rise (Sonics) and experienced Lakers squad with Magic Johnson.
31-year-old Magic and 22-year-old ''Reing Man'' were two of the biggest stars at the Forum.
Magic Johnson: 33 points, 9 assists, 4 rebounds, 3 steals, 12/14 FG.
Shawn Kemp: 21 points, 8 rebounds, 10 block shots (franchise and career high at that time).
Lakers won the game 105:96.
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I drive by the key arena every day. Bring back my Seattle SuperSonics! ☔️
Magic was still playing at a really high level in 91. That's why they made the Finals.
Kevin Calabro is such a dope announcer.
Those awesome young Supersonics players, though... Kemp was in his second year, and Payton was just a rookie... heck, Payton is still wearing number 2 in this game! I miss Supersonics basketball, so so soooooooo much!
Bring back the Supes'!
Great Times for the NBA. I´ve Always Said Kemp Was an Underrated Defender.
Actually Kemp at his prime was considered a great player and one of the best powerful forwards in the league. Kemps prime didn't last long though.
Drugs and weight problems.
Kemp's prime lasted a good 7 years.
Greatest player of all time in my opinion was MAGIC JOHNSON!!! And my favorite player of all time was Shawn Kemp...
The greatest player of all time in my opinion was MICHAEL AIR JORDAN!!! And my favorite player of all time was Dominique Wilkins...
Nah it is Jordan. Magic is the best point gaurd
If Magic played until 96 he'd have most likely won more than 6 titles and he'd have Jordan beat unless Jordan went harder for longer and teamed up with some superstars on top of Scottie.
Magic was about 32 at worst. Payton was young. Besides, GP was too short to defend Magic in the post. Prime Jordan, DJ, and Dumars couldn't stop him that low either. He was 6'9" and had a legit post game with MUCH greater overall offensive skill than was usually recognized because of his passing. He would've been a 25 ppg player if he had been willing to cut down his assists (no reason to, but just sayin). He avg'd at 24 in 1987 even while also averaging 12.5 apg.
The guy averaged 20 ppg and 11 assists per game. That's being responsible for 42 points a game. He could have averaged 25 ppg with his eyes closed if he wanted to.
SHAWN KEMP, THE REIGN MAN.
the Glove doing full court press and not backing down 👍👍
Magic legend
Magic best point Guard ever ..till today
I Gotta give it up to Curry. But clearly Magic is 2nd!
GP's pass at 1:07, magical! SMH
One thing about payton he don't back down from nobody, he played with no fear .
Beautiful basketball, where have you gone ? Competitive entertainment
Magic is EASILY the best PG ever. There is nobody even close. Thomas, Stock and a few others are in close to being close but he was just so good.
Steph Curry.....
True, I noticed GP said that and Bron left Magic out of his top 3 (though Bron stuttered thru his list making it sound like he had to give an answer off the cuff). Prime GP on Earv would've been interesting to see due to the height thing. I think he would've done the Joe D bit of hounding him the full length of the court before he could get position. By Scott had weak handles so he was of little help in the backcourt. Utah had Bobby Hansen doing nothing but that against Magic in the 88 Semis.
Kemp was a stud back in the day
A young Supersonics, What a team, Big up to the man like George Karl, Peace
I didn't know Sam(Big Smooth)Perkins went to the Lakers. So many things I've forgotten.
I'm impressed by Magic and Kemp's gameplay but nothing is more impressive than MICHAEL CAGE'S JHERI CURL....
I love how they use Vogue by Madonna for the broadcast music @1:18
Wait a minute Magic was a 6'-9" point guard???? How big were the center an power forward on the Lakers at that time? 8'-3" and 7'-9"? DAMN!!!
Vlade Divac was 7-1....Sam Perkins 6-9...James Worthy 6-9...Byron Scott 6-4...Magic Johnson 6-9
Nobody threw down a double pump reverse like Shawn Kemp. Even to this day nobody ever does a reverse dunk.
There's a reason Calabro (he also coined "The Glove" for GP) called him the "Reign Man," because of those thunderous dunks raining down on defenders heads. The problem with Kemp was, he didn't diversify his game as he got older, so that, as he lost his athleticism, he became less effective.
@@edkiely2712 eh.. you must have stopped watching. Kemp had a deadly jumper and was a solid ft shooter. He was practically unstoppable. His only downside was his turnovers (due to not so high game IQ).
@@disuser-lp3qv1tm8f Yes! The whole world stopped watching unlike you sir and the true fans who don't just shitpost. He was unstoppable even in Portland and Orlando in big games defending and beating prime Shaq and Kobe and all the greats over and over with complete scrubs as teammates just like his years in Cleveland. The only person who gets it is Dirk who let Kemp speak last at his retirement among all the greats including Barkley, Pippen. and Bird they all set up Kemp to speak and know the truth he was the very best PF of all time.
I agree w/ the MJ point. Derek Harper once said that he tells people Magic was every bit as good as MJ and people look at him like he's nuts. For the 1s who actually had to contest his height and his full bag of perimeter pivot moves AND jumpers, it makes sense they think that. Mike, great as he was, was more of a conventional matchup for Gary. It actually makes sense he'd think that. Sticking Magic was basically sticking a SF w/ a post game who just happened to have the mind and vision of a PG.
nonplayerzealot4
Magic Johnson was killing ☠ them 😆❗
RIP right ear on headphones
Magic schooled rookie Gary Payton
forever sonics
Payton looked helpless against an aging Magic
31 1/2 is ageing? If you think so..then you can call a 50 year old ready to die. Fuck off
@@thkalas
That isnt 00s where medical advancement in sports were eminent,
70s-80s were the era when MOST star players athletic lifespan were short.
