Michael Jordan 1984: 45pts Vs. Spurs (MJ's First 40+pt Gm)
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- This was MJ's first truly great NBA game. In just his 9th game as a pro, rookie MJ would take over a game due to necessity and dominate with his athleticism and will. While this became MJ's first 40+ pt game (in his career of 217 40+ games), this really should have been a 55pt game because MJ missed a few easy layups and free throws which were uncharacteristic of him. But throughout the game, his knack for the big play and spectacular drama occurred in the most crucial moments. With phenomenal moves, hang-time jumpers and an innate ability to create, young MJ took over the league by storm and this was the beginning.
21 year old Micheal Jordan is better than every player in the NBA today!
Chris56076 I wonder why kids are so soft in the nba now? Technology maybe lol back then they didn't have iphones or computers
The 80s and 90s were the best day's of real basketball and players were very determined in winning every single game in the league.
+armando gee I get the league is soft nowadays but if the nba let that stuff happen in todays game it would be awful especially with the health crap and still even if it was tough it was still something that didnt need to be in the game
As A Cavs Fan Jordan Always Will Be #1
Thats what i was thinkin lol. Its amazing kobe took his moves and used them in a different era. Its all in the craft
the thing that nobody mentions about MJ, is he did it before everybody had to rely on a pick and roll to score... the guy got his own shot. every. time.
Matt Vallejo, dey don't know, say it again lol
He also didn't dribble 15-20 times before making a move like these kids today
NIKE AIR CAPTAIN MARVELS 11 ARE MARVELS BEST SHOE!
"Boy, you like this guy when the pressures on. He just doesn't miss."
If they only knew how right they were.
Derek Clarke !!!!!!
THAYE DOU NAOWE!!!!!!!
“Air” was such a great name for Jordan. He literally played like he was always gliding or floating on air it was insane.
Wish I could go back to '84 and watch his entire career again. Wow!!!!!!! he was good.
The man is not human
the human is not man
he is... Captain Marvel
Gary Bowditch Hahahaha! That nickname really stuck!
Hey checkout Kobe's early year videos 1999, 2000, 2001, etc. playoffs. The years Shaq MVP in the Finals, but the Championship was really decided by making through the West. The variety of skill sets in which Kobe demonstrated has NEVER been witnessed in the basketball. I think you will enjoy it!
Kenneth White
Are you talking about how he NEVER shot above 50% for ANY season of his career? Kobe was a great player and prolly the best of his generation but he is no where CLOSE to being the player MJ was.
9th game and they already talking about him passing his career high of 37
@MAN UTD I didn’t ask
@@Mobltz lmao
Lol
The 37 which he set in his THIRD game!!
I love how everyone is just in shock of how good MJ was. The announcers, fans, even his teammates have this "are you kidding me" look throughout the game.
I WILL NEVER GET TIRED OF WATCHING MJ !'= NBA
It’s even electrifying to watch him play on TH-cam now, it gave me goosebumps! Never felt this way anymore watching the NBA today!
Don't know if it was fair to let him play because his flying ability.
He had a vertical leap of 48 inch
yeah something he was blessed with. Thanks you tube for the great memories. Long MJ.
Thank god 'captain marvel' never stuck with MJ lol
AiR was definitely a better name
to be fair captain marvel was just as unpredictable as MJ
I was thinking the same thing. That would have been a terrible nickname.
Who gave him the "Air" nickname?
@@ddave7026 Nike
Best era of basketball. Miss this time period. I was watching almost every Bulls & Hawks game because we just got cable and we had WGN in Chicago and TNT in Atlanta. It was great being in my early teens and playing a lot of basketball myself while I got to always watch Jordan & Dominique.
Facts!!!
Jordan was the ULTIMATE player. It's not about his numbers, it's about his genius.
The dunk at 2.50 mark is maybe my favourite Jordan play ever. So freaking explosive. Young people know MJ only for his turnaround jumpers but he's the most explosive athlete I've ever seen in basketball.
"Boy, you like this guy when the pressure's on, he just doesn't miss"
Yeah, you got that right...
yeah, just like lebron. ;-)
yeah little did they know amirite lmao.. just a solid decade full of clutch 'ships later
@@acchris029 he couldn't even make the playoffs! Hahaha! They blame it on injury. MJ got injured, but couldn't wait to get back in the game to help his team win.
What did LeBron do? He was on the sideline jumping and clouning around like the games didn't matter 🤷🏽♂️ that's why I call him LeBum!
