After losing in the playoffs by the Pistons for a third year in a row, MJ still shows great sportsmanship by congratulating the Pistons at the end. They just don't have enough of that in today's game. ..
What amazes me the most is how MJ, whose inside was a mix off sadness, anger, and disappointment could keep his composure and just look forward, without complaining. Which he had the right to do, since his team was incredible subpar this game, while the Pistons keep his usual dirty game. Is this kind of attitude that made him the best.
Win or loss, MJ was still a great sport. They were 1 game away from an NBA Finals appearance. So close. Yet he still managed to keep his poise after this heartbreaking loss. Shook the Bad Boys' hands and did not run to the bus like a baby.
I watched that post game interview from my couch as a child in Detroit and I made fun of Jordan during the interview I loved the bad boy pistons but in that moment I became one of the most die-hard Jordan fans on earth I literally mean that. My walls stayed plastered w Jordan posters for the next 10 years into high school.,I only wore Jordans,I only went to the Palace of Auburn Hills when the Bulls came to town. For Christmas I asked only for league pass to watch the Bulls. As an adult I think Jordan is a bit jaded as a person but I'll forever be in debt to the memories and inspiration he gave me. It all started in that last interview of this video. My God time flies.
MJ has at a minimum three players challenging him on every possession, he's weaving through intense physical defense time and time again, and yet he still has enough energy to press the ball-handlers full court. Unreal.
What class. Go to 10:20 and just sit there in awe of the player that Jordan was. Sure, OFF CAMERA, Jordan went into rage mode and drilled his team on the bus. But in public, he was all class. Combine this man with the basketball talent he had.... perfect athlete.
Wow. I find it funny how it's not in the moment, but later I see the most firm evidence of Jordan's greatness as a competitor. When you look over all of the events of his career, this is the moment where he was more tested than ever before, and we all know how he responded from here. LeBron may have a moment like this, in terms of a "Last season before breakthrough", and maybe we have now seen it. But he'll never have broken through with the team that drafted him. That's a great accomplishment.
The Bulls' last playoff series loss until the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals to the New York Knicks. It would be MJ's last playoff series loss until the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals to the Orlando Magic. However, it would be his final playoff series loss of his career when he has played a full season.
the last 40 seconds of this video is evidence as to WHY Michael Jordan was the best ever. No bitching, no whining, no......leaving the court like a petulant five year old before the end of the game......a true champion.
after this day the man became the man this is what he needed to become the man after this loss the rest was forever history and what he did not know at the time that lucky number 6 was on the way
The Interview at the end showed just how much Jordan had great poise and was a true competitor. Kinda unusual to interview the losing player in 1990, especially a game 7. I'm sure most players don't want to be in that situation and thinking "I just lost game 7 to this team I can't beat yet"....but he was calm, he knew he was gonna get back and after winning six titles later on, he never looked back...
Exactly! Finally a man with 100% truth on this subject. Jordan was in-and-all and all-in-all and without Jordan, the Bulls would be a lotto team or a first round exit at best with those guys. The Pistons would have wound up playing against Cleveland, New York or Philadelphia in '89, '90, and '91.
I've never really liked Michael Jordan, but that's a true sportsman. He didn't walk off the court without shaking hands with the opposing team, but instead congratulated them on their performance.
The best team won. Since Jordan is "The GOAT," the Pistons achieved the greatest 3-peat in NBA history. If Isiah wasn't diminished by wrist injury, the Piston probably make it a 4-peat over the Bulls and a 3-peat NBA championship.
@@kamfisher1714 If not for Isiah's ankle injury, the Pistons easily beat the Lakers in '88 finals. The Lakers needed a phantom foul call on Laimbeer to give Jabbar two free throws to win Game 7. Magic pulled his hamstring in '89 finals because he couldn't keep up with Detroit's superior guards. He basically tapped out because he was getting busted in front of his hometown.
0:46 sort of a flop... but it's obvious there's contact there... isiah's elbow to mj's chest... and the bad boys were doing it intentionally to hurt jordan... great defense by mj... goat...
I can only hope that this type of classy competitiveness becomes prevalent in pro sports again one day. Even as a Lakers fan it makes me happy that Jordan's perseverance led his team to 6 of the next 8 titles after this loss in '90...what a great competitor, one of the best of all time. PS. Simmons is a ninny
I think this is funny: 1. First of all, it took some loser years to find this video 2. Jordan took a strong defensive stance and was set to take the charge. 3. Jordan took the charge. He did not flop. If that's the case, you would be able to find more instances of these so called flops 4. Jordan does not flop. He plays defense.
Go to the end of the video around 10:30 That's why Jordan is awesome, he's disappointed that they lost but he was determined to beat Detroit the next year and they finally did. Jordan didn't bail he kept on fighting until he had his chance to shine and he felt like that they were ready for a run..
