Man oh man, what a time for NBA ball. Unreal. The smoothness with which LA ran the fast-break; the triangle actually being fresh; the quick D step-ins and blocks-beautiful stuff.
It's great to watch D that's caught out-of-position because of advanced double-teaming schemes designed to create mismatches, and not because defenses are too lazy to pay attention to their man while get lulled to sleep watching a guard do 12 crossovers around the perimeter.
The Guy you’re the dumb ass. Magic played with Kareem, Wilkes, Haywood, Worthy, and McAdoo who are all in the HOF. All Stockton had was Karl Malone who he made into an even greater player. I’ll take Stockton any day when it comes to defense, shooting, and playmaking. You’re a fucking casual lol 🤦🏾♂️
Litty 3 Titty Lebron fans hate on Jordan too so it goes both ways. They say Jordan competition was weak while making excuses why Lebron choked in the 2011 finals
Litty 3 Titty I never called Lebron trash because I’m not a hater I just don’t think he’s the GOAT. Neither one of them are perfect but Jordan did more in less time, and he could possibly have more rings if he didn’t retire early. Lebron is great, but MJ’s mental toughness, and mindset is what separates him from the rest.
@@nicekix3038you’re an idiot. Michael Jordan is the best athlete to EVER play professional sports period.. Remove Lebron’s dick from your throat. With his 42 inch vert.. Jordan had a 48 inch vert. 4 fucking foot vertical leap. Highest in NBA history. NOT Lebron James. AND he ran a 4.3/40, he was fast as shit he could blow by anybody. He had the quickest first step in league history. Go ahead and sit back down kid. Lebron was NEVER EVEN CLOSE to the athlete MJ was. Not even slightly. He could not do even HALF the things MJ did here at this time period at his peak. This isn’t an argument. MJ is quite literally directly stated and voted by a blatantly overwhelming majority of ALL sports pundits to be the greatest athlete period of the 20th century. The greatest athlete ever in any sport. He’s literally been voted and directly stated as the greatest athlete of all-time. There IS NO weaseling your way around that. Get off the Lebron dickriding train, stop fooling yourself, and accept reality of fact. Lebron doesn’t run a 4.3 and Lebron doesn’t have no 48 inch 4 foot vertical leap. Nowhere even close to either of those. Not even remotely. Lebron isn’t even in the top 3 athletes in NBA history, let alone the greatest. Jason Richardson and Vince Carter put him to shame too, Shawn Kemp was a better athlete than him as a 6’10 power foward that could do everything a small foward and even most shooting guards could do. Lebron is MAYBE in 5th. MAYBE. At the absolute best. He’s nowhere near MJ on any level. DEFINITELY not in athleticism. Thats what made MJ “Air Jordan”.. That’s what made him so great to begin with. Lebron is just big. He’s 6’8-6’9 and 250 lbs. Kemp was bigger than him at 6’10 and 245-255 and had over a 40 inch vert too. About the same as Lebron’s 42 inches. If you’re bigger than somebody and have the same Vertical as them when they should be ahead of you, you’re the better athlete. Period. Keep was fast as shit for somebody 6’10 too. All you had to do was throw it anywhere near the rim/backboard and he was goin up to get it and slam it thru. Every time. Same with MJ. Lebron had to have a FULL head of steam sprinting at the bucket from half court or beyond to be able to hop up and catch it from anywhere and jam it like that. Stop with this “Lebron is better” at ANY aspect than Jordan bullshit already. It’s blatantly, utterly false. MJ was the greatest athlete of all-time kid.
Magic Johnson was right when he said the showtime lakes would had crush the warriors , look how fast they was and how good shooters and passing skills plus most of the players were so big
@Drake Lang the 1987 lakers team is considered the best Magic team. Personally I'd say the 1980 Lakers are the 2nd best since it has a late prime Kareem and a Rookie Magic.
@Drake The Warriors were great because the rules of the game today favor and protect perimeter players. Magic didn't have those advantages in the 80s. Imagine not being able to handcheck a 6-9 Magic Johnson. He would be a nightmare in today's game. And it depends which Warriors team you're talking about. With Durant, GSW probably has the advantage over the 91 Lakers. But an early 80s team with Magic and Kareem would probably have a shot.
Magic Johnson is the best laker to ever play for the purple and gold. Magic Johnson is right the showtime lakers would beat the warriors because the fast break defense and having fun passing the basketball and everyone invode.
@@Banks23 I agree, as far as Steph. They really didn’t have the an answer defensively for him. They have a couple of guys would could have defended Klay. KD? Forget about it. Although it would have been funny as hell watching Draymond and Bogut trying to defend Kareem in the paint lmao. But all in all the Lakers would have been out gunned.
„The officials whistle stops the demonstration of dunk-nology“.... hahaha... that was a Great comment. And why the hell is this superb smooth lay up at 4:46 in no highlights edition? Damn that was nice
Interesting side note... that blocked shot by Sam perkins on Jordan in the beginning of the video is the reason Jordan switched hands in game 2 of the finals.
People today don't realize how good these squads were. People look at this Lakers squad for instance and think these players are nothing compared to today which is a joke become they got it ass backwards. Guys like AC Green and Elden Campbell would be monsters in today's game. Big Game James and Magic are obviously two of the greatest. Even Byron Scott was a really good player. And the guys who retired including guys like Michael Cooper would be great today. Magic thinks Showtime would destroy today's GSW team - I don't know about destroy but I think they might win - maybe not this exact version but Showtime from the mid to late 80's would definitely win. These guys are simply too big for GSW and could run all day. GSW wouldn't be able to stop any of them.