I saw a stats somewhere that jordans game elevates when it is more on the line. His 4th quarter avg is higher than his career avg, his finals 4th quarter avg is even better than all his avg on 4th quarter.. his fg% rebound steals, blocks assists go up when the game is more the line
@@GaussGodden I believe it. I remember watching them being down 15-20 points so many times, then come back and win the game. It was like watching a movie every game. It was so much fun to watch.
Doesn't miss when it matters most...that pretty much defines his whole career. He was only a rookie and he could already do it all. Amazing!
Greatest player ever!
In baseball and Basketball
no question, for the people who actually understand the history of the game..
For the people who actually understand the history of the game, the greatest is Wilt Chamberlin. Sorry MJ fans 🤷♂️
I saw him his rookie year....wish I remember which game it was....but I do remember the energy when he went the hoop....You can see alot of it in this video
For all of you arguing, MJ scored 51 pts at 39 yrs old with the Wizards. You all are watching the wrong Highlights. You can watch Highlights of any young player and they have skills no doubt. Go watch him with the Wizards with a bad knee and who knows what else than come back and argue. Other than that, MJ the GOAT and its not even close.
Bad knee and a finger that was frozen in place because he had cut the tendon with a cigar cutter. He had them put the finger in the position that fit his shooting form.
But remember that this is a 21-year-old rookie guard in only his 9th game.
Jordan was a great player, no doubt. But there have been others. Oscar Robinson was cool and deadly. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was superb in his first 15 years and he is THE all time scoring leader, no small feat. Isiah Thomas was a high-order HOF at 6'1". Chamberlain...just look at the stats, look at the film. Take a look at film of the other players some time and enjoy the overall excellence.
@@lurking0death What separates MJ from other scorers is the postseason. Got these stats back in 2016 after Kobe retired:
30-point playoff games
Michael Jordan = 109
Kobe Bryant = 88
LeBron James = 83
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar = 75
Jerry West = 74
Elgin Baylor = 60
Shaquille O'Neal = 55
Karl Malone = 54
Hakeem Olajuwon = 53
Rick Barry = 48
Dirk Nowitzki = 46
Larry Bird = 43
Wilt Chamberlain = 42
40-point playoff games
Michael Jordan = 38
Jerry West = 20
LeBron James = 15
Elgin Baylor = 14
Wilt Chamberlain & Kobe Bryant = 13
Shaquille O'Neal = 12
Hakeem Olajuwon = 11
Allen Iverson = 10
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar = 9
Rick Barry = 8
50-point playoff games
Michael Jordan = 8
Wilt Chamberlain = 4
Allen Iverson = 3
Jerry West = 2
16 others = 1
60-point playoff games
Elgin Baylor & Michael Jordan = 1
Career playoff points per game
Michael Jordan = 33.45 (.487 fg%)
Allen Iverson = 29.73 (.401 fg%)
Jerry West = 29.13 (.469 fg%)
Kevin Durant = 28.79 (.455 fg%)
LeBron James = 28.00 (.478 fg%)
Career playoff total points
Michael Jordan = 5987 (179 games, 7474 minutes)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar = 5762 (237 games, 8851 minutes)
Kobe Bryant = 5640 (220 games, 8641 minutes)
LeBron James = 5572 (199 games, 8383 minutes)
Shaquille O'Neal = 5250 (216 games, 8098 minutes)
The greatest of all time and we are lucky because we saw this guy live.
I'm glad that captain marvel nickname didn't stick because that's terrible
I was literally going to type the exact same thing, but I scrolled through the comments to see if anyone else had said that. You beat me by 2 weeks lol
hahahhaahahaha.....+1......i think that's Johnny "red" Kerr, the bulls longtime color guy....it's like he REALLY wants that nickname to stick....like, REALLY REALLY wants it.....thank gods it didnt :)
and great vid btw!
macenblu6 Jordan actually really disliked the nickname, asked Johnny to stop saying it, and he did, thankfully.
Yeah, very stupid.
I agree, but maybe in the 80s it worked, I don't remember it 'cause I was just 5 years old and in Italy I started watching and playing basket at 11 years old, but yeah it was an awful nickname!
6 championships 10 scoring titles 5 mvps 2 gold medals 1985 Roy 1988 defensive player of the year he is the greatest of all time enough said and he did it on both ends of the court! And numbers don't lie, LeBron who and kobe copied him but Mj is Kobes idol he gets a pass!
A little louder please, especially today.
4:01 "MJ with 35, he's within two of his career high."
So he got 37 within 8 games in the NBA.. wtf?
He was already averaging 25.1.
My God he'd average 45 as a rookie in this era...... These new generation players are soft..