They could have, but winning the 7th game on the road of a playoff series was an extremely difficult thing to do. Between 1982 and 1995, no team ever did such. In 1982 the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the ECF at the Boston Garden, and in 1995, the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Sins at America West Arena Game 7 of the WCSF. Between those two times, no road team ever won game 7 in any round of a playoff series.
I know Jordan used to do that routine with Johnny Red Kerr, but to me it was more or less a little running gag between the two and not even that noticeable. LeBron throws the talc powder in the air and strikes a pose for the fans and photographers. Everything about that screams "Look at me!". By the way, didn't he copy that from Garnett? I thought I read about it months ago, but I could be wrong.
Senor simmons got me sent here. Jordan took his lumps (literally and figuratively) and put the work and dedication to beat Daly and his street legal Pistons Defense. I know sports media tried to make Lebron the heir apparent but this is one reason why he's reached his glass ceiling while MJ reached the stars and beyond. And while in outer space played horse with Larry Bird while Charles Barkley kept asking if he could join in.
The color commentary on this game was horrendous. What the hell did he mean, "EVEN Michael Jordan" was playing defense. Jordan was the DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy that NBC took over the NBA telecasts.
y doesnt orlando count? yes i know he just came back from baseball in 95 but still. that orlando squad deserves SOME credit but then again they got swept in 96......
Simmons. Cool video. Isn't it weird to see the network interview the guy from a losing team instead of the winning team? You would imagine O'Brien going straight to Isiah Thomas.
And im not a heat fan or laker fan I actually am rooting for the spurs, that was just a sarcastic reply of what people say about lebron james now. Instant replay, the internet being everywhere and modern media would have treated jordan differently today. No one remebers when he couldnt make the finals they just remeber his titles
@netcap001 don't know about that. The Pistons D was good, but it was also focused on MJ. They said it themselves that they could count on his teammates to wilt, so they didn't have to focus their energies on them. By 91 though, the rest of the squad was reliable enough and MJ knew how to utilize them more, which made them more difficult to defend.
The pistons had the bad boys there were the best back then the pistons and the lakers and the bulls were the best teams back then but now there not the best there still hanging around
When ever i think of the Detroit Pistons i think of Isiah Thomas. & as in the description says then the Chicago Bulls would go onto dominate the rest of the decade & that's putting it lightly lol. Dennis Rodman had quite the career with both teams as well. I live in Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is directly across the river from Detroit for those who weren’t aware of that. As a Canadian & with Toronto having an NBA Team now makes it that much more enjoyable for us Canadians to watch & with the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA Championship was obviously huge for Canada 🇨🇦 & with Canada only having 1 team in the NBA & 1 team in the “MLB” league with the Toronto Blue Jays who won back to back MLB Championships was huge for Canada as well. For Canada it’s like the “Olympics” because of us only having 1 team which makes it awesome because it’s kind of like Canada vs the U.S.A. - But anyways i loved watching the Detroit Pistons & Chicago Bulls during this era because there was some insanely talented players that’s for sure🏀 + Basketball was invented by Canada 😉
Even at 27, barely making 3 million per season, he was a very gracious sport. He represents the era of true sportsmen, as our present day is represented by money hungry players, egotistical primadonnas who can't shake hands after games and greedy bastards who take their talents to South Beach thinking they will win. No chance.
The '96 Sonics allowed 102.1ppg & were ranked 2nd in Team 'D, and were allowed to be MUCH MORE physical & aggressive under the old defensive rules. 2010 Celtics allowed 103.8 & were ranked 5th in Team 'D. A past his prime MJ beat the Sonics in 6, prime kobe beat boston in 7. MJ was guarded by a YOUNGER DPOY winner (primed G.P.), kobe was guarded MAINLY by guys who've NEVER made an All-Defensive Team. FACT: MJ's WORST avg for a Finals ('96), is still BETTER than kobe's career finals avg..
@tbanks77 I don't need LBJ to tell me that from 2000-present, there's been MORE 20 win and sub .500 teams than ANY ERA in NBA history. I also don't need him to tell me that in that same stretch, there's also been more seasons of teams to win 39 or LESS games in NBA history too! And I REALLY don't need him to tell me that this was a PRIMARY FACTOR in the league's decision making when they changed the rules in this era, because they were trying to make things EASIER to compensate for all of this.
MJ, what a class act. He may be the one of the few NBA superstars who really had to build a dynasty from scratch. He really earned his success. Kobe? Yeah right. Tell me when KB played on a really bad Lakers Team. LeBron? I wish him well but wouldn't it be some sort of twisted poetic justice if the Heat didn't win any titles with the big three? Karma can be a b........sometimes.