@@Banks23 There's a reason the Lakers were called Showtime. They loved to play fast and score a lot of points in a flashy way. My question to you is who is Steph going to guard? The guys on the Lakers actually know how to post up! And who on the Warriors is going to guard Kareem who is about 4 inches taller than Durant!
Crypto Hizz no way in hell Kareem is better than Jordan. 6 times finals MVP against only 1 because Kareem played with the greatest point guard ever, while MJ played with Scottie who was great but not on Magic's level. Man, Jordan is undisputed. Stop.
@@ezirulez4eva175and the facts are Magic only had those 5, and lost in the finals multiple times. Jordan had 6, and NEVER once lost in the finals. 6 is more than 5. And 6-0 trumps anything else. Jordan’s 6-0 trumps Bill Russell’s 11. There were literally 10 teams in the entire league back then. Jordan won 6 against 30-32 teams. When there’s 10 teams in the league EVERYBODY makes the playoffs. People don’t seem to understand that little detail about Russell’s titles. He had a 1 in 10 chance to win it every single year. By the time he won his last title, there were only 14-15 teams in the league. Now go ahead and sit back down. Nobody’s “pressed”, They’re stating facts too kid. 6-0 compared to 5-2. Jordan beat Magic in the finals literally THAT year. Sit down.
This Lakers team was actually a shell of their Showtime talent by '91. Gone were the likes of McAdoo, Kareem, Cooper, Wilkes, Nixon, and Coach Riley. They had essentially become a half-court team despite what you see here. NBC analysts said they made the "transition from Showtime to Slowtime." Despite this, they still won 58 games (3rd best overall) that season including 16 straight at one point. But, by Finals time, they were injured worn out and couldn't keep up with the young, hungry and athletic young Bulls.
They been through too many wars at this point. Bull's had it easy and Jordan Lucky Magic was forced to retire. All Magic needed was a healthy James worthy and they would have beat the Bulls.
@dachicagoan It's not an argument those are FACTS. Jordans Bull's are so much hype. They are so great they had to wait for the great NBA team's of the 80s to fall apart and pick up a bunch of their player's. Then play in an NBA with depleted talent pool due to expansion. Bull's didn't have to worry about wing play against Magics Laker's because they all got injured.
@@thegreatrainman2336 They didn't have to "wait" for anyone. They simply just fully hit their stride in the 90-91 season. They never lost a single series during MJ's career in which they were the team with home court advantage. They just simply ran into what were better teams at the time and that had a lot to do with them just not having the needed experience yet to beat those teams. Fron 89-90 to 90-91 they made a jump from 55 wins to the best record in the league with 65 wins. Once they took that last step there wasn't anyone that was going to beat them. Not the late 80s Pistons, early to mid 80s Lakers or the mid 80s Celtics.
Magic Kareem and Riley Dominated the Bulls in the 80's 80's Lakers vs. Anyone Magic Kareem Cooper Wilks Worthy Scott AC Green Bob Macado Rambis Norm Nixon!
That’s probably the point where Magic realized that he was no longer the best player in the NBA. He saw that Jordan was on another level. That’s nothing to be ashamed of because Mike was better that EVERYBODY!
to me, this is the season where Jordan quit playing basketball, and ventured into full blown ballet. As an adult I've come to actually really appreciate traditional ballet and watch quite a lot - the above comment is not hyperbole: difference between Baryshnikov and Jordan is that Jordan performed his ballet with a Spalding. Case in point: 4:47 BEAUTIFUL.
Those were the times of inside games, when they would rush down the floor for a penetrating 2 pointer, unlike today the NBA adapts the FIBA style of keep passing around the arc looking for 3pointers.
if you mean the compact only-2-steps version of a euro step, then yes. But I feel like for a real euro-step he would have had to pick the ball up sooner, or not dribbled at all. I think you could almost get away with just taking that pass and driving to the hoop without a dribble in today's NBA.
This L.A team was no bum squad. Magic, Worthy, Vlade Divac, and Perkins were a great team. Sucks people disrespect the early 90s lakers like if they were nothing.
Yeah but according to Kobetards and bronsexuals the early 90’s Lakers were old and out of shape 🤣 Even though Magic had just won the MVP the previous season (1989-1990), came 2nd in MVP voting in 1990-1991 (2nd to MJ) and won 58 games that same season.
Here's an idea..why not just appreciate the greatness of both? It's possible to do that. Two completely different players but both are amazing players.
Ben Smith Sorry Ben, but you need to go back and fact check what you posted in your 2 comments because you got a lot things wrong in both your comments. Fact checking is key....lesson learned.