No he averaged around 28 his rookie year
+Armando Hurtado he'd = he would have
+Armando Hurtado Poor English.
+Armando Hurtado reading comprehension.....you need some
no he wouldn't shut up old head
and u all say he is not the greatest. pictures speak louder than words. he is poetry in motion. Michael is a killer scorer. do u know anyone present or past that can take Michael's heart away. his will and skill , speed and grace can't be touched, you haters
No one else entered the league and had the greats saying, "This guy is the greatest basketball player I've ever seen." That was MJ.
Lebron did
He was just so much faster and more explosive than anyone on the court. He was playing a different game. I would have loved to have been a Bulls fan at this point in time. Just to know how obviously special he was, it must have been an awesome feeling.
Though it's been played millions of times in various highlight packages/reels over the years, that coast to coast rebound and dunk starting at 2:49 NEVER gets old. Great edit. Thanks Hoops.
this is just beautiful I'm a huge Kobe fan but this is just wow he makes it look so easy in his 9th game as a pro really impressive.
what can you say..?
this guy was ALWAYS great throughout his 19 year career. most consistent, most clutch, most passionate, most athletic, most competitive. Michael Jordan the GOAT.
Just simply beautiful!
He just dunked on Gilmore, I met artis Gilmore in fifth grade when he came in to pick up his son who was in my class,Jacksonville Florida,his head bout hit the roof,we were so little and he was soo big
damn, even in his 9th game in the NBA you can already see what he was gonna become!! CRAZY!! G.O.A.T!
Good lord this kids gonna be good. You heard it first here!
I lived in northern Illinois for many years, and saw MJ play perhaps ten times in person. The stadium was ... electric. Nothing like it, in my experience, before or since.
We will never see a greater player than Jordan. Anyone who has seen both Jordan and LeBron's prime know that LeBron isn't close to the player Jordan was. That isn't a slight to James, he's the best today but he isn't on Jordan's level. Nobody is...
But LeBron's better. He's essentially a bigger, stronger, Jordan
Glory Okoli
Then why does MJ have better regular season stats, playoffs stats and Finals stats??? 6/6 >>> 2/5...call me when at the very least LeBron is at .500 in the Finals...til then, hush junior.
Mario Gutierrez Look man, I wasn't talking about accomplishments. Throw out stats and accomplishments out the window and watch the two play. You'll realize they have many of the same skills, James is just bigger and stronger and therefore he's a better rebounder, passer, and defender
Glory Okoli
Dude, just stop. Eye test alone, throwing out the window all that "stuff",Jordan was quicker, faster and more skilled. I don't know how old you are but I'm old enough to have seen MJ in his prime (I'm 42) and LeBron today, MJ is the superior player, hands down. LeBron maybe be bigger and stronger but so what, Shaq is bigger and stronger than LeBron so I guess, Shaq > LeBron?
At the end of the day, the very fact MJ has superior stats to LeBron in almost every category except passing (LeBron is the more willing passer), rebounding (LeBron by position alone SF and PF should have more REBs) and 3 pt shooting (LeBron shoots a lot more threes than MJ) should tell you who is the better player. Essentially, you're trying to make the argument that the player with inferior stats across the board except for three categories is better than the guy with more accomplishments and higher averages in everything else, what the hell, lol. MJ won a Defensive Player of the Year Award, call me when LeBron gets his first...
Mario Gutierrez You say Jordan has superior stats across the board, yet the only stats Jordan has over him are points, free throws and steals. LeBron is ahead or on par with him in everything else. Points: Jordan Rebounds: LeBron Assists: LeBron FG%: Draw FT%: Jordan 3pt%: LeBron Steals: Jordan Blocks:Draw. So in the end it's a draw: 3-3. That's where the eye test comes in. First of all remember steals are unimportant when comparing the best players because ricky rubio and stephen curry are top 10 in the league in steals about every year and they aren't great defensive players. As for 1988, Jordan really shouldn't have won it that year and if you put LeBron in that situation I bet he wins it too. Olajuwon should've won it but he was on a bad team. Michael Cooper could've won it as well but he wasn't too popular with the media. Jordan is the most overrated defensive player ever. When it comes to points, it's simple, Jordan shot more. LeBron had a better true shooting percentage so he was probably a better shooter it's just that he wanted to get his teammates more involved. And all I'm saying is, LeBron hasn't played as much as Jordan so he hasn't accomplished as much as Jordan. So to compare the two you have to look at the eye test and per game stats.
Michael Jordan should be an inspiration for kids around the world that give up in life too quick.The guy was cut from his High schoolVarsity basketball program.10 years later he became the greatest Basketball player ever to play the game.