That's cool bro. Wouldn't that be crazy if he went back? What would they do? After being so pissed (understandably) at how he left, having to welcome him back. Man, I wanna see that too :)
The Lakers true Finals opponent was in the western conference finals during their 2000-02 3-peat. That pacers team was no push over though. That was pretty much the same pacer team that took Jordan's bulls to a full 7 games in the '98 east finals. The 01 76ers had the leauge MVP, Defensive player of the year, 6th man of the year & coach of the year. As for Kidd's Nets, yeah, clear mismatch.
seemingly? the pistons had a 19 point lead with 58 seconds left! mark aguirre was going in for an uncontested layup. referees don't usually whistle players on uncontested layups when the game is close. and further, yes, he didn't travel! i have to think he made that call to make some point. why did the announcers say he was looking right at michael jordan when he made the call?
"What did shaq win before he was a Laker" He did make the Finals & won a Conference Title. % of LA's pts scored in the Finals 2000: Shaq 38% to kobe's 14% 2001: Shaq 33% to kobe's 23% 2002: Shaq 36% to kobe's 24% 2004: Shaq 26% (was injured) to kobe's 27%
Jordan's stats for this game: 31 pts (13-27 FG), 8 rbs, 9 ast Other Bulls players field goals: Pip - 1-10, Grant 3-17, Cartwright 3-9 , Hodges 3-13 , Armstrong 1-8 (a combined 11-58 from the field) motorcitybadboys com/box-score-1990-eastern-conference-finals-game-7.php
haha...Never said I was a Heat fan. (Portland Trail Blazer btw) I'm a LeBron James fan. Ever since I read a Sports Illustrated article on him during his High School years. I'm no bandwagon but I can respect the skills of other players on other teams. I personally want LeBron James to Cleveland in 14 to see how the Cavs fan base will react.
At least He stayed and gave an interview after the loss, I remember a year later when the Bulls swept these same Pistons,that punk Thomas was chanting LETS GO LAKERS at the end of game 4. I`m so glad that He wasn`t part of the Dream Team.
23 is being held back by his teammates year after year, he should take his talent to Broadway or Philly to team up with his buddies and win a few chips.
@DoomDarenxbourg Why next June? We can talk about whether Kobe is the best Laker ever. Magic has five titles and I am not even sure Kobe is better than Magic. No way Magic in his prime misses the playoffs with Odom and a decent supporting cast like Kobe did in 04-05. Btw, which Lakers team with Magic on it missed the playoffs?
@@hectorlopez1069 Of the Jordan era, yes. Lakers beat the Bulls twice in game 7, in 71 and 73, with the home team winning every game of both Laker series those yrs, just like here in 1990, home team won every game. Warriors in 75 West Finals, also gave Chicago a 7th game loss at that point.
Earl Strom is the guy who called the travel on Mark Aguirre at the end of the game that the commentators were incredulous about. Why would Earl Strom call Mark Aguirre for a travel when the game was obviously over? And I replayed it three times: It wasn't even a travel! Was he trying to make some point?
@wannabeserpento99 Yeah he's solid defensively. But the point I was making is that there were MORE perimeter players in MJ's era that actually WON DPOY. There's only been 1 to win it in the last 13 years. That ALONE ought to tell U guys something!
@AndreaRiv100 Putting up ungodly numbers with inferior teammates. The same teammates that stepped there games up b/c they didn't want to be the reason he didn't win. The 89-90 pistons had 9 great players Thomas, Dumars, Mahorn, Laimbeer, Edwards, Aguirre, Rodman, Vinnie johnson, Salley. 88 they had dantley who at one point averaged 30 a game. The bulls had Mike and Scottie and a bunch of mediocre role players. And scottie didn't become an all-star until 90 and a superstar in 92. 1 doesn't beat 5
Everybody uses excuses for Isiah Thomas when he loses instead of accepting facts.This was the last playoff series he would win against Mike.After this game Mike switched his focus on the pistons and used the triangular offense to break down their defense it was a team effort.
@tbanks77 "MJ never beat a team with a combo like Kobe/Shaq" So what was Shaq and a PRIME Penny Hardaway (B4 the injury)? And Shaq & kobe's lakers never beat teams of that ilk either! So what are U talkin' about?!! And MJ's Bulls went UNDEFEATED against Robinson & Duncan in the 90s! "The Bulls never beat a team with 3 or 4 hall of famers on one squad" Try the '91 Pistons..
@tbanks77 con't. "Hopefully the league can figure a way where it can [go back] to when you had [three or four] All-Stars, superstars or Hall of Famers on the [same team]. The league was [great then]. It [wasn't] as [watered down] as it [is now]." -- Lebron James: "LeBron hints contraction may help NBA"; msn.foxsport.com Dec 24, 2010 Kinda' hard to talk that "90s were watered down" B.S., when the game's current best player calls his OWN DAMN ERA watered down don'tcha think?!!