Ben Smith I'm talking about a lot of things in both your comments. 1. You said when LeBron scored 48 against the Pistons he was 11 for 13 from the field....he was 18 for 33, but still one his best games ever, I'll give him that. 2. You said that Pistons team were the champions the year before....that year was 07, and they won in 04, 3 years before. 3. You said that Pistons team was better than the 91 Lakers team that MJ beat because they were "declining" and Magic was close to retirement....that team was NOT declining and Magic was NOT close to retirement because he was 31, and the ONLY reason he retired was because he got HIV, not because he was old! 4. You said that Pistons team won the year before (wrong again), and had Ben Wallace and Tracy McGrady...they didn't have either one of them in 07 against LeBron, including Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown who coached the Pistons 3 years earlier (not the year before) when they won the title. 5. You said that 07 Pistons team was better than the Pistons when MJ beat them because all they had was Thomas & Dumars while everyone else was 31 to 35...they also had a prime Dennis Rodman that had just won his 2nd consecutive DPOY award, and that 07 Pistons team was NOT better than the 91 Pistons team. Just a few things I quickly noticed reading your two comments, and if you think I'm lying, then fact check what I just said and prove me wrong.
Ben Smith Correction, reading your comment you said that Detroit Pistons team (07) was just as good as the Detroit teams that BEAT MJ....which is laughable!
If you weren't careful Magic Johnson Lakers would make the other team tired if not prepared they get up and down the court fast especially off the opposing rebound Magic outlet passes alot a fast return scores they made happen.
Jordan guarded Magic the entire game and Bulls got this regular season win. Such a joke that some fans still think that Magic later burned Jordan in Game 1 of 91 Finals. The Bulls were up by one in the closing seconds of that game and lost on a Sam Perkins 3. Lakers got the W but Jordan outplayed Magic in Game 1; Magic had 19 points and 11 assists. Jordan had 36 points and 12 assists. And if you watch the FULL games, now on TH-cam, you'll see that Jordan still guarded Magic for the majority of the series, Pippen only guarded Magic for half of a quarter in the other games as a change of pace.
Stop it…Magic had a triple double…you conveniently left out Magic 10 rebounds to go along with his 19 points and 11 assists. Magic always got his against anybody!! If you go speak on something…tell the whole story.
@@glenday7474 Ok Magic had 10 rebounds but Jordan also had 8 rebounds. Magic played 43 minutes. Jordan played 40. Jordan had twice as many points as Magic, 1 more assist than Magic had and 1 less turnover than Magic. Is that enough of the "whole story?"
@@glenday7474 And what's more impressive, 6-9 Magic getting 10 rebounds in 43 minutes, or 6-6 Jordan getting 8 rebounds in 40 minutes? Porbably even or I'd favor Jordan.
MJ was the ultimate competitor. He always said he used his rivals as rocket fuel to spur himself on. In 1988 he had surpassed Bird and Magic to win league MVP for the first time. Then Kareem retired and Magic started carrying the Lakers on his own, which resulted in his performances pushing him to back-to-back league MVPs, though he would never again win another NBA championship. Mike needed that push from Magic to be even better than he was before, to reclaim the MVP and push his team to a first-ever NBA championship in 1991. Further examples include 1993 when he lost the league MVP to Barkley, then crushed him in the Finals when the Bulls met Barkley's Phoenix Suns; also in the same 1991 playoffs run when Jordan wiped the floor with Isiah Thomas and his "Bad Boys" Pistons after losing to them in consecutive playoff years.
The the Lakers assembly that year was good adding Sam Perkins and Divac when the championship game came and worthy was out injured and Scott played injured also Perkins was added at trade deadline not saying we would have beat Mike that year but bring that team plus they said we was about to get Barkley the next year who knows how things would have turned out but as we all know Magic would contract HIV and thus Jordan becomes the Greatest ever
3:11 - As a kid and avid Air Jordan fan, I always HATED that. I mean, that crap made my blood boil. Imagine a ten year old having a stroke: I came damn close I think more than a few times when this ### would happen. "Oh no!"
Nah, he just switches hands mid-dribble as he turns around. Doesn't have both hands on the ball. Just looks like it because of the grainy res. It's a pretty clean play.
Magic came to a team that was in the playoffs every year and that year for the Lakers was no different than any other accept that they won the Championship. Jordan came to a team full has beens and weak players, so he was the best player on the Bulls as a rookie and needed a team built around him.
The Announcer just said, "that Majic Johnson and the showtime Lakers aint won a game, since 1987 I guess Scottie Pippen put a stop to that showtime shit😂
+gnicevids He never "got sick". Eazy E is an example of someone who got sick from the virus. Magic was just merely diagnosed with having the virus (HIV). There's a difference (and a BIG DIFFERENCE at that), between having full blown A.I.D.S, and merely testing positive for the HIV virus. When one actually get's sick (from the HIV virus), that means that they've developed full blown (A.I.D.S), to which he NEVER has (even till this day). That's WHY he was able to compete in the '92 Olympics.
You know these dumb fucks love to use that excuse and LIE that MJ beat an old sick Magic in the finals to try to diminish MJ's performance and title. I never heard of a 58 win team and the runner up MVP (Magic) being on a decline lol
Look Jordan is guarding Magic. And I thought, according to today's NBA fans that Pippen ALWAYS guarded the best player on the other team? Could today's fans actually be wrong? Noooo.
Even though Mike was obviously THE guy during the dynasty of the bulls. I feel like scottie at times gets disrespected by folks. As if he didn't put any work in helping which he did.
So was Magic. Magic was the very epitome of a floor general actually making his TEAM better. And was an overal more skillful player. You could have Kareem, like the single best big in history, out for a finals game and have a 21 year old rookie Magic step up as a center and wreck havoc. Lebrun 15 years in the league, still cant play post up consistently.
