@@jaycee9153 fuck outta here. you probably just started watching basketball then. jordan had no flaws. post game deadly shooter, clutch, great defense, great passing 2guard, best rebounding 2guard ever, killer mentally. what was his flaw huh?? and winning is a team accomplishment dummy.. that’s why it’s 5 players on the court and not 1. once his teammates got better it was over.
@@jaycee9153 you mean literally the greatest defensive team of all time. and dunking has nothing to do with being great at basketball..have you ever played a sport?
Nobody in the entire state of Utah, including the ringless deadbeat daddy Karl Malone, could defend Michael Jordan, who still haunts the dreams of every person who watched him rip the hearts out of their beloved Jazz twice in the Finals.
The Jazz actually had a problem with their new floor that year and they couldnt play on it at the start of the season. They apparently had to borrow the old floor of Karl Malone and John Stockton who now literally owned it. That double crossover at 3:34 and the block at 5:15 are incredible! Thanks for uploading this great game
Bryon Russel before " Man why you quit ? Why you quit ? You knew i can guard you ass , you had to quit " MJ " Im sure that he'e not a great defensive player to me "
thanks for the upload! great game. that crossover at 3:36 is mj-patented. he swtiches directions so fast that every time he does that the defenders would be totally fooled. he did a similar one at 92 playoff vs the knicks when starks completely lost balance ( only that one is faster and more deceptive) footwork at 5:28 is beautiful as well. so graceful and unconscious he makes that little step in jumper with ease, unlike anyone who is trying to imitate him, turns out to be so stiff.
near the the end of his career-micheal jordan became a master of reading the defense from all the previous double and triple team situations he dealt with,then counter attacking his opponents.his basketball IQ is what made him a legend...
@ForEmily23 maybe the Jazz were unable to change it before the start of the 96-97 season to match their new unis I do recall the court look change at thought it to be quite odd.
They played the Sonics in 1995-1996 Finals...the Jazz changed their court at the beginning of the 1996-1997 Season, played them in the finals that year AND the year after 1997-1998
I like how the Jazz wore their new uniforms with the old court, even though I like the old uniforms better. But to those debating about when the game took place, it had to be during 1996-97 regular season since that is when they began wearing those jerseys.
I remember that Utah began that year with that turquoise colored new court, but something was wrong with it and they had to replace it with the old purple floor until it was fixed. I don't remember what the problem was, water damage, maybe. I know the Lakers played them once that season on the purple floor and that was the same season Kobe shot all those airballs against them in the playoffs, which happened on the turquoise floor. I have a useless Rain Man talent of remembering sh like this, but the Heat changed their unis in 99/00 and were also forced to use their old black court for the early part of that season and by the playoffs, they had switched to that same exact yellow one they still have today. That's an old floor. They rarely keep em that many years in today's league. The Bulls have had the same design on their floor for 20 years, but it's been repainted and the logo touched up. Either that or they replaced the old wood and put in a brand new one that had the same basic design.
+nonplayerzealot4 Same for me regarding the Rain Man talent! Here is so more useless trivia: In every NBA Finals for the Bulls were in, their opposing team wore new uniforms for that season except their first and last championships!
This is most definitely from the 96-97 season. The gold NBA logos on everyone’s jerseys were part of the NBA at 50 season long commemoration. No question about it.
Holy COW @ 3:34. Jordan broke him off something fierce. Jordan with a "new school" handle would be even mor eunstoppable than he was back then. Amazing move.
Yeah, I mean like "And 1" type handles. Jordan was easily the best handling SG/SF of his generation (1985-1993), and he invented/perfected several moves, like the behin-the-back split of the pick&roll, behind the back to the same hand to split the P&R, scissor dribbles between the legs, spin/reverse dribbles to split P&R's, in-and-out dribbles into crossovers etc. Guys like Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill (1995-1998) were the "bridge" generation in terms of handles between Jordan and And-1.
+JumpersKing87 There was a problem with the new floor at the start of the 1996-97 season so the Jazz used their old floor. From memory, Stockton and Malone actually owned half of the floor each, and the Jazz had to borrow it back from Stockton and Malone.
