Was this the closest we've come to MJ's Flu Game?

[Taller than CP3]

Name a moment in basketball that was more clutch and heroic than what Hamstring CP3 did tonight.

MJ's Flu Game > Hamstring CP3 > Floyd Mayweather > Manny Pacquiao

[FreezingTsmoove]

*MJs hangover game

[dubeta]

Calm down, it was the 1st round


I know it seems like a huge accomplishment to CP3 fans getting out of the 1st round.







True greats NEVER lose in the 1st round to begin with.


#Factoftheday

[inclinerator]

well spurs >>> anything mj faced

[24-Inch_Chrome]

Isiah's ankle game blows the flu game out of the water. Not even ****ing close.

[SaltyMeatballs]

Calm down, it was the 1st round


I know it seems like a huge accomplishment to CP3 fans getting out of the 1st round.







True greats NEVER lose in the 1st round to begin with.


#Factoftheday
False. There have been many greats who've lost in the 1st round at least once.

[navy]

Flu game is overrated to be honest. Kobe's had like 7. Also he had food poisoning not the flu.

[dubeta]

False. There have been many greats who've lost in the 1st round at least once.

Sure there have, same like how there have been many greats to have never won an MVP


The point is the way you separate the TRUE ultimate greats with just the regular greats is the first-round record.

Hope that helps :cheers:

[sportjames23]

well spurs >>> anything mj faced


:roll: :roll: :roll:

[sportjames23]

Flu game is overrated to be honest. Kobe's had like 7. Also he had food poisoning not the flu.


38 points with food poisoning in an important road game in the Finals is overrated? Only at ISH does someone say stupid shit like this. :facepalm

[3ball]

True GOATS never lose in the Finals and their teams never underperform.. ever

#Factoftheday


That's true

[dubeta]

That's true

In that case noone would be the GOAT since all of them lost in the finals

The only exception is MJ, who ended up undefeated because he conviniently picks-and-chooses (www.3ballisafag.com) when to go to the finals only when he has an optimal team.


When he doesnt have the best team he loses on purpose (http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1990_ECF.html) to protect his Finals records, making him take 7 long years to just make a finals in a weak conference.


However Jordan had great media saavy, and after winning 3 straight with the best supporting cast in the league (http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pippesc01.html), he decides to throw in the towel and quits on his team to protect his finals record.

[3ball]

well spurs >>> anything mj faced


MJ's bitch made Duncan, Robinson and Popovich THEIR bitch.. :confusedshrug:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1998_WCS_SAS-UTA.html

That's just for starters

[inclinerator]

MJ's bitch made Duncan, Robinson and Popovich THEIR bitch.. :confusedshrug:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1998_WCS_SAS-UTA.html

That's just for starters
2013 14 spurs>>>> past spurs

[navy]

38 points with food poisoning in an important road game in the Finals is overrated? Only at ISH does someone say stupid shit like this. :facepalm
Overrated in the fact that food poisoning/flu isnt something that players get a plus or pass for playing through. Not even the GOAT. Just another day in the office.

[coin24]

CP3 stans.. Overjoyed with mediocrity:lol

Let's see if he can get out of the second round for once, perfect chance now.

[3ball]

In that case noone would be the GOAT since all of them lost in the finals


There's only 1 GOAT.. but obviously, that GOAT changes everytime someone better comes along.

Anytime there's a new GOAT, that GOAT sets the new standard.. When MJ became GOAT, the new standard he set was never losing in the Finals, and leading a team that never underperforms.. Ever.

That's the new standard MJ set when he became GOAT.
.

[Sarcastic]

well spurs >>> anything mj faced


http://img.pandawhale.com/post-41349-jonah-hill-oscars-cut-it-out-g-w5Tc.gif

[JohnFreeman]

When do the Clippers get their first round rings?

[coin24]

When do the Clippers get their first round rings?

:lol :lol

[3ball]

When he doesnt have the best team he loses on purpose (http://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/NBA_1990_ECF.html) to protect his Finals records, making him take 7 long years to just make a finals in a weak conference.


Nice troll, but you already know that Scottie Pippen's epic choke in Game 7 of 1990 ECF has been widely documented - Pippen himself admitted to choking that game and costing the Bulls a trip to the Finals:


Scottie Pippen: "Maybe it was the pressure. As the pressure grew, the pounding grew. I couldn't answer the bell."


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqC74bv46Z8&t=1h22m15s

This was a pattern for Scottie - he disappeared in the 1996 Finals, averaging a startling 15 PPG on 34% FG.. He disappeared again in 1998 Finals, averaging 15 PPG on 41% FG.. Of course, we all remember his epic choke in the 1994 ECSF - he was so shook, he refused to even enter the game on the last possession.

Otoh, MJ's stats were elite in the 1990 ECF when Pippen choked - despite going up against the 1990 and 1991 DPOY in Dennis Rodman and 1st Team All-NBA defender Joe Dumars, Jordan averaged 32.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 6.3 apg, 47% FG.. no spacing.. hand-checking.. paint-camping.. physicality.. all contested two's.. etc, etc.

[warriorfan]

*MJs hangover game


:lol

[oarabbus]

There's only 1 GOAT.. but obviously, that GOAT changes everytime someone better comes along.

Anytime there's a new GOAT, that GOAT sets the new standard.. When MJ became GOAT, the new standard he set was never losing in the Finals, and leading a team that never underperforms.. Ever.

That's the new standard MJ set when he became GOAT.
.


Bill Russell with that "11 Rings" standard doe.