1991 lakers is the best team ever. Never before or after are half courts orchestrated that well and their fast break was still better than any team before or after.
@@FreshPrincex4 Still wrong four years later, lol. Scottie only guarded Magic for three quarters of Game 2. Scottie guarded Worthy and strangely Divac for most of the 1991 Finals. Jordan was the primary defender on Magic the entire rest of the series. The full games are on TH-cam but I'm sure that's too much work for you
Worthy is 🗑 his game is whack has absolutely no ability to shoot, how do you not develop a shot? Jordans brain is extraordinary always finding an open man
@05:14-05:18 Seriously Jordan Jockers you don't think Lebron would have a field day in the post with Jordan guarding him? Yeah, the Bulls beat the Lakers in the Finals, but it wasn't the same Lakers team without the real GOAT (Kareem).
JL LeBron is pedestrian in the post. His footwork is average, his moves robotic, and he shuffles his feet constantly. Conversely, Jordan was unstoppable in the post with an endless array of turn-around, fade-away and up-and-under moves in either direction.
JL No because his post up game isn't that great LeBron not just gonna back Mj down all day if he can't even do it to Kobe,Wade,Melo,KD etc it takes more than just raw strength to have a good post game
Man oh man, what a time for NBA ball. Unreal. The smoothness with which LA ran the fast-break; the triangle actually being fresh; the quick D step-ins and blocks-beautiful stuff.
It's great to watch D that's caught out-of-position because of advanced double-teaming schemes designed to create mismatches, and not because defenses are too lazy to pay attention to their man while get lulled to sleep watching a guard do 12 crossovers around the perimeter.
When the G.O.A.T PG plays the G.O.A.T. SG, nothing less than GREATNESS should be anticipated, and this game didn't disappoint.
Joseph Kony - child kidnapper WarLord Prophet he made it super, you dumb fuck.
Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA fuck Stockton. Couldn’t win the big one.
Wilt Chamberlain GOD of NBA yea you need to be smacked
The Guy you’re the dumb ass. Magic played with Kareem, Wilkes, Haywood, Worthy, and McAdoo who are all in the HOF. All Stockton had was Karl Malone who he made into an even greater player. I’ll take Stockton any day when it comes to defense, shooting, and playmaking. You’re a fucking casual lol 🤦🏾♂️
Chris Butler damn shorty u going crazy 💙😂
MJ is just too cat quick for anybody the best athlete to step on a NBA floor 🐐🐐
Lebron is the best athlete, but MJ was the best player because he didn’t have any flaws
Litty 3 Titty Lebron fans hate on Jordan too so it goes both ways. They say Jordan competition was weak while making excuses why Lebron choked in the 2011 finals
Litty 3 Titty I never called Lebron trash because I’m not a hater I just don’t think he’s the GOAT. Neither one of them are perfect but Jordan did more in less time, and he could possibly have more rings if he didn’t retire early. Lebron is great, but MJ’s mental toughness, and mindset is what separates him from the rest.
@@nicekix3038you’re an idiot. Michael Jordan is the best athlete to EVER play professional sports period.. Remove Lebron’s dick from your throat. With his 42 inch vert.. Jordan had a 48 inch vert. 4 fucking foot vertical leap. Highest in NBA history. NOT Lebron James. AND he ran a 4.3/40, he was fast as shit he could blow by anybody. He had the quickest first step in league history. Go ahead and sit back down kid. Lebron was NEVER EVEN CLOSE to the athlete MJ was. Not even slightly. He could not do even HALF the things MJ did here at this time period at his peak. This isn’t an argument. MJ is quite literally directly stated and voted by a blatantly overwhelming majority of ALL sports pundits to be the greatest athlete period of the 20th century. The greatest athlete ever in any sport. He’s literally been voted and directly stated as the greatest athlete of all-time. There IS NO weaseling your way around that. Get off the Lebron dickriding train, stop fooling yourself, and accept reality of fact. Lebron doesn’t run a 4.3 and Lebron doesn’t have no 48 inch 4 foot vertical leap. Nowhere even close to either of those. Not even remotely. Lebron isn’t even in the top 3 athletes in NBA history, let alone the greatest. Jason Richardson and Vince Carter put him to shame too, Shawn Kemp was a better athlete than him as a 6’10 power foward that could do everything a small foward and even most shooting guards could do. Lebron is MAYBE in 5th. MAYBE. At the absolute best. He’s nowhere near MJ on any level. DEFINITELY not in athleticism. Thats what made MJ “Air Jordan”.. That’s what made him so great to begin with. Lebron is just big. He’s 6’8-6’9 and 250 lbs. Kemp was bigger than him at 6’10 and 245-255 and had over a 40 inch vert too. About the same as Lebron’s 42 inches. If you’re bigger than somebody and have the same Vertical as them when they should be ahead of you, you’re the better athlete. Period. Keep was fast as shit for somebody 6’10 too. All you had to do was throw it anywhere near the rim/backboard and he was goin up to get it and slam it thru. Every time. Same with MJ. Lebron had to have a FULL head of steam sprinting at the bucket from half court or beyond to be able to hop up and catch it from anywhere and jam it like that. Stop with this “Lebron is better” at ANY aspect than Jordan bullshit already. It’s blatantly, utterly false. MJ was the greatest athlete of all-time kid.