Pierre Louis Believe It Cavs Fan Right Here He Is My Inspiration And My Childhood Hero
Stop spreading that tired old lie about Jordan being cut from varsity in high school. He tried out as a 5ft10 scrawny sophomore and didn't make the team. He grew 4inches between his sophomore and junior years and made the team as a junior. He was never cut...end of story.
He got cut as a freshman on varsity I thought , or a sophmore
Now I remember why I started watching basketball- and subsequently stopped when he left.
This is historical! Thanks for posting, I think we will never see in our lifetime a better player. He was so spectacular, the greatest show in the universe!
I been a true die hard Micheal Jordan fan forever, will always be there comes along a person who is gifted, talented and skilled in every defined way of the word itself like former Indiana pacers great basketball player Mark Jackson said MJ allowed everyone, everybody to think and to dream big in Life.
5:33 "Boy, you like this guy when the pressure's on.." The ultimate clutch player in history was already showing signs as a rookie :)
This kid will be the GOAT one day.
IMMEDIATELY THE BEST PLAYER! 9games in! Wow
I did not see this game live but I do remember seeing this on ESPN the next morning and you kinda knew then that he was special as a scorer but before him no team with the leagues leading scorer had ever won a championship so he went about changing all that and then his defensive skills emerged as he claimed his place as the greatest to play in the NBA with six TITLE MVP's ,10 scoring titles, a defensive player of the year, 5 LEAGUE MVP's with two crazy years off in between
the Greatest ever
Please Noone bring up queen James this is greatness territory. MJ for ever the greatest.
You just did.
Big daddy Lol! Best quote on here!!!
This was when Chicago, a city that wasn't particularly into NBA basketball, knew they had something special in their 21 year old rookie.
No sir not accurate at all, we were into basketball we just didn't have good teams, so DePaul and high school basketball got the focus but the city always loved basketball.
@@Cuffski I said NBA basketball, not basketball
He was amazing to watch.
*shivers* Michael Jordan's play... just beautiful!
Props for HoopsEncyclopedia!
Thanks for capturing history!
NBA will never be the same (at least not in my lifetime)
Even as a rookie he had a good jumpshot!
*KING JORDAN*
Totally awesome! Love MJ!
wow, just, wow. i get tingles when i see videos like this cause they instantly bring me back to being 8 years old watching WGN Channel 9 and Sports Channel and actually watching those first few Jordan led Bulls games. I'll always remember those days more than fondly.
MJ is walking on air. This air walking is one thing Lebron and Kobe can't do. Truly an amazing athlete. Best basketball player ever.
No, Kobe walks on water!
Kobe could glide too in his prime.
The greatest basketball player ever!
MJ: smoothest swag of all time
Raw untamed power, and beyond that, something truly special
Good eye for the young generation! When I saw KB come out, he was doing all his MJ moves and I saw that he was tremendously skilled. But, he was just a notch below in elite hops/hang-time and lacked gigantic hands which put him at a physical disadvantage only compared to MJ. It's tough to ask to have that entire package.
And 13 years later, I'm the first person to give you a thumbs up sir, for telling it as I've always seen it. Huge hands, and the perfect build to have no weaknesses.
The guy just cruised. If he wanted to hang, he just kicked his legs out, and hung.
And big feet, the epitome of lanky the guy was. Maybe LeBone should've stuck with football. Danny Ainge was the one that said he had no weaknesses that he could think of
And he could hold and shoot the ball with just his fingers and thumbs, without the ball even touching his palms.
My god MJ had such a deep bag from the jump. Incredible to watch all this time later.
Michael Jordan is like he is playing in the matrix leaving everyone behind on a different level then others
Yeah, I agree. That's the best part about the '84 - '85 season....everybody was in shock. Even at times, you see MJ suprising himself. By '86, it was already expected and everyone knew he was the best. But watching the crowd, the players, and the announcers reaction in these early videos is cool.
Jordan will always be the best. At any point he could play like Lebron, AI, Kobe or KD combined
My family got cable in the mid 80s and we got WGN in Chicago and TNT in Atlanta so I got to watch as many Bulls & Hawks games as I wanted. I watched a ton, felt very lucky back then, sure miss this era, it was a lot of fun. Jordan would dominate in any era.
45 WAS THE NUMBER HE CAME OUT OF RETIREMENT WITH . HE MISSED THE 94 95 SEASONS. AND THIS WAS HIS FIRST 40+ GAME. BUT 23 GOT HIM 2 3PEATS . NUMBERS MAN NUMBERS
adrian medina 9th game number 9 Olympics huh? Lmbo
Sportscaster was right, "He really defies position...He does it all"
michael jordan is the best in the whole universe
80’s players meet the 90’s Legend.