Edit : You are ignorant
Well you sum it all up. I DON'T think Payton could have handled Magic.. both in their Primes. You have to see Payton's latest interview prior to his HOF announcement. His top 3 players of all time were Russell, Wilt & Magic.
Makes sense. GP probably didnt put Jordan in his top 3 because he was able to contain him in 96 Finals.
Didn't do that great of a job containing MJ in 96 because the Bulls still won and Jordan still got his points.
@@larryg1481
Containing MJ yes. Other Bulls players no.
Mj lowest average was in 96 Finals. Go check it out. Payton did his job from game 4-6.
Mj said it himself (without complimenting Payton)The most difficult Finals was 96. Which was rude btw.
Hence his low average.
@@oneyedthing Kemp blocked Jordan's best reverse here the best block I have ever seen ua-cam.com/video/qvO3xm1JcOc/v-deo.html and played the actual D on him, Payton was scrappy and fouled a lot with handchecks AKA Chris Paul but Jordan was right he was not an elite defender. Somehow Jordan never talked about Kemp in the documentary...
I was at that game
1:08 That's a 'lay-in'?
This was his first or second year in the league.
magic was destroying the glove !!! he looked more like a mitten!!!
he was a ROOKIE in this game the glove was not "The Glove".....i think he'd give an in prime magic a run for his money at his peak as well
Gary Payton was pretty much considered a bust his first year or two in the league and the Sonics almost traded him for Derek Harper. I think the Glove finally figured some things out his 3rd year in the league.
O.J. Scooter Too short and not enough weight. Dumars and Jordan weren't slouch defenders and they couldn't guard him 1:1 in the post without help either.
+madcapper6 Magic was virtually ungaurdable. He wasn't the best shooter but he'd still rack up his assists on you and get to the line. He was too unpredictable for Payton.
Basically
Oh, you must not have been alive in the 90s. Kemp was a star during Jordan's second three-peat-- probably the last great era of basketball.
Can you upload how magic defended Gary Payton. They say he was embarrassed
It's ironic l had the brew she had the chronic the Lakers beat the Super Sonics
Lots of empty seats in the Forum. that's odd.
as for Payton playing Magic, probably wouldn't have happened if Nate was healthy, Nate matched up better
Yep! Nate was a better defender than Gary, during this season, but Gary became the starter in his second year, 91-92... In fact, Gary's game wasn't developing as fast as the ownership had hoped, and if not for George Karl being hired during that 91-92 year, Payton might not have been challenged in the right way by another coach... God damnit, I really miss Supersonics basketball! Bring 'em back, Adam Silver! You don't have to worry about pissing off your former asshole boss, David Stern, because that little troll can't stop you!
BRING BACK THE SEATTLE SUPERSONICS!
word. minus the ferocious dunks and sic blocks.
I had the brew she had the chronic
didn't know that payton used to wear number 2
I didn't know he ever had hair!
Gary Payton use to wear #2?
Paytons rookie yr notice hes wearing 2 instead of 20 lol
yeah cause of Threatt right?
Lol Agreed.
1991 the best on ball defender ever Scottie Pippin made Magic look average
Put down the pipe Ray! Magic never looked average from '80-'92(Olympics)! He more than did his part in the '91 Finals, especially games #1 & #5 where he had triple-doubles! For the series, he averaged 18.6 pts 8.0 rebs 12.4 asts! Pippin, no question, played Magic well, and had some key defensive plays, but Phil only played Scottie on Magic in spurts because, Scottie was needed against Worthy and, Magic would've put Scottie in foul trouble!
The Lakers lost that series because: 1- Worthy sustained a bad ankle-injury against Portland in Game #5 of the WCF's and it became worse as the series went on, to the point James sat out of game #5! 2- Scott played horrible! 3- The Lakers offense went stagnant when Magic got a rest 4- Bulls were to quick and athletic for L.A!
I said he was good not great. Larry Johnson was another good pf but they were not Barkley or Malone.
Drugs, food, and women will kill your prime in anything.
In regards to Payton 'containing' Jordan in the 96 finals - we all know how far that got GP when the media started saying he was a Jordan stopper - go Watch their first match up after the 96 finals - Jordan tore Payton and the Sonics a new one.
Payton couldn't do shit to stop Mike then.
*****
Learn to READ.
'Watch their first match up AFTER the 96 finals'.
R E A D.
True but Shawn Kemp showed up.
It says 9 blocks, dude.
Still impressive, just... not 10.
Kemp did become a good player but was never great. Chris Bosh is about that level minus the exciting dunks and blocks.
HE was a great player. One of the best power forwards and best dunker in NBA history. Nobody even remember Chris Bosh Everybody remember Sonics/Kemp playing in the finals against Bulls.
@Ben DC4L I agree with LJ. Sean could dunk from anywhere on the court, flying from the free throw line, you name it. The alley oop master!
Chris Bosch was a good supporting player. Kemp was the heart of the Sonics
@Ben DC4L Maybe we should say they were equally great. Just different styles.
@Ben DC4L And Kevin Calabro was the most awesome announcer. Bob Blackburn, too. But I'm biased.