Magic Johnson was right when he said the showtime lakes would had crush the warriors , look how fast they was and how good shooters and passing skills plus most of the players were so big
Fools look at assists averages and dont understand what a floor general Magic was. He'd dictate the whole pace, like he'd had strings in his hands.
@Drake Lang the 1987 lakers team is considered the best Magic team. Personally I'd say the 1980 Lakers are the 2nd best since it has a late prime Kareem and a Rookie Magic.
@Drake ges is overrated
@Drake obviously the showtime lakers were not the 91 bit the 87 or 88 i believe
@Drake The Warriors were great because the rules of the game today favor and protect perimeter players. Magic didn't have those advantages in the 80s. Imagine not being able to handcheck a 6-9 Magic Johnson. He would be a nightmare in today's game. And it depends which Warriors team you're talking about. With Durant, GSW probably has the advantage over the 91 Lakers. But an early 80s team with Magic and Kareem would probably have a shot.
Magic Johnson is the best laker to ever play for the purple and gold. Magic Johnson is right the showtime lakers would beat the warriors because the fast break defense and having fun passing the basketball and everyone invode.
They were also a level or two ahead in terms of Basketball IQ
😂😂😂😂 your stupid if u think that
Lmfao yea cause they gonna be chasing Steph and Klay around the whole game. Let alone trying to guard KD.
@@Banks23 I agree, as far as Steph. They really didn’t have the an answer defensively for him. They have a couple of guys would could have defended Klay. KD? Forget about it. Although it would have been funny as hell watching Draymond and Bogut trying to defend Kareem in the paint lmao. But all in all the Lakers would have been out gunned.
Kobe will always be the best laker magic didn’t even play long enough
Up and down they go. Watched this full game on youtube and my neck started to hurt just watching it, very entertaining game.
That was a preview of the 91 Finals that season Two Iconic figures in the NBA at that time
5:12 Never gets old. Love watching their battles
It’s like watching brothers go at each other like they were kids
So much greatness in one video
That "plumber" wearing No. 32 for the Lakers is pretty good.
I remember watching this game live
Wow some of the passes made here are so quick I had to rewind several times to catch it! The assist rate in this game is incredible.
7 players on the court would have fouled out in today's NBA by halftime.
„The officials whistle stops the demonstration of dunk-nology“.... hahaha... that was a Great comment.
And why the hell is this superb smooth lay up at 4:46 in no highlights edition? Damn that was nice
layup 7:08 nobody else does this pass at 6:59 sick
Jordan genius vs Johnson crack, two Greatest Players Basketball of history of history NBA,USA in WORLD
Interesting side note... that blocked shot by Sam perkins on Jordan in the beginning of the video is the reason Jordan switched hands in game 2 of the finals.
if i had to sent to an alien a video of greatest players ever that would be it
People today don't realize how good these squads were. People look at this Lakers squad for instance and think these players are nothing compared to today which is a joke become they got it ass backwards. Guys like AC Green and Elden Campbell would be monsters in today's game. Big Game James and Magic are obviously two of the greatest. Even Byron Scott was a really good player. And the guys who retired including guys like Michael Cooper would be great today. Magic thinks Showtime would destroy today's GSW team - I don't know about destroy but I think they might win - maybe not this exact version but Showtime from the mid to late 80's would definitely win. These guys are simply too big for GSW and could run all day. GSW wouldn't be able to stop any of them.
Man, how about Divac? Divac was a solid big guy with great post game and overal basketball IQ. Javale Mcgee and Zaza and my ass.
Oasis Tall beats small but 3 beats two.
At one point the shortest guy on the Showtime Lakers was Byron Scott at 6'4". Everybody else was ATLEAST 6'9"!
cyber6sapien good luck chasing Steph an klay. And whose dropping KD. NO WAY IN HELL. Steph and Klay alone can win this matxhuoy
@@Banks23 There's a reason the Lakers were called Showtime. They loved to play fast and score a lot of points in a flashy way. My question to you is who is Steph going to guard? The guys on the Lakers actually know how to post up! And who on the Warriors is going to guard Kareem who is about 4 inches taller than Durant!
undisputed top 3 of all time
1. Jordan
2. Magic
3. Kareem.
Kareem
Jordan
Magic
Crypto Hizz no way in hell Kareem is better than Jordan. 6 times finals MVP against only 1 because Kareem played with the greatest point guard ever, while MJ played with Scottie who was great but not on Magic's level. Man, Jordan is undisputed. Stop.
Jordan
Kareem
Magic
naw, 1.Magic 2.Bird 3.Jordan
BOMBAATA Wilt Chamberlain 2K 20K also Jordan and wilt
When Magic had 5 titles already, and Jordan had none yet.
6-0
6-0...100% ratio....lol....GOAT....lol.....BEST two-way player EVER....LOL...
Why u gettin pressed he stating facts
@@ezirulez4eva175and the facts are Magic only had those 5, and lost in the finals multiple times. Jordan had 6, and NEVER once lost in the finals. 6 is more than 5. And 6-0 trumps anything else. Jordan’s 6-0 trumps Bill Russell’s 11. There were literally 10 teams in the entire league back then. Jordan won 6 against 30-32 teams. When there’s 10 teams in the league EVERYBODY makes the playoffs. People don’t seem to understand that little detail about Russell’s titles. He had a 1 in 10 chance to win it every single year. By the time he won his last title, there were only 14-15 teams in the league. Now go ahead and sit back down. Nobody’s “pressed”, They’re stating facts too kid. 6-0 compared to 5-2. Jordan beat Magic in the finals literally THAT year. Sit down.