@DoomDarenxbourg We could go for a long time and not be done. But there's nothing to discuss really. MJ has SIX championships. When Bryant gets there, maybe we can talk.........
see thats the thing with people who never saw MJ before he had the rings. He was always about "we're going to come back better" and you know he went to the gym that night and put up jump shots. LBJ is just different mentally. Shame. Simmons.
@ervakova I'm a detroit fan but I remember all the NBA players saying that Thomas was the dirtiest/meanest player out of the whole bad Boy Team. With that said,,, Remember they swept a piston's team that had a slew of injuries, including a surgery on Thomas's wrist right before the series.
@hectorlopez1069 Doesn't matter what people think, most important it's the fact of Jordan didn't make excuse, came back and beat this piston team. And after that they are the one who making excuse
piston had to play dirty just to beat the bulls they punked everybody around jordan with dirty tactics.piston are lucky they won 2,rings cuz if jordan had real players around him pistons never get out the east
When he was out for those 6 games this year, L.A.'s defensive efficiency rating was a JAW DROPPING 88.5, and 5 out of 6 'em were against PLAYOFF teams LOL!! They play BETTER 'D and move the ball MUCH BETTER w/o him.. When he's in the game, they avg about 21.6apg, without him, it's 21.0apg..not that big a difference.
MJ is on his own level...but that interview at the end reminded me of Kobe more than anyone else...screw LBJ...i hope miami makes it to the finals and gets the crap kicked out of em by LA for that 3peat!!!!!!
@KoachKrab127 I never said Lebron wasn't a good player i said what he did by leaving the cavilers and joining forces with other player just to win is not the point of the game. As said by Michael Jordan himself "Personally i wouldn't have made the decision that Lebron made" so....
Michael Jordan is pure class. After being beat down all game long still has the ability to say the right thing.
I'll give him credit for that.
When was Jordan beaten down?
Facts
Be this way when current players lose
This was before David Stern CHANGED all the defensive rules to keep Jordan from RETIRING!!
After losing in the playoffs by the Pistons for a third year in a row, MJ still shows great sportsmanship by congratulating the Pistons at the end. They just don't have enough of that in today's game. ..
What amazes me the most is how MJ, whose inside was a mix off sadness, anger, and disappointment could keep his composure and just look forward, without complaining. Which he had the right to do, since his team was incredible subpar this game, while the Pistons keep his usual dirty game. Is this kind of attitude that made him the best.
That's true. Part of why he won 6 championships.
Daniel Matos Physical game. Not dirty. Indiana did not complain, the Celtics did not complain, the Knicks did not complain. Bull fans complained.
+Daniel Matos I agree. He showed great decorum in the post game interview.
and pippen punked out with his fake migraine
Lol he complained to Stern and they changed the rules so he could finally beat Detroit
Such composure
ISIAH THOMAS...greatest small player to ever play in the nba...period....
He was unbelievable. I like the way he used the ball.
How small is small? lol. Danny Ainge? I'll put my money on Ainge, Kerr, and Pistol Pete over that dude any day.
What about Allen Iverson?
@@atheistleopard618-drugs killing brain cells.
@@123slasher.16 you mean blacks doing drugs killing an even dumber braincell collection. DUH
Win or loss, MJ was still a great sport. They were 1 game away from an NBA Finals appearance. So close. Yet he still managed to keep his poise after this heartbreaking loss. Shook the Bad Boys' hands and did not run to the bus like a baby.
I watched that post game interview from my couch as a child in Detroit and I made fun of Jordan during the interview I loved the bad boy pistons but in that moment I became one of the most die-hard Jordan fans on earth I literally mean that. My walls stayed plastered w Jordan posters for the next 10 years into high school.,I only wore Jordans,I only went to the Palace of Auburn Hills when the Bulls came to town. For Christmas I asked only for league pass to watch the Bulls. As an adult I think Jordan is a bit jaded as a person but I'll forever be in debt to the memories and inspiration he gave me. It all started in that last interview of this video. My God time flies.
Jordan flopped this game!
When he scored 31 point in a game 7 they said he flopped that's why he's the goat
MJ has at a minimum three players challenging him on every possession, he's weaving through intense physical defense time and time again, and yet he still has enough energy to press the ball-handlers full court. Unreal.
What the fuck lol what game was that? Watch the full game, they doubled Isaiah Thomas.
I don't think there's ever been a more competitive player and probably never will be.
What class. Go to 10:20 and just sit there in awe of the player that Jordan was.
Sure, OFF CAMERA, Jordan went into rage mode and drilled his team on the bus. But in public, he was all class.
Combine this man with the basketball talent he had.... perfect athlete.
put the whole game up, please. this is awesome basketball. and yes, the pistons were a really good team.
A good team with excellent skills to beat the bulls.