@779michael Yeah, you`re right! And I wondered why there is no MJ`s crossover mix... I mean, he`s doing them for the reason (not for the highlight, like todays players) and they both have a purpose and look great.
Btw, I forget where, but there's an MJ highlight video on youtube somewhere that shows the sequence at 3:36 from the baseline camera (not seen in this video) at normal game speed. Sick. It may be in one of shine2345's videos.
completely agree!!! MJ never need to do Allen Iverson's deadly crossover move at all, he just break ur angles right away with a regular dribble.. and then speed up like 180miles/h
Yeah. MJ destroys Russell. Jazz won. Malone had 36-11-5. Stockton had 13-13. Russell had 17. Horny 18. Too bad this video doesnt show the whole game. Jazz vs Bulls were always fun to watch. So many HOFs. So competitive.
Malone choking? He lost ft. So what? Malone was 24-10-4 in the finals and what he did for 20 years. Rodman didnt stop anyone. Which planet were you at that finals?
Nice troll man. You tend to see things on a negative side. Malone had Stockton and very below average bench and starting line ups. Kemp`s team was better. MJ had 3 HOFs and 2 great shooters to play along. You win with your team. Period. But yes, keep trolling man. For someone who did 37.000 points and was one of the greatest PFs in history you should have at least respect. Last time I checked Wilt couldnt handle an injured Willis Reed (even with Baylor and West). LOL
Game 5, NBA Finals 1998. Karl Malone 39/10/5 on Dennis Rodman. Malone always destroyed Rodman. The entire world knows that Bavetta won the finals 1998 for the Bulls.
had to log back on cuz when 3:33 hit and he crossed over to score i tossed my comp and ran out the room screaming like a streetball game. man was a monster
3:30 You never associated Michael Jordan with having a killer crossover, because his crossover was so fundamental, but he was so good at it he always had the defender on skates.
Jordan only scored 14 points on Russell in this game, the rest were on Hornacek, Anderson, and the other Jazz players. I wouldn't title it "Michael Jordan DESTROYS Byron Russell!"
@madgudlukin1 "The [rules changes] did what they were [supposed] to do -- [open up] the game. Scoring average has [increased] from an average [92.3] points per game in the 1998 season to this year's [100 per game]. [Overall FG%] has [increased] from [43%] in 1998 to [48.3%] this season. [3-point %] has [gone up] from [.326] 11 years ago to [.376] this season." -- David Aldridge: "Rules changes have affected defensive philosophies"; April 23, 2009
@Eyesonme805. And thats why when Kobe faced Hornacek in the late 90s and even early 2000s that Kobe scored less on him than what MJ did. And MJ was about to hit his late 30s here against Horacek and Hornacek was still in his prime, while when Hornacek held Kobe to fewer pts Kobe was in his prime (early 20s) and Hornacek was pretty much over the hill done.
@Dragontamer19 They did actually if you watch the video they tried it a couple of times, he just didn't sit around and wait for the double or triple team t come
hahaha..Russell should of never talked trash to MJ in 94 about he could shut him down...I know MJ remembered that during this game! lol
"Well you about to get your chance. So if I ever see him in a pair of shorts again - Im coming at him". Loved that bit from his HOF speech
@@Tizoxic94 jaja. You know why would you quit. If i see you in a pair of shorts if i ever see you Xd
@@Tizoxic94 Great memory! Thought I was the only one who remembered that line from '09.
Mike the king of grudges
Great mind think alike
MJ was a technical genius. His fundamentals were flawless.
some people might say jordan was made for this game.
i say, this game was made for jordan.
he had flaws, otherwise he wouldn't have lost so much
@@jaycee9153 fuck outta here. you probably just started watching basketball then. jordan had no flaws. post game deadly shooter, clutch, great defense, great passing 2guard, best rebounding 2guard ever, killer mentally. what was his flaw huh?? and winning is a team accomplishment dummy.. that’s why it’s 5 players on the court and not 1. once his teammates got better it was over.
@@Se0420_ bro he was taken to his limits by a backcourt that couldn't even dunk
@@jaycee9153 you mean literally the greatest defensive team of all time. and dunking has nothing to do with being great at basketball..have you ever played a sport?
"Since then, he's been on my list..."
Damn even when he would lose. It was still beautiful to watch...The G.O.A.T
Jordan made basketball an art form.
This was the Bulls first loss of the season and snapped their 12-game winning streak. Final score was 105-100.
Nobody in the entire state of Utah, including the ringless deadbeat daddy Karl Malone, could defend Michael Jordan, who still haunts the dreams of every person who watched him rip the hearts out of their beloved Jazz twice in the Finals.
BHAHAHAHHAHA
This comment needs a million likes.
The Jazz actually had a problem with their new floor that year and they couldnt play on it at the start of the season. They apparently had to borrow the old floor of Karl Malone and John Stockton who now literally owned it.
That double crossover at 3:34 and the block at 5:15 are incredible! Thanks for uploading this great game
This is when NBA basketball was awesome!
Facts!
Bryon Russel before " Man why you quit ? Why you quit ? You knew i can guard you ass , you had to quit "
MJ " Im sure that he'e not a great defensive player to me "
thanks for the upload! great game.
that crossover at 3:36 is mj-patented. he swtiches directions so fast that every time he does that the defenders would be totally fooled. he did a similar one at 92 playoff vs the knicks when starks completely lost balance ( only that one is faster and more deceptive)
footwork at 5:28 is beautiful as well. so graceful and unconscious he makes that little step in jumper with ease, unlike anyone who is trying to imitate him, turns out to be so stiff.
“Ever since then, he’s been on my list”.... Jordan about Russell
This video is like watching a game on the big ten network same quality of video can’t complain
I Wonder if he told Russell to get used to the abuse! lol
"Man you had to quit, you knew i can guard ur ass".... Rest in pieces.
Bryon Russell was never the same after this game
*thats when I took it personal*
44 points. Just another usual day in the office.!
Wayne Larivee on the call. One of the all time best play by play guys
near the the end of his career-micheal jordan became a master of reading the defense from all the previous double and triple team situations he dealt with,then counter attacking his opponents.his basketball IQ is what made him a legend...
3:36 Bryan Russell was like oops he went the other way
bryan?
Completely ruined him 😂😂💀
3:31 school
How the hell are you supposed to defend that?
You don't. U just prayed he took mercy on you lol which he didn't
WOW !!! What a move against Russell!
Im confused here ISthis the 95-96 season Cuz da Jazz have da Old court look with there new uniforms when they 1st went to da finals?
Utah always beat us in the regular season but come playoff time we always put that heat on em
@ForEmily23 maybe the Jazz were unable to change it before the start of the 96-97 season to match their new unis I do recall the court look change at thought it to be quite odd.
MJ's art of fadeaway, that Kobe loves doing..
RIP Mamba
how do you do it better? faster? more effective? just wondering what you mean...
I miss these guys so much
Russell: I can shut you down!
Others: Oh no…
MJ23: Imma get you
Lots of cool plays in this game. Thanks for uploading! 5 stars!
That fade away was butter the goat Jordan
Yo! I can watch Mike all day!
@BassoNero I've never seen a crossover mix by any player 6'6 or taller.
silly title. great video. remember this game like it was last night.
They played the Sonics in 1995-1996 Finals...the Jazz changed their court at the beginning of the 1996-1997 Season, played them in the finals that year AND the year after 1997-1998
the bulls-jazz rivalry is one of the most underrated in nba history
Because it wasn't a rivalry
who misses the 90's?
That feed to Longly is what sets him apart from the other greats.
I like how the Jazz wore their new uniforms with the old court, even though I like the old uniforms better. But to those debating about when the game took place, it had to be during 1996-97 regular season since that is when they began wearing those jerseys.
I remember that Utah began that year with that turquoise colored new court, but something was wrong with it and they had to replace it with the old purple floor until it was fixed. I don't remember what the problem was, water damage, maybe. I know the Lakers played them once that season on the purple floor and that was the same season Kobe shot all those airballs against them in the playoffs, which happened on the turquoise floor. I have a useless Rain Man talent of remembering sh like this, but the Heat changed their unis in 99/00 and were also forced to use their old black court for the early part of that season and by the playoffs, they had switched to that same exact yellow one they still have today. That's an old floor. They rarely keep em that many years in today's league. The Bulls have had the same design on their floor for 20 years, but it's been repainted and the logo touched up. Either that or they replaced the old wood and put in a brand new one that had the same basic design.
+nonplayerzealot4
Same for me regarding the Rain Man talent! Here is so more useless trivia: In every NBA Finals for the Bulls were in, their opposing team wore new uniforms for that season except their first and last championships!
This is most definitely from the 96-97 season. The gold NBA logos on everyone’s jerseys were part of the NBA at 50 season long commemoration. No question about it.
Holy COW @ 3:34. Jordan broke him off something fierce. Jordan with a "new school" handle would be even mor eunstoppable than he was back then. Amazing move.
Yeah, I mean like "And 1" type handles. Jordan was easily the best handling SG/SF of his generation (1985-1993), and he invented/perfected several moves, like the behin-the-back split of the pick&roll, behind the back to the same hand to split the P&R, scissor dribbles between the legs, spin/reverse dribbles to split P&R's, in-and-out dribbles into crossovers etc. Guys like Penny Hardaway and Grant Hill (1995-1998) were the "bridge" generation in terms of handles between Jordan and And-1.
jordan is crazy and always will be he changed the game for everyone
ps. look at how he has mastered the fade away
I preferred the old Jazz uniforms to the updated ones they started wearing shortly thereafter (the ones they were wearing in the Finals 97-98).
I’m watching this and although it’s edited, MJ seems unguardable, especially in the post
see alot of moves kobe used to do
That was ridiculous I just saw MJ cross Byron Russell on Sports Nation so I had 2 come here n search 4 it again AMAZING
Scottie congratulated Karl Malone after a solid regular season win class personified
Jordan in the post--a nightmare!!
Can someone explain the rule changes to me since i dont know why some people are claiming that it was harder to score in the 90:s.
Was this the 95-96 campaign?The Jazz floor didn't change till the 96-97 season but Mj already wearing the 12's???
+JumpersKing87 It clearly says, The early stages of the 1996-97 season.
+JumpersKing87 There was a problem with the new floor at the start of the 1996-97 season so the Jazz used their old floor. From memory, Stockton and Malone actually owned half of the floor each, and the Jazz had to borrow it back from Stockton and Malone.
+JumpersKing87
I remember that floor changing to blue and green for the playoffs.
For Emily, thanks for this upload of Jordan, the greatest of all time.
Russell was an awesome defender, the fact that Jordan made him look like perimeter Gobert proves how good Jordan was
I miss these days!
soon as i got done watching that speech i looked this game up lmao
that man had the sweetest jumper
@779michael Yeah, you`re right! And I wondered why there is no MJ`s crossover mix... I mean, he`s doing them for the reason (not for the highlight, like todays players) and they both have a purpose and look great.
Btw, I forget where, but there's an MJ highlight video on youtube somewhere that shows the sequence at 3:36 from the baseline camera (not seen in this video) at normal game speed. Sick. It may be in one of shine2345's videos.
"you know i can guard your ass" .... he cant even guard his parked car
fade away machine, so godlike
You know MJ was salivating thinking about Hornacek and Stockton defending hm.
6:59 Does he Flips the finger? I used to love this guy for his toughness,a true badass
i thought this was destroying Russell not Hornecek?
JCR1992: WHOA! didn't even know he was the 3rd oldest player to ever play. age 43 in 1996
This turn out to be that these two teams played in the finals
completely agree!!! MJ never need to do Allen Iverson's deadly crossover move at all, he just break ur angles right away with a regular dribble.. and then speed up like 180miles/h
Yeah. MJ destroys Russell. Jazz won. Malone had 36-11-5. Stockton had 13-13. Russell had 17. Horny 18. Too bad this video doesnt show the whole game. Jazz vs Bulls were always fun to watch. So many HOFs. So competitive.
Malone choking? He lost ft. So what? Malone was 24-10-4 in the finals and what he did for 20 years. Rodman didnt stop anyone. Which planet were you at that finals?
Nice troll man. You tend to see things on a negative side. Malone had Stockton and very below average bench and starting line ups. Kemp`s team was better. MJ had 3 HOFs and 2 great shooters to play along. You win with your team. Period. But yes, keep trolling man. For someone who did 37.000 points and was one of the greatest PFs in history you should have at least respect. Last time I checked Wilt couldnt handle an injured Willis Reed (even with Baylor and West). LOL
Game 5, NBA Finals 1998. Karl Malone 39/10/5 on Dennis Rodman. Malone always destroyed Rodman.
The entire world knows that Bavetta won the finals 1998 for the Bulls.
Alvarenga HD what about the other games in the series, how well did Malone play?
+Alvarenga HD You sound salty.
had to log back on cuz when 3:33 hit and he crossed over to score i tossed my comp and ran out the room screaming like a streetball game. man was a monster
Jazz were wearing their newly designed jerseys, but the court doesn’t have the new paint job/logo yet
MJ Pippen and Harper were all wearing Air Jordan 12
Guy's brain and body worked faster than everyone else's.
damn. what a show by MJ.........
@roll451 0:28, 0:37, 0:57, 1:08, 1:19, 1:33, 4:22, 4:33 Who is guarding MJ in these plays, man?
They changed the floor before the '97 Playoffs...it's odd that a franchise does that in the middle of the NBA year..
3:30 You never associated Michael Jordan with having a killer crossover, because his crossover was so fundamental, but he was so good at it he always had the defender on skates.
Fundamentally a carry
This was the game Jordan was talking about when he brought up Russel in the Hall of fame speech
her shooting is very classic... it's rare you can see it nowadays ..
Well said, I agree with everything.
Goat
Jordan, Stockton, and Sloan: 2009 Hall of Famers. Nuff said!
I would pay anything to hear Jordan's trash talk towards Russel in this game!
Couldn't agree with you more
When Steve Kerr was knocking them down from three point land.
3:36 watch Russell dance 🎶
And a year later, you are eating your words
Jordan only scored 14 points on Russell in this game, the rest were on Hornacek, Anderson, and the other Jazz players. I wouldn't title it "Michael Jordan DESTROYS Byron Russell!"
yeah, i'm assuming new school = influenced by And1 stuff. I wonder how jordan's game would have changed if And1 had started in the 80's.
@madgudlukin1
"The [rules changes] did what they were [supposed] to do -- [open up] the game. Scoring average has [increased] from an average [92.3] points per game in the 1998 season to this year's [100 per game]. [Overall FG%] has [increased] from [43%] in 1998 to [48.3%] this season. [3-point %] has [gone up] from [.326] 11 years ago to [.376] this season."
-- David Aldridge: "Rules changes have affected defensive philosophies"; April 23, 2009
Can you imagine being Brian Russel and having to pick your jock strap up off the floor that many times after talkin' all that BS? lol
@Eyesonme805. And thats why when Kobe faced Hornacek in the late 90s and even early 2000s that Kobe scored less on him than what MJ did. And MJ was about to hit his late 30s here against Horacek and Hornacek was still in his prime, while when Hornacek held Kobe to fewer pts Kobe was in his prime (early 20s) and Hornacek was pretty much over the hill done.
he won the ring by doing exactly what Jay said he should be doing. By shutting the hell up, and working his ass off to earn that elusive ring.
If you only had sound, you'd think the Bulls are playing at home
LOVE the 96-98 bulls
man Mj's fadeaways are so good its disgusting
I like the move at 3:47,I can do it even better
@VinmanMJ23 :I love it, great response
mj was a 6'6 205lb sg, and this was his prime skill level, his athletcism was just right. 90's bulls best year
his prime was 92. This was the beginning of old MJ.
Rā's Al Ghūl his athletic prime, but they went 72-10 his prime skill level
Tod Wilkinson he probaly was that heavy on the wizards, but yea, wish iI'd got to witness this basketball
He's not a heavy dood, scottie is like that weight but he did put on alot of muscles this year
***** didnt have championship experience then but yea he was a killer, LETHAL
@Dragontamer19 They did actually if you watch the video they tried it a couple of times, he just didn't sit around and wait for the double or triple team t come
5:31 fucking beautiful move
2:32 Ostertag fakes out the cameraman! LOL
Because of Last Dance. BYRON is becoming famous just being on MJ's list lol