@@dazdavis7896Magic and the Lakers played MUCH better teams in the finals. Also, Jordan wasn't 6-0 in the finals, the Bulls were.
This Lakers team was actually a shell of their Showtime talent by '91. Gone were the likes of McAdoo, Kareem, Cooper, Wilkes, Nixon, and Coach Riley. They had essentially become a half-court team despite what you see here. NBC analysts said they made the "transition from Showtime to Slowtime." Despite this, they still won 58 games (3rd best overall) that season including 16 straight at one point. But, by Finals time, they were injured worn out and couldn't keep up with the young, hungry and athletic young Bulls.
They been through too many wars at this point. Bull's had it easy and Jordan Lucky Magic was forced to retire. All Magic needed was a healthy James worthy and they would have beat the Bulls.
@dachicagoan It's not an argument those are FACTS. Jordans Bull's are so much hype. They are so great they had to wait for the great NBA team's of the 80s to fall apart and pick up a bunch of their player's. Then play in an NBA with depleted talent pool due to expansion. Bull's didn't have to worry about wing play against Magics Laker's because they all got injured.
@@thegreatrainman2336 They didn't have to "wait" for anyone. They simply just fully hit their stride in the 90-91 season. They never lost a single series during MJ's career in which they were the team with home court advantage. They just simply ran into what were better teams at the time and that had a lot to do with them just not having the needed experience yet to beat those teams. Fron 89-90 to 90-91 they made a jump from 55 wins to the best record in the league with 65 wins. Once they took that last step there wasn't anyone that was going to beat them. Not the late 80s Pistons, early to mid 80s Lakers or the mid 80s Celtics.
@dachicagoan HIV* It's actually a pretty important distinction.
@@cobra7282 They beat no great team
MJ's business card: 3:24
Michael Jordan
Endowed Professor of Dunkology
love to watch him play ball
the final year of the showtime lakers dynasty
Jordan always made it a point to out Magic Magic. Same assists, same rebounds, hella more points.
Magic Kareem and Riley Dominated the Bulls in the 80's 80's Lakers vs. Anyone Magic Kareem Cooper Wilks Worthy Scott AC Green Bob Macado Rambis Norm Nixon!
That’s cause they were Michael and the Jordanaires in the 80s
Jordan intercepting a pass is so smooth. Its look like he still waiting for a post up player to pass and jordan defense on magic is really good
That’s probably the point where Magic realized that he was no longer the best player in the NBA. He saw that Jordan was on another level. That’s nothing to be ashamed of because Mike was better that EVERYBODY!
So much fun watching them when I was a kid!
I was about 11yrs. old that time they played. Wow... Go Bulls...
to me, this is the season where Jordan quit playing basketball, and ventured into full blown ballet.
As an adult I've come to actually really appreciate traditional ballet and watch quite a lot - the above comment is not hyperbole: difference between Baryshnikov and Jordan is that Jordan performed his ballet with a Spalding. Case in point: 4:47
BEAUTIFUL.
“Old” magic with another stellar game
Those were the times of inside games, when they would rush down the floor for a penetrating 2 pointer, unlike today the NBA adapts the FIBA style of keep passing around the arc looking for 3pointers.
4:44 tho!1
MJ is the embodiment of a complete player
Man Hubie Brown and Dick Stockton have been basketball commentators for a helluva long time!
@2:41 watch how quickly two Lakers collapse to defend the paint against Jordan and he still goes over them with ease.
The way showtime moved you would have thought the court was shorter
Preview of the Finals that year
Best Ever!
Michael during his prime was able to do everything he wants! that was crazy good.
Wtf, Gets up in the air, looks around, glides, switches hands, lays it in, smiles for the camera. God like
did Jordan do a right foot dunk 3:23
chris wilso yea and put it in with his left
Jordan could finish off of either foot with either hand with exceptional proficiency.
chris wilso good for u can count. did u really have to ask that or could u just go back and look at the video?
Grandpa Ball do you really have to be a bitch good for you
great ball player and greatguy
#32 Magic Showtime! Johnson
Love that Magic was letting that three fly anytime the defense lagged off on him or even on a transition pull up, nothing but net each time.
Pippen does euro step @4:55
kurukupu pupu without traveling!
if you mean the compact only-2-steps version of a euro step, then yes. But I feel like for a real euro-step he would have had to pick the ball up sooner, or not dribbled at all. I think you could almost get away with just taking that pass and driving to the hoop without a dribble in today's NBA.
This L.A team was no bum squad. Magic, Worthy, Vlade Divac, and Perkins were a great team. Sucks people disrespect the early 90s lakers like if they were nothing.
Yeah but according to Kobetards and bronsexuals the early 90’s Lakers were old and out of shape 🤣 Even though Magic had just won the MVP the previous season (1989-1990), came 2nd in MVP voting in 1990-1991 (2nd to MJ) and won 58 games that same season.
wow magic faked out mj 5:22
Jordan puts up 33pts 15rbs 9ast vs a great team LeBron fan's ( his overrated). LeBron puts up this numbers vs a crap east team ( He is the goat)
Ben Smith Your drunk, Detroit sucked and so has the NBA since the late 90s!