Wow. I find it funny how it's not in the moment, but later I see the most firm evidence of Jordan's greatness as a competitor. When you look over all of the events of his career, this is the moment where he was more tested than ever before, and we all know how he responded from here. LeBron may have a moment like this, in terms of a "Last season before breakthrough", and maybe we have now seen it. But he'll never have broken through with the team that drafted him. That's a great accomplishment.
The Bulls' last playoff series loss until the 1994 Eastern Conference Semifinals to the New York Knicks. It would be MJ's last playoff series loss until the 1995 Eastern Conference Semifinals to the Orlando Magic. However, it would be his final playoff series loss of his career when he has played a full season.
Only Kobe is this good!
Simmons
Jordan is the best basketball player of all time. No one is even close.
Mj best .lbj is the goat
@@IanGarcia-bw3qu how does that make sense lmao
the last 40 seconds of this video is evidence as to WHY Michael Jordan was the best ever. No bitching, no whining, no......leaving the court like a petulant five year old before the end of the game......a true champion.
after this day the man became the man this is what he needed to become the man after this loss the rest was forever history and what he did not know at the time that lucky number 6 was on the way
Wait, 31 points - one below his series average? He averaged 32 a game against the Bad Boys Pistons? He WAS great.
The Interview at the end showed just how much Jordan had great poise and was a true competitor. Kinda unusual to interview the losing player in 1990, especially a game 7. I'm sure most players don't want to be in that situation and thinking "I just lost game 7 to this team I can't beat yet"....but he was calm, he knew he was gonna get back and after winning six titles later on, he never looked back...
It was CBS's last chance to interview MJ, because their contract with the NBA expired and NBC would pick the next season where CBS left off.
Exactly! Finally a man with 100% truth on this subject. Jordan was in-and-all and all-in-all and without Jordan, the Bulls would be a lotto team or a first round exit at best with those guys. The Pistons would have wound up playing against Cleveland, New York or Philadelphia in '89, '90, and '91.
after this day the man became the man this is what he needed to become the man after this loss the rest was forever history
Yes he did ripped his teammates, and look what it resulted? 3-peat
MJ got his sweet revenge
Great video... love your uploads!!
I've never really liked Michael Jordan, but that's a true sportsman. He didn't walk off the court without shaking hands with the opposing team, but instead congratulated them on their performance.
yea, guess i should have been specific but I don't even really consider '95 a real season for him
yeah I came here from the article too but I don't see Jordan "flopping" in the way the LBJ does.
nope.. look closely at Thomas' elbow to Jordan's chest..
The best team won. Since Jordan is "The GOAT," the Pistons achieved the greatest 3-peat in NBA history. If Isiah wasn't diminished by wrist injury, the Piston probably make it a 4-peat over the Bulls and a 3-peat NBA championship.
Now, the Pistons would have lost in the 1990 Eastern Finals Pippen, and other teammates were not injured
They won 2 rings in 89' and 90 no three peat lol
MJ came back after losing, Isiah disappeared after getting swept 😂🤣
If magic wasn’t injured, the pistons wouldn’t have won
@@kamfisher1714 If not for Isiah's ankle injury, the Pistons easily beat the Lakers in '88 finals. The Lakers needed a phantom foul call on Laimbeer to give Jabbar two free throws to win Game 7. Magic pulled his hamstring in '89 finals because he couldn't keep up with Detroit's superior guards. He basically tapped out because he was getting busted in front of his hometown.
0:46 sort of a flop... but it's obvious there's contact there... isiah's elbow to mj's chest... and the bad boys were doing it intentionally to hurt jordan... great defense by mj... goat...
I can only hope that this type of classy competitiveness becomes prevalent in pro sports again one day. Even as a Lakers fan it makes me happy that Jordan's perseverance led his team to 6 of the next 8 titles after this loss in '90...what a great competitor, one of the best of all time.
PS. Simmons is a ninny
@berkamore yeah, they said the same thing after the 2008 finals & you saw what happened the next 2 years.
Simmons
right there is proof that Jordan is the King.
Thank you, Bill Simmons. Good example.
I think this is funny:
1. First of all, it took some loser years to find this video
2. Jordan took a strong defensive stance and was set to take the charge.
3. Jordan took the charge. He did not flop. If that's the case, you would be able to find more instances of these so called flops
4. Jordan does not flop. He plays defense.
Go to the end of the video around 10:30
That's why Jordan is awesome, he's disappointed that they lost but he was determined to beat Detroit the next year and they finally did.
Jordan didn't bail he kept on fighting until he had his chance to shine and he felt like that they were ready for a run..
Simmons! This clip says it all!
bulls could have won that playoff game even though the bad boys was playing so dirly, but I like how MJ was humbled
They could have, but winning the 7th game on the road of a playoff series was an extremely difficult thing to do. Between 1982 and 1995, no team ever did such. In 1982 the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the ECF at the Boston Garden, and in 1995, the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Sins at America West Arena Game 7 of the WCSF. Between those two times, no road team ever won game 7 in any round of a playoff series.
Point out the fucking dirty plays.
Just more fucking excuses.
@@123slasher.16 alright kid 🤣so were just gonna ignore how his teammates shot 23 percent from the field this game?
Thank you Bill Simmons!
I know Jordan used to do that routine with Johnny Red Kerr, but to me it was more or less a little running gag between the two and not even that noticeable.
LeBron throws the talc powder in the air and strikes a pose for the fans and photographers. Everything about that screams "Look at me!".
By the way, didn't he copy that from Garnett? I thought I read about it months ago, but I could be wrong.
simmons sent me and uh my video won't load so can someone explain what happened in the video? and it's relevance to his article??plz
Senor simmons got me sent here.
Jordan took his lumps (literally and figuratively) and put the work and dedication to beat Daly and his street legal Pistons Defense. I know sports media tried to make Lebron the heir apparent but this is one reason why he's reached his glass ceiling while MJ reached the stars and beyond. And while in outer space played horse with Larry Bird while Charles Barkley kept asking if he could join in.
so getting in front of a defender, taking an elbow to the chest, and stumbling is a flop?? oh....
The color commentary on this game was horrendous. What the hell did he mean, "EVEN Michael Jordan" was playing defense. Jordan was the DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy that NBC took over the NBA telecasts.
y doesnt orlando count? yes i know he just came back from baseball in 95 but still. that orlando squad deserves SOME credit
but then again they got swept in 96......
Jordan losing to the Pistons in 90, but then sweeps them in 91. Jordan losing to the magic in 95, but then sweeping them in 96.
Damn, watching this video almost 20 years later still makes me so F$cking angry!!!
Simmons. Cool video. Isn't it weird to see the network interview the guy from a losing team instead of the winning team? You would imagine O'Brien going straight to Isiah Thomas.
And im not a heat fan or laker fan I actually am rooting for the spurs, that was just a sarcastic reply of what people say about lebron james now. Instant replay, the internet being everywhere and modern media would have treated jordan differently today. No one remebers when he couldnt make the finals they just remeber his titles
@falkner23 Kobe took smush parker & kwame brown to back to back playoffs with them as his starting point guard & center! That was amazing!
@netcap001 don't know about that. The Pistons D was good, but it was also focused on MJ. They said it themselves that they could count on his teammates to wilt, so they didn't have to focus their energies on them. By 91 though, the rest of the squad was reliable enough and MJ knew how to utilize them more, which made them more difficult to defend.
They could have beaten this over cocky piston team if pippen never had those migraine headaches 😐👊
The pistons had the bad boys there were the best back then the pistons and the lakers and the bulls were the best teams back then but now there not the best there still hanging around
The most pivitol game of the season and Scottie Pippen came down with a "migraine headache."
Pippenb scores 2 points on 1-10 shooting
How do I favorite this
When ever i think of the Detroit Pistons i think of Isiah Thomas. & as in the description says then the Chicago Bulls would go onto dominate the rest of the decade & that's putting it lightly lol. Dennis Rodman had quite the career with both teams as well. I live in Windsor,Ontario,Canada which is directly across the river from Detroit for those who weren’t aware of that. As a Canadian & with Toronto having an NBA Team now makes it that much more enjoyable for us Canadians to watch & with the Toronto Raptors winning the NBA Championship was obviously huge for Canada 🇨🇦 & with Canada only having 1 team in the NBA & 1 team in the “MLB” league with the Toronto Blue Jays who won back to back MLB Championships was huge for Canada as well. For Canada it’s like the “Olympics” because of us only having 1 team which makes it awesome because it’s kind of like Canada vs the U.S.A. - But anyways i loved watching the Detroit Pistons & Chicago Bulls during this era because there was some insanely talented players that’s for sure🏀 + Basketball was invented by Canada 😉
Even at 27, barely making 3 million per season, he was a very gracious sport. He represents the era of true sportsmen, as our present day is represented by money hungry players, egotistical primadonnas who can't shake hands after games and greedy bastards who take their talents to South Beach thinking they will win. No chance.
The '96 Sonics allowed 102.1ppg & were ranked 2nd in Team 'D, and were allowed to be MUCH MORE physical & aggressive under the old defensive rules. 2010 Celtics allowed 103.8 & were ranked 5th in Team 'D.
A past his prime MJ beat the Sonics in 6, prime kobe beat boston in 7. MJ was guarded by a YOUNGER DPOY winner (primed G.P.), kobe was guarded MAINLY by guys who've NEVER made an All-Defensive Team.
FACT: MJ's WORST avg for a Finals ('96), is still BETTER than kobe's career finals avg..
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@tbanks77
I don't need LBJ to tell me that from 2000-present, there's been MORE 20 win and sub .500 teams than ANY ERA in NBA history.
I also don't need him to tell me that in that same stretch, there's also been more seasons of teams to win 39 or LESS games in NBA history too!
And I REALLY don't need him to tell me that this was a PRIMARY FACTOR in the league's decision making when they changed the rules in this era, because they were trying to make things EASIER to compensate for all of this.
MJ, what a class act.
He may be the one of the few NBA superstars who really had to build a dynasty from scratch. He really earned his success.
Kobe? Yeah right. Tell me when KB played on a really bad Lakers Team.
LeBron? I wish him well but wouldn't it be some sort of twisted poetic justice if the Heat didn't win any titles with the big three? Karma can be a b........sometimes.
Where is scottie?
That's cool bro. Wouldn't that be crazy if he went back? What would they do? After being so pissed (understandably) at how he left, having to welcome him back. Man, I wanna see that too :)
The Lakers true Finals opponent was in the western conference finals during their 2000-02 3-peat. That pacers team was no push over though. That was pretty much the same pacer team that took Jordan's bulls to a full 7 games in the '98 east finals. The 01 76ers had the leauge MVP, Defensive player of the year, 6th man of the year & coach of the year. As for Kidd's Nets, yeah, clear mismatch.
I TOO HAVE COME HERE BY THE GUIDING HAND OF MR. RICHARD SIMMONDS
@berkamore Just like jordan had alot of help in game 6 of the 1996 finals when he scored 22 points on 5-19 shooting.
@DoomDarenxbourg
Your boy Kobe is not looking too good these days, is he? At least the Dallas series put all those MJ comparisons to rest. LOL.
seemingly? the pistons had a 19 point lead with 58 seconds left! mark aguirre was going in for an uncontested layup. referees don't usually whistle players on uncontested layups when the game is close. and further, yes, he didn't travel! i have to think he made that call to make some point. why did the announcers say he was looking right at michael jordan when he made the call?
"What did shaq win before he was a Laker"
He did make the Finals & won a Conference Title.
% of LA's pts scored in the Finals
2000: Shaq 38% to kobe's 14%
2001: Shaq 33% to kobe's 23%
2002: Shaq 36% to kobe's 24%
2004: Shaq 26% (was injured) to kobe's 27%
Jordan's stats for this game:
31 pts (13-27 FG), 8 rbs, 9 ast
Other Bulls players field goals:
Pip - 1-10, Grant 3-17, Cartwright 3-9 , Hodges 3-13 , Armstrong 1-8 (a combined 11-58 from the field)
motorcitybadboys com/box-score-1990-eastern-conference-finals-game-7.php
haha...Never said I was a Heat fan. (Portland Trail Blazer btw) I'm a LeBron James fan. Ever since I read a Sports Illustrated article on him during his High School years. I'm no bandwagon but I can respect the skills of other players on other teams. I personally want LeBron James to Cleveland in 14 to see how the Cavs fan base will react.
@carmelo15fade I just got a noticeable uptick in my respect for Mr. Jordan as well.
Also, the Sports Guy sent me.
@Jhanley489 I guess that depends on how you define success.
At least He stayed and gave an interview after the loss, I remember a year later when the Bulls swept these same Pistons,that punk Thomas was chanting LETS GO LAKERS at the end of game 4. I`m so glad that He wasn`t part of the Dream Team.
Let's go Lakers, really?
23 is being held back by his teammates year after year, he should take his talent to Broadway or Philly to team up with his buddies and win a few chips.
@DoomDarenxbourg
Why next June?
We can talk about whether Kobe is the best Laker ever.
Magic has five titles and I am not even sure Kobe is better than Magic.
No way Magic in his prime misses the playoffs with Odom and a decent supporting cast like Kobe did in 04-05.
Btw, which Lakers team with Magic on it missed the playoffs?
@massmissmoss
I think you missed the point of this simmons link.
You are correct. In fact, the Bulls never lost a home game during the '90 playoffs.
This is the only game 7 loss by the bulls.
@@hectorlopez1069 Of the Jordan era, yes. Lakers beat the Bulls twice in game 7, in 71 and 73, with the home team winning every game of both Laker series those yrs, just like here in 1990, home team won every game. Warriors in 75 West Finals, also gave Chicago a 7th game loss at that point.
Earl Strom is the guy who called the travel on Mark Aguirre at the end of the game that the commentators were incredulous about. Why would Earl Strom call Mark Aguirre for a travel when the game was obviously over? And I replayed it three times: It wasn't even a travel! Was he trying to make some point?
@wannabeserpento99
Yeah he's solid defensively.
But the point I was making is that there were MORE perimeter players in MJ's era that actually WON DPOY.
There's only been 1 to win it in the last 13 years.
That ALONE ought to tell U guys something!
@AndreaRiv100 Putting up ungodly numbers with inferior teammates. The same teammates that stepped there games up b/c they didn't want to be the reason he didn't win. The 89-90 pistons had 9 great players Thomas, Dumars, Mahorn, Laimbeer, Edwards, Aguirre, Rodman, Vinnie johnson, Salley. 88 they had dantley who at one point averaged 30 a game. The bulls had Mike and Scottie and a bunch of mediocre role players. And scottie didn't become an all-star until 90 and a superstar in 92. 1 doesn't beat 5
Everybody uses excuses for Isiah Thomas when he loses instead of accepting facts.This was the last playoff series he would win against Mike.After this game Mike switched his focus on the pistons and used the triangular offense to break down their defense it was a team effort.
@tbanks77
"MJ never beat a team with a combo like Kobe/Shaq"
So what was Shaq and a PRIME Penny Hardaway (B4 the injury)?
And Shaq & kobe's lakers never beat teams of that ilk either! So what are U talkin' about?!!
And MJ's Bulls went UNDEFEATED against Robinson & Duncan in the 90s!
"The Bulls never beat a team with 3 or 4 hall of famers on one squad"
Try the '91 Pistons..
@tbanks77
con't.
"Hopefully the league can figure a way where it can [go back] to when you had [three or four] All-Stars, superstars or Hall of Famers on the [same team]. The league was [great then]. It [wasn't] as [watered down] as it [is now]."
-- Lebron James: "LeBron hints contraction may help NBA"; msn.foxsport.com Dec 24, 2010
Kinda' hard to talk that "90s were watered down" B.S., when the game's current best player calls his OWN DAMN ERA watered down don'tcha think?!!
notice the differnece between that and lebron. lbj couldnt even talk to the media, or give dwight howard any props.
Did Detroit take them seriously when they got sweept the year after?
Hmm idk
even in defeat they interview Jordan instead of my Bad Boys
@DoomDarenxbourg
We could go for a long time and not be done.
But there's nothing to discuss really.
MJ has SIX championships. When Bryant gets there, maybe we can talk.........
They get over hyped to get the crowd involved in the game its how the knicks just lost to the pacers in game 6 yesterday
see thats the thing with people who never saw MJ before he had the rings. He was always about "we're going to come back better" and you know he went to the gym that night and put up jump shots. LBJ is just different mentally. Shame.
Simmons.
You see HE STAYED. Lebron, enjoy your super team and a championship, but you can never consider yourself KING again
I love this, as simmons points out, classy in losses and classy in wins. LeBron what a chump. I loath the Miami Cheats.
Bill Simmons for people that are lost
@ervakova
I'm a detroit fan but I remember all the NBA players saying that Thomas was the dirtiest/meanest player out of the whole bad Boy Team. With that said,,, Remember they swept a piston's team that had a slew of injuries, including a surgery on Thomas's wrist right before the series.
Pippen was not 100% and other teammates too. Once Jordan teammates were healthy Pistons would of lost.
Scottie Pippen had a migraine headache in gm 7
Always making excuses for Jordan.
@hectorlopez1069
Doesn't matter what people think, most important it's the fact of Jordan didn't make excuse, came back and beat this piston team.
And after that they are the one who making excuse
Wow!!!!!! Didn't know Jordan flopped!!! 0:46
TH-cam didn;t remove shit, I removed it because it had a typo in it so I re-did it..
Simmons all day
piston had to play dirty just to beat the bulls they punked everybody around jordan with dirty tactics.piston are lucky they won 2,rings cuz if jordan had real players around him pistons never get out the east
Coulda shoulda woulda. Pistons only team to take out birds Celtics Magic’s lakes and cry baby Jordan’s bulls, 3 TIMES!!! Suck it!
When he was out for those 6 games this year, L.A.'s defensive efficiency rating was a JAW DROPPING 88.5, and 5 out of 6 'em were against PLAYOFF teams LOL!!
They play BETTER 'D and move the ball MUCH BETTER w/o him..
When he's in the game, they avg about 21.6apg, without him, it's 21.0apg..not that big a difference.
MJ is on his own level...but that interview at the end reminded me of Kobe more than anyone else...screw LBJ...i hope miami makes it to the finals and gets the crap kicked out of em by LA for that 3peat!!!!!!
dallas did it forem
@blackadam06 Shaq was swept by Hakeem in the 95 finals, when the magic were favored to crush the rockets.
@KoachKrab127 I never said Lebron wasn't a good player i said what he did by leaving the cavilers and joining forces with other player just to win is not the point of the game. As said by Michael Jordan himself "Personally i wouldn't have made the decision that Lebron made" so....