Johnny Kerr: "Captain Marvel!"
MJ: WTF?
'91 Jordan: Well That Wasn't Exactly Well Received Ha Ha
21 year old Jordan is even more stupendous than the Jordan I started watching in the late 1980s ....
Here comes Mr. Captain Marvel imagine if that stuck with him throughout he's career.
Men Mj was so good he will make this guy's piss on themselves in this Era.
wish i was old enough to have seen him play from this point to retirement....and to feel the full glory of his return!
damn me for being born in 1989 :P
Who watch this at may 2020?
He looks pretty good, I hope he has a great career
Chivo mmm yeah I think he's got a chance
Umm your stupid that's micheal jordan
@@theguy9150 its called sarcasm
@@theguy9150 what?
This Mitchel Jordan guy ain't bad. ..he will be a solid back up! Just watch..
Always wonder how much more athletic he'd be had he never broken his foot in his 2nd season.
And he was still jumping out the gym
Damn right! Might've won 5 champs in a row starting in '89
As for his J, Couch Loughery said MJ had it from day 1 but why use a 50% shot when you can dunk at 100% jumping over everyone? Remember, scouts were saying MJ had the touch of West when he came in but all his crazy drives made people forget about it. The only real criticism was that he didn't make his teammates better. But then, he won 6 titles and he squashed the last morsel of nonsense.
There must've been a lot of people thinking Jordan was gonna become the greatest player ever even way back in his rookie year.
Not only did he drop 45 in just his 9th game... He dropped 45 in his 9th game against the Iceman.
Gervin was on the Bulls at that time.
...watch the video.
@@l_owkeyl_egend
Gervin came his 2nd year
yeah, he definitely had another gear in his hamstrings. The way that he accelerated with simple long strides which seemed to glide across the floor and yet still out pace his defenders. Its actually part of the overall artistry but the upper body artistry was its own conversational animal.
at 5:00 and 5:32......... These quotes define his career, and it's only his ninth game! SMMFH
its unbelievable man
his moves was crazy
the captain is leadin his troops to victory
aside from everything else, MJ was probably the best mid range jump shooter of all time. The entire rest of his career was not too dissimilar to this performance. thanks for the post.
Yeah, MJ just became more finesse since everything else was there from day one. The immediate thing you also see is the innate body control and improvisation. 'Scientific American' had a huge article on MJ's body awareness and how some people are born with it. Almost choreographed really as he matched style to substance.
GREATNESS IN THE MAKING!......i wish it would start all over again.
4:44 was gorgeous
Everyone play basketball should watch that . MJ the legend
4:33 beautiful layup... I'm surprised I haven't seen that one before
His 9th NBA game, that's insane.
At 4:51 he forms his own logo. So cool.
Gotta love these Jordan videos.
Thanks for the memories again Hoops.
Basketball God! !!
NO!!!!.. He's overrated.. There is only One God.. Only One
" Boy you like this guy when the pressure is on, he just doesn't miss" :-)
Nice prediction :-)
It's funny how the commentator was trying to give him the nickname Captain Marvel. It really doesn't fit.
He was trying hard on other videos too.
Marvel means amaze, and Jordan certainly does that
Suddenly the stadium was full seated after many empty seats in the beginning of 84 season...instant sensation
2:50 . . Amazing Move by Jordan !!!!
thx for uploading! quite ancient, ;), the only things that seemed really familiar to me havin just watched it for the first time: MJ, the game of basketball and the usually strong commentator skills in basketball's homeland (everything has its time, captain marvel etc. ;) )
i thought he didn't have a jumpshot? he was always jordan he just expanded on what was already there
pretty sure he went under 20% from the 3 that season
@@jordancallaham2794 so...?
The 3 point shot is just ONE type of shot, this whole 3 point shot focus is getting really annoying...
@@jordancallaham2794 you smoking crack
MJ's game was middy game.
This is when he was in his prime. When everyone talks about Jordan in his prime winning six championships - nah! Jordan was in his prime in from 1984 to 1990. That Jordan was light years better than anyone ever to play the game. He was quicker, faster, jumped higher, longer arms, bigger hands, length, every offensive move imaginable and the most amazing thing is how he was a one man full court press - if possible, he may have affected the game as much defensively as offensively. It was almost like watching a pro against middle school kids, the difference was so immense.
0:25 I never see other nba player do the same move
Jordan did it first🙋
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