Here's an idea..why not just appreciate the greatness of both? It's possible to do that. Two completely different players but both are amazing players.
Ben Smith
Sorry Ben, but you need to go back and fact check what you posted in your 2 comments because you got a lot things wrong in both your comments. Fact checking is key....lesson learned.
Ben Smith
I'm talking about a lot of things in both your comments.
1. You said when LeBron scored 48 against the Pistons he was 11 for 13 from the field....he was 18 for 33, but still one his best games ever, I'll give him that.
2. You said that Pistons team were the champions the year before....that year was 07, and they won in 04, 3 years before.
3. You said that Pistons team was better than the 91 Lakers team that MJ beat because they were "declining" and Magic was close to retirement....that team was NOT declining and Magic was NOT close to retirement because he was 31, and the ONLY reason he retired was because he got HIV, not because he was old!
4. You said that Pistons team won the year before (wrong again), and had Ben Wallace and Tracy McGrady...they didn't have either one of them in 07 against LeBron, including Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown who coached the Pistons 3 years earlier (not the year before) when they won the title.
5. You said that 07 Pistons team was better than the Pistons when MJ beat them because all they had was Thomas & Dumars while everyone else was 31 to 35...they also had a prime Dennis Rodman that had just won his 2nd consecutive DPOY award, and that 07 Pistons team was NOT better than the 91 Pistons team.
Just a few things I quickly noticed reading your two comments, and if you think I'm lying, then fact check what I just said and prove me wrong.
Ben Smith
Correction, reading your comment you said that Detroit Pistons team (07) was just as good as the Detroit teams that BEAT MJ....which is laughable!
If you weren't careful Magic Johnson Lakers would make the other team tired if not prepared they get up and down the court fast especially off the opposing rebound Magic outlet passes alot a fast return scores they made happen.
That move at 7:00 was ridiculous
A NBA finals preview
Great game! Jordan is amazing
Jordan guarded Magic the entire game and Bulls got this regular season win. Such a joke that some fans still think that Magic later burned Jordan in Game 1 of 91 Finals. The Bulls were up by one in the closing seconds of that game and lost on a Sam Perkins 3. Lakers got the W but Jordan outplayed Magic in Game 1; Magic had 19 points and 11 assists. Jordan had 36 points and 12 assists. And if you watch the FULL games, now on TH-cam, you'll see that Jordan still guarded Magic for the majority of the series, Pippen only guarded Magic for half of a quarter in the other games as a change of pace.
Stop it…Magic had a triple double…you conveniently left out Magic 10 rebounds to go along with his 19 points and 11 assists. Magic always got his against anybody!! If you go speak on something…tell the whole story.
@@glenday7474 Ok Magic had 10 rebounds but Jordan also had 8 rebounds. Magic played 43 minutes. Jordan played 40. Jordan had twice as many points as Magic, 1 more assist than Magic had and 1 less turnover than Magic. Is that enough of the "whole story?"
@@turtleislandlac1490 Magic played good it was the injuries to Worthy and Scott plus no one else stepped up except Divac and Campbell.
@@glenday7474 And what's more impressive, 6-9 Magic getting 10 rebounds in 43 minutes, or 6-6 Jordan getting 8 rebounds in 40 minutes? Porbably even or I'd favor Jordan.
6 months later...history is made lol
Magic was good for Mike. He made Mike up his game.
MJ was the ultimate competitor. He always said he used his rivals as rocket fuel to spur himself on. In 1988 he had surpassed Bird and Magic to win league MVP for the first time. Then Kareem retired and Magic started carrying the Lakers on his own, which resulted in his performances pushing him to back-to-back league MVPs, though he would never again win another NBA championship. Mike needed that push from Magic to be even better than he was before, to reclaim the MVP and push his team to a first-ever NBA championship in 1991. Further examples include 1993 when he lost the league MVP to Barkley, then crushed him in the Finals when the Bulls met Barkley's Phoenix Suns; also in the same 1991 playoffs run when Jordan wiped the floor with Isiah Thomas and his "Bad Boys" Pistons after losing to them in consecutive playoff years.
that rebound at 5:38
The the Lakers assembly that year was good adding Sam Perkins and Divac when the championship game came and worthy was out injured and Scott played injured also Perkins was added at trade deadline not saying we would have beat Mike that year but bring that team plus they said we was about to get Barkley the next year who knows how things would have turned out but as we all know Magic would contract HIV and thus Jordan becomes the Greatest ever
Jordan could have been assist leader if he wanted to.If the opponent is known for anything special then he's gonna match u up,three point scoring....
I cant fathom Jordans hang time in the air
3:11 - As a kid and avid Air Jordan fan, I always HATED that. I mean, that crap made my blood boil. Imagine a ten year old having a stroke: I came damn close I think more than a few times when this ### would happen.
"Oh no!"
Reminder that Magic averaged 25/10/10 in the series before this
This wasn’t a finals/playoffs game…
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nice double dribble at 4:08
Nah, he just switches hands mid-dribble as he turns around. Doesn't have both hands on the ball. Just looks like it because of the grainy res. It's a pretty clean play.
@@JakeStine You might be right. looks like he switch hands without a bounce??
My two greatest of all time Jordan number one magic number two
Can't get too close to Michael now that's a foul
Lefty8013 Dumb...and how original.
Lmao Magic is really funny
#at collage he beat bird on a Championship game 1979...and Magic got his 1st Champion 1980 on his 1st NBA game at Lakers... Did Jordan done that...
Magic came to a team that was in the playoffs every year and that year for the Lakers was no different than any other accept that they won the Championship. Jordan came to a team full has beens and weak players, so he was the best player on the Bulls as a rookie and needed a team built around him.
Close game. The Lakers: Magic, Vlade Divac, Byron Scott, AC Green and James Worthy were a good side, but the Bulls were just too good.
The Announcer just said, "that Majic Johnson and the showtime Lakers aint won a game, since 1987 I guess Scottie Pippen put a stop to that showtime shit😂
Magic was starting to get sick around those time
+gnicevids
He never "got sick".
Eazy E is an example of someone who got sick from the virus. Magic was just merely diagnosed with having the virus (HIV).
There's a difference (and a BIG DIFFERENCE at that), between having full blown A.I.D.S, and merely testing positive for the HIV virus.
When one actually get's sick (from the HIV virus), that means that they've developed full blown (A.I.D.S), to which he NEVER has (even till this day).
That's WHY he was able to compete in the '92 Olympics.
You know these dumb fucks love to use that excuse and LIE that MJ beat an old sick Magic in the finals to try to diminish MJ's performance and title. I never heard of a 58 win team and the runner up MVP (Magic) being on a decline lol
+JCR1992 magic was old in this game and basketball don't have no goat
Darnell Robison he was 30 lol
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Jordan three-peated for a second time when he was older than Magic was here. That is a poor excuse.
And people say Magic better than BIRD..LOL
from 1987 - 1991, he was. But from 86 and prior, Bird was the NBA's best player.
@@eddieG667 Magic 3 MVP’s 5 World titles. 3 finals MVP’s
And people act like Jordan couldn't do wht lebron does when Jordan play the lebron style his numbers are the same if not better at 6 6 215 not 6 8 275
If they put Perkins and center and worthy at forward they are clapping with shooters
First i win jordan is best player in world
Danijel Vukovic But MJ isn't playing right now. Do you mean ever?
1. Michael Jordan
2. Air Jordan
3. Michael Jeffrey Jordan
4. Mike Jordan
5. Black Cat Jordan
Nah magic better
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Look Jordan is guarding Magic. And I thought, according to today's NBA fans that Pippen ALWAYS guarded the best player on the other team? Could today's fans actually be wrong? Noooo.
Even though Mike was obviously THE guy during the dynasty of the bulls. I feel like scottie at times gets disrespected by folks. As if he didn't put any work in helping which he did.
IF ANYONE WAS TO COMPARE LEBRON TO ANYONE IT SHUD BE MAGIC;JORDANS OUT OF LEBRONS LEAGUE
So was Magic. Magic was the very epitome of a floor general actually making his TEAM better. And was an overal more skillful player. You could have Kareem, like the single best big in history, out for a finals game and have a 21 year old rookie Magic step up as a center and wreck havoc. Lebrun 15 years in the league, still cant play post up consistently.
Divac was a problem
@8:27 that's the trash calls Jordan always got
Who had 33
Jesus walked on water Jordan walked on air
Jordan, jordan cuántas violaciones y faules no te marcaban
1991 lakers is the best team ever. Never before or after are half courts orchestrated that well and their fast break was still better than any team before or after.
Nope, the 87 team was better!
Lakers weren’t even better than the Bulls😂😂
Jordan guarded Magic practically the entire game, through Lebron fans will have you believe it was Scottie.
I think scottie guarded magic during the finals that season , lol.
Scottie only guarded him for a quarter
@@FreshPrincex4 Still wrong four years later, lol. Scottie only guarded Magic for three quarters of Game 2. Scottie guarded Worthy and strangely Divac for most of the 1991 Finals. Jordan was the primary defender on Magic the entire rest of the series. The full games are on TH-cam but I'm sure that's too much work for you
@@turtleislandlac1490 not reading that paragraph of you being emotional, and with a ninja turtle nickname.
@@FreshPrincex4 STill wrong UNCle Phil
Magic was old in this one.
Nope.
30 yrs old is not old.
Magic abusing mike in the post
Worthy is 🗑 his game is whack has absolutely no ability to shoot, how do you not develop a shot? Jordans brain is extraordinary always finding an open man
Worthy may have been past his prime. He was awesome from ‘85 to ‘89
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@05:14-05:18 Seriously Jordan Jockers you don't think Lebron would have a field day in the post with Jordan guarding him? Yeah, the Bulls beat the Lakers in the Finals, but it wasn't the same Lakers team without the real GOAT (Kareem).
JL LeBron is pedestrian in the post. His footwork is average, his moves robotic, and he shuffles his feet constantly. Conversely, Jordan was unstoppable in the post with an endless array of turn-around, fade-away and up-and-under moves in either direction.
JL can't tell em anything man
JL
You based that on one 4 second highlight? Lol!
JL No because his post up game isn't that great LeBron not just gonna back Mj down all day if he can't even do it to Kobe,Wade,Melo,KD etc it takes more than just raw strength to have a good post game
You dumb as fuck. Lakers had the best roster in the nba at that time. Even when Kareem retired, they still had the best line up. You an idiot.
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90s commentary